The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-07-07

The Grand Trunk road recently made
differential rates of Sl2 and SO for first
and second class tickets from Chicago
to Buffalo. claiming that the other lines
agreed thereto. One road lia~yingthreat-
ened to make a retaliatory cut, the af-
fair was referred to Commissioner Fink,
and the Grand Trunk was persuadedto
withdraw its cheap tickets.
The general managers of all the
southwestern lines were in consulta-
ton in Chicago Wednesday. Three
separate meetings were held-fOr the
Southwestern association, the Colora-
do pool and the lumber pool. The re-
suits were the adjustment of lumber
rates between Mississippi and Missouri
river points. the p0stpOnement of the
further consideration of the question OF
percentages, and an agreement to APP
point q permanent arbitrator for the
three associations.
In "a case on trial in Boston, the Apol-
linaris company of London asks dam
ages against six firms for an infringe
ment of its trademark. Roscoe COnk-
ling is its attorney. The defendants
allege that no genuine ApOllinaris wa
ter is sold on this side of the Atlantic,
that which is imported being composed
partly of water from the Rhine. charged
with carbonic acid gas, and compound
ed with soluble materials. 1t has been
admitted free as "a natural product,
whereas it should pay duty as a COM
pound.
A wave nearly twelve feet high
swept along the shore of Lake Erie,
from gainesville to Cleveland, at an
early hour Friday, accompanied by a
roar lilo fbunHar fha wind cbiffad
from south to north. The undertow
did great damage at Cleveland. A lot
of steel rails weighing twenty tons
were thrown back ten feet, and one
man was swept out into the lake and
drowned. The eight-inch hawser on
the steamer Northwest was snapped
like q thread.
A consular official at Alexandria adj
vised English residents to take up their
quarters in the Eastern telegraph Office,
as news from ConstantinOple might
cause a popular outbreak at any mo-
ment. Arab Pasha insists that natives
implicated in the massacre shall not be
punished unless Europeans who fired
upon the rioters be also punished. A
squadron of eight men-of-war, COM
manded by the duke of Edinburgh, has
arrived at Gibraltar. Lord Dutferin
has been instructed to ask the consent
of the powers to British protection for
the SueZ canal.
A northwest storm which struck En-
metsburg, Iowa, Saturday morning and
lasted for twenty-five minutes, demol-
ished a number of houses and injured
several persons, among them being
George Sanders and wife and Mrs. Bos-
well and child. AT HOsper, a station
IN fha CT Dorl rood naor + a Marc the
depot, a hotel, an elevator. and eighteen
cars were demolished. Not to be left
behind in the race for notoriety, India
napolis comes to the front with a report
of a cyclone occurring Sunday evening,
in which damage to the amount of $780,
600 was done. The steeple of st. Paul's
cathedral was torn loose and sentdown
through the roof, and the wall of the
Fifth Presbyterian church was blown
in. Three lives were lost. AT an early
hour Sunday morning a terrific storm
gathered in Butler county, Nebraska,
and swept southwest through Saun-
ders, Lancaster, Cass, Otoe, and Ne
maha counties. In Saunders county
the hail beat down the corn and ruined
the small grain. Two residences in
Wahoo were blown down, and a herd
of lbs ponies were swept eight miles
over fields and through wire fences.
Several lives were lost.
The petition for a reprieve for Gut
teau was refused by the cabinet. At
torney General Brewster has instruct
ed the District marshal and the warden
of the Jail to allow no M to see the
prisoner except his spiritual adviser,
his physician, and the Jail officers.
Guiteau ordered Rev. Mr.. Hicks to
shake his fist in the presidents face and
demand an unconditional pardon. John
w. Guiteau telegraphed the president
that he will present himself on Monday
with new facts bearing on the question
of insanity. The assassin notified his
spiritual adviser that he desired his
presence on the scaffold If the worst
comes, and is nov at work on his gal
lows speech. George Scoville. in a let
ter to President Arthur, speaking of
the demand for vengeance made by the
press and people, makes his final pro-
test againstthe denial of a respite. Gui-
teau has lost five pounds In weight with
in thepast ten days, and has to be tempt
ed to eat. The guards notice a marked
change for the worse. although he
keeps up quite well in presence of Wis.,
itors. Warden Croker is of opinion
that If his vanity is properly played up
on he will go through his part next
Friday without collapsing. Professor
GOdding, superintendent of the govern
ment Insane asylum, thinks that Gui-
teau vas born mentally defOrmed, and
lost his reason in his nineteenth year.