The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-18

forty-iive persons have been killed
within radius of twenty-five miles of
Ures. Mexican officials are among the
number.
G. A. Wetton, auditor of the Fort
Dodge and Des MOines railroad, while
the officers were reading to him war
rant at Princeton, ILL.,, charging him
with bigamy, shot himself through the
head. He had recently married near
Princeton, Ill. 1t is said he had five
or six wives.
The Indiana liquor-dealers in conven-
ton at Ter-e Haute passed resolutions
pledging themselves to support the
democratic ticket. The convention was
not large nor enthusiastic. Some of
the delegates did not like the promise
i'm the resolutions to support the entire
ticket.
The Sprague mansion at Canonchet
was sold at auction Tuesday for &c.,
$50 to Frank ID. Moulton, of New Y ork.
William Sprague had torn down the
bridge leading to the place, and ,patrOl-
ed the avenue armed with rifle. The
auctiOneer stood on the wreck of the
bridge to complete the sale.
The First National bank of Kewanee
ILL.,, was robbed of $4,000 Monday by
two men, who locked the cashier and
his clerk in the vault, where they left
them, while they carried off their
booty, 5000 of which was in gold. No
clew to the identity of the robbers or
the route taken by them in their flight
has been discovered.
Detective Page, employed on the
Bond case at Taylorville, Illinois, posi-
lively asserts the possession of knOwl-
edge of the guilt of the prisoners now
in Jail, and Of DR.. Vermilliop and 9th
ers. He says the writing on the black
board was done by William j. Mont
gomery. Miss Bond improves very
Slowly.
Typhoid fever stampeded the guests
of hotel near Long Branch, and the
proprietor announces that the house
will be closed. The two men stricken
are relatives of Cyrus w. Field and the
banker Seligman, and the landlord asks
$500 each to keep the house running
for ten days, when physicians will con-
sent to their removal.
A yellow-fever panic exists at Mata-
moras, and dispatches from there are
contradictory and exaggerated. There
are so cases at Brownsville, Tex. Gal
weston will, it is thought, quarantine
against New Orleans. There are said
to be 500 cases at Matamoras, with two
deaths Friday. There were no deaths
at Brownsville Friday.
G. G. Holland, who takes rank as the
most expert wheat inspector in the
country, has recently been engaged in
looking. over the fields in Minnesota
and Dakota. He reports that, unless a
heightened rainy period sets in, 60 per
cent. of the northwestern wheat crop
will grade No. l. The millers of Min
neapOlis intend to grind 20,0O0,O 200
bushels this year.
Senator Ben Hill, of Georgia, died at
Atlanta Wednesday morning. About
2 o'clock he was discovered to be sink
ing, and by 6:15 he was dead. Four
hours before his death he made a sign
for ahypodermic injection of morphine.
He appeared to be awake and conscious
several times, but could not speak. AT
6:15 he closed his eyes gently, and died
without tremOr.
A man has been apprehendeda at Rich
mond, Ind, for participation in the
Taylorville, ILL.,, outrage. Detective
Page says he will clear up the mystery
in few days. At Columbus, o., G. w.
Elliott II. Hobbs as one of the partici-
PdiitD OiiO OuOlaSO, having oSOh vii
plOyed at Mr.. Bonds and enlisting in
the regular army at Springfield July q.
The Indiana supreme court has over
ruled petition for rehearing in the
Purdue college fraternity case. The
opinion of Judge Niblack, that the col
lege authorities have no right to exact
a pledge from student that he will
not be member of a secret fraternity
during his connection with the college,
is sustained. Judge Woods dissents.
The case will probably be taken to the
United States supreme court.
Kansas republicans in convention at
Topeka reaflirmeG the prohibition doc
trine and renOminated Governor st.
John. No attempt was made to make
his nomination unanimous, and the pro-
test against it was presented and filed.
Lieutenant Governor Timey and Secre-
tary of State Smith were also renomi-
mated. McCabe, a colored man, of
Graham county, was nominated for
auditor.
1t is said that Rufus Hatch and Law
renee Jerome, of New York, in con-
nection with several London capital
lists, have purchased 10000 acres of
rich grazing land on the Yellowstone
river, near the border of Dakota, twen-
ty miles from the Northern Pacific
road, on which a city will be plated
and $4,000 head of young cattle be
turned loose.
There is no prospect that England
and Turkey will agree touching the
proposed military convention. The
policy of General Wolseley is to divide
Arabi's forces, and he, with the author
ity of the khedive, has issued a procla-
nation to the people of Egypt, repre-
senting the sole object of the British to
be to restore the authority of the khe-
dive. 1t is said the hOpelessness of the
struggle is becoming apparent to the
Egyptians.
A section hand named Henry Smith,
near st. Joseph, Mo-, hired horse and
buggy and induced a girl of IL years to
take ride with him. After riding
about three miles from her home, the
girl was taken from the buggy and out
ragged by the man, who finally left her
in the darkness. Finding her way
home, the neighborhood was aroused
and search at once begun by the en-