The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-05-11

l. C y" OOn-kSttjtGS OF Oeo MONIES,
Iowa. have agreed not to take out city
licenses this wear, the fee having been
increased To 81 ,Oo. The Mayor will al
ordinance, after which the recalcitrants
will be roceeded AGAINST.
Importers o. pork products at Ham,
burg write to parties at New York that
based and sensational publications in
The United States are entirely RESPONSE
BILE for the German Governments
course in prohibiting the importation of
American pork.
Freeman, the Pocasset fanatic who
sacrificed" his little daughter four
years ago. since which time ne has been
coniln>d as =: lun;t G. was on Tuesday
placid on trial al Blri stabl', Ma '1chu-
sets, for murder, awning rtcov -. his
reason.
Eli Johnson, ten perance wor.:-r Of
brooklyn, New York. has begun suit
against Henry a. Highly. a grain and
provision broker OF New York. and also
prominent advocate OF TEMPERANCE.
for 100000 damages for alternating the
affections of Mrs. Johnson from her
husband.
The banking firm of George L. Work
81 Co.. OF Philadelphia. is accused Of
embeZzling something like $l.000,000
from the Peoples Passenger Railway
Company Of that city. Two members
OF The firm have been arrested. and
warrant awaits the third partners re-
turn from Florida.
Charles f. Kring, the murderer Of
Mrs. Dora Bcoemser, of st. Louis, and
whose neck was SAVED by recent de-
cision Of the United States Supreme
,,,t 1,aa al nv, hnI
having been incarcerated eight years,
during which period he was twice SEN
fenced to be hanged.
Henry C. j. Hobart, who recently
procured a divorce in the Superior
Court at Chicago by falsely represent
ing that he had legal residence in the
county and knew not the residence OF
his wife. was fined 500 for contempt Of
court, and held to the grand jury on
charge of perjury.
An attempt made at Gladewater,
Texas, by some negroes to rescue two
,oored men held in custody for a tri-
fling offense resulted in a riot, during
which the officer in charge OF the pris-
oners and three negroes were killed.
Further trouble is feared. the negroes
being armed and defiant.
Northern Louisiana suffered severely
by rain, hail and wind storm that
came from the direction Of Texas, Sun
day evening. The wind at places took
the form of cyclone, destroying resi-
dences. gin-houses and outbuildings.
A number OF people were seriously in
jured.
The city attorney of Eldorado Springs,
| Missouri, who has been married but four
months, attempted to elope on Sunday
with a young lady of respectable con-
nections in the place. The couple were
and two unceS of the woman, who
obliged them to return to EldoradO
Springs.
The examination of the president and
treasurer (clergymen) Of the Augusta
Man Society OF Lawrence, Massachu-
sets, which recently failed with habili-
ties to 703 depositOrs Of $500, 900, was
begun Tuesday in the insolvency court,
and elected admissions Of the most in
| tense ignorance of the affairs of the
society and of business methods in gen.
eral.
The Newly ork board of aldermen has
requested the trustees of the Brooklyn
bridge to change the date fixed for the
opening of the bridge from May "a
| Queen Victoria's birthday to Decora-
tion day, May 80. The action of the
board was accompanied by the adoption
OF resolution introduced by an Irish
member denouncing the British Gov
eminent.
Numerous labor strikes were inaugu-
rated in various parts of the United
States Tuesday. the most noteworthy
being that OF the railroad coal miners
of the "Pan-IIandle" district of the
| l., po;l Nv nd
miners have quit work rather than SUBJ
NIT to the proposed reduction Of wages.
In numerous instances cigar-makers
who have been refused an advance of
81 per thousand have struck work. at
| Lynn, Massachusetts, there is general
strike of shoemaker5.
n passenger train on the Grand Trunk
railway WAS stopped by the breaking OF
the air brakes. on steep grade between
Olivet and Bellevue, Mich, Friday. A
freight train following close upon the
passenger train ran into the rear sleep
er of the standing train, the conductor
of the sleeper and two passengers being
killed and ten passengers sustaining
injuries, which in one instance must
prove fatal.
Secretary Lincoln refuses to author
lie the expenditure of $4,000 for "the
improvement and protection of the
navigable channels Of the Sacramento
and Feather rivers" in California, as
provided in the river and harbor bill
upon the ground that the projected i'm.
provements are of doubtful utility, and
very likely to cause much greater ex-
penditure within few years II hydraul-
ic mining is continued.
/, Another eruption of the Hoffman
clerical scandal, at Bloomington, ILL
nois, Is imminent, the suit OF the ex-
reverend gentleman against leila Rob.
inson for libel being about to come to
trial. The clergyman who was the
main stay of the prosecution in the
ecclesiastical trials Of Mr.. Hoffman has
been at Decatur. where Mr.. Hoffman
formerly preached. seeking for witness.