The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-04-27

counrles IN ilnnois. ana FARMING opera
tions show great activity. In Caiifor-
MIA an average crop Is anticipated. the
increased acreage in the State 6ffsetting
the damage done by drought. Glowing
,ro are received from Wisconsin
Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa and Dako.
Ia. where the present seeding time con-
ditions have never been excelled.
The cigar manufacturers, of Louis
Vile. Kentucky, have acceded TO the
demand of the workmepf for an advance
of wages. and q strike There has been
ayerted. At New York eight hundred
cipar-makers and two hundred packers
and shippers have inaugurated strike
for higher wages. About eight hundred
coal-miners i'm Ohio have quit work
rather than submit to reduction OF rs
cents a day in the rate of pay. The
miners i'll the Allegheny coal region
have accepted the lower wages offered
by the employers.
The first and second mates OF the
steamer Tropic, running between Phil
adelphia and the West Indies, in the
fruit-carrying trade, were arrested by
the United States marshal upon the ar
rival of the vessel at Philadelphia,
Monday. upon the charge of violating
the neutrality laws in transporting
arms and ammunition to Miragoane for
the Haytian rebels. The vessel, it is
also alleged, conveyed the company OF
rebels who captured Miragoane. the lat
ter part of March, rom inaglIa to the
port named. ea
The decision of the Iowa Supreme
Court in the prohibition constitutional
amendment case which was filed Satur-
day at Dubuque. aflirms the decision OH
the first hearing, and, rs was the case
then, Judge Beck is the only memberof
the court who dissents. The only new
issue raised was the question OF juris-
diction, which is disposed OF at the out
set. the court declaring that II is en-
tirely competent to pass upon the
validity of the amendment. As TO the
first hearing, the amendment Is held To
be null and void because il inteffereS
with avested right of the subject.
a number of patrons OF O'Brien's cir
Gus at Dover. Delaware, Saturday
night. took an emphatic manner OF ex-
pressing their poor opinion OF the per-
Torrance. As II portion of the wagons
were being driven To the depot To take
the cars for the next town on the cir
cult a crowd of men opened fire upon
them with repeating rifles and revol-
vers. Ten or twelve OF the circus men
were wounded, one of the lroprletors.
Charles Henderson, being shor in the
eve. Under the protection OF the sher-
ifs posse the remainder OF the vans
were loaded and driven To the depot
without molestation. y number of
houses in the locality where the attack
was made were riddled with bullets.
No arrests were made.
At Il conference of electricians held
in New York City Friday it was re-
solved that the placing of telegraph and
telephone wires underground WAS u di-
rect and pressing necessity. At the
same time the increased cost of carry
ing ont this much-needpd reform led
the assembled telegraphers to deprecate
hasty measures. Mr.. Thomas n. Edi-
son declared that overhead electric
wires constituted an ever-present dan
ger to life and property. and that aJany
moment iiremen or others touching the
wires might be killed by the electric
current. The danger from this source
has been vehenently denied by parties
interested in maintaining the present
system