The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-10-26


Monday evening, has already been in
dicted, and will be tried next Tues
day.
Hon. Alexander Mitchell will be met
in Chicago on Friday by delegation
of prominent citizens Of Milwaukee,
escorted home and given public well
come, ending with private banquet.
At the breakfast table of a boarding
house in Leadville, Frank Gallagher
killed James b. Garvin for making in
sulting remarks about the formers
bride.
Burglars blew open the safe Of the
Texas Central railroad office at lie rrell
and secured $158 in money. This Is
the third raid on the same treasure-box
in three months.
A large number of Canadian long
shoremen employed by firm in Oswe-
60, N. Y, have been forced to leave
their work, and the citizens corps is
under arms.
Rev. s. F. Stratton, in charge Of
the Congregational church at Elkh0rn,
Wisconsin, died of pneumonia on Sat-
urday night. He was a member OF
the Chicago Academy of Science, and
was well known drought Illinois.
james Dunn, colored citizen of
Windsor, Ontario, brought suit for the
admission of his daughter to the pub
lie school, but the court sustained the
plea of the school officers that there
was no room.
Agnes Batter, a paralytic of Lafay-
cite, Indiana, begged to be taken to
the mass at st. Boniface's church. She
prayed during the entire service, and
at its conclusion rose from the floor
and walkad ont IN the cQrriaUa-
Frederick b. Nixon, q young clergy
man Of Philadelphia, who was recently
dismissed in disgrace, entered upon
prolonged spree, and wound up by
stealing $50 from the pocket OF COM
panion.
Joseph w. Piles, of st. Louis, the
first cOlored man appointed under the
new civil service rules, was assigned
to duty Saturday in the Adjutant Cen
erals department at a salary Of $500
per annum.
Twenty-seven members of the demo-
cratic state central committee Of Louis
lana have bolted and organized rival
body, intending to call a separate state
convention in the interest of General
Fred Ogden for governor.
The governor of Texas, who regards
separate railway coaches for the ne
grOes as essential to the peace of socie-
ty, is displeased with the refusal of the
manager of the Gould roads to give the
colored people special cars for travel.
The members Of the bar of Salt Lake
held meetingto protest against the
appointment of Sumner Howard, Of
Flint, Michigan, as chief justice of the
territory, and passed resolutions to be
transmitted to President Arthur.
An insurance company of Mil
waukee has been defeated in its at
tempt to eyade the payment OF $4,000
and interest on the life of f. G. Com
stock, of Muskegon, because of habit
ual drunkenness.
The officials in the postoffice depart
ment at Ottawa, Ontario, have for two
weeks been kept busy returning regis
tered letters addressed to Louisiana
lottery, which the American authori-
ties refused to receive.
Patrick Egan, late treasurer of the
Irish Land League, has filed in the dis
trict court at Lincoln, Nebraska, his
intention to become an American citi-
zen, and will engage in the grain trade
in that city.
At Youngstown, Ohio, band of la
borers laying track for the Pittsburg,
Cleveland and Toledo road were driv-
en- away by employees of a furnace and
rolling mill, one man receiving severe
injuries.
A steam circular saw at Muncie, In
diana, used for cutting wood, burst
Tuesday while running at q high rate
Of speed, splitting open the head of
Jacob RAIDER and cutting an arm from
man named Ellis.
An officer of the secret service dis
covered near Brattleboro. Vermont, a
gang Of twenty-three young counter
feiters, who have been at work since
June in a secret place in the noun
tains. Only two have been captured.
Prominent citizens of st. Louis have
organized law and order league, I'M
der the presidency Of Gerard B. Allen,
and raised an emergency fund of three
thousand dollars with which to fight
the gambling ring.
The car of Bloomington train was
thrown from the track near Rains
town, Indiana. Eleven persons were
j. G. Walker and w. q. Whitehead,
of indianapolis.
DR.. John f. Mathews, of Cleveland,
has been jailed at Sandusky for robbing
and attempting to blackmail DIR. j. A.
Gordon. He has confessed that he in
tended to steal DIR. Gordon's little
daughter and hold her for ransom.
Forty bishops and over six hundred
clergymen took part in the ceremony
of consecrating Rev. DIR. Henry G. Pot
ter as assistant bishop Of the diocese
Of New York. The event took place
in Grace church, on Broadway, which
was filed TO its utmost capacity.
William Speedman, who in the early
days of Chicago was dismissed from
the detective force for divulging plans
to criminals, has served out a term Of
fifteen years in the Texas penitentiary
for an attempt to rob the First Nation
al bank of Dallas.
A colored youth Of Carmi, Illinois,
snapped an old revolver at his brother
and mother, and laughed at their fear
Of the weapon. When he tried 1t upon
himself he was successful, what little
brains he had being scattered around
carelessly.
A train on the New York Central
road ran off the track near Fort Ed
ward killing throa Daeaen Opra and in