Milford chronicle., 1885-07-03
NEWS OF THE


and bv Yale in 6.O9; the first two miles by
Harvard in 1874. and by Yale in 12AS; the
three miles By Harvard in 1888, and by Yale
in 1915, and the four miles by Harvard IN
25a55z, and by Yale in $3.50.
james D. Fish. has been waiting for some
time in Ludlow street jail, New York, for
new trial Judges Wallace, Benedist ana
Brown, sitting in banc, in the United states
Circuit Court on Friday handed down de-
cision refusing a new trial. Mr.. Fish VIII
therefore soon be brought up for sentence
AT Knoxville, Tenn, in the case Of john
son. who shot and killed bis wifes paramour,
Henry, the jury returned verdict OF not
guilty The announcement OF tne Ee s a,,
caused q tremendous demonstration OF ap-
plause By tho large crowd in the court house.
The veterans Of the Grand Army OF the
Republic chose s. 8. Burdett, OF the Depart
ment Of the Potomac, as Commalder-ln-Chle !
Comrade C0nuOr. Of Maine Senior wee .Ooni-
mander-in- Chief; John =. Lewis, OF Atlanta
Junior Yice-Commander-iu-C Chief; L. Il; Stew
art. Of Ohio, plain-in-Chiefi J. G. Fucker
Of California, Surgeon-General. The Conveh,
tion sang "Auld Lang Lyme, and adjourned
sine die.
"A singular phenomenon has been observed
in C0ntooeook, n. H. A number OF Wens
which have heretofore yielded good water
have lately yielded sulphurous water OF bad
quality.
-Canker worms have appeared in saraso3a
county, and are destroying foliage ana rant.
.-Demerits we're given the ofendins ammo
polls cadets who ogled the girIs, anu w ny.
cadets are excluded from the wharf "hen
excursion boats land,
David Quinn, the y0urg rough VINO nred
at some Cinnamon on Mott street, New YORK;
killing one and woundlng another was Ioun9 i
onilty Of murder in the second degree, ana
sentenced to hard labor for life.
The Harvard-Columb Freshman boat
race at New London was won by HarVate
The distance rowed was two miles. Inc ON
cial time is: Harvard, 1929 Colu1lpia' Io'A$'
Harvard came in ten lengths ahead.
..Jobp CARPENTER on trial in New York for
the murder OF his wife cut his throat from
car to ear while in his cell al the Tombs- lie
was believed TO be insane.
-Between four and five thousand men are
novr involved in the builders' laborers' strike
at Toronto, Canada.
Potter Groot, aged 10, had lived alone with
his wife in the town of Lyons, n l., tor my
veara He died on the 18th inst. His widow,
WHO had never been i'll day, was 50 grief
stricken by his death that she pinned visloiy
away, and was, three days after, found dead IN
her room. She WAS s. years OF age.
The steamship Italia struck near Tomas
on the Peruvian coast and sunk. Out OF l34
passengers and crew, Go were drowned. Inc
Cachapoal picked up a boat containing thir-
teen survivors thirty miles south OF Plseo.
Sbe searched the coast and found fifty-tour
more survivors in Salinas Bay, two others hav-
ING started on foot from there for Tomas.
Among the saved are the captain, the first OH
cor. and about seven passengers, including one
woman. About twenty-five children were
drowned.
Twenty families living in Rock Island,
Ill. were affected with poison from beef IN
~ IA Don, a NM
tins are pronounced to be IN serious condl-
ton.
The wire.worm is doing great damage to
the growing corn in Southern Illinois. Farm
ersyeport that entire fields Of corn are being
ruined by this pest. The work OF DESTRUCTION
Is verv rapid, in some cases whole field OF
fine corn being 'ravaged in . single day or
night. The worm is doing the greatest dam
age in the bottoms and on the low lands.
George L. Holmes, of Charleston, S. G.,
has been appointed a special agent OF the
Bureau of Labor, vice VIM. L. Trenholm, who
declined the appointment.
Major Reno has long wished to know how
many Indians were actually engaged IN the
Custet massacre. He visited Sitting Bull, and
? by means Of an interpreter ascertained that
there we're probably from 1000 to 5000 In
dians in the hght-a force strong enough to
have easily overwhelmed both Gen. Clusters
and Major RenO's forces. Sitting Bull was
not very willing to talk Of the details, as ne
has still an apprehension that the whites may
punish him for his part in that massacre.
Charles Warren Adams and Mildred Cole
ridge, daughter Of the Lord Chief Justice Of
England, were married. A maternal uncle
was the officiating clergyman. The marriage
was private. Lord COleridge was asked by his
daughter to attend her wedding. He refused,
ana in consequence of this refusal no other
member of the family Of Lord Coeridge was
tod NaaH oil
members of the family Of the late Lady Cole
ridge, and all were present at the wedding.
After the ceremony there was a communion
service and a grand choral celebration.
in Baltimore Henry A. Myers, convicted
Of cruelty beating his wife, received his twenty
lashes at the hands Of the Sheriff. He bore
the infiction we'll Since the conviction Of
Pyers and Myers there is much less wife beat
ing III Baltimore.
The citizens posse from the Texas and
Indian Territory side of the Red River, in the
neighborhood Of Delaware Bend, who have
for several weeks past been chasing the gang
of outlaws who have been stealing horses and
stock, overlook the gang and hanged twelve
OF them.
Senator Low, of New York, author Of the
OleOmargarine act, has written a letter in
which he asserts that the recent decision Of
the Court of Appeals holding it unconstitu-
tiOnal was rendered on an unfair presentation
of a suit not genuine test case.
Two engagements between the Mexican
troops and the Yaqui Indians took place on the
Goth and 22d Of June. Two hundred Yaquis
and six Mexicans were killed.
The Grand Army reunion at Portland,
Me-, drew to that point 1000 visitors.
During a fierce storm Of wind log raft
loting The Lachine rapids was broken up
Just after entering the mad rush OF waters,
Each of the Indian raftsmen caught log and
all made the perilous descent in safety.
Emil Steger, Hungarian, and formerly
companion in exile with Kossuth, committed
suicide at Memphis, Tenn.
Charles L. White was arrested in Salt
Lake City, charged with unlawful cohabita-
ton. His young wife refused to testify
against him, and was sent to jail.
Wisconsin Grand Army men, on their way
10 portland, were roughly handled at Montreal,
being suspected Of Orangeism from theh
orange colored badges.
Charles A. Buddenseik, the New York
builder who laid his bricks without mortar,
and thereby caused his houses to fall, and who
was convicted Of manslaughter, was on Tues
day sentenced to the State Prison for ten years
with fine Of $780,
"A messenger from Dolores Valley, Col,
says that Indians have killed a neighbor
named Genther, seriously wounded his wife,
and burned his house, barn haystacksi etc.
s The messenger confirms the report that COW
boys had killed six Of family Of Indians.
-Se7en men were drowned at Quinzo
Rapids, Canada The men we're carried over
a chute which was very high and rough.
"A destructive cyclone passed over a con-
siderable portion Of Belmont county, Ohio
leyolling dwellings, and outbuildings, uproot-
ing the largest trees and destroying the grow
ing crops.
An epidemic has suddenly broken ont in
various parts of the country among domestic
animals, entailing great loss, on farmers
especially. In piggeries il is designated hog
disease, among horses it partakes Of the
nature Of CHAMBERS Dogs and cats are also
suffering from phase Of the epidemic.
The gathering Of members Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic at Portland, Me-, was
much larger in numbers than had been antici-
pated, the grand parade occupying three
hours in passing given point.