Milford chronicle., 1883-08-10
NEWS OF THE DAY
nENERII TTElIa.

ing train, in Maryland, a colored mai
had his arm cut off and his body almos
completely severed.
United States Treasury clerks vii
only be allowed thirty days leave o
absence, with pay, in the year, including
the time used in going home to vote.
-Afidavits Of assisted Immigrant
taken by the New York Emigrant Com
missioners state that the makers wer,
forced to come hither from an Irisl
almshouse.
Mr.. S. Hastings Grant fled his Off
cial bond in the sum Of 5000. 000 tool
the oath Of Office and assumed the du-
ties Of Comptroller of New York City.
DIR. G. J. Fisher has been appointed
superintendent Of the Massachusetts
Almshouse at Tewksbury.
In Arkansas several negroes have
been killed by the whites.
Thirty buildings we're burned in
San Francisco, including a public hall
and a theatre: loss, $500, 600.
Two fishermen reported lost in a
dory have reached the shores of New
foundland.
Through mistaking morphine for
quinine a man in Georgia poisoned his
wife and two children.
"A disturbance with the Indians took
place in Alaska by which two whites
/ and five Indians were killed.
The total receipts from customs dur
ing the month of July last were 800, ,909,-
/ 300, as against Sl9- $50, 637 collected
from the same source during the same
month last year. This shows an IN
crease Of S058, ,653 in the first month Of
the new tariff law.
-Advices from Victoria, B. c., state
that there has been no rain there for
nearly three months, and that bush
fires have spread over the entire country.
Secretary Lincoln is determined to
suppress the pernicious practice by
army officers of anticipating theirpay by
assigning pay accounts to secure bor-
rowed money, as well as the more helm
GUS offence Of assigning more than one
account for given month or months.
"A justice of the peace in Virginia
fatally shot his wife and then killed
himself.
The l20th anniversary Of the Battle
OF Bushy Run, Westmoreland county, |
Pa, was celebrated on Monday.
IN New York city ON Friday, Mayor |
Edison appointed his private secretary, J
Mr.. S. II. Grant, Comptroller, to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation Of Mr..
Allen Campbell. The appointment was
a surprise to the politicians as well as
the public.
AT the Sheppard inquest in New
York city, the coroner said: 'I took
particular note OF the position of the
bodies, and from the fact thet Shep-
hard's hand lay almost over the revol-
yer, and from other circumstances there
is no ground for doubt that Horace b.
Sheppard shot his companion, and then
himself. Shephard's father insists
that the woman did the murder.
Reports received at the United
States Post Office Department from
twenty-five Of the larger Post Offices
show an increase in the sale of postal
cards, ETC., for the quarter ended June
30, 1888, over the corresponding period
If the previous year of S232, ,457, or
lbout per cent. These Offices in the
econd quarter Of 1889, collected about
a per cent. of the total revenue Of the
department..
The Minnesota Democratic State :
nominated w. w. McNair !
or Governor. The resolutions reafirm
he principles of Democracy, denounce
xcessive revenue, declare for a tariff for
evenue only, against sumptuary legis-
alton and the submission of prohibi- :
ory amendment favor river improve Z
lent appropriations, with a provision
living the President power to veto GER
ain items which the bills call for; de- =
land a revision Of the patent laws and =
enounee the Republican party. :
Five suits for damages and penalties
ave been commenced in Philadelphia
gainst the Western Union Telegraph
for delay in transmitting mes :
ages. u
On the forty-second joint ballot the
ing struggle between the republican g
lctions in the New Hampshire Legis-
ture was ended by the election of e
ustin +. Pike as United States Senator. II
"A revival of the Ku Klux outrages S
as taken place in the vicinity of Nash
ille Tenn. 7
Virginia presentsa claim on the Fed
'al Treasury for about $3.50, 900 on ac- n
punt of the distribution of surplus reve- h
ne forty-fve years ago. fe
The lockout by the firms belonging
the United Cigar Manufacturers As Il
,ciation in New York city, in conse- 1t
lence of which 10000 persons were A
rown out of employment, has been IN
ought to a close. 81
Tom Higgins, a schoolboy of -, fell
ON the roof of fve-story house to tn
10 ground in New York city, on th
'ednesday afternoon. He lighted dl
j a plot of hard ground, rebounded at
veral feet and rolled over and over. to
is brother picked him up and carried
m senseless into the house. In about th
minute Tom recovered consciousness. cl
g had broke no bones aud sustained no 1t
ternal injuries. MY backs a little Ol
"a, cause fell on it, +" he said tine day tn
.er.
Serious charges respecting the treat oh
mt of the killed and wounded at Carl ca
n are made against the Rome, Water ",
vn and Ogdensbmg Railroad Com
ny. Pa
Mime. Minnie Hauk, Nine. Durand de
I Mile. Alice Urban, three celebrated
me donne now in Europe, are all fo,
.ole girls from New Orleans, and got w
ir musical beginning at the French
.hedral in that city.
General Pendergast, Captain Cen ~, ~
OF Cuba, has resigned ~
Negotiations are pen ding between IA
lat Britain and Canada in regard to
gration. cr
"A severe shock of earthquake was Du
I'd and felt in California, on Tuesday, dea
y 3ist