The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-12-08
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To Chill was a necessity.
Some unknown person, believed to
have been the second mate, bored three
auger-hOles in the keel OF the ship
Joseph s. Spinney, in midocean, but a
prompt discovery of the deed enabled
her to reach San Francisco.
John Dewey, editor Of the Irish Ma
ton. has been committed to the TOmbs
ing to divulge the name of the chief of
the revolutionary party who gave him
charge of the skirmishing fund.
Robert Mayo, colored citizen of
Louisville, brought suit for divorce,
alleging that he thought his wife was a
mulattO, whereas she is white woman,
and their cohabitation is in violation
of law.
Two Mexicans stopped stage in the
vicinity of Lordsburg, New Mexico,
disarmed the driver and took the mail
pouch. Two Chinese passengers were
ordered outside, robbed Of their money,
and coolly shot dead.
There Is good authority for the state
ments that S. G. Griggs, Jr., OF Chica-
60, has purchased controlling inter
est in the Inter-O Ocean, and that Colonel
G. A. Pierce will be given the editorial
management.
A contractor who is engaged in sink
ing an artesian we'll for the government
at point one hundred miles east of
Denver has struck subterranean
stream with an inexhaustible flow of
clear water.
William G.. Oakley, Of Chicago, has
been appointed bank examiner for Hi
nOis and Wisconsin. He was formerly
paying teller in the Northwestern Ma
tional bank, and was strongly Endorsed
by the the bankers Of Chicago.
Arab Pasha has penned a note Of
thanks for the interpOsition of England
in his behalf. He expresses desire
to live in Damascus or London, and
says his misfortune has secured for his
country the liberty and prosperity it
deserves.
In delivering the remains of Miss
Won Behren to her father, at Jersey
City, Frank /. Frayne almost fell to the
floor of the depot. He stated that he
had given away his guns and all the
properties used in the fatal drama.
The grand jury at New Orleans has
found indictments against thirteen
persons for election frauds, but the
names are withheld. The penalty is
from two to fourteen years at hard la
Dor.
The Chicago council gave unanimous
concurrence to the report of the COM
mittee on wharves and public grounds
in favor of authorizing Mayor Harrison
to negotiate with the Michigan Central
road for the sale of a portion of the lake
front for $S00,O00.
An inspired editorial in The Too Re
publics says Mexico will assume no bur-
den in regard to the English debt which
would prevent her meeting engage
ments with American and Mexican rail-
way companies. The sum due to Brit
ish capitalists is $50, 100000.
Twenty-Five ostriches, which have
been sojourning in Central park, New
York, were Monday blinded with stock
ings and placed in a car for California,
where they will have farm of eight
hundred acres to roam over. The trans
portation is to cost 1000.
Before the court martial at Cairo Sun
day morning. Arab Pasha pleaded
guilty to the charges Of rebellion. A
sentence of death was pronounced,
which the khedive committed to i'm
prisonment for life. 1t is believed that
the fallen chieftain will find home on
British soil.
John Weir, of Prairie City, Iowa, has
been arrested for completely in the
murder of Mayor Stubs, of Polk City,
last April. and made partial confess
sion. q. w. French, marshal of 4, Col
but it is thought that this is only
blind.
The receipts at the Chicago stock
yards for November were 1877 ,593 cattle,
1871 hogs, 66,570 sheep, and 2,1OO
horses. AS compared with the same
month Of last year, there is an increase
of 29,931 cattle and decrease of 1885,
46l hogs.
The North-side rolling-mills in Chi
cago, ILL.,, employing over eighteen
hundred men, have shut down for the
winter for want of work. Three de-
partments of the steel-mill at Joliet
have suspended operations for Decem-
Der, throwing about one thousand men
out of employment.
The grand jury at Taylorville, Hi
nois, has indicted John G. and William
j. Montgomery, Lee A. Pettis, Eman-
uel Clement, and DR.. Vermillion fer
outraging the person of Miss Emma
Bond. The lady Wednesday had anoth-
Ci pdioA Oil, ulOIc Nloicilt Iilhl any
former attack.
Passenger trains on the Texas and
Pacific road are hereafter to carry a
strong force of state rangers between
Fort Worth and El Paso. 1t has been
ascertained that one of the men who
recently attacked Gulf train near Dali
las died at Clebourne and was buried
by his confederates.
Ben. Perley Poore, lin discussing Thur
low Weeds revelations as to the fate of
William Morgan, says that when in
Smyrna, forty years ago. he gathered
evidence equally good to show that
Morgan died in that distant land, after
having regularly received quarterly re-
mittances from the United States.
The scandalous facts developed by
the Illinois board of health in regard
to Bellevue college, in Boston, led to
the arrest Of G. J. Eastman for using
the mails to defraud. After lying in
Jail for an hour he gave bail in 500.
The bogus diploma sent to Springfield
has been placed in possession of the
federal authorities in Boston.