Milford chronicle., 1885-04-17
NEWS OF THEDAY
GENERAL ITEMS.

GENERAL, ITEMS.
"A colored man in Tennessee has recovered
damages against a railroad company for bein(
evicted from car by fellow passengers, Whl
wished him to take another car.
AT Liberty, Va, a colored woman who wal
about to be committed to the grave wasrescuet
by the doctor, who administered restoratiYes
She ia likely TO recover.
Kate Smulsey, the faster, Of Fort Plain
N. y, died from consumption, not starvation
so the post mortem by the physicians shows.
"A man was arrested in Philadelphia on
Friday on the charge Of oounterfeiting silver
dollars. Thirty-tWo counterfeit coins were
found in his possession. They were largely
composed Of pewter or some other metal
cheaper than silver.
The evidence in the Marie Seibel case in
New York city shows that DR., Mayer hurriedly
granted the death certificate without viewing
the body Of the poor girl because, anticipating
more aristocratic patient, he ''Was not going
20 risk carrying contagiOn to this innocent lady
for the sake Of a common servant girl"
"A boiler at No. Colliery, yorktown, -
Pa, exploded instantly killing the fireman
and fatally iniuring two men.
Henry Shaw, a member of the Illinois
Legislature and a Democrat died suddenly on
Sunday, leaving that body again tie, on
order for new election in Mr.. Shaw's district
Governor Abbott, Of New Jersey, says he
VIII pLOlEEh llHItlAucn u NiAhH Dtald III NltlA
rights to fish in the lower Delaware Bay not
witbstanding the action Of the Delaware Leg
islature in passing a law to exclude all but Del
aWareans from the fisheries.
-An the judges Of election at the Third
precinct Of the Third ward, Chicago, from
whom the ballot box was stolen, were arrested
on warrants sworn out by City Clerk Neu-
mister.
1t need surprise no one if another strike
an fanffl1 in Vnvna a
early date The railroad companies are grad
ually dsmissing the parties implicated in the
late strike.
"A cablegram announces the arrival at
Dublin Of the American ship Louisiana, Capt
Oliver, which left San Francisco on Oct. IA,
1884. The vessel was supposed to have been
Two colored men we're hanged in South
Carolina Friday for numbering two other col
Ored men.
According to the government reports the
wheat crop Of the United States has been
greatly reduced in acreage and is Of poorer
quality than for three years.
Willie Donovan, the roller skating cham
pion, died from acute pericarditis, following an
attack Of pneumonia, induced by reckless ex-
posure after his six days race.
The Connecticut House of Representatives
rejected, by a partisan vote, proposed con-
siitutional amendment designed to abolish the
q
elect State officials.
The strikers in Chicago have agreed not
to gather in large numbers around the reaper
works on condition that the private detectives
shall not again be brought upon the scene.
An iron bridge spanning Indian Creek, on
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, precipitated
a train into the water, twenty-five feet below
H. H. Fuller and Benjamin Fuller, brothers,
were killed.
George II. Mills, the Brooklyn wife mur-
{ derer, was hanged on Friday. He said he did
hQgI.lnow what he was doing when he commit
ted the crime. He died easily.
Affairs in Panama are improving. The
provisional Government is organizing rapidly,
and order is being maintained. The Shenan-
doah landed 100 men. They are guarding the
wharyes, offices, and rolling stock Of the Pan
ANA Railroad Company.
"A torrible hurricane occurred at Tamative,
on the east coast Of Madagascar, on the 25th
OF last February. Twelve vessels foundored in
the harbOr, including five French and six ma
tive vessels and the American bark Sarah Ho-
bart.
Members Of the British army reserve resi-
dent in Toronto, have been ordered TO hold |
themselves in readiness to return to England. |
1t is said that there are 900 Of them in Can
ada.
The excitement in Montreal over the news /
OF probable war between Russia and England /
is int,ns Volunteers arc now looking for |
marching orders to the East instead of the /
West
~ zoe great excitement at the Produce
ate. 1t WOulu ii,s- -'- BOSTON and pbila-
| if the State had failed to ala tnes,'3. J. |
,ople when they are making such &c
,od use of their opportunities. re'
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