The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1881-07-22

The Secretary Of State, (basing bis calcula-
tons on returns made from l,036 townships,
and on 772 letters from supervisors as late as
July 2, 1851 estimates the wheat crop Of this
year at trifie over nine bushels per acre and
an aggregate OF II, 200 900 bushels.
Levere COlb0rn fell of the dock while FISH
ing ut Port Huron, and was drowned.
The woman who created a sensation at
Washington Is supposed at Bay City To be
Hannah ID. Pfnninger, for some time Iesi-
dent OF Portsmouth township. By a legal pro.
cess she was obliged to leave her farm several
months ago and since then her husband has
commenced suit for divorce. Nothing was
known here OF her departure for Washington
or OF her deranged condition.
A fire at Fentonville destroyed A. j. Blair's
grocery and j. N. Fixes grocery.
Gltteau's confession, made to the District
Attorney, shows that no had been cOntempla-
ting the shooting since May Is; that he logged
the movements Of the President; that he had
his plans laid to shoot him in church but was
prevented by the President changing his seat
to one nearer the window and by the fear Of
hitting some one else. The confession makes
no mention OF an accOmplice and does not
seem to implicate any one else.
Merrill, the Boston athlete, Is taking all the
prizes In England, and has made mile in
6:39, the fastest time on record.
Hot weather, storms and insects have nearly
destroyed the wheat crop In Iowa.
A railroad war has brought down the price
| OF tickets from New York to Chicago to $I4
with probability OF further reductions.
STEADY Improvement" represents the Presi.
dents condition. His pulse and temperature
are nearly natural; he eats well, sleeps we'll
and Is gaining strength. The physicians pro,
nOunce him to be practically out of dan.
ger.
The Anglo. American telegraph cable line
will send messages to Europe for 25cts per
word; press and government dispatches 121
cts. per word.
| "a votes, which Is within five of an election.
The trade review for this week represents
business as being generally gOOd-affected by
the hot weather In some localities but espe
cially active In provisions.
clerk In New York was robbed OF $4,000
IN bank bills which he was taking to deposit.
| The shortage in the wheat crop of Ohio, H.
linois, Michigan and Iowa is estimated at So
100000 bushels. In Oregon the crop will ex
coed that OF last year thirty to forty per cent.
The Chinese students are to be recalled be-
cause they learn too much.
| The secretary Of the treasury has awarded
gold life-saving medal to the famous Ida
Lewis now Mrs. Ida Lewis Wilson, i'm recOg-
hilton OF her services in rescHng number Of
persons from drowning, since the passage of
the act authorizing such awards.
| General Grant has a patriotic little grand
son-a young gentleman who entered the fam
lily OF Colonel and Mrs. Frederick Grant in
Chicago on July 4.
Seven thousand six hundred and twenty
three Immigrants landed at New York last
week. The total number landing there since
January Is 261 ,l4S against 1S7,418 In the cor
responding period last year.
treasury cattle commission has been crea-
ted, consisting Of three men, whose duty it is
TO Investigate pleurO pneumonia and other
diseases In cattle with special reference to pre-
venting the sending of unsOund animals
abroad.
California has 12,244,27S centals of wheat
and 1852 barrels Of flour from the crop of
1881 still on hand.
The most destructive wind storm of the
| season, and one OF the worst the country has
known, was experienced in Minnesota Friday.
| The town OF New Ulm was totally wrecked
| and other places suffered badly. A cOnsidera-
| bic number OF persons are known to have been
killed, and there was great destruction of
| property.
The New York legislature on Saturday elect
| cd Warner Miller United States senator for the
long term, In place of Platt Miller received
elect. The break in the COnkling ranks was
| led by Speaker Sharpe who said Conkling
| must stand aside for the good of the party and
the country. Miller was born i'm Oswego
county, n. Y, and is 43 years of age He left
Union college to enlist as private In the war;
was promoted to sargeaut major and lieuten-
| ant, and was taken prisoner at Winchester.
He Is serving his second term as representa-
tive In congress, Is man Of fine address, ex-
tensive information and business ability.
| The President continues to improve. He
sleeps well, taking little mOrphine; eats solid
food and gains strength. The doctors do not
say that he is out of danger, but admit that II
no unforeseen changes occur he will get WELL
A Kansas City, Mo-, dispatch says: Infor m
alton has been received here by an incoming
Chicago, Rock Island d Pacific train OF dar
ingly planned and successful train robbery
which occurred at winston, a station on the
Rock Island road, a short distance east of Cam
er0n. The robbers were six Ia number, sup
posed to be under the leadership OF Jesse
James. The men boarded the train which
leaves this city at $3.50 p. m. at Cameron. At
Winston, where the train stopped, they stood
up in the aisle of the Car with drawn revolvers.
One OF the bandits, man with heavy black
whiskers, advanced with a revolver in each
hand toward Vim. Westfall, the conductor,
| aud ordered him to hold up his hands
The conductor was slow In complying with the
| demand and was shot through the breast by
the desperate. One Of the other men then
shot John Mccullough, a stone cutter of WiltOn
Junction, Ia, who turned outward in bis seat,
through the head. The men then went through
the train to the express car and Overpowered
United States Express Messenger Charles MUIR
ray, Of this city, who was intimidated into
opening the safe, from which $4,000 were Ia
ken. The desperaioes then ent to the engine
and told the engineer to start his train. This
"a N m ia IL
brake, and he was at once utilized as a target
by the robbers. The engineer put out the
lights in the cab and crawled along the foot
board to the pilot, extinguished the headlight
and lay down on the pilot. The robbers made
no search for him but departed. No attempt