The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-12-01


deld OF labor has for two years been the
Detroit district, is charged with having
forged the signature of Pension Agent
Post to notes aggregating 81 300.
Trains OH the Pittsburg and Southern
road have lately been run by telephone,
the result being collision Tuesday
which wrecked both engines. MANNED
Conductor Berry, and injured several
passengers.
Work on the Hudson river tunnel
has been suspended for lack of funds,
after the expenditure of 500, 900. Col
onel Haskin thinks that with 81, 500, 900
more the enterprise can be completed
in eighteen months.
The president and cabinet are said to
be in favor OF reduction OF taxes on
tobacco and whisky and the abolition
of all other internal revenue duties,
bringing down the receipts to $780,
O00,0 600 per annum.
Mr.. Gladstone has announced that
the arrears-of-rent bill had proven a
failure, and he desired it known that
the government did not intend to pre-
sent a measure to extend the period for
the payment Of the rent of 1881.
Eastern capitalists have recently pur-
chased large quantities OF timber land
in Breathitt and Rowan counties, Ken
tucky, and will erect mills to cut white
oak for ship-building. The prices paid
range from SIS to $40 per acre.
1t is predicted at Washington that
Judge French is to be removed from
the assistant secretaryship of the treas
ury, having been the object of attacks
from manufacturers dissatisfied with
his tariff rulings.
The Garfield fair at Washington was
opened in fine style by President Ar
thur, and sales of goods commenced at
once. The Kansas booth is decorated
with grains and fruits. Mrs. Logan has
charge of the Illinois display.
The wife of Engineer Melville and
her brother went Saturday evening to
the residence of Mr.. Cappell, in Brook
Ign, and forcibly took away her daugh-
ter Maude, who had been left there by
the hero of the Jeanette.
Leading citizens of Boston, appre-
ciating the lack of stOrehOuses for
grain in filling orders for Europe, have
determined to subscribe $250, 900 to
erect the requisite buildings and pur-
chase wheat and corn in large quantities.
Officials in Ireland report a proba-
bility of great distress this winter in
the districts of Sligo, Swinford, and
Galway, through the short potato crop
and lack of employment. Much desti-
tuition is apparent in West Clare and
Connaught.
A great panic was caused at Monaco
by the explosion Of a dynamite cart
ridge at the entrance to the Monte
Carlo gambling saloon, One official
was wounded. An Italian is in custody
for connection with the crime.
Commissioner Raum reports the net
receipts of internal revenue for the
year at $l3S, 1884 900, of which amount
Illinois paid 20 per cent. Distilled
spirits contributed $50 ,S73, 40S, and to-
bacco SIT 1884 ,023.
Colonel T.. ID. Fem, of Nevada,
Iowa, has for six months been confined
to his house from injuries received
from an open sewer at Des MOineS, and
is about to bring suit against that city
for 81 500 damages.
LIE ,Moyne's crematory at Washing
ton, Pennsylvania, was first put in use
six years ago, and has served to reduce
fifteen bodies to ashes. The last corpse
placed in the furnace was that of l..
Ehrhart, an aged physician of Allie
gheny City, who left a request to be
cremated.
Only the family and physicians of
Hon. Godlove S. Orth. of Indiana, are
admitted to his room, his health hav-
ing slowly failed since the summer days.
Hon. John Dement,, of Dixon, Illinois,
now Is years of age, is seriously i'll with
paralysis.
Mrs. Helen NJ. Cougar, temperance
and woman-suffrage leader of Indiana,
has brought suit for Sl0,0 900 for SANDER
against Chief of Police MOndler, of La
fayette, for stating that she spent some
hours of n Sunday night in the home of
Captain W. ID. Wallace.
Secretary Folger steps to the front
once more and offers to buy $l0.00O,000
of uncalled bonds, without rebate, at
any time previous TO March ]. For
eign exchange at New York is now
4842, price which will probably bring
about importations of gold.
William Wright and wife. residing
near st. Louis, heard the report of
gun in their house while they were at
work in field. They soon discovered
that their 6-year old son had playfully
drawn loaded shotgun upon his
younger sister, actually blowing away
her head.
w. d. Hoyt, a telegraph operator at
Leavenworth. quarreled over the wire
with Mr.. Bailey, Union Pacific train
ut Lawrence. The latter re-
fused to retract an offensive remark,
and Hoyt travelled to Lawrence and
shot him in the breast.
A sister of Buffalo Bill tried to re-
cover tract of land near Cleveland, on
the ground that the deed was obtained
by illegal methods-a plea by which the
Cody family hoped to secure valuable
tract on Euclid avenue. Judge McKin-
ney decided that the woman had not
even the shadow of claim.
Hale Forsyth, a coal-miner at Belle
view, Pennsylvania, borrowed some
dynamite at quarry with which to kill
fish. Ignorant of its power, he placed
it in the oven in his kitchen. Soon af-
terward his house was blown to frag-
ments, two children were killed, and
his wife was fatally injured.
A shooting ARRAY between two we'll
known business men of st. Louis took
place about midnight Tuesday in close
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