The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-06-15

reigneu. RE was accompanied DIV MS
wife, and both wept bitterly when the
court pronounced the sentence-a term
OF three, years Mt hard labor in the
Chester (Iliinois) prison. The case,
owing 10 the prominence of the prison
er. has attracted considerable atten-
ton.
Tie Guiteau case will never down
for good. liz has come into Prominence
again owing to the fact that j. Z. Shea
ny, OK Washington. one or the jurors,
has gone crazy ard been sent to the
Hospital Tor the insane. The case is
peculiarly pathetic in some points. 1t
IS reported that Sheahv believed that
Guiteau was insane and that the jury
should have so found, but he had not
the courage in face Of the unanimity
of the rest TO stand out and say SO. Hs
knew was the public clamor on the SUBJ
iect. Since Guiteau's execution it is
said he has been continually haunted
by reflection upon the case. and the con-
siction that he has voted to hang a
iunatic, until his mind has given way
Under 1t. His insanity took a fierce
turn, so that his family were afraid for
their lives, and he has been placed in
cell at the asylum.
In the United States Circuit Court at
st. Louis, Monday, Judge Treat render
ed q decision Of Importance to people
in all parts of the United States, in
which he refused to grant a temporary
injunction to the Wa5hburn- Moen-
Company against a number of defend
ants, thus settling the great barbed wire
fence controversy. on the ground that
the Kelly " Glidden patents were void.
Under these patents the Washburn u
MOen Company claimed exclusive right
to manufacture barbed wire of all kinds,
or to grant licenses to other companies
to manufacture the same under such
restrictions as the w. y M. Company
saw tit to impose. The decision render
ed is lengthy, and covers all points in
the case, deciding against the monopoly
and opening the manufacture OF barbed
wire to all companies. The subordinate
question Of the right to make or use the
machines for making the barbed wire
was also decided against the Washburn-
MOen Company.
The main canvas of Barnum's great
moral show caught fire at Chicago early
Tuesday morning and was totally de-
stroyed. Watchmen in the dressing
room tent, say that the fire caught at or
platform, which was about the center
of the tent. From the fact that the
side of the canvas was in blaze when
first seen, the watchmen think the fire
must have started among the shavings
or some other intlammableS within the
tent, and underneath the long rows of
benches. They think thathad it start
ed on the outside, from the spark of
locomotive for instance, they would
have seen it sooner than they did.
There were twelve or thirteen watch
men on the grounds during the night,
and three of these were awake and sit
ting in the dressing-room when the fire
broke out. The latter is tent in itself
as large as the ordinary circus canvas,
and opens upon short passage leading
to the exhibition tent. Through it the
animals and performers enter and leave
the rings. The watchmen seated in the
dressing-roOm were within 100 feet of
where the fire was first discovered, and
had an unobstructed view of the whole
east side of the tent. Fortunately the
direction of the wind was such as to
carry all the flames and sparks, and
much of the smoke, clear of all the other
parts of the show; but had the wind
been in an opposite direction the dress
ing-room with some $4,000 worth of
costumes would certainly have been
destroyed.
A terrible tornado struck Greenville,
Texas, saturday evening. with disas-
trous results. Rain fell in torrents, and
for twenty minutes the total deStruc-
ton of the town seemed inevitable.
The wind came from northwesterly
direction with terrific force. A survey
of the city shows over $50 houses blown
down and moved off the blocks on which
they rested, while a large number of
others are more or less damaged.
Strange to relate, only one life was lost
that of a colored child. Several per-
sons sustained severe injuries, however.
Mr.. Strong's residence was torn to
pieces, but portions OF it left standing.
His wife with their infant child in her
arms, was blown around at the mercy
of the wind, the child being almost
drowned by the rain. The Ne,cs' Dallas
special says: 1.-THE storm Saturday
night seems to have done its work Of
devastation in narrow strips in sections
miles apart. At Cedar Hill, south of
Dallas, farmers report growing crops
flattened to the ground, fences blown
down, reapers and wagons standing in
the fields rolled over and over, and torn
apart by the fury of the wind. Near
Hutchins Station the destruction is so
complete as to dishearten the people,
some of whom came to town, having
given up farming and turned their at
tention to working ut day labor. Wheat
standing in shocks was scattered to the
winds. The water in huge streams
plowed up fields and cut jagged ruts in
what had been model stands of corn,
cotton and grain. Hail Of large size is
banked up in low places and left traces
of its violence by killing sheep, calves,
rabbits, dogs and birds. Fifteen miles
west Of Dallas great trees in the cross
timbers were torn up and carried long
distances. Orchards were twisted and
stripped of branches, and young fruit
strewn OH the ground. Wherever the
tempest struck there are left reminders
of the deluging rain, murderous hail
and terrific lightning.
WASHINGTON NOTES.