Milford chronicle., 1883-11-09
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The President has presented
handsome gold medal toJOhn Killgallon
master of the British bark Eurydice, i
recognition Of his humanity in rescuin
two American seamen Of the schOone
Wildfire, adrift at sea July 8, 1888. II
has also presented a similar medal t.
Lorenzo BonsignOr, master of the Italian
bark Stella B, for his humane services il
| picking up four seamen of the American
ship Matchless, adrift at sea July II
1888.
The surplus revenue in the Treas
ury over the minimum Of the reserve is
nearly $25. 900, 900, which will authorize
the Secretary in 4 short time to make
another call of three per cents.
The French-American Claims Com
mission have decided adversely the
claims of the French residents of DON
aldsonyille, La, whose property was de-
strOyed by Admiral Fmragut and the
troops under General Butler. The
claims amount to S150,OO0, and the
French member of the commission will
file his dissent against the position taken
by the American and third Commits
siOner.
The Comptroller of the Currency
completed an abstract of his report
showing the resources and liabilities of
the national banks on the I'd of October.
The number of banks reporting was
2,50l, an increase Of 230 since Octo-
Der 3, 1882. The capital stock was
$500, 600, 600, an increase Of S26, 600, 900
during the last year. The increase in
surplus is 81 600, 600, while the bank
on October 3, 1882, of the
going banks was S314, 721 ,215, and on
October 2, 1888, it was S314, 93I ,575, an
OF only $210, 360
1t is reported that the First Secre-
tary of the Chinese Legation in Paris
has stated that war between China and |
France is now certain.
"A mail train ON the railroad from !
Paris to Brest came into collision with
4 locomotive recently and was badly
wrecked. Nineteen persons were in
ured, one of whom has died.
The Russian military fred into and
dispersed a socialist meeting at Kob-
sliaka. Ten peasants were wounded.
The German Bureau of Statistics
tates that the imports of grain into
1ermany from the beginning Of January
o the end of September showed a de-
rease as compared with the same period
! 1882, while the exports showed a
larked increase, especially of wheat and
ats, the quantity OF both these cereals
eing nearly doubled.
Serious Orange riots took place at
and it was necessary to
all out troops to quell the trouble.
Great activity prevails in the arsen-
Is at TOulOn, France. French trans
orts have been ordered to be put in
sadiness for use. In case of a war with
hina the Fifteenth Army corps will {
robably be selected for service.
Staten Island celebrated, on Thurs
ly, with a procession, speeches and
reworks, the two hundredth anniver- l
.ry of the establishment of Richmond
'unty.
st. Louis, under the high license c
W, obtains an increase of $138, 697 IN
venue from that source alone. t
-Four hundred and sixty employees in q
e Northern Pacific Railroad shops have
zen discharged.
The postofice at Haverhill, Mass, =
rs entered by burglars on Wednesday T.
ght who blew open the safe and stole Il
erefrom $500 in money and 1000 in t
amps. They also stole a horse and II
Iggy in Bradford, Mass. =
Hicks Pacha, after two battles. en- -
red El Obeid. which place, he found.
d been abandoned by the forces of lei u
ahdi, the False Prophet. Many of Ell l.
ahdi's men were killed in the two bat ei
S and his forces have been broken up. NJ
S fate is unknown. Communications q,
tween Khartoum and the Egyptian e
ny have been completely cut off. &c
The excitement over the explosions =
the underground railway line in Lon
q is very great. A large number Of n,
icemen, are on duty at the various o.,
lway stations and guarding the line, q
/ all public buildings are closely -
arded. By tho explosions at least oJ
rty persons were badly injured al
"A letter from Saigon to the France lo
tes that unheard-of cruelties were M
nmitted near Hue on the occasion OF alb
capture by the French sailors. Ad- an
'al Courbet directed, in an official or We
;, that there should be no quarter m
en- to men, women or children. -
rec hundred Annamites, who had va
en- refuge in the mouth of the Bay of TIC
nan, we're killed; all Of them being tn
t. One hundred and fifty more, who g.
e drifting in a junk, without arms or 16
S, were also massacred. . =
The river Salembria, in Thessaly. -
'ece, has overfowed its banks, caus- lag
widespread devastation. One hun sW
4 houses have been destroyed and Pre-
eral lives have been lost. Larissa of
the villages in its vicinity are sur tril
nded by water. Communication -,
l the flooded district is much de- AM