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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1883-01-04

Through the Upper Peninsula 81
Michigan
$40 Niles Shorter and IL hours quicker
than any other line bet,ceen Detroit,
Southern Hichigdn, and oE
Points East aud Southeast
and the Iron and Cop
per Districts.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1883-01-04

JVIICT people are always on
A the lookout for chan
w ces to increase their
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-05-04
He Wants to Know, You Know.

Jacob Frish, of the Third Ohio Caval-
ry, applied for a pension, his claim be-
ing that he had a hand-to-hand fight
with his sabre for five miles on the Sd
of July, 1868, during which he was Sc
verely hacked also shot in the leg. The
application fell into the hands of IL very
critical examiner, who returned it with
the following Endorsement: 1.-THE claim
ant is required to state under oath,
what caused him to get into fight with
his sabre; what kind of sabre was it
he got into a fight with; how he hap
pened to have hand-to-hand fight with
it; whether it had hands; whether there
were any witnesses present during the
fight; how he managed to get shot while
fighting with his sabre; whether it was
shooting sabre; whether he believes
the sabre shot him; whether it shot any
body else; whether he shot it; how ma
ny shots were fired; who fired the first
shot; whether the soldier was in the
habit of fighting his sabre; how long q
time he fought it, and whether he had
ever fought any other sabre. 1t should
be shown by competent testimony
whether the soldier shot the sabre or
the sabre shot the soldier"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-05-04
The Homes Of the Rothschilds.

1t is creditable to French institutions,
that outside of the Rothschilds and q few
of the leading bankers, wealth is more
generally diffused than in other civilized
nations. In Great Britain there is far
larger proportion of poor and a greater
number of very rich. Our own Repub-
lican institutions tend somewhat to con-
centrate wealth in few hands. We
have probably twenty millionaires
in the United States to one in France or
Switzerland. But the Rothschilds are
very rich and to-day own the most fa-
nous chateaus in that country. The
list involves n catalogue of princely
dwellings, formerly the abodes of royal
ty. The power of the banker in Europe
is supreme. He has taken the place of
kings, not only in real power, but in all
the symbols of wealth, such as palaces,
castles, grounds, and fine equipages. In
our principal cities, the great capitalists
live in dwellings far more magnificent
than those which housed kings and en-
perors in the past. Our people ought to
learn the secret by which wealth is diff
fused in the French Republics; for, afte1
all, the best interests of the state de-
mand that the thousands should be kept
in comfort rather than the units in need
less luxury. Denorest's Monthy.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-05-04
Poor Fnnlish Freddia.

Freddie Gerhard is long-sufferins
young man, says the Brooklyn Eagle,
and views the publicity that his atlec-
ton for Mrs. Langtry has brought upon
him with considerable tolerance. Re-
Gently friend showed him one of the
new scarf pins which have been sprung
upon the market by an enterprisin9
jeweler, and the only remark it elected
was, Every pretty, from Mr.. Gerhard.
The pin is technically known as the
Freddie" and consists of little gold
jackass, bearing packs filled with gram
mars and spelling books, and having a
face on which there is small nous
tache and single glass. Mr.. Gerhard
is by no means the society man he was
before Mrs. Langtry's arrival. Two OF
three years ago he was one of the most
popular society men in New York, and
was the leader of the would-be English
set in the Knickerbocker Club. Now
he scarcely goes to the Knickerbocket
at all, and is so numerically guyed
when he puts in an appearance either
there or at Delmonico's that he is living
life of seclusion.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-05-04
Bansvnlence an Gratitnds.

One day lie Bon Dieu determined to
give a ete in his azure palace. All the
virtues were invited, and only tnc vir-
tues; no gentlemen asked; all present
were of the gentler sex.
There came many virtues, great and
mall. The latter were the most agree
able and courteous, but every one
seemed to be happy, and { cy talked
politely one to another, as if they were
intimate friends, OF even relatives.
But lie Bon Dipu observed two charm
inc women WHO DID not seem to be ac-
quainted. The master of the house took
one by the hand and lead her up to the
other.
"Benevolence, he said, ''this is Graf
itude. ."
The two virtues were so astonished
that they could not speak; since the
world was the world. and that is n very
long time, they lad never met before.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-05-04
Probate Order.
STATE OF MICHIGAN,l


