The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-09-07
VERY LATEST.

The August crop report for the
Memphis district says the outlook fol
the cotton crop is not encouraging.
Nickel ore has been discovered in
Churchill county, Nevada, yielding 81
per cent. OF the pure metal.
Six hundred coal miners in the Mas.
sillon district OF Ohio are on a strike
for an advance of 10 cents per ton.
Splenic fever is raging with great
violence among the cattle in the vicinity
Of Lancaster, Penn. tt
BY the burning of Huston's stable in
Blandinsville, Ill, twelve imported
stations, worth $50, 900, lost their lives.
The " ife of General Robert Toombs
died of paralysis at GAINESVILLE,
Georgia.
Ex-Governor Talbot will not permit
the use Of his name as candidate for
governor of Massachusetts.
Prince George of Wales has arrived
at Quebec as the guest Of the governor
general.
BY the explosion of the boiler of a
thrashing-machine at Frankfort, Da-
kOta, four men were killed and five
others seriously injured.
Lot Chadwick, one of the oldest set
tiers in northern Illinois, was buried
with Masonic honors at Lee Centre. He
was 81 years of age.
BY the failure of an air brake, pas
senger trains collided at Colchester, on
the Vermont Central road, thirteen
trainmen receiving severe injuries.
John Connelle, Waterman on duty
in the treasury building at Washington,
killed himself with revolver in a coal
vault in the basement.
William F. Hines, a detective ser
geant in New York, shot himself dead
in bathroom, leaving wife and two
children.
Colonel E. b. Whitman, a prominent
free-state man in the early days or Kan.
sas, died in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
Sunday.
Jason Downer, formerly associate
justice of the Wisconsin Supreme
Court, died at Milwaukee, Saturday,
leaving fortune OF 1925, 900.
Clark B. Hamlin, who for years has
been prominent in theatrical circles in
Chicago, died Monday, of Bright's dis
ease.
A pair of stage robbers were hanged
Monday at Florence, Arizona, although
a large band of cowboys assembled and
entered protest.
DR.. Bosso, who claimed to be almost
infallible in the treatment of yellow
fever, died Monday of that disease in
the Pensacola navy yard.
The Grand Trunk road has contract
ed for an iron steamer, costing S2S5, 900,
to transfer cars across the river at De-
troit.
Boston and it's surrounding cities are
threatened with water famine, and
steps have been taken to limit the sup
ply to domestic use.
Jay Gould's new yacht split and sunk
a tug-boat in the Hudson river, Tues
day, and struck a schooner lying at
anchor.
Jacob Waldron, Farmland of Dan
vile, Illinois, killed William Miller in
a drunken quarrel. A party of twenty
five officers and citizens are in pursuit
of the murderer.
Mr. De Haas, one OF the German CON-
missioners to the foreign exposition at
Boston, states that the empress of Aus
tria is likely soon to visit the United
States.
Schaefer and Vignaux have arranged
the details for championship game of
billiards at the Grand Hotel, in Paris,
in November. The former desired to
play in Chicago.
The art loan exhibition in Detroit,
for which building was erected in the
principal part of the city, opened
Saturday evening with four thousand
choice works from private collections.
The term of the United States Court
recently held at Deadwood cost the
government over S10,0 900, yet not con-
viction was reached on the many in
dictments.
The Louisville airline road is selling
tickets from st. Louis to Louisville for
81, and to Cincinnati for S1.50. The lat
ter rate just covers the bridge tolls and
bus transfer.
The PAGER Standing Rock and his
trainer, Frank Mason, were killed by a
disaster on the Wabash road near
Wright, Mo-, Monday. Fifteen cars
were wrecked.
Emma Byckel, the divorced wife Of
William Memo, of Philadelphia,
watched for him at window as he
went to work, and killed him with a re-
volver.
In an operate row at Montreal, Brig
noli seized the drums and scenery be-
longing to Campobello, charging that
the latter did not pay him the stipu-
lated 35 per cent. of the net receipts.
Mitchell, the mauler, wants to fight
Slade in Mexico. and Harry Hill, the
stakeholder, has been requested to
order the mill to take place over the
border.
There were received in Chicago Mon.
day 2,233 car loads of grain, of which
1909 were corn. If placed in straight
line the procession would be fourteen
miles in length.
Henry Franks. of Philadelphia, who
conspired with others to obtain a pen
sion by fraud, was find $500 and sen.
fenced to the penitentiary for three
years and six months.
Samuel Bulger, a negro, was hanged
at Maysville, Kentucky, for criminal
assault on a young white girl. When
lying in jail he was protected by the
Emmett rifles from being lynched.
The people of Greenville, Pennsylva.
MIA, on Tuesday, celebrated the open
ing of the Shenango railroad, running
to Butler and branching to the coal
mines.
Frost did considerable damage on
Monday night in New England and