Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06

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hours OF eleven o'clock p. m, and six O'Clock q
In.i and after all amendments had been re
iected Il was put upon its passage. Th,
Y Speaker declared the bill defeated.
: --Diphtheria Is epidemic in many towns ant
, villages Of eastern Connecticut and western
Rhode Island. The disease has made frightfu
ravages among the children Of Norwich and
+ New London, and in the village Of Westerly
r. l., there are 100 cases.
"A journalist and a physician, both well
{ known in the City OF Mexico, had duel with
2 swords over trouble originating at a masked
ball on Sunday. The physician was wounded.
WASHINGTON NOTES
There was a decrease Of a little more than
SS,OO0,OOO in the public debt during February.
The President has approved the act to de-
clare forfeiture Of lands granted to the Texas
Pacific Railroad Company.
"A resolution to stop the coinage Of silver
dollars was introduced in the Senate.
In the House the Fertilization bill was
passed.
Mr. Charles NJ Reed, who assisted Mr..
Schoti, Id in the defence Of Guiteau, has for the
third time asked Congress for an appropria-
tion Of $4,000 in payment for such Offices,
/ without success.
"A letter written by Secretary Frelnghuy-
sen in explanation and giving reasons for his
support Of the Nicaraguan treaty is made
public.
The Senate passed the Naval Appropriation
bill, with amendments fixing the limit Of max
imum tonnage OF the two new cruisers to be
built at 1000, instead Of 600 tons, and appro-
priating $4,000 for the purchase Of Erics-
sons Destroyer.
Secretary Lincoln has written a letter to
the Military Committee Of the Senate, in
which he favors placing the Signal Bureau
upon purely civil basis.
Representative Eaton has been instructed
by the Committee on Foreign Affairs to report
that, in view Of the continued prescription Of
American pork aud additional burdens on
wheat and rye imported by Prussia from this
country, and the measures now threatened
which are hostile TO American petroleum, the
President is instructed to take the ne,-lsary
steps to secure to the United States the same
benefits with other nations as 10 articles of /
commerce Of the United States under the most
favored nation clause Of 1928 with Prussia, now 1
in force between the United States and the |
German Empire.
The House adopted an amendment to the I
Sundry Civil bill providing that the money ap- 1
propriated TO aid in the New Orleans Exposi-
tiOn shall be used, first in the payment Of in
debtedness now outstanding Of the Exposition
which is due to persons living outside of Lou
isiana, including debts to foreigners or foreign
nations and such as are due to States and Ter
ritories; and second, in the payment Of all
premiums awarded by the Exposition.
Mr.. Willis, of Kentucky, moved to suspend
the rules and put upon its passage bill appro-
priating 5000 600 to be expended under the
direction and with the approval Of the Secrc-
tary Of War for the continuation and compile
ton of works designated in the last River and
Harbor law. After a long debate the bill was
passed-l9O to SS.
Mr.. Hoar introduced in the Senate new
Pacific Railroad funding bill.
Negotiations are in progress for extending
the time for the ratification of the Spanish
Treaty.
The silver amendment to the Sundry Civil
bill was defeated in the House. The bill was
to suspend the coinage Of the silver dollar
The vote stood $50 to l1s
Senator Sherman reported to the Senate /
rom the Committee on the Library an amend !
nent to the Sundry Civil bill to provide for the \
'rection in the District Of Columbia Of /
tatue to the memory Of General Lafayette at
cost Of S50,00O /
resident to negotiate for the purchase OF the d
rights of the Seminole, Creek, and C
'herokee Indians to the Oklahoma lands t
Several pension bills were considered by
he Senate, and then a bill was passed provid- I
lg for the settlement Of the claims Of officers Q
nd enlisted men Of the army for loss Of pri- 2
ate property destroyed in the military service.
President Arthur will remain in Washing
)n several days after the Inauguration Of his
lccessOr as the guest of Secretary Freling-
uysen. He will then take possession of the
'sldence in New York city already prepared s.
,r him. II
Gen. Swain was sentenced to be sus- 81
ended from rank and duty for twelve y princip,
I'd to forfeit one-half hi -nar'thl'~Hs Of -. -
on.h for the same per'the Mayors office eeu ','i
ntenced o forfei'ls Is to say a metaNh" a" Alice
ant in his grae he win ume,if you please, n. C.,
ssat atJn thPsnen his shop should blldren
lea When it should be clOsed-now tlbrned dt 10
Thing is done by the clerks; the Ownerst The
p has nothing to say about it. In tdses while
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leomfe FOREIGN ITEMS
s.The British steamer Lake Winnipeg, from
New York, fell in with the French ship Surrey,
from Pensacola, and found the Surrey dis
nasted and her rudder gone. The Lake Win
nipeg rescued SIX of the crew, The remainder
had been washed overheard or died from ex-
laustiOn.
"A large house at Cozenza, the capital Of
the Italian province of the same name. was
wrecked by the fall Of a floor Sixty persons
we're in the building at the time Of the dis
lster, and all were injured more or less
severely. Twenty Of them are not expected to
recover.
Mr.. Flannery, Secretary Of the Dynamite
Committee. in md interview with reporter
Of the Paris Fiqdi'O, declared that the dyna-
mters began preparations three weeks ago Tor
certain events to take place in England com
pared with which all previous explosions we're
mere experiments, and which he was confident
yDnld terrify all England. He said that the
Prince of Wales would not be molested during
bis sojourn in Ireland, as he was going thther
with good intentions.
The Irish Nationalists Of Dublin, to the
number of more than 10000, assembled Sun
iav in Phoenix Park, to protest against the
suspension of Mr.. William O.Bren, the mem
Der for MallOW, by Speaker Peel in the House
)f Commons. Lord Mayor John OConnor
and made a speech protesting against
.he action of the Speaker as an insult to the
whole Irish people.
AT Abbeyfeae, village in Limerick
county, ireland, eleven farmers, with their
families, were evicted for non-payment OF rent
Many policemen were present, so that all at
tempts at disorder were prevented.
1t has been decided that the marriage Of
Princess Beatrice to Prince Henry Of Batten-
berg shall take place at Whippingham Church.
on the Isle Of Wight, in July, while the Queen
is at Osborne.
The sentence Of the murderer Lee, whose
attempted execution proved such failure, has
been commuted to life imprisonment Three
attempts were made to hang him.
Mr.. O'Brlcn, an lflsh lueilDeI Oh tile Lh6-
Iish Parliament was named by the Speaker and
ordered to withdraw for using unparhament-
ary language.
The Prince and Princess Of Wales propose
to make a tour Of Ireland Iheir reception
will be noticed with interest by the English
people.
The British naval estimates for 1856 call
for the construction Of seYenty-three new
vessels including eleven iron-clads.
The poor house at Wohlen, in the Canton
of Asrgou, Switzerland, was destroyed by hre
Six persons persisted in the flames.
The Swiss authorities are determined to
expel anarchists, whether foreign or native,
from Switzerland.
Mr.. Gladstones Egyptian policy has been
vindicated in the English House of Commons.
The vote of censure was defeated by fourteen
votes. In the House Of Lords it was sup
ported by 121 votes
The Russian press makes emphatic asser-