Milford chronicle., 1883-10-19
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS.

Two thieves in attempting to es-
cape capture, were killed by a moving
i train that they tried to board near
Scranton, Pa.
# Sullivan the slugger had trouble in
: Pennsylvania towns where he was ex-
hibiting The trouble was too much
whisky.
/, In New York Helyn Leonard. alias
Harrington, whose real name proves to
be Hetty Hollins, was found guilty of
assault in the second degree in shooting
Mrs. Smith, and was sentenced by Re-
corder Smyth to the Penitentiary for
three years and half.
"A gang of suspected counterfeiters
has been arrested near Scranton, Pa.
Two of three men who attempted to
cross the canal at Joliet in leaky boat
were drowned.
AT Grand Junction, Col. a di-
Vorced wife shot and killed her success !
sor and was afterward murdered by her
former husband.
The Secretary of War directed Gen
eral Hancock to send several batteries
of artillery to Newburg to participate
in the centennial celebration.
AT the races on Saturday IN Jerome
Park, n. Y, bogus dispatches relative
to the winning horses were sent over the
wires and thousands of dollars were
taken from the pool sellers in New York.
Philadelphia, Baltimore and other places.
Major General Hancock has declined
the command of the division of the Mis-
souri,, preferring to retain his present
command, the military division of the
Atlantic, and he has been allowed to do
this. Sheridan will take Sherman's
place Nov. l, and Schofeld, instead of
Hancock, will take Sheridan's. g
The tenth case of drowning while c
intoxicated in the same family within q
ten years is reported from Erie, Pa. C
An ex-officer of the royal Swedish o
navy calls the attention of the President a
and Congress to a new invention which, D
he thinks, is destined to revolutionize g
the present methods of constructing o
ocean steamships.
Two accidents occurred on the Erie W
road, by which a conductor was killed a.
and number of cars burned. y"
The PAGER Johnstone, which recently Y
paced mile on the Chicago track in ~
2:l0, has been sold to the owner of Little +,
Brown jug for $4,000. on on
In Ohio the prohibition amendment ne
las been defeated. Io,
"A negro prisoner was burned to
.eath at New Franklin, through the iail de-
where he was confined taking fire. Ca
The steamer Oregon's first voyage ly
0 New York from Queenstown was made
4 seven days, eight hours, and thirty ufa
hree minutes. She made 456 knots in a Gre
ingle day, speed never before equalled, cen
nd proved herself a successful speeder, inc
he Schiedam cOllided with the brigan-
ne Clifford, injuring both vessels. chi
AT Philadelphia two deaf mutes noI
ere ordained priests in the Protestant We Nc
Episcopal Church. VIZ
An officer of the Secret Service oni
ivision of the Treasury Department at her
an Francisco seized six sets of stee!
les for making gold quarter and half Tar
ollar pieces. aoa, l4,.a
Five executions for murder took ofiC
ace on Friday. The criminals maid 'iii'
e legal penalty for taking the lives Of :, :
n victims. One boy of nineteen killed W.. W a
1r members of one family. Ellis "''
AT, OF Ashland, KY, was convicted -
tn two others for the murder of two com
rls and a boy. Two were wife MUIR n 61oa l
rers, and one was the slayer of the 10y 10y
sband OF his paramour. ywel 1--WE,
The October corn report for the De- lt'o.
rtment of Agriculture fully sustains 9rlri,
report Of injuries by the frosts of 3D. 3D.
oth, 9th and 10th. There were NJ IIl'
mt frosts later the most noticeable 1IlD5 ny
the 10Th in the northwest. The Goli' a.
lte average of condition show the ex- H. tLio
It OF the injury greatest in Michigan. '--ii :
sconsln, Ohio and New York. The
ort says that wheat is not up to the Om'
rage, oats, full average, and in bar mel aet
the crop will be larger than last oO Is s
.!he constitutionaity of the act pro- P0' L
lung the manufacture of cigars in =
ement houses IN New York city was pany
rmed by Judge Barrett as a matter of conn
n IN order that the question NAV be their
sented to the General Term of the -,
'reme Court and taken thence to the mite
lrt of Appeals. at
In the Congregational Council sit canal
at Concord, n. H.. the Secretarv's condi
lrt showed net gain of 262 churches dent
5hat denomination during the past mana
70 years. S
Although the fatal cases of the dis sayin
at Brewton, Ala, are character the S
by black vomit, the physicians "A
persist In the assertion that il is San
yellow fever. nena1
The steamship Salier, of the North "A
nan LIoyd's line collided with the feared
Sarah M. Smith about eighty miles IT
OF the Highlands. The barks crew FpoIo
taken on board the steamship b- FL,