Milford chronicle., 1885-01-30
NEWS OF THEDAY
nENERAL rTEMs.

-Auumas Jrnle IleiQas member OF tue
Tweed Ring Of New York, died on his farm in
Canada. His death was caused by pneu-
monia. He was Corporation Attorney, and
several indictments we're found against him,
when he left the country.
Ten thousand dollars worth Of ice was de-
strcyed at Reading, Pa, by persons who were
angry because Hungarians were employed in
the ice-helds 1t was accomplished by drain
ing the water from the canal, which broke the
ice and let il down into the mud.
AT Wytheyille, Va, two young men were
found dead in house under circumstances
which warranted tIo 1siief that they had been
F1sficlated Dy coal gas.
Reports from Kansas and Nebraska state
that cattle IN the open ranges are dying by
hundreds from extreme cold and lack Of feed.
IT Craig Fields, Of Tweed Ring fame, died
al his retreat in St. Andrews. Quebec,
AT Newport KY, woman killed one OF
her children, fatally injured another and then
committed suicide.
"A row took place between opposing fac
tions in a Catholic church at Fall River, which
neCessitated the calling in Of the police to
preserve order while the services were in
progress
"A burglar caught robbing store in the
Indian Territory was taken out by the citizens
and so seriously whipped that he died from the
effects.
One Of the buildingsof the Whitney Arms
company AZ new uhFens was DulueAi AAV
men thrown out Of employment; loss, s60,OOO.
The Chicago special Grand Jury has in
dioted 249 judges OF election for completely in
the frauds ON the ballot IN that city.
Accounts from Oklahoma state that the
Boomers, to the number Of GOO, are enirenehed
and are determined to resist the troops.
serious accident occurred at Smiths Falls,
on the Canada Pacific Railroad. The cars
collided, crushed and took fire. Two passen-
gers lost their lives and a number Of Others
we're injured.
A report made to the Bureau Of Statistics
shows that under the present system Of culti |
walton there is no danger from the exhaustion
Of cotton lands.
At two o'clock Saturday morning the |
splendid steamer st. John, Of the Peoples |
limo running between New York and Albany |
caught fire at her dock, pier Al, North river |
New York The steamer had been 'laid VI" |
for the winter, and was IN the care Of Keeper |
or watchman. The loss was sl5O,OJO.
An Indian hunter was eaten by wolves in |
the Michigan pineries. The animals are nu- |
morous and bold
"A convict charges that woman who dis |
appeared from Binghamton was robbed and /
murdered and that her body was sunk IN a /
pond.
The suevia brought in twelve Of the ship |
wrecked crew Of an American fishing schooner /
which was lost of Newfoundland.
"A Dlll lulINHNGeu III Nllt NEW 4Rth oAuNN II
Senate authorizes a company to construct |
ship canal between the North and East Rivers, 4
, via Harlem River and Spuyten Duyyel Greek.
by a legal decision colored gentlemen Of /
SB0ston cannot be refused the privileges of 4
public skating rink.
The old Liberty bell was taken from In{le 1
G rendence Hail. Phiadelphia.- SOS Shipped to
lhe New Orleans Expoe.uop.
"A Young mqs was arrested in Chicago
. a.
ortlss He had them packed in boxes together 1
with internal machines filed with dynamite.
Dynamite is said to have been found in
box at Kansas City. and tale Of an Irish dy- /
namiter pursued by English detectives is woven
Out Of the material.
An argument on the Freedom Of Worship
bill was heard by the New York State Senate
Committee on Cities
The capital Of Dakota is to be moved from
Bismarck to Pierre.
Bishop Taylors party Of missionaries for
Central Africa, numbering thirty. eight, left /
New York on the steamship City of Montreal
1t has been definitely ascertained at
Chicago that the proposition to appropriate
100000 for an additional police force, de-
clared to have been carried at the late election,
was defeated, Notwithstanding it was declared |
carried and the amount missappropriated
By the explosion Of portable engine on a
farm near Groton, n. Y, two men were killed |
and three seriously injured.
General Hatch has surrounded the boom
ers at Saltwater with the intention Of starry
ing them out. He allows no one 10 approach
them, but lets any one leave who desires.
courier just in reports several leaving already,
as the provisions are running short.
"A party OF Mexican bandits have been cap
tured by United States troops and taken to
Yuma, A. T.
Oliver Brothers & Phillips, of Pittsburg,
j. 4 I
with their creditors, obtaining liberal exten-
sions.
In British Columbia five Indian men and
one woman have been killed by Takowa In
dians, who also took two women and two chill
dren into captivity.
The New York State Senate passed to
third reading bill appropriating $4,000 to the
New Orleans Exposition.
During the wedding celebration Of Colson
Bainbridge, an Indian, near Webher's Falls, l.
T.. he was killed by unknown parties. Two
women and one man we're wounded
Mr.. Blaines niece, Sister Teresa, died at
ST. Marys Catholic Convent at Wilkesbarre,
AT The annual meeting Of the Connecticut
free Masons it was shown that there had been
a slight falling off in membership and small
deficiency in receipts.
Three men we're killed by an explosion in
the lard rendering tank Of pork packing
house in Sioux City, Iowa.
"A poor woman gave birth to a child on the
street in Chicago at night in temperature OF
fourteen degrees below zero.
Senator Cameron was reelected in Penn
sylvania, and Senator Voorhees, in Indiana. In
Rhode Island Jonathan Chace was elected
United States Senator.
Oliver Brothers & Phillips have made
statement to their creditors showing liabilities
81 sos, ,335.93; assets, S2,3l9, 352,42, An eX-
tension Of five years is asked.
Iron and brass mills in Ohio are starting
up, and there is a more favorable outlook in
the metal trade than has existed for many
months
Judge Mccoy Of Georgia, confined by his
family in a Philadelphia insane asylum, per-
sonally appeared in a United States court and
asked for his own release.
In a Chicago opium joint a white baby
was discovered which had been sold to a Chi
naman for Sl2.
The Pennsylvania Railroad is carrying inn
migrants from New York to Chicago for 81.
General Benjamin +. Butler brought suit
in the United States Circuit Court to compel !
Mr.. Stephen B. Elkns to make deed convey |
ing to the former 100 900 acres Of New Mexican
land valued at 200.
The Committee Of the Massachusetts State
Senate on Federal Relations, to which was
referred the resolution asking Congress to
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army, reported that it ought not to pass.
Richard Worthington, book publisher, Of
New York. made an assignment on Monday to |
Charles jenkins.
The set-to between Sullivan and Paddy | (
Ryan was cut short in New York by the inter-
ference Of the police. Over 10000 persons
were present at the affair.
The remains Of five additional victims Of
the asylum fire at Kankakee, ILL.,, were recov-
cred fivin Tie ruins.
The Indiana Legislature reelected United I
States Senator Voorhees,.
"A Wabash train struck broken rail near
Venice, Ill; the smoker and baggage cars were
thrown into ditch and many people we're IN
jured, one fatally.