COUNTY OF SHI twAssEE, 90
At a session of the Probate Court for the County
Of ShiawaSsee, holden at the Probate Office, in the
City of Corunna. Thursday the 10Th day of April
in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty
three.
Present, A. A. Harper Judge Of Probate.
In the Matter Of the Estate of Chandler b. Cole,
deceased. On reading and filing the petition,
duly verified, OF Amelia S. Cole, praying that adj
ministration of the estate of said deceased may be
granted to her, the said Amelia S. Cole.
Thereupon, ii is Ordered, That Monday, the nth
day of May next, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon.
be assigned for the hearing of said petition and that
the heirs at law of said deceased and all other per-
interested in said estate required to appear
at a sion of said Court, then to be holden at the
Probate Office in the City of Corunna, aud show
cause If any there be- why the prayer of the petit
toner should not be granted And it is further
Ordered that said Petitioner give notice to the per-
sons interested in said estate, of the pendency of
said petition, and the hearing thereof by causing
copy of this order to be published in THE TIMES
newspaper printed and circulated in said County of
Shtawassee for three successive weeks, previous to
said day of hearing. \. A. HARPER.
"a True Copy.) Judge of Probate
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-05-04
Probate Order.
= T I y OT MINII NJ
COUNTY OF SIIIAWASSEE.

J
a 4 a session of the Probate Court for the County
"A Of ShiawaSsee holden at the Probate Office,
in the City of Corunna, on Saturday, the l4th day
of April,in the year one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-three.
Present-A. A. Harper, Judge of Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Alkaline Bang
hart deceased On reading and filing the petition,
duly verified, of Commons Banghart, praying
amongst other things for the Probate of the In
srument now filed in this Court purporting TO be
the last VIII and Testament Of said deceased.
Tbereupon it is ordered, that Monday, the 18th day
of May next, at ten O'Clock in the forenoon. be
assigned for the hearing of said petition and that
the heirs at law of said deceased and all other per-
interested in said estate, required to appear
at session of said Court then to be holden at the
Probate Office, in the City Of Corunna, and show
cause, if any there be, why the prayer of the pc
titoner should not be granted: And it is Further
Ordered, that said petitioner give notice to the per-
interested in SAID estate ofthe pendency of said
petition, and the hearing thereof by causing copy
OF this order to be published in THE TIMES, news
paper printed and circulated in said County of Sha-
wassee, for three successive weeks previous TO said
day of hearing.
A. A. HARPER, Judge of Probate
"a true copy.) Apr. 20 4w
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-05-04
Government Relief in Germany.

The German government has done
very little to relieve the sufferings Of
those who have lost everything by the
overflow of the Rhine. To make mat
tiers worse, the weather has been intense
ly cold. just at this time. when there is
so much suffering, the German govern
ment sees proper to increase the already
immense army. While millions are being
squandered in all kinds of extravaganza,
and the burdens of the people increased
in every possible way, the destitute sub
jects of Kaiser Wilhelm are dying of
starvation and cold.
The following bitter satire on the red
tape that encumbers what little assis-
lance is rendered the unfortunate people,
is translated from German comic paper:
The starving family perceive the gov
eminent official, who is to furnish relief,
and exclaim: Here comes help at last
from the government. Now we will
have clothes, food and firewood."
Official-''Don't become excited.
What's the matter, dear people?"
Father-''In the first place, we have
starvation that cannot work to earn any
money to support my family"
Offlcial-''What used to be your usual
weight"
Father-'I don't know"
Officially are nice peoplel when
you have plenty, you never think of lay
ing up statistics for q rainy day. All L
can do for you now is to have you
weighed from day to day to ascertain
the influence of hunger upon the human
anatomy. There will be no charge for
weighing. The government does that
gratis for you. Is there anything else
lackingP"
Father-"We are freezing to death in
this ROOM"
Oflicial-"What is the average degree
of cold according to the thermometers"
Father-'I don't know"
Oflicial-"That's bad. This whole
province is suffering for thermometers.
You will receive an excellent instrument,
from which you can learn the temper
ature at any time. You must note the
temperature three times a day, so that
the degree of cold can be corroborated
officially. Twill return in eight days for
your report. BE sure and have it ready"
Father-"By that time half of us will
be dead and buried"
Official-"The deaths are to be COM
piled on separate piece of paper, which
will assist materially in ascertaining of
ficially the actual death rate. All you
have to do is to keep cool. The State
will soon have all the statistics prepared.
fs~~>.i i.--~ ~
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-05-04
A Tramp's Treat.

