The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-04-28

towns In southern Iowa and northern
Missouri. There are said to be fifty
cases at Trenton, Mo-, where quarantine
has been established, as also at Seymour,
Iowa. There Is some excitement at Cen
treville, in the latter state.
"A bundle of straw at Eau Claire, Wis,
was ignlted by sparks from a steamboat.
fire, and within an hour almost the en-
tire business portion of the West side
was in ashes. The loss is estimated at
100000.
Representatives of real-estate inter-
ests in southern Minnesota, feeling az
grieved at the course pursued at st.
Paul and Minneapolis in turning the
tide of immigration to British soil, held
a meeting at Mankota and organized an
immigration association to promote the
settlement of their region.
Four hundred delegates are in attend
ance upon the anti-mOnOpOly conven-
ton at Albany. The resolutions ask
that transportation charges be based up
on the cost and risk of service, denounce
construction companies, urge the estab-
lishment of state railroad commission.
and declare for free canals.
In the Jennie Cramer murder trial at
New Haven, State Attorney Doolittle
informed the court that he would prove
that as the result of conspiracy the
victim was raped at the house of Edward
Malley, and that her protestatiOns led
to her being killed with poison and
thrown into the water at Savin rock.
AS the charter of the First National
bank at Chicago will expire June /, the
stockholders have decided to effect
reorganization in accordance with the
provisions of the federal statutes, OPEN
ing on Monday with capital stock of
$4,000, 900, to be increased one-half in
May.
The family and body of Minister Hurl-
but have arrived at New York from
Aspinwall. George ii. Hurlbut states
that his father was personally instruct
ed by President Garfield to bring about
an early peace between Chill and Peru,
and accepted the mission for that pur-
pose, believing that in six months the
work could be accomplished.
The immigration at New York last
week aggregated 1906. The superin-
tendent at Castle Garden says he can
provide 5000 persons with employment
every day in the year. A shirt manu-
facturer in Pennsylvania endeavOred to
obtain two hundred Russian Jews.
A tornado near Selma, Ala, late on
Saturday evening, swept away houses,
fences, and trees for length of twelve
miles. Five lives are already known to
have been lost. A negro woman was
found in cOtton-feld pierced through
the heart by piece of plank.
Seven students of Bowdoin college
were sued by freshman for 5000 each
for damaging his eye by hazing. The
case occupied four days in the supreme
court of Maine, and President Chamber
lain was called as witness, but the jury
disagreed.
In the United States court of Charles
ION, the canvassers of Sumter county
pleaded to refusing to count the votes
OF three precincts. Judge Bond an
nounced that the government, only de-
sired the vindication of the law, and
therefore allowed the prisoners to 60
without sentence.
Governor Rusk, of Wisconsin, after
the water-pOwer of the lower
Fox river, informed the people Of Mena-
sha and Appleton that they must open
channels tor the overflow from Lake
or expect to find the OBJ
night,
In fight with Apaches at Horse shoe
canon, three soldiers and four Indian
scouts were killed. Among twenty
whites butchered along the ella river
were John p. Risque, a lawyer of Silver
City, and Captain John s. Lawson, a
mining superintendent. The hostiles
over three hundred, and are
said to be completely corraled in Doubt
full canon.
The latest social sensation at st. Louis |
is the elopement of the wife of COM
mercial traveller, the mother of three |
children, with John Curtis, not quite IL |
years of age, whose father is bucket |
shop keeper in the chamber of commerce. |
Mrs. Dixon sent word to her mother to |
take care of her little ones. The police |
are on the trail of the fugitives.
A cyclone on Saturday afternoon |
swept away the town of Monticello,
Miss, killing eleven persons and wound
ing many others. The demolished court |
house was used as a capitol by the ter |
ritorial legislature. The residences of |
G. w. Carlisle and William Butler were
caught up and dropped into Pearl river.
John J. Finn, of Chicago, who re-
Gently secured an appointment as con-
sui general at ChemnitZ, was so elated |
thereat that he at once returned to reck-
less dissipation. His drunken antics at |
Washington caused the authorities to
withhold his commission, which will |
probably be Cancelled. He is a graduate
Of the WashingtOnian home.
Apaches at Clifton, New Mexico, kill
ed five teamsters and ran off sixty head
Of mules. A raid was then made on the
works of the Detroit Copper Mining
company. Two hundred warriors, under
Loco and Juh, crossed the track of the
southern Pacific twenty miles west of
Fordsburg, on Friday night.
Nearly all the saloons in Cleveland re-
NAMED closed throughout Sunday. The
president of the protective league was
arrested just after midnight for keeping
his place open. Every liquor shop in
Toledo and Columbus shut up t mid
night on Saturday, and gave thorough
to the law. OF three thousand
i'm Cincinnati, nearly
were arrested Monday for vio-
ating the statute.
Customs officers at New York have
taken from the custody of a diamond
cutting company, on suspicion of having
been struggled, cluster ring contain