The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-06-23

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Hon. William Dennison, who died at
Columbus Thursday, was the war gov
ernor of Ohio, and held the office of
postmaster general under Presidents
Lincoln and johnson. He was 81 years
OF age, and has been i'll for several
months.
A party of sixty-two Roumanians, ac-
companied by an interpreter, have
landed at Castle Garden and will settle
in Minnesota. They brought along
nine black bears, a number of monkeys,
and a curious collection of wooden i'm
plements.
Rev. j. w. Brooks, who for nearly
half a century has been pastor of the
cOlored Methodist church at Ann Ar
Dor, Mich, is dead. He was liberated
from slavery in Maryland through the
efforts of John G. Spencer, a distin-
guished attorney of New York.
The Cleveland rolling-mills are still
compelled to guard their workmen. AS
the night train for employees started in
to the city it was stoned by q mar and
a woman. The former was captured by
the police, and will be fined $50 or sent
to Jail for six months.
Oscar Goodwin, cashier of the LO
gansport National bank, who has been
missing since Saturday night, has been
traced as far west as Delphi. There
was $4,000 in the vaults when he left,
but his accounts are found to be cor
rect.
Mrs. Scoville and her daughter were
at Cleveland Wednesday seeking an in
terview with Mrs. Garfield, to secure
her signature to a petition for a re-
prieve for Guiteau until October, in or
der that he may be examined by a COM
mission of experts in insanity.
George Eddy, q well-known reporter
of st. Louis, had an encounter with a
saloon-keeper Wednesday evening, and
cut him slightly. The assailed man
followed Eddy home, and fired three
times through the door. inflicting NOR
tai wounds upon Mrs. Eddy.
The West Shore road, now being con-
structed along the Hudson river, is ex-
pending 100000 per day. There are q
locomotives, 600 steam drills, 500 civil
engineers, and 81, 600 laborers at work,
and all contracts are ordered to be fin
ished by November l.
Lieutenant Berry has furnished to
the navy department q detailed account
of the burning of the Arctic relief
steamer Rodgers on the evening Of No
vember 30, off Lutke island. The Off
GERS and crew reached Sitka June 3, by
the revenu steamer Thomas Corwin.
The election III Canada Tuesday, re-
suited in 4 victory for the government.
The main features of the contest de-
veloped so far are the defeat of Sir
Richard Cartwright. finance minister
of the late reform government, and Of
Hon. II. w. Anglin, the speaker in the
Mackenzie government.
Three thousand freight-handlers en-
ployed by the railroad companies in
New York, who for some days have
been on a strike for an advance of 3
cents per hour, have caused serious en-
barrassment to the business interests
of the metropolis. The piers are guard
ed by police, and perishable goods are
suffering from delay.
The ship freeman CLARK, when ar
rived at New York Sunday from Cal
cutta, reported that the captain, James
Dwight, of Springfield, Mass, was at
tackled in his berth by the Chinese
stewart and cook, and literally hacked
to pieces. The crew came to the cap
tain's assistance and killed both China
men, finging their bodies overheard.
Z. G. Ingersoll, the principal attor-
ney for ex-Minister Christiancy in the
~nauseating divorce proceedings, has &C
tually become insane, and is under
guard at his home. He made the an
nouncement to his family, Sunday
morning, that he had made $500, 900 by
five minutes FRAMEWORK, and proceed
ed to make purchases to correspond
with the amount.
A passenger train on the Clarksburg
and Western road, in West Virginia,
was thrown over q trestle at Walton's
Station. Some of the train men es-
Smith was seriously injured. A Mr..
Cary, of New York, died in great
agony, and Mr.. Goldsborough, of Balti-
more, expired soon afterward. Ten
others were badly wounded.
The household goods of the Brook
field b~ank-rObbers were sold at auction,
at Kirksville, at high prices. One of
the gang had a fine medical library and
the skeleton of a child. The four men,
bers of the gang pleaded guilty, and
are already in the Missouri peniten-
tiary, on sentences OF twenty-five years
each.
Guiteau still argues with his spiritual
adviser that he is an agent of the Deity,
but may have to suffer q human penal
ty. He is said to wax eloquent in re-
gard to his future in paradise. A citi-
zen of Kansas offers to sell 900 tickets
to the execution at $1,000, and a con
gresham, in behalf of a constituent,
offers $500 for any charity on condition
of witnessing the hanging.
Fifteen passenger steamships now
leave New York each week for Europe,
and the rush indicates that thirty thous-
and persons will cross the Atlantic dur
ing the season. 1t is a common prac-
tice for the mates, stewards, and pur-
sers to give up their state-rooms to
travellers for a bonus of from $50 to $50.
Excursion parties are largely on the in
crease, and of late years the demand
from the west for tickets has quadrup-
led.
CONGRESSIONAL.