A tramp went into saloon recently
to beg drink, and while waiting foi
the barkecper to come from n back
room he noticed quarter lying on the
counter, and gently laid his hand over
it. When the barkeeper appeared the
stranger cordially invited him to join
him in drinking, paying for the treat
with the quarter some former customer
had left. The two conversed while on
the irritability of human affairs, etc.,
when the saloonist, wishing to recipro.
cate such gracious cordially, kindly
asked the tramp to have something
with him. OF course there was no re-
fusal, and, after drinking, as the tramp
started out he ''gave the scheme away"
and vanished from the house with the
voice of the saloonist ringing in his ear
to ''come back and have a cigar
Frankfort (Ky.) Commonwealth.
In 1882 forty-onc theatres were
burned. In the United States. IL; Eng
land, q; Russia. 3; Germany, 4; France
and Spain. each =; Belgium. Sweden,
Bulgaria and Roumania, each /.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-05-04

queen Oh 1eiie nall-Acre. one mas
been so often arrested and fined and sent
to the House of Correction that the police
are tired of troubling themselves about
her. She has never vet been whipped,
though she has fought many battles with
the rough men who gather about such
places as she frequents, and her boast is
that there are but few whom she cannot
knock out in four rounds.
Miss Kate Field is said to enjoy keenly
the many funny things that are said and
written about her. Her personality is q
sort of milestone to the wit of the para
grapher. No one laughed more heartily
than she at line widely copied from
Western newspaper a short time ago:
'sKate Field says that she shall never
marry. Young men, come out OF your
holes" The paragraph would gain point
if it were known how many brilliant
matches she has declined.
Art and Letters says that the large mo-
sale portrait of President Garfield which
Commentators Salviati of Venice has
presented to the American people, has
arrived in London, and that its exhibition
at the Salviati gallery, Regent street,
has caused some stir in artistic circles.
1t is n faithful likeness, and is composed
of no fewer than 5000 minute pieces of
enamel. AT little distance it is almost
impossible to believe that it is not an
oil painting, over which it has the adj
vantage of never fading durability.
An intelligent, good looking and res
pectable white woman married an in
dustrious, well-behaved and enterprising
negro in Louisville three years ago. 1t
was a genuine love match, and they have
lived happily ever since. The twin
children. boy and girl, are variegated
in color, the prevailing tint being terra
Gotta with darker shades running through
it. They attract great deal of attention,
not only by reason of their peculiar color,
but on account of their smartness.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-05-04
Ouisl7

Why he made the N, RI sane
home late the other n aiii MS
wife woke up AMI founi IN win a
burning matca tr ging TO Il I the cold
water tap over the marble basin in his
dressing room.
James" she said, 'sthat is not the
gas-burners,
Il know it, mY love-" he replied, I'M
steadily "To fact is, I've been over
worked. and the reason / made
the mistake.
"Yes, Won look rs il You had been lift
ing good deal, she quietly answered,
as she returned to her pillow.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-05-04
OF ANOTHER AGE.

Graduady lSucwiGnted Jy q Better Arfiefe
Certdin Old Things GrddUally Done A@dg.
In the general reception room of the Western
Union Telegraph building on Broadway, New
York. are exhibited the coarse, crude and
clumsy instruu ents of the infancy of the tege-
graph They are only relics now. More per-
feet machinery vas superseded them
toned porous plaster did some gjod service,
There was then nothing better of the kind.
Now all that is changed, Srience and study
have gone deeper INTO the secrets of medicene
and produced BENSON'S CAPCINE POROUS
PLASTER, which embodics all the eXcellencies
thus far possible in an external remedy. The
old plasters were slow, the Cupcne Is rapid ;
they were unccrtaiu-the Cupcine IL sure
Cheaper articles bear similar names. BE caie
FIJI therefore that some thrifty druggist does
not deceive you. In the centre of the genuine
is cut the word CAPClNE. Price as cents.
Seabury q johnson, Chemists, New York Apr "a
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-05-04
| ark er' S G 7os;e'

Cures Complaints of Women and diseases OF The
Stomach Bowels, Lungs Liver and Kidneys, and Is
entirely different from Btters, Ginger Essences and
other TONES. as il never intoxicates SOC. aad 81
sizes. Large Saving buying 81 size. HIscox.& Co.,
New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-25

not others2 The vestments of the church
torn off, anybody feels at liberty to mock.
The revolving impiety that characterized the
revival" at Billy McGlory's den is but a
narrow remove from the caperings of the
fanatical mountebanks who make revealed
religion byword and travesty before the
people. The McGlory crowd do Infinitely
less harm because it is unmasked; its
hideousness is revealed. But the outre Sal
vationists inspire contempt for religion be-
cause they assume to be its only true inter
prefers. The knife of righteous discrimna-
ton ought to run sharply between these mis-
guided enthusiasts and the true patient,
quiet and noble men and women whose
works shine through their worth, and who
do not exalt themselves into bowling der
wishes AS for McGlory and his retaners,
they are reaping their reward as they go.
Left to themselves, they will die in their
drunken debaucheries, tumbling into dis
honored graves, like SO many hogs, to be for
gotten save as a stencil in the nostrils of
honorable men. II the law would descend
upon them in their lawlessness, it would be
well. The world of vice even could spare
them and be the better for it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-25

