Milford chronicle., 1883-08-24
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS.


ton it was decided that All Shong, a
Chnaman by race, recently brought to
+ this country by the captain of n British
vessel, was not a subject of the Chinese
Government. and therefore entitled to
u residence III the United States.
-Ex-Judge jeremiah S. Black, At
torney- General and late Secretary of
State III the Buchanan Cabinet, died at
2 o'clock on Sunday morning in the 74th
year Of his age at his home in York, Pa.
Lieutenant Colonel Guido Igles,
eighteenth infantry, has been convicted
by court martial on a charge of duplica-
ting his pay account.
Suspicious are entertained in Gal
weston that yellow fever has appeared in
New Orleans.
"A cyclone struck Oglesby. Texas,
on Thursday last with terrible effect.
"A fire at Franklin, Pa, destroyed |
property valued at over $1,000
A legal decision sustains the claim
of a colored clergyman that a restaurant
keeper is bound by the Civil Rights act
to accord cOlored customers equal ac-
! commodations with whites
Commencing Wednesday August
! 22d, the three and half per cent bonds
! included III the one hundred and twenty
! first Treasury call will be redeemed to
the extent Of 5,O0OO 600 in each week
without rebate of interest.
"A terrible explosion of giant powder
at Winchester, KY, caused the death of
six persons and seriously injured several
others.
Distress exsists at Galveston, Texas,
from lack of water.
"A contractor for telegraph lines tes-
titled before the New York Senate sub a
committee that he would be glad to G
duplicate the entire telegraphic system f
Of the country for $50, 100000. p
The reported absorption of the Tide Il
water Pipe Line by the Standard Oil a
Company is denied. O
For sending threatening letters a u
Philadelphia crank was adjudged in
sane. Al
Martin Casey, a desperate, living b
on the wild border between Rensselaer,
county and Massachusetts,, charged with b.
many offences, was ambushed by posse
Thursday, attempted to run, was shot pc
md captured. NJ
Eight men, charged in Banks th
county, Ga, with Ku Klux outrages F.
IpOn cOlored people, have been held in
he United States Court. in
An acting orderly at the Charity me
Hospital on Blackweli's Island, n. Y,
ttacked helper with bread knife be- in,
ause he refused to get out of bed when
old to do so. vo,
Professor Grimley, who made an Th
scent from the Bavarian festival in the
-arlem River Park, New York, on We'd ,,or
esday evening, was in the clouds all bT,
light. He descended at Windsor.
. Y, making a journey Of over two :
1ndred miles in nine and half hours. pei
Charles Wheeler, a Philadelphia gou
lnker, who had Just landed from a l6 9rl
export boat, fell dead at the corner Of De
est and Vesey streets, New York, was
thursday. :
The New York Comptroller was au- and
orized by the Board of Apportionment
Wednesday to issue SIG, $685. &C of -
nds as final payment of the citys OBJ SF;o o.
yation for the East River Bridge. ~ -
-Apaches in Sonora, Mexico, attacked
imall State guard at Nacari, killing ~
e of them. They were pursued pluck "a ~
, having several of their number killed, = ~
t being in strong force the Mexicans - y
to retreat.
ronsoo1roJ b--so - 15 ing,
III plunder. The younger is only i0i u
hit years old.
The anthracite coal production of
month was l41, 564 tons less than in
ly, 1882, but the total of this year to gave
gust being 1926, 453, was /, ,3O1, ,3o3 men
ater than for the same time in last tend
r. Rail
During the past six months 100 sVeaI
sons were killed and 401 injured in
" York State by railroad accidents. lowe
AT Saratoga, N. Y, fire broke out ~ PI
he Grand Union Hotel on Wednes- upol
which, although occasioning but -,
ing damage, caused great excitement maui
a time among the guests. LOW 10 4
Michigan prohibitionists propose. Weu
l $1O0, 600 campaign fund, to make NJ ~
yely for liquor this fall. Nv 4 WEI
Canadian authorities notify Captain i~iiio, lii
Ddes that any attempt to swim Mag -'''9
will be treated as the act of -
insane person and prevented. U"O
A government telegraph system was
ists in Gon1enfionin - Anggsta ic "o,,pt UJ4- EgyI
members of Congress urged to Sc -
the passage of necessary laws to es- sider
ish it. tweel
The Convention of Amalgamated -
and Steel Workers at Philadelphia. only
oted resolution to contribute $50 the Ii
in aid of the striking iron workers -
ethlehem Pa and If was aorpad tn | vOun