Milford chronicle., 1885-03-20
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS.

VI AollCes
John West (colored) was hanged at Mont
matter Of love.
The Connecticut House Of Representatives
passed bill permitting women 10 vote in any
school d strict meeting or to be elected on
school boards.
fen thousand miners are on strike in
Pennsylvania.
The General Term Of the Court Of Com
mon Pleas Of New York decides that Commis-
sioner Ulrich; who injured at the Spuyten
Duyyii railroad disaster three years ago, IS en-
ttled 10 recover damages, although riding on
Tree pass, because he bought a drawing
room car ticket and rode in the drawing room
Ia .he trial Of ex-President Fish. of the
Marine Bank, Of New York city, it transpired
that occasionally one security did duty for
-Ihe jury rendered a ve-iict of not euiltv
IN the case of Nellie Horan, charged with
poisoning her father, mother and sister at
Eikhotn, Wis.
Three negroes were arrested, charged with
being implicated in a murder at Montgomery
Tenn, and taken from the jail and lynched
More than eighteen million dollars dam
ages are claimed by settlers for depredations
by the Indians, the claims going as far back
as 1855.
"A Florida railroad company, to which a
large tract Of land had been granted in 1856,
and which subsequently allowed settlers TO i'm
prove its value from ten eents to sl5 an acre,
now wants to seize the land. Mr.. Van Wyck |
forced sale.
-Maekin and Gallagher, two of the men |
convicted at Chicago Of stuffng ballot boxes /
and falsifying election returns have been |
nned $4,000 each and sent TO the Joliet (IiL) |
prison for two years.
The trial Of dynamite shells near Wash
ingtnn proves successful, the shots excavating
solid rock on the Potomac to a depth Of six
feet and blowing the fragments half mile.
"A terrible explosion occurred in a cut on
the extension Of the Fort Worth and Denver |
Olty railway. heavy blast had been
ranged, which exploded prematurey, killing
three men. The men had their heads entirely
blown of, and their bodies blown one hundred
yards away and horribly mangled.
sent to jail for selling the sensational papers
III violation of a city ordinance
The Massachusetts, Senate passed to be
engrossed the bill prohibiting the sale Of spirit
uoqs or intoxicating liquors between II p m.
and a. m. 1
Special advices from Reading. Pa. relate
how stranger, having secured hospitality in
the residence Of wealthy widow, exploded
safe in the house at midnight expecting to Sc | .
cure large sum Of money.
Frank D. Warren, alias F. D. Ll1ns who
as alleged, forged check Tor Sl0~i't' in New
% ~ Orleans last January, was aIressedat Niagara t
''''' was fecSt sIn5too! nto!efs - l.
In view of the existing relations between I
England and Russia Members Of the Dominion d
Parliament from British Columbia are express d
ing alarm at the defencelesB condition Of that b
province. n
Sir John Macdonald announced at Ottawa Il
Ont, that the government had received infor- Il
nation tkat the lives OF several promi 1t
persons had been threatened and that pl It's II
had been laid for destroying public buildings W
The first church bell heard west Of the "
Aueghanes has been sent to the New Orleans -
Exposition. II
"A large quantity Of nitro-glycerine ex- su sr
pOded near Bradford, Pa, killing two men /
and causing considerable destruction Of prop m
erty. e.
An extraordinary story Of a dead woman ",
haVng revived sufficiently to relate her ex- vi
perience in the spirit world and then expire ag
again comes from Portland, Me- do
Thomas Plunkett sergeant in the Twenty mt
nIst Massachusetts regiment, vino lost both tai
arms while defending the colors at Fredericks- p
Durg December IS, 1862, died in Worcester | lal
Mass He leaves a widow and two sOns On
recovering from his woun Is he was generously
provided for by the contributions of people
who hon0red his bravery aud by a full pen
sion. mi.
-AtNew Orleans two men convicted Of the
murder OF Gap" Murphy we're sentenced TO
death, and three others who were implicated
IN the crime were consigned TO the Penen-
tary for twenty years. bal
in quarter-of-a-mile race in New Or the
leans between John s. Prince, the champion, tIe
bicyclsf, and W. X. Morgan, Prince made the ~, ~
quarter IN S9 seconds, thus lowering the reg snOP
by yard. ,i90 10, asi
Lo55@S Adyisss Ices received Re holplant @Ilng Ca
tsTa' in " Il III ,s yextrayqc 'rIer Ter Go'sIs =
-.--g5Idf ftosiif, probably e ,toise "a Wv y
leRel6Sef;,. ,tr,-s-isIead of 50 GG6ng and Yo- Il
nqfJieine -'' D-'-'''- -, -
lio eDReports from the Indian Territory are TO Id
the effect that the mortality among the live N
stock >.uring the past winter has been very :,
great.
Prominent Cubans say that the shooting W
at Santiago de Cuba OF Gen. Bonachea and W
four Of the eleven men who left Kingston,
Jamaica, with him in December, will surely dl
result in smother uprising in Cuba this year. Le
-Four mills connected with powder manu- 81
factory situated Newburg, n. Y, were "
destroyed by an explosion and two men in W.
stanty killed. tn
Trouble is brewing. g.between Guatemala and pi
Nicaragua on account of the canal concession, al
and virtual declaration Of war is said to have OIL
been made by President Barrios. m
While Joseph Bohlman was attending to ~
repairs on the roof Of the Gibson House / .
in Cincinnati, he caught hold Of an electric sa
light wire, and was instantly killed by the
shock. to
The famous Dr. Burchard, Of New York is
city, has been retired by the Presbytery on co
salary Of $500 year. ar
WASHINGTON NOTES. an
Secretary Manning has reduced the force IN
in the Treasury Department by dismissng =;
forty-two persons, eifectiug saving OF forty ~ ~
thou-and dollars year. Ln
The Senate committees have all been Oh
ranged, but Senator Sherman declines to serve te
the Finance Committee. ha
Mr.. Blaine made formal call on Presi- ua
dent Cleveland at the White House. lie was dc
received by the President in tn library. They NJ
were together half an hour. But little detail 20
of the conversation is known save that il was sp
upon general and not leading topics. On in
parting Mr. Blaine said: "Mr. President, sin sa
cerely hope that the country may be prosper
Gus and contented under your Administration -
aud trust you will lind your life i'll Washing ~ ~
toni one Of personal happiness" 70
The National Republican contains an in su
teryiew with Postmaster General Villas in which fin
that gentleman says-"The programme Of the oo
whole Cabinet is to select officials for their o;
worth and value to the government and as vi
having said further, that the policy of the ad-
minstration is to bear out the civil service We
rules to the full extent in the management OF an
the various Departments. shall enforce the el,
rules here" mr.
FOREIGN TTRMa u
1t is reported that the French Chamber Of th
Deputies and the members of the government an
are convinced Of the necessity Of marching n.
upon Pekin The French government wi Il ~
shortly ask for a grant OF $4,000, 600 to pro- nv
vide for the dispatch Of 25 900 men to China wi
The Afghan war clouds have been tenn un
porarly disseminated Mr.. Gladstone an tn
nOunced in the English House of Commons ON
that tue advance OF the Russian and Afghan -
forces wouli be stopped. and that a conflict Pa
between England and Russia was at least post Da
poned. tt
The French police have arrested James I'm
Stephens and Eugene Davis chief Of the n