Milford chronicle., 1885-02-20

The Senate Agricultural Appropriation bill
appropriates S577, 100. The principal amend
nents are an increase Of S25, 900 for collecting
agricultural statistics and making report
thereon, and one OF $4,000 for quarantine
stations for neat cattle
The President has approved the act to an
thorize a retired list Of privates and nOn-com
mssioned officers Of the United States army
who have served for period OF thirty year.
or more, and the acts for the erection Of public
buildings I'm Tyler, Texas; Troy, n. " Pitts
burg, Pa, and Augusta, Die.
Representative Reagan has sent petition
/ siened by about one hundred Democratic
members Of the House, to Presidebt-elect
! Cleveland, asking him not to commit himself
| in his inaugural address on the silver question
The House, in Committee Of the Whole
considered the Post-Office Appropriation BILL
The clause allowing six hundred thousand
| dollars OF the net revenue Of the Post-Ofice
Department on foreign mails to vessels OF
American registry, was stricken ont by vote
| of 105 10 %.
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs,
10 which was referred the various resolutions
relative to the recent dynamite explosions in
London decided TO report that it WAS unbe-
coming the dignity of the House Of Represent
atiyes to assume that American citizens had
been in any way connected with a crime where
no charge had been made, and that the COM
mittee was unwilling to request any officer OF
the Government to search for proof Of guilt
where there was no charge.
Secretary Chandler informed the House OF
Representatives that the cost Of the changes
in the new cruisers is as follows Chicago,
S31, $50; Boston, s20955; Atlanta, S2l,99li
Dolphin, S15,Ss0
The Army Appropriation bill as reported
10 the Senate by the Committee on ApprOpri-
ations appropriates S23, 9l9 052, being 81, l6l,
437 less than the estimates, 9jO5, 1897 less than
the appropriations made for the current year
and S475OO0 less than the amount Of the
House bill. The only increase made by the
Senate Committee is 5000 for the library Of
the SurgeOn-Generals office.
The February report Of the Department Of
Agriculture shows that an aggregate crop OF
about five and two-thirds millions Of bales Of
cotton is indicated, or SO per cent OF last years
crop.
The large frame pavilion erected near the
Washington monument for the dedication eX-
ercises was blown over by the wind. The stand
was about 100 feet long by 10 feet wide, and
was TO accommodate 800 people.
FOREIGN ITEMS.
A nephew Of General Gordon attended a
court ball by authority of his father. who tele
graphed him not to believe that the defender
of Khart0um was dead until the receipt Of
more positive proof.
Jules Wales, the celebrated French jour-
nalist, died Saturday.
"A cable dispatch from Paris announces the
death Of b. B. Hotchkiss, the famous gun in
ventor. He was about 55 years Of age, and
was born in Connecticut.
Cardinal McCabe's pastoral, read in the
Dublin churches, Sunday, denounced dyna-
miters its yigor making quite sensation.
The new British expedition to Egypt will,
81 ~ Nna-.I.
Of April.
Sir Samuel Baker writes that he believes
Khartoum had already fallen when the battles
of Abuklea and Gakdul were fought. He says
that the treachery which caused the fall OF -
city originated among traders, ,YsSuse aIu
solutely ruined by Eugln'-No the q
donmepf g&llIt; and the causes Mime
have produced low prices haaXleGI G,are O
ed the demand ,ogly- rs they. y.,,, ~. =,
prod4lessa9 Z iressened .,a as s policy of aban-
IN some i, :s5ly sought the Mahdis protee'ioh
-. a;snatch from Tonquin states that th'
r,-o,ob c6Inmn which is advancing t0"aIl
| ,,,ason under the command oi Gta' @ Dllci
Dcsle has had three days nara II, h6uIto6 Ii,,d II
/ ,be defles Of the mountains. ~ IN -,
.u ,ho a,.o beavv. but the troops are maAinl
iosses al Irogress DESPITE the obstinate resist
ance of the Chinese. c.....r
the police have reported to the Gove[n oi.soI
rcnt tIat 900 Anarchists reside IN a"ttEtt t;.,t
land Td and that they are chiefly OF foreign Oir'r
The French in Tonquin have had 70 t,.tiII setHI
ole against large bodies OF hard HBn''i'
Chinese. ,...,o,,,ita e-
In consequence of the recent dynamite e
,,osiops in London the admission OF VISITORS
~ Galleries of the House ot commons
6odgsd around with extraordinary restrl@coi3ii @
and the privileges of the members as "'i'
~ the Dross. are much curtailed.
Earthquake shocks were felt at LORE ORE a
Comoo about forty miles north oI u %ra,SC, eaD;o,
Saaip Snapo They were severe enough to do scrlo'
damage to the hospital A.. oo,o
The poue intends to proclaim the T,'1,'l S1llo
;1.tian Of tbe English martyrs, SIT IhoHl
3 Nc and Cardinal Fisher.
- TWO Anarchists have been arrested 'l.,.
q poicbenberg. in Bohemia A pFlntihg ,ll,t pr;
Ions IeIvnTiS Evolutionary documents, and quaint
!, Of dynamite were seized. o,.
3 INC butcher who murdered the Citn.
. - General of Gibraltar, and who Is s'
osIl 10 he insane, burst into the oilSG ~ VI, II
l. ihe Vicar was sitting, ana senGteu 9''ise i'' -