The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-12-08

the amount actuaiiy on uepOsiJ, anu
showed that in one day nine banks In
New York had certified checks amount
ing to nine times their whole capital.
The attorney general decides that such
operations are clearly in violation Of the
laws Of 1859 and 1882.
John Dewey, editor Of the Irish No
ton, who has been sued for criminal
libel by August Belmont, was asked in
q New York court to state the name of
the chief officer of the Irish revolution
airy party in America. lie declined to
answer, on the ground that he would
be guilty Of perjury, and the court re-
served its decision to commit him for
contempt.
In the extradition case of William A.
Hall, the Newark embeZZler, now on
trial in the Canadian courts, Chief JUS
tice Sprague remarked that it could be
no advantage to the Dominion to make
it an ayslum for fOrgers and embezzlers,
and as few impediments as possible to
their return for trial should be allowed
to exist.
A representative of the Pennsylvania
Oil company has force of men fencing
two hundred thousand acres of land
near Ar kansas City, Kansas, shutting
out stockmen who have held the range
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privilege. The cattle-raisers will GER
tainly retaliate by firing the grass, part
of the country having already been
burned over.
The mother of ThurlOw Weed died at
GAINESVILLE, Tennessee, before the war,
and was buried in Trinity cemetery.
OF late years the grounds were aban-
dOned, and several citizens caused the
remains of Mrs. Weed to be removed
to the city cemetery. 1t is charged that
Thurlow Weed was fully informed Of
the condition of his mothers grave, but
took no action.
The Authors club, with limit Of
fifty members, and the Stuyvesant
composed mainly of journalists and &C
tors, were organized in New York last
week. The Union league has a men,
bership of two thousand, and recently
declined admission to three hundred
applicants. It costs $3.50 to join the
Knickerbocker, where heavy game Of
| poker is nightly event. The st. NIGH
olas admits no one whose ancestors did
not reside in New York as early as
1887.
The controlling spirits of the roads
| interested in the war in the northwest
met in Chicago, Saturday, and for two
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Rock Island and the Omaha people
were united in demanding a settlement
of the question of territory before re-
storing rates or considering percent
ages in the pool. Mr.. Merrill said the
st. Paul road would extend wherever it
chose. Another conference is to be
held in New York next Friday.
The United States supreme court has
decided the Arlington estate case in ia
vor of General GUSTS Lee. AS the
ground is now occupied as national
cemetery, the claimant will accept it's
value in cash. During the war. officers
of the government refused to accept
from an agent of General Lee the sum
of So, 207 levied as direct tax, but pro-
ceeded to sell the property for the as
SeSSment.
Queen Victoria opened the new courts
of justice in London with imposing
ceremonies. The royal party wore
mourning emblems for the archbishop
of Canterbury. Lord Salborne was
created an earl in honor of the event.
The building was searched for two
hours in style similar to that made Of
parliament hours since the Guy Faw-
kes plot. In passing the American ex-
change the queen was Saluted by four
hundred Americans, and bowed her ac-
acknowledgements.
About one hundred persons were ar
raigned in the police courts in New
York Sunday for violation of the penal
code as to Sunday labor. The magis-
trate at Essex market discharged
number of BARRIERS, bakers, grOcers,
bootbacks, and cigar dealers, with
warning not to again break the law.
Justice Patterson informed some He
brew storekeepers that they were not
exempt from the operations of the
statutes. One justice held that shaving
was work of necessity. An express
skin cloak. No attempt was made to
interfere with the newspapers or the
telegraph offices, and the hotel bars
suffered no annoyance.
The notorious Cook brothers, of Mount
Sterling. Illinois, who recently wound
ed the sheriff and his deputy at Topeka,
arrived at Moberly, Missouri. and regis
tered under false names. They were
recognized, and Marshal Lynch and two
aids attempted their capture on the
street. One of them fired at the mar
shall. when all three started on wild
race about town, the citizens keeping
up hot fire. Nicholas and John Cook
seized horses and rode away, but were
shot down, mOrtally wounded; Richard
Cook died on the street. Nicholas has
made confession, and sent kilograms
to their mother. Mrs. Shehan, of Mount
Sterling. One hundred shots were fired
in the battle, but none of the pursuers
were injured.
The transit Of Venus was successful
ly observed at Chicago, where Profess
sor Hough, Burnham, and Garrison
took the time of the contacts and
secured ten photographs, and Rev. DR..
SwaZey made morning observations.
The French astronomers at the old fort
at st. Augustine, Florida, are highly
satisfied with their labors. The Ger
man party at Aiken, South Carolina,
partially failed in their object. Profess
sor Waldo and his associates at Yale
college report satisfactory results, Pro-
fessors Wilson securing $50 full plates.
At San Francisco forty-eight photo
graphs of the transit were obtained.
Professor Hall, after great difficulty,
took 204 photographs at San Antonio,