Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-06-26
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS.


Vermont fish commissioner are stocking
tbe lakes and streams Of that State with sal
mon.
New evidence has been found in the Rich
,,ond murder case that is believed to be favor
able to Cluyerius.
"A double tragedy took place at Logstown,
Pa A prominent citizen named Mckee killed
his wife and fatally shot himself while tempoI-
arily insane.
Gen. Grant had Saturday night the best Te RS
he has had since he has been At M9uh' NJ
Craeor He vent TO sleep at IL O'Clock, ana
had All told, nine hours sleep. DR.. Donsias
was not called during the night, and at seven
o,cInck Sunday morning made his nrsL eA-
animation Of his patient. he !ouno We 1ue -
eral refreshed and in good spirits ms ptl l5
after he had been thoroughly aroused, was =.
His voice was fairely distinct, though all ne
said was uttered in hoarse Whisper He
rested well during Sunday. ~, -.
The post Office at Newtonville, Ohio, was
blown no by dynamite; what the motive was N
a mystery. .
-Aufdmordt tho defaulting sub-Treasury
clerk. Of New Orleans, is reported 70 DC AZ
Laredo, Mexico.
ess. lefs by her will $4,000 to over forty
charitable institutions.
"A FIRE nearly destroyed the village OF PORT OH
vile, near Olean, n. Y. The loss Is S'oiVOO'
-peettv Annie Van Fossen, who was on
trial in New Lisbon, Ohio, for attempting y
poison fifteen persons one OF Whon uleu1 W.
scouitted The defence set mp was that some
S1lough on Rats" fell into the coffee by aeei-
dent. .,.-
Dennis Kearney announces his intention
10 run for Governor of California next year
on the workingman's ticket.
a section Of Illinois has been inundated by
a WATERFRONT. Much damage was DONE
A man digging a well in Boston stuck fast
in a ouieksand A large crowd gatneieu' DI5
the man was allowed to remain IN the wen
seven hours before the obvious use OF a rope
occurred to the bystanders
The Canadian canal tolls have been re-
duced to two cents ton. Free Canals arc ue-
manded.
Dprinp a fight in a Texas court room the
Tudge was struck by a lawyer, whom ne
promptly knocked down.
THE eaptain Of party Of Chicago boys
.,oIino themselves the ''Jesse James gang,
nrondlv boosted Of his crimes in court, ana
berged his confederates to ''stick 70 DER
gang" ,.-.r..oa
to supply 200 men IN P ace OF slrlilils i'oOi
Tho first case Of illegal importation OF
foreion laborers, as expressly forbidden by the
recent act of Congress, was discovered az
castle Garden. New York, in large party
fFonrhf from Dublin to work in mill here al
s89f per week each. They will be sent oacH
to Dublin.
into a nail Of water at its parents home in
Greenwich street New York, and was
drowned.
Frank Pyers underwent the sentence OF
the whipping post and cOwhide at Baltimore
for wife beating. The tenth lash encircled
his neck and tore his flesh.
Frank Whitney convicted Of burglary at
indianapolis, broke loose from Ballh and
hurled a pair Of handouts at the Judge. The
police after desperate struggle overpowered
and conveyed him to prison.
George Schneider was hanged at Hamll-
ton, Ohio, for the murder OF his mother
Perry aud William Melton, father and
son. were executed at Farmersville, La, fol
brutaly killing a neighboring farmer named
Cherry, Of whose prosperity they were ieal-
Gus.
-Mavor Harrison, Of Chicago, has re-
auested, through the various chiefs OF depart
ments, every employee OF the city to hand IN
n the Dominion House Of Commons sii
Jobn NIcDopald said that the tendency OF th'
correspondence between his government an'
that of the United States was such as 70 creet'
p strong hope for the revival OF the recll Io0i'!
treaty. O..
Ill d.
,-;ce Division of the Treasury Department
has at the request Of Secretary Manning ten
dered his resignation, to take effect July
next :.
President White, Of Cornell University, in
tends 10 resign on account OF Ill health-
Dominion merchants are urging the gov
eminent to disallOW an act passed by the Man
itoba Legislature, which practically aDsolVe
business men from the possibility OF selzuI
in the event Of their becoming financially EN-
barrassed.
"A sixtv-foot dead whale drifted ashore or
posite the residence Of Prof. rogers al Ne"
port r. L
The body Of Jacob Young, who committe
suicide at Mount Marion, N, l., was Ioq llllL
Esopus creek, near Saugerties, n Y ioun l
was worth $50, 600. II is thought ms daugl
ter, who went into spasms when informed
her fathers suicide, cannot 1--we.
The PRESBYTERIAN church at Shippensburt
Va. one of the finest edifces in the Cumbe
land Valley, was destroyed by IRE.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
The Secretary of the Treasury has aske
the Secretary Of State to appoint medical n II
spectors at all Cuban consulates IN view Oh "
vide spread Of cholera in Spain and the col
slant intercourse between that country an
fbe ports of Cuba. The duty Of these inspe.
tors will be- to watch immigrants from Spal
and 10 make prompt reports Of their NOV
ments to this government.
THE United States steamer Iroquois,
the Pacific Station, has sailed fro
Panama to Guayaquil, Ecuador, under seal'
instructions from the Secretary OF state IN 7
gard TO the case of Santos, the America
Citizen held there under arrest L Is unae
stood that the commander OF the Hoquols
instructed to make a formal demand in q
name Of the United States for the prompt I
lease Of the prisoner and to afford all posslt
assistance.