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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-02-16

week.
The attendance Of outsiders in
terested in the Senatorial contest ut
Lansing. was larger on Tuesday than
on any previous day. The Ferry
headquarters had been transferred to
the Hudson House.
We are advised that the interest in
the projected railroad from South
Lyon to Owosso is increasing all
along the proposed route and that
subscriptions to the stock will be sub
scribed for literally.
T. ID Dewey spent some days in
Chicago the past week.
There we're Ia5 delegates in at
tendance on the Grand Lodge,
Knights of Honor, at Saginaw on
Tuesday.
We welcome most heartily to our
table the Detroit Free Press. 1t is a
journal of which the people of the
state of Michigan have reason TO be
proud, ably edited, newsy and always
up to the times, if not always rig hit
politically, it is always true to the
principles of the Democratic party,
and deserves from that party and the
reading public generally very lib.
eral support. See advertisement in
another column.
A. Robertson has been in attend
ance this week on the sessions of the
Grand Encampment, l. 0. 0. F., of
the state of Michigan, ut Kalamazoo,
as the representative of Oriental En-
campment, No. So. He is expected
home tonight.
The Daughters Of Rebecca, con-
nected with Owosso Lodge, No. So,
l. 0. 0. f., at the close of a meeting
called to confer the degrees on three
ladies, on Tuesday evening, treated
the brothers in attendance to sup
per, that would have done credit to
the Dining Hall of any hotel in
Michigan. About twenty of the
Brothers were present to enjoy this
unexpected treat.
G. J. Stuart and K. Marsh have
been at Saginaw this week attending
the Grand Lodge, Knights of Honor,
for the State of Michigan.
Information is wanted at the Post
Office concerning the whereabouts OF
Miss A. Wilcox, who was not long
since resident of this city.
Ready Helpers social at the resi-.
dence of G. w. Loring this evening.
Supper served from S to 9 o'clock.
A gentleman who has been con
slant attendant at the sessions o.
the Circuit Court held in this county
for the past fifteen years, told ye edi
tor that the argument for the defense
in the case of the People VS.. Manr
for resisting an officer, by Gilbert R
Lyon, was the most logical, clear anc
able of aLy he ever heard. 1t is
perhaps, needless to say that the de
PENDANT was acquitted.
Bro. Pulver, of the Laingsburl
Greenbacker, lodges the question
Bro. p. find Senator Merwin and w
will look out for Bro. Owen, ant
don't you forget it.
Rev. Mr.. Reed has been doini
some very efficient work in the re
vival meetings which have recent
been held at the M. +. church. w
trust the good work may go on.
Lewis Moses returned suddenl
from Florida one day last week
called home by the serious illness
his sister.
The Rector informs us that Bisho
Harris will ofiiciate again in Chri:
church in six weeks, confirming al
other class.
Republicans do not fail to note ii
call for Republican county CONVEX
tim to be held at Corunna. the 24t
inst. and see to it that a full deleg
ton is present from every townsh
and city.
The Little Democrat is the nan
l.a.x
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-02-16
MARRIED.

DOBBINS-MI II, by Rev, S.
Reed, at the brides home in Owosso Mr..
SamuelDobbins, of Marshall to Miss Maria
l. Mitchell.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-02-16
v. Nj. WHITE,
Contractor e. Builder

Plans Made and True Estimates Given.
Orders Solicited and Satisfaction Guaranteed.
OwOSSO, MICH Jan. 10 SO
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-02-16

The trains on the railroads have
been very promptly on time this
week.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-09-20
CRIME.

