Milford chronicle., 1885-03-13


at the oil works, Constable Hook, N. j., the
blower exploded Friday night, instantly killing
John Lynch and seriously iniuring another
employee.
Mr. solmans one Of the five hat manufao-
tuTers of South NOrwalk, Conn, whose men
struck recently, has failed for 900.
"A colored boy, out of revenge, attempted
to kill whole family at Macon, Ca, by put
ting powdered glass into their food
Two boarders in a Bradford (Pa.) hotel
we're burned to death on Friday in a fire which
destroyed The building.
I'm the Kings County, n Y, Court Of ses-
sions, Paul Bauer, proprietor Of the West
Brighton Beach Hotel, who had pleaded guilty
to allowing pools TO be sold in his Coney Island
club house. sentenced to three months i'm
prisonment and to pay fine of $3.50.
The Ottawa Parliament has taken strong
grounds against dynamite and other explosive
agents.
IT s. Arthur, the well-known writer and
magazine publisher, died in Philadelphia from
kidney troubles aged 70 years. He the
author Of "pen Nights in a. Bar Room, etc
Eng ish holders Of Virginia State lords
have memoralized President Cleveland re-
questing him 10 use his influence IN favor Of
Dst state dscharging its financial obligations.
Employees OF the Gould railroad system at
St Louis are on strike against reduc wages.
In Albemarle county Va, a girl nine
years of age Is under arrest for killing her |
little cousin by fracturing his skull with |
a blow from a shovel.
AT Loui.ville Kv, a Virginian charged |
with theft took rat poison in court preferTing |
death to the disgrace of conviction.
DIR. A. G. F. Goersen was executed at /
Mlyamensng prison, Philadelphia for the /
murder OF his wife
Schenectady, n. Y, grocers are excited over
an alleged fraud on them. few days ago a /
stranger bought small quantities Of butter
from various grocery stores. Three Of these
samples were asserted to be oeomargarine and
were taken to Albany for analysis 1t is now
claim d by the grocers that agents OF oleo-
marp arne establishments have sold the spu-
rous article to farmers, who in turn have sod
It ~ the groceTymen outright or mixed with
genuine butter
Six convcis in the prison at Lansing.
Mich, escaped through long tunnel they had
been constructngi one, too fat to rum was re-
captured.
The agitation in Manitoba for separation
from the Dominion is increasing. and there is
talk Of annexation to the United Statos
"A negro who had assaulted little girl
eaus ng her death was lynched by citizens Of
Union county, N. O.
The Post Office at Ozark Ark was robbed | j
OF SsOo by burglars, who blew open the safe
Several Kentucky desperadoes were cor S
nered IN their mountain cabins by a Sheriff S
and ten picked men. They only surrendered c
after severe fighting. Ia
ID Carlos, the Cuban leader, wps ','si h.
down and killed by the Spanish oiy' leu d1ee'ii n
In Baltimora.o9pg Ctravao1 ina tdara az III
soRlalgg so van 6It Itf66ablv- ati n n
o~ss ,,S %n ma York SI5 County SS 4 Demoersoy @ h
peffi5 of, tthhington the bail passing through the n
aro . hat Of one Of The passengers. R,
Coy Hill Of New York has dismissed the st
charges against Sheriff Davidson Of New York sp
city. Al
A Chicago Judge has decided that a boy is | s.
not obliged to attend worship in public school, si'
Two men making signals of distress were aI
seen just north Of Chicago floating in the lake X
on a large cake Of ice No Of their | " "
rescue has been received and It is feared they GO
are lost VI,
WASHINGTON NOTES IN
The formal transfer of the government
departments to the new Cabinet officers was
| IL
the oaths Of Office to the different Secretaries
The first reception OF Miss Cleveland in
the White House took place Saturday.
A convention for the exchange Of money n
orders between the United States and Sweden / r.
was signed at Stockholm the part Of the M
Swed sh government on December %, 1884, ~
and by the Postmaster General at Washington | 90
1886. al al
Gen. Wallace the United States Minister M
10 Turkey ha sent his resignation to the gov pr
eminent at Washington bi
-Brg.-Gen. Deos B. Sacket, senior In de
speotor-General U. s. A, died at his residence
Gen. J. G. Black Of Illinois, has been ap- wi
pointed Commissioner OF Pensions He is . hi
veteran soldier. ST
The paragraph abolishing the census Of ha
fce which was struck out by the Senate, was dc
restored to the Appropriation bill, in Confer all
ence Committee. IN
The total expense of the Inauguration will &C
not 70 ! short Of S45,010, which is $4,000 ~
more than was calculated upon by the com w
ON Friday the Senate confirmed the Cabi-
net nominations and President Cleveland | y,
signed the commissions Of the new officials.
President Cleveland also signed Gen. Grants
commission, in accordance with the bill re-
Gently passed. NJ,
The President ordered oourt-martial for Il; IN
the trial Of General Hazen on charges con- p,
nected with certain criticisms by the accused ~
the Secretary Of War "a
in the House Mr. Mills, Of Texas, moved n,
to suspend the rules and adopt resolution m
''that the committee appointed to arrange the be
inaugural ceremonies having declined to give ba
to the Representative in CoHgress their proper iii
place, we will decline to take any part in said nj
ceremonies at the capitol" After discussion ki
the resolution was lost by vote of yeas, 55i of
nays 1ss. tr
The State Department has transmitted to pr
the Pustmaster-General proposition from Sc
the British Government looking to the nego- ju
tation OF a treaty by the Governments Of the
United States and Great Britain, providing 1t
for the establishment OF parcels post system. liG
An amendment was agreed to to the Sun dr
dry Civil Bill in the Senate authorizing the WI
purchase Of the seaman's Retreat, Middle sn
town. Richmond County, n. Y, for s9sOOOO
The Senate appropriated $4,000 for the
purchase Of Miss E. G. Ransom's portrait Of
Gen. George h. Thomas. n
in the House Mr.. Randall asked uuan-
inlous consent to take from the Speakers table
and pass the Grant Retirement bill. The bill a,
passed by a vote Of 19s to Is, was signed by sn
the Presd mt, and the nomination confirmed mi
BY the Senate. s.
An the appropriation bills were passed by Re-
Congress- thus avoiding the necessity Tor an by
extra s. ssion, m
The President has issued an order throw 10
ing open to public settlement the lands in to
eluded in the old Wnnebago and the Sioux ne
or Grow Creek Reservations in Dakota, with fir
the exception Of a few townships and Of the Sc
tracts viii have heretofore been selected or dy
occupied by Indians. lei
The Senate increased the House provision nj
for the New Orleans Exposition from 100000 pr
to 100000, which was agreed to by vote Of co
yeas, 40; nays, l6. ra
FOREIGN ITEMS
The famous cathedral in Glasgow which
lacks but two yesrs Of beng seven centuries an
old, was fire, but the liam were extin- @ @sk
gushed with little damage. ~
The ex-Empress Eugene is Seriously i'll ~ ~
from neryou. shock, the result Of being thrown ~
from her carriage q. Marlborough recently NJ
One hundred and tweniy-three OF tae one Bo
hundred and foriy-seven men who were in the OF
coicry az karwin, in Al, trian Siesia, at the Ma
time OF the explosion la that mine have been Sci
found dead from burns and suhccation. Only
hVe Of the men we're rescued alive. mi
The Uswoith colliery, at Sunderland in ira
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