LAW in America is mighty uncertain
commodity. At Chicago a murderer was
acquitted, though his guilt was beyond
question. In New York, on Tuesday, Charles
Sleith was sentenced to six months impris-
onment for stealing seven cents, and James
H. Kearney was acquitted of the charge Of
having sold fifty counterfeit dollars, whereas
he had sold but forty-nine counterfeit dol
lars. Some people are still hopeful that the
day will come when technical idiocy shall
give way to legal and wholesome common
sense in the interest of justice and good
order
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-25
THE sEE.sAw POLICY.
A Diagnosis of the Democratic Situation in
Indiana.

Diagnosis of the Democratic Situation In
Indiana.
Kansas City Journal.
Indiana is essentially a political State. and
IN Indianapolis, its capital large element
of able-bodied men make politics a regular
business. Just now the activity is confined
to Democratic circles, that State having two
men of presidential aspirations. whose friends
are busily at work. This work consists of
booming their candidate through the press,
and knitting the other man under the cover.
For time ex-senator Mcdonald. or Joe"
had the call, as the boys say on the race
track; but lately the friends of Ex-Governor
Hendricks, or "Tom," have been looming
up, and for the time it seems to
be the biggest boom. But wise people
say it is to be short-lived, and that its de-
cline will revive the fever for Mcdonald.
Inc secret of this see-saw philosophy lies in
the fact that should either be the nominee of
the party, the friends of the beaten man, in
the event of success at the polls, would be
lett out in the cold when the offices came to
De divided Now, twenty-four years. banish-
ment from the public crib is about all q
hungry Democrat could stand, but to be frozen
out for four years more under a Democratic
President, is something he will not stand.
Inc outcome of it all seems to be the resolve
that no Indiana man shall be nominated I'M
less 1t is 'our man, and the result will be the
defeat of both, and an equal divide on plum
der between the two factions. This was the
feeling that defeated Hendricks at Cincinnati
In 1880, and will be the fate of Mcdonald in
lSS4-on the principle that one good turn de-
serves another
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-25
JefSerson's Granddaughter.

New YORK Herald.
Mrs. J. Abbott Titcomb and Mrs. Mcneil
Potter, the ladies who recently called public
attention to the pressing needs of Mrs. Mel.
Thomas Jefferson, report that they have re-
ceived the following subscriptions: From
Samuel ]. Tilden, 5000; W. J. Gordon, Cleve.
land, O., $780, Messrs. Brodt e. Co., No. 80
Broad street, New York, $1O by check, $40;
w w. Corcoran, of Washington, $50 Mr..
falo, $25 each, making in all 1920. This
money has been forwarded to Mrs. Meikle-
ham, who writes in response: II do not
know how we should have lived through
this illness without this money which has
been so kindly raised for me- My poor sick
necessary for her recovery 1 desire to ex-
tend my heartfelt thanks to the gentlemen
who have SO kindly remembered me in my
distress"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-25

A MOST blasphemous and impious orgy
was held in Billy McGlory's den in New
York city on Sunday last A mock revival
was held. Prayer was offered by a fluent
sinner, and the burlesque OF inviting peni-
tents forward was gone through with, to the
evident amusement of the hardened crowd
present. McGlory himself was active in the
work" but expressed dissatisfaction be-
cause the leader of the meeting would not
let him sell cider among the congregation
And so the sacrilegious fun went on until
they were surfeited, and gave over simply
because tired of it. How wide step
there is between this fragrant
insult to sacred things and the only less i'm
pious rantings of the Salvation Army would
be hard 10 say, 1t is not improbable that
the ridiculous excuses OF the latter suggested
and encouraged the former. If fantastical
men and women, with drums and gongs and
tamborines, drunken with. religious or some
other kind of frenzy, can make burlesque
of the ferYor and power Of religion, why may
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-25
forgetit

rious. falling off in receipts, and as a result,
the reduction OF the public debt will proceed
much more slowly. Up to the present time
the debt reduction for the current fiscal year
has been $115, 900, 900, and the best that can
be hoped tor is that it will reach 1925, 900, 900
for the year. For the fiscal year ending
June so, 1882, the debt reduction was $751;
900, 900. For the fiscal year of 1881 it was
BIOL 900, 600 and for 1880 it was $50, OOO, 900.
It is thought in official circles that the debt
reduction for he fiscal year ending June 80,
1884, will be SIS 100000