IN consequence of recent decision
10y Judge Noonan, of ST. Louis, cases
against nine hundred saloon keepers of
that city We're dismissed,
AT Caldwell, Ohio, Joseph Perot, an
Italian railroad boss, killed William
Brown, a railroad laborer, who attacked
him when drunk. Perot used a pistol
LEWIS II. REDMOND, the famous South
Carolina moonshiner, urges his friends
to secure his transfer from Auburn pen
itentiary, where he is freezing to death,
to a prison in some warmer cline.
THE uperintendent of the naval acad-
envy at Annapolis has dismissed four
cadets contacted by court martial of
haZing.
A MAN named II. Moore, armed with
an AK, made his appearance near Fort
Russell Wyoming, and nearly killed
James Knight and J. H. Medsel, secur-
ing $3.50, Knight was found by duck
hunter. Moore is in Jail.
MARY IL. CLARK, of White Pigeon,
Michigan, went to her husbands place
of business, and fired four shots al him
with a revolver. He had served a term
of twelve years in the penitentiary for
beating her with a club, yet she lived
with him on his return.
w L. HoLEN, well known in bust
ness circles at Omaha, has been arrested
ON charge of setting fire to his book
store. Several short, lighted candles
were found in the salesroom, surround
ed 10y shavings saturated with coal-oiL
AT a point Just outside Milwaukee,
early Monday morning, an attempt was
made to wreck the Fond du Lac express
train by piling ties on the track, but the
engineer discovered the obstruction in
time TO stop.
Two drunken men named Joseph
Met2ler and Henry Thomas were locked
up at Carroliton. Missouri, Wednesday
night. The latter pounded his compau-
ion numerically, and bit two pieces
/ from his left ear, There are doubts as
/ TO the recovery of the victim.
4 A POLICEMAN at Valparaiso, Indiana,
covered by a cooked revolver in the
/ hands of a burglar, witnessed the open
/ ing of safe in Windle's grocery store
and the extraction of 81 300 in currency
and $4,000 in securities.
I At Mastersonville, PENNSYLVANIA,
while an undertaken was screwing down
! the lid of coffin, detectives stepped
forward and seized son of the deceas-
/ ed, named Jacob Eversole, who had
broken into a farmhouse and stolen
I 50. GOO last December.
4 HANuIToN of Illinois has offered re
ward of $l00for the apprehension of the
person or persons who, on the 10th day
of August, in the county of Adams
stole certain iron tanks, wooden buckets
camp equIpage, and provisions, the
property Of the state. and in use by tn,
fish commission at the time they vert
stolen. He also offers a reward of $50,
for the apprehension Of John Willanger
who ON the "a day of September she
ana killed John Miller, in the city o
DauVille
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-09-20

South Carolina statesman, appeared be-
fore the senate subcommittee on educa-
ton and labor. He thought the condl-
ton of the negroes had improved with
in three years A large portion Of the
cotton crop is now raised by small far
mers.
THE thirty-hrst annual convention Of
the American Pharmaceutical Associa-
tons began at Washington Tuesday
The convention was welcomed by Presi-
dent West, of the District commissioners,
after which reports of various commit
tees were read and a committee to nom
mate officers for the ensuing year APP
pointed.
GEN GREEN B. RAUM, ex-commIssioner
of internal revenue. has made an argu-
ment before Secretary Folger in favor of
everything or modifying Commissioner
Evans recent decision in respect to the
tax to be paid on certain alcoholic prep
arations known as bitters. Secretary
Folger took the matter under considera-
ton.
THE amount of boads received at the
Treasury Department Wednesday, for
redemption under the 18th call was
81 ,040, 600. In the Treasury circular Of
Aug. Is last, it was stated that each re-
demption-day bonds to the amount of
s., 900 600 would be received for redemp-
ton under this call. Wednesday was
the third mption-day, but bonds re-
ceiyed for redemption to date, including
receipts, amounted to only $40, S67, 500
1T is generally understood that an eff
fort will be made to have the census
bureau made a permanent institution.
The manner in which the census reports
for 1850 have dragged along would seem
TO justify suspicion that such law
would be almost unnecessary, for it will
be at least another year before the re-
ports will appear, although the compost
tors of the government printing office
are working extra hours every day, de-
termined that the blame for delay shall
not rest upon the public printers force
If little extra exertion will suffice.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-09-20
TELEGRAPHIC.
GENERAL NOTES.


