The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-06-02
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Dublin. Cablegrams report that such
Is the fear of arrest in Ireland thai
peasantry travelling outside of theirdis-
tricts apply to the police for passports,
as do many emigrants leaving the south
ern ports.
The supreme court of Missouri pro-
nOunced constitutional the law making
gambling a felony, and issued aperemp-
tory writ of mandamus On the judge of
the criminal court of st. Louis to try
the indicted players. The sheriff was
busy Monday serving capiases on lot
tery-dealers. There are over eight
hundred cases on the docket against
these two classes of criminals.
The Allan steamer Progress was pro-
visioned at Montreal and sent to the re-
lief of the Peruvian, which was disa-
bled in the Gulf of st. Lawrence 10y ice.
While the Progress IA off Riviere du
Loup flames broke out, and so rapid
was their progress that three OF the
crew were burned to death, and the
steamer was destroyed. The loss will
exceed 500. 900.
In the British house of commons, in
the debate on the repression bill, Glad
stone severely denounced Dillon for
indorsing outrages by refusing to assist
the government. Dillon retOrted that
Gladstone had declared bOycOtting legal,
and that evictions were more culpable
than Outrages. NOrthcote said that he
regretted that Richie would not vote
for the bill, as the conservatives ought
to give a solid vote in the interests Of
peace and order.
The convention of the independent
republicans of Pennsylvania was alarge
and enthusiastic one Senator Mitchell
was called to the chair. Major Mer-
rick refused to be a candidate for gov
ernOr, and nominated Judge Daniel
Agnew. DR.. Doane named State Sena-
tor John Stewart, who received 1879
votes to go for Agnew. Levi B. Duff,
of Allegheny, was nominated for lieu
tenant governor; George Junkin. of
Philadelphia, for supreme court Judge,
and William McMichael for congress-,
man-at-large.
DR.. Stemen, of Fort Wayne, formerly
a Methodist minister, preached last
Sunday evening, and thought he dis
covered his bitter enemy, DR.. Sweringer,
making faces at him. He walked down
the aisle, and offered to thrash him at
once. Sweringer retaliated by having
Steman arrested on a charge of provoke.
When they met in the Justices office,
Stemen put in three singing blows on
his ad~versary's face, which drew blood,
and the case vas adjourned.
The pension surgeons Of Buffalo
Drs. Hopkins, FOlwell, and DOggett-
have rejected IS per cent. of the appli-
cations made, including those of Gener-
al Root, Colonel Warren, and James ID.
Warren. Influence was brought to
bear upon Commissioner Dudley and
he demanded the resignation of the sur
geOns. They replied that they stood
ready to meet charges. Colonel War
rem secured a pension by applying at
LockpOrt, and General Root is after the
scalps of the examiners.
A cablegram to a Boston journal an
ounces the completion of the Parnell-
Gladstone programme for the new Irish
measures. The Land-league members
have been warned that if they obstruct
the progress of the repression bill the
government will delay action on the
arrears act. ut is understood that
amendments to the crime bill will be
offered and accepted, by which the m
barge on Irish newspapers will be con-
fined to the dynamite class, and the
operation of the act will be limited to
two years. The Land-leaguers expect
that the dissolution of the ministry will
follow the adoption of the repression
act.