Milford chronicle., 1883-11-23
WASHINGTON NOTES.

land States where prohibition is in
force.
The testimony before the Proteus
Court of Inquiry showed the equipment
of the vessel to be defective in almost
every respect.
Owing to the presence of the rinder-
pest in Breslau the Cattle Commission
have recommended the establishment of
quarantine against imported swine and
sheep.
Major General W. s. Hancock, in
his annual report of the operations of
The military division of the Atlantic,
strongly advocates the annual encamp-
ment of troops, as imparting valu-
! able knowledge to the soldier of the
fatigues of march, hardships of camp
life and the requirements of field
/ operations. He does not think
the light batteries are fulfilling a
useful purpose as at present located
. and recommends the establishment of a
4t Il H il4t ate4f4 te44fl f Progress re1es IN II t1
post schools has not been satisfactory.
General Hancock expresses his intention
Of selecting a post in the department of
the East, where it will be practicable to /
%OA49LA lAIb blAC nNCNoDhl1 ldCl4lt4tb AOL
holding the annual rifle competitions.
The Commissioners of Alabama
Claims report that 5, ,751 claims, amount
ing to $28, 0G1, 997, have been filed and
up to October 81. 544 cases tried.
Judgments were given in 456 cases,
the sum allowed being nearly S3,OOO,-
600. 1t will be impossible to dispose of
all the pending cases within the term
prescribed by the law and Congress will
be asked toextend the life Of the Court.
During the year ended June 30, the
Treasury received from Customs S214.- !
720, 1868, and paid ont Sc, 591, ,224 on ac-
count of expenses to collect If.
The Treasury Department has de. Y
'ided the word "ton' wherever used in
he Tariff acts should be construed to be q
he ton avoirdupois-th is, 2,240
pounds.
The Chief of the Bureau of Statis- t.
les reports that the total value of the ex- is
)orts of domestic breadstuffs from the h
United States in October was S14,651,- G,
30, and for the ten months ended Oc-
ober 81, $145, ,O34. u u
The Chief of the Bureau of Statis- u
les reports that As. $50 immigrants ar IL
ived in the United States during the
lonth of October, against 81, 929 dur al
lg the same month IN 1882. During -,
ne ten months ended Oct. 81 last r
Oh ,037 immigrants arrived, or 166. 978
SIS than during the same period last W
ear.
Estimates submitted to Secretary Fl
olger show that a call for bonds might
9 made without reducing the reserve &,
md below the limit of S137, 600. 600. It
probable, therefore, that the Secretary
i'll decide to call at least S1O,OOO00O of sh
lree per cents. fr,
FOREIGN ITEMS.
1t is reported in st. Petersburg that DIR
le OF the female nihilists recently ar
sted in the Imperial Marie Institute
Warsaw has been privately executed. tr,
The Paris GaUlOjs estimates the 10
'ench forces now in Tonquin at Is, 600 r.
en-, including both soldiers and sailors.
"A man fourishing a revolver was ar sp
5ted IN the French Senate Chamber are
10 said he was commissioned to kill
Ferry and the other Ministers. off
The WIZ Of the People (the Rus
IN Nlhlllst organ) OF the date of No %,
mber states that the sentence Of ~
ath which was passed by the Nihilist Una
ntral Committee on an infOrmer was
Tled out in October An
An unconfirmed report from Paris anC
5 it that the French government has wa,
Tered Admiral Courbet to act in Ton
IN as If war had been declared against T..
ina. Gre
The French squadron in Chinese me-
ters is to be reinforced. mel
1t is said that the American bishops A
Rome have suggested that Papal chill
ncio be appointed to the United tior
ties.
John Alfred Burgan, late manager ov,,
he Union Bank of Birmingham. Eng oAP
d, who abscOnded and was arrested mai
been sentenced to fifteen years i'm a d1
sonment tell
Co.,4o-4 that