JOHN r. boutwell,, of New York, is
having a railway survey made across
Wyoming to Yellowstone park,
THE greenbackers of New York have
nominated Rev. Thomas X Beecher for
secretary of state, AID Louis A. Post for
attorney general.
THE Chicago City railway has in
creased its quarterly dividend to 3
per cent, and 240 is now bid for the
/ stock.
! II, J. BENJAMIN a carriage-dealer Of
milwaukee, has made an assignment, his
| assets and liabilities being each about
/ 100000. Fish RIOS, of Racine, are credi-
4 tors TO the amount of $4,000.
/ THE Northern Pacific excursionists, on
/ reaching Bismarck, were taken to IT,
I site Of the capitol Of Dakota, to particle
/ pate in laying the cornerstone. Gener-
al Grant and Sitting Bull made speech
es.
TEE widow and daughter of General
StOnewail jackson are guests of Gov,
/ Butler, at Boston. Lord Coleridge was
present at a Sunday breakfast given in
their honor.
MITCHELL, the mauler, and his agent,
Madden, on leaving Kansas City for New
York, declared that they would not risk
the penitentiary by fighting near New
Orleans.
TLDEN and Gould had yacht race
on the Hudson river the other day The
Atalanta is not allowed TO carry over 20
pounds of steam, but the Yosemite put
on / 10 pounds and left Gould behind.
NINETEEN Polish societies, numbering
5000 men, Paraded the principal BUSH
ness streets of Chicago, in full regalia,
in commemoration of SObieski's victory
at Vienna two centuries ago.
ID. L. PAYNE and other officers of the
Oklahoma company have been arrested
at Wichita, Kansas, on complaint of the
United States attorney j, r. HollOwell,
who has grown weary of the cost and
trouble Of keeping these men ont of In
dian Territory.
THE steamer Proteus, in command of
Lieutenant Darlington, which sailed to
the Arctic regions in search of the Greedy
exploring expedition, was crushed in the
ice at the entrance to Smiths sound,
July % The party made their way TO
the relief steamship Yantic, and were
taken to st. Johns, Newfoundland.
LORD CoLERDGE, on his arrival in /
Boston, requested to be shown Faneuil /
hall and the wharf where the tea was
thrown overheard in the Revolution. /
An ignorant staff officer of Gov, Butler /
took the distinguished guest to an en-
tirely different pier, known as 4 wharf. /
Mr., WEBSTER, of Chicago, followed /
his daughter and young man named |
Simpson, through the province of On /
tario, and caught them at Niagara Falls. /
they had been mar !
ried in an Episcopal church, the irate /
father started homeward with the bride, I
the young adyenturer taking the next |
train,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-09-20

moned to Gastein, causing reports that
serious change has occurred in the
condition of Bismarck.
THE promoters of the Mexican Central
road, talk of completing it By May, as
there remains only gap Of four hum
dred miles between Celay and Saltillo.
THE German emperor has given com
mand Of the 18th dragons to Prince
Alexander, of Hesse Cassel, who has
completed fifty years of military ser
vices.
PROFESSOR FALB, of London, who
has made a special study of volcanic
eruptions, predicts that another earth
quake will occur at Ischia on October
is.
A MOB of Chinese burned the houses
and wharves of several European mer-
chants at Canton. The foreign residents
sought refuge on vessels in the river,
and the Chinese troops dispersed the rio
ters Two British gunboats were sent
TO the scene from Hong Kong
A MERCHANT in Moscow complained to
the United States consul that his clerk
had stolen $4,000 rubles and fed to New
York. The police Of the latter city were
informed, and Sunday tho thief was cap
tured. He remarked that he thought
this was a free country.
THE win of Count de Chambord
which was published in Paris, gives tn
countess a life estate in her four do
mains and IN income of $4,000, 600
francs On her death Count de Bardi
is to receive one-third, and the Duke de
Parma two-thirds of the entire proerty.
A LARGE importation of dead meat
from Russia into England has sprung
up. The meat which arrived in good
condition and met with a ready sale,
was not frozen nor refrigerated, having
been killed onlysix days before reaching
the London salesman.
A STEAMER conveying the slayer Of In
former Carey touched at Funchel, Ma
deira, O'Donnell was guarded by two
Cape policemen, fully armed, and naval
offers patrolled the shore to prevent
strangers from going on board the ship.
The prisoner expressed gratitude for the
sympathy shown by the Irish in Amer
lea
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-09-20
ACCIDENTS.

Two teamsters of st. Paul were kill
ed by lightning while holding their hors-
e..
SHARP shocks af earthquakes were
/ Wednesday experienced at Santa Bar
bara and Los Angeles, California.
| A BRAKEMAN on the Reading road fell
asleep in his caboose near Lovers leap,
by which twenty-five cars were sent
over an embankment of forty feet, caus-
ing loss of $4,000.
THREE new cases of yellow fever de-
veloped in the navy-yard at Pensacola,
and Paymaster z. T. Brown died of the
disease.
BY the breaking of an omnibus wheel
at Leayenworth, five persons were in
jured. City Clerk Shepard having both
legs broken,
MITCHELL, the mauler, wants to fight
Slade in Mexico, and Harry Hill, the
stakeholder, has been requested to order
the r'ill to take place over the border.
+. A. REUs & Co, a milling firm of
st. Louis, have assigned S250,000 worth
of property near Belleville, Illinois, for
the benefit Of creditors.
FROM the debris of the burned rag
warehouse at Cincinnati, were taken
nine almost unrecognizable bodies. Side
by side, with their arms entwined,
lay the corpses of Mary and Maggie
Lee.
A FIRE at Fort Smith Arkansas. swept
away seven stores, valued at 100000
Seven buildings belonging TO the Boston
Ice Company, at North Chelmsford,
Massachusetts, worth $35, 900, were
burned Tuesday night.
A FREIGHT train going down Kenosha
mountain, in Colorado, by sections, met
with accidents which injured seven EN-
ployes, three of them fatally. The
engine jumped the track ut a curve,
on a grade of two hundred feet to the
mile.
PAULA HE'LL of Chicago, drowned
herself in the lake, last month, because
a printer named Johann Schilling mar
ried another woman. Ever since he
looked upon her corpse at the morgue
Schilling has been insane, and has now
been sent to the county asylum.
THE Steamship Independent, on her
first voyage from Italy to New York,
struck a rock and went ashore at Free
port, Long Island, where six other yes
sells have grounded this season. She was
loaded with sulphur and lemons, and
also brought some white cattle presented
to John w, Garrett by the king of
Italy.
IN Chicago a conductor on the West
Madison street line pushed from an open
car at Market street a man who seemed
so intensely stupid that he could not find
a nickel to pay his fare. He fell on his
head and, to all appearances, broke his
neck. Police officers found his heart
beating family, and placed him in a
patrol-wagon, when a drive to the
morgue was ordered. He was put in an
ice-box, when the fact developed that he
was only dead drunk. He proved to be
James Lacy. tInsmith.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-09-20
FROM THE CAPITAL.

Col. ID. T. HOTLAWAY, who was COM
missioner of patents under President
Lincoln, died Sunday in Washington,
and viii be buried at Richmond ladi-
ana.
THE president has issued a proclama-
ton announcing that the worlds indus
trial cotton centennial exhibition will be
opened ON the first Monday of December
1884, at New Orleans and will continue
until the 3lst of May, 1885,.
THE president has appointed James F.
Legate, of leavenworth: Elihu Coleman.
of Fond du Lac, Wis. and Edwin ".
Dixie, of Woodstock Ill.,, commission
to inspect l50 miles Of the Atlantic and
Pacific railroad in Arizona.
THE customs division of the Treasury
Department has decided that under the
present tariff Sulphate cinchonida is to bt
admitted free; also that insulated cop
per wire for telegraph cables viii be du
table as manufactured copper at 40 pei
cent ad yalorem
Mr.. HILL the supervising architect of
the treasury is reported bv the inves
tIgatlng committee, as guilty Of ofticla
tavOrItlsm. The recommendation i;
made that the architect be succeeded hy
a board similar TO the lighthouse com
mission
IHF Acting Secretary of the Navy ha:
cabled an order to the Admiral of tht
American squadron IN Chinese water
30 repair TO Canton and take what step,
are necessary TO protect the American,
living there, and If necessary TO sum
4 mon the Jnnista and Enterprise from
81 Batavia.
q JoHN e. CALHOUN, a grandson of tn,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-09-20
The GreeIey Relief Exnedition.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.-No add
tional reports have been received to-
day at the navy department from the
officers of the returned Greeley relief
expedition at st. Johns, Newfound-
land. 1t seems to be conceded by those
who have given the most attention to
the subject that the complete and dis
astrous failure Of the relief expedi-
ton was mainly due to the omission
of Lieut.. Darlington to land his stores
stores and house them at Sullivan S
island or some other iceberg point
north of Smiths Sound before attempt
ing hazardous navigation beyond. If
he had done this the loss of the Pro
teus would have been comparatively
a tntiing misfortune and would not
have necessarily imperilled the lives Of
either her crew or the party
sent north TO rescue Darlington and
his men could then, after the destruc-
ton Of their ship, have returned To
secure theIr supplies and could have
carried our the remainder Of their
plan for the relief Of the Lady Frank
I'm Bay party by orders from New
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-09-20

GOVERNOR Ben BUFFERS stables are
the finest in Lowell. lie keeps nine
thoroughbred horses. Among them IS
"A fine pair of chestnut mares, present
ed by Ex-Governor Sprague, of Rhode
Island, a PAIR Of Black Knox horses
a pair of thoroughbred blooded bays
and buggy, saddle and phaeton
horses In his faro' stable is kept the
old bucksbin horse which car
ried the General throughout the war.
No beast has a more enjoyable exist
ence IN his old age He has the free
run of the grounds, goes ia and comes
out when he plep8es, has an he wants
ta eat, and absolutely nothing to do.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-09-20

john Roach testified before the
senate committee on labor that mater
ials for ships are as cheap here as in
England, but labor is better rewarded
on this side of the Atlantic. Ship
building is the most profitable industry
of England today, and her merchant
fleet last year earned $400, 600, 600 He
thought the labor question could be
solved by the government transport
ing emigrants to the west and giving
them land
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-09-20
Milwaukee Market.

MILWAUKEE,, Sept 17-Flour-In light demand
Wheat-steady s5 fer seller cash; Sc for selle
October; 977s for seller November. Corn-Noth
ing done Oats-Scarce, No. 2, -; white, 2016.
Rye-Nothing done Barley-Strong and active,
No 2, 6216; 81 for seller October; Is for seller
November Provisons-Lower Mess pork, 20
Lard-Prime steam, S12 for seller cash or Octo-
Der; % for seller January Live hogs-Steady,
4600@5.i0. Butter-Firm, Cheese In good de
mand. Eggs-Higher is@1sJ5. Receipts-Flour,
5000 wheat, 5000; barley, 1900 Shipments
Flour, 600: wheat, 800; barley, COCO
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-09-20

THE doors of the Indiana female
penitentiary swung open the other
day to release Nancy e. Glenn, who
was five times tried for the murder of
Jacob and Nancy Young, and who
was ut last imprisoned for four years
for perjury. She is now SO years of
age, gray and haggard. Her husband
procured a divorce, last spring, which
made her morose. Her son went to
the prison, and escorted her to his
home in indianapolis.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-09-20
follow Cheeks,

A pale 1abby skin and limbs III clothed with flesh
indicate poverty of the blood. The speedieSt and
sllrest way 20 increase its uutrifying properties,
20 impalt yigor and compensate for undue waste
0t bodily tissue, is To use with persistence and
regularity. tie iucOmpar. Bile ytaiizer and aid to
digestion Hosietters Stomach Bitters. A wine
ulaSsful OF his agreeable medicinal eliXer three
times day Soon manifest Its benencient sction in
an Improvement of appetite sleep and spirits,
Increased bodily substance, aud the return OF
color and roundnesS 20 haggaTd, wasted cheeks.
This supreme preventive couutcracts the effects
81 s.,t. mental labor and bodily toll, anxiety OF
inH.f e posture IN rough weather, miastna in air
t.a and tropical heat Il is a reliable SAFE
lh sainst fever and ague sHd remlttant feb
fii, disease. aud overcomes constipation, lndiges-
ticn. liver complaint rheumatism aad other all
l.tntN
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-09-20

A rose farm is new Georgia in
dustry. Two gardeners in the vicin-
ity of Savannah planted three acres
in rose trees This year they sold
q, 600 trees to parties in the North,
and had orders for $4,000, which they
could not fill. The trees meet with
a ready sale at from $40 to $50 per
100 Over half million trees are
annually imported into this country
from France, England and Holland,
and the Savannah News says~it has
been demonstrated>that Georgia has a
better climate for the cultivation of
rose trees than that Of the South Of
France.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-09-20

AS TO the postal-note, the officials
at Washington are inclined to believe
it has not been fairly tried so far
improvements are probably. The
forgers have already given the note
some attention, and it is found that it
can be raised. A note was received
last week at Washington which had
been changed from 81 to a. The
holes originally punched had been
filled and new snes made to meet the
requirements of the forger
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-09-20

THE inquiry into the recent hazing
of naval cadets is bringing to light
something good deal more dis
graceful than boyish practical iok
ing 1t has already been demonstrate
ed that one of the very first ideas
instilled into the minds of the
young men who join the Naval
Academy is false code of morals.
They are taught that it is honor
able to abandon honor, honest to
lie and upright to cheat They are
taught that the duty they owe the
Government which clothes, feeds md
educates them is nothing; the duty
duty they owe to comrades who de
ceiye and maltreat them is everything.
They learn that honor does not re-
qure them to obey any law that they
can possibly evade, but does require
them to periure themselves if neces-
sary to shield comrade from deserv-
ed punishment.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-09-20
CABLEGRAMS.

COUNT DE CHNmoRD left 60,000,00
frances 10 be divided between the duke
of Parma, and the count Of Bardi.
QUEEN VICTORIA has given e200 for
the relief of distress in Egypt caused boy
the cholera
lie UosTE, the French aroRaut, af-
tar several attempts. succeeded in cross
ing frsm France 20 England in a bal
loon.
THE British government viii organize
the Egyptian police by taking eight Of
ticers from the Irish coustabulary for a
nucleus.
Physicians have been suddenly sunni
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-09-20

SCION CHASE, the Maine Greenback-
IT, and editor of the defunct organ
Them Steers was travelling on "a
Western railroad when he was rccog.
nized by one of a party of young men
who called out; Hold on Scion, how
about Them SteerS5 Why didn't you
bring them alongg' The Greeuback
hero quickly retorted Il don't need
EN- sir, there's plenty Of calves right
aboard this ear"