The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-04-14
B. F. Kennedy, J. A. wildman, and c.

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! On the ground that it should have
been presented to the probate court of
Chicago, Judge LOOmis refused to con-
slider the petition of Mrs. Scoville for
the appointment of CONSERVATION for
the estate Of Charles j. Guiteau, and
quashed o summons thoughtlessly is
sued by deputy clerk.
/ The schooners Thomas Parsons and
Clayton Belle collided on Lake st. Clair.
The latter was sunk, and the former
4 was towed into Port Huron in damag-
ed condition. Captain Frank A. Col
win, First Mate Nathaniel Brotherton
and his son, and the female cook were
lost from the Clayton Belle.
John f. Slater, wealthy citizen of
! Norwich, Conn.,, proposes to give ST ,000,-
! 600 toward the education of the negroes
of the southern states. He secured the
consent of r. 'B. Hayes, Governor Col
quit, William L. Dodge, and others to
act as trustees of the fund, and has
caused an act of incorporation to be in
troduced in the New York legislature.
The Club National, of Montreal, COM
posed of French Canadians, had its an
nual banquet Wednesday, at which $50
persons were present. President Seal
lon said they hoped to found a republic
and Canadian nationality. Mr.. Mer-
cier announced that he had reached the
conclusion that it was his duty to advo-
cate independence. Hon. @. w. Steph-
ems said it was no crime to talk of the
! freedom of Canada.
Smythe, landlord of West Meath,
charges upon Gladstone the assassina-
| ton of his sister-in-law. Trail, a resi-
dent magistrate of Clare Morris, reports
that he can only travel with two police
men and a groom, the party. having a
capacity of twenty-five shots in as many
seconds, all hedges being searched by
the escort, and his house being patrolled
all night.
The governor of Colorado has appoint
ed George M. Chilcott, of Pueblo, as
senator to succeed Henry NJ Teller.
The appOintee is a practicing lawyer,
and was once a delegate to congress.
He negotiated the sale of the Maxwell
grant, for which he received fee of
$4,000. When Lieutenant Governor
Tabor learned of the appointment, he
stated that he would be candidate for
the senate at the next election, and in
tended to get there, without regard to
cost.
request of the Chicago railways to
forward grain and it would be taken
across the Atlantic free Of charge. Later
dispatches were sent Offering premium
for grain for ballast. The charge is
still made that rates are being cut by
the Grand Trunk road, and it is suspect
ed that reductions are being accepted
by several lines. This condition of things
is attributable to high speculative prices
in the Chicago grain market.
The story in the Boston Iranscript
that the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher con-
templated retiring from the passionate
OF Plymouth church and permanently
from the ministry on the completion of
his 10th birthday, June "a, next year, is
emphatically denied by Mr.. Beecher,
who says he never made such an an
nouncement, and does not contemplate
anything of the kind.
A committee of the New York senate
is investigating corners in food. Chaun-
cey M. Depew appeared as counsel for
the Vanderbilt roads, and pointed out
how England had been forced to seek
new sources of grain supply, but he was
unable to suggest measures of relief for |
the American people. President Jewett. |
of the Erie, expressed the opinion that |
legislation in Illinois might put stop |
to the generalization caused by corners.
A north-bound train on the Gulf, Col
Orad0 and Santa Fe road was robbed at
a water station called Blum at 10 o'clock
Friday evening. Six masked men en-
tered the passenger coaches, two stand
ing guard at either end while another
couple walked down the aisles with a
FELLOWSHIP and robbed everybody. The
conductor was fired upon, but escaped
injury. The amount secured is believed
to have been about ST 900. The officers
of the road sent out bloodhounds from
Fort Worth.
Bonds of the city of st. Joseph, Mo-,
to the amount of 100000, bearing per
cent. interest, were Saturday offered to
a broker in New York, at SO cents on
the dollar, by men giving their names
as James Irving and Joseph Fisk. They
were arrested on suspicion, and arraign-
ed at the Tombs police court, when the
securities were found to be genuine.
The finance committee of the council
telegraphed that the bonds were I'M
doubtedly stolen from the registers
safe. A party of leading citizens are on
the way to New York to look into the
theft. 1t is believed that someone con-
nected with the registers office is a