The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

them was badly sold the other day.
Away in the bad districts Of the far
West Side, he dubbed his way
through an immense crowd till he
reached an apparent corpse, neatly
dressed in shroud, leaning up
against an ice wagon. He sent out
an alarm for an ambulance, and was
fumbling for some spare change to
help pay for funeral, some wag
having started subscription, when
he saw the corpse wink. Half scared
and half angry, he gave the creature
a prog just as a very young kitten
will do with lively mouse, and
leaped six feet in the air at the yell
that followed, and then dubbed few
of the bystanders who were shrieking
with laughter. The prisoner proved
to be small boy of eleven who was
very, very drunk, and had been fixed
up by some other urchins little
more sober but otherwise worse than
himself.
John Obreight, our amusing "Sam'l
of Posen," who gives free shows of
foolery at the store which his anna
BILE family have been trying to cheat
him out of, has been making a grand
fight for liberty, and he certainly has
the sympathies of the public for him.
self and his muscular little Christian
wife. Perhaps he is insane, as his
prosecutors allege. If so, he shows
the tactics of general, and manages
to get the laugh on his prosecutors
every time. His last exploit was the
temporary disabling of posse Of
deputy sheriffs who kidnapped him.
He peppered their eyes and was re-
inforced by his wife with broom
handle but they finally hauled him
off, and he is now ina mad house,
where he will probably stay till his
case can come up in court. During
his intervals of possession of his old
saloon, which he strategetically man.
aged several times, his friends and
acquaintance came in for unlimited
free beer and cigars. This liberali-
ty alone is reckoned in Jewish circles
apparently as quite sufficient evidence
OF lunacy.
Athletic sports of the coarser char
acter have been enjoying a regular
boom since the recent disgraceful
"glove fight" under the protection of
the police, in Madison Square Gar
den, rented for the purpose by billion
aire Vanderbilt, and which will not
be repeated, having, after much de-
lay, been declared illegal and prize
fighting, in fact, by the Corporation
Counsel. The latest "knocking out"
arrangement was of dry goods sales
man, who for a bet undertook to
swallow three rounds of Jersey light
ming. He swallowed them, pretty
large doses, too, but was dead before
the last glass left his mouth. A pref
ty good temperance lecture.
Bergh has been comparatively
quiet of late, but has boiled over at
last. He caught policeman batter
ing the nose OF balky horse the
other day, and, to use his own Ian.
guage, collared him and threw him
around. He is tall and why, but the
policeman could have eaten him for
breakfast and felt hungry by noon.
Still, the force all know the great
lover of particular beasts, and the
victim submitted like a lamb to the
throwing around, and returned to his
usual pursuits with unruffled compos.
ure, as Bergh walked away reeking
with red-hot face and temper in
search OF home and dry undergar
ments. 1t was quite funny incident,
and the two athletes were cheered by
the delighted spectators. The horse
was scared by the row, and retired
from the scene without further re-
marks.
The runaway at Alexandria of a
corporal's squad of the famous Brit
ish regiment, Goth Rifles, has greatly
rejoiced the Fenian heart, and the
news of the raising of a legion by
Garibaldi's son to help the Egyptians
who are fighting the English has also
greatly cheered them. There are
mysterious and active movements
going on in dynamite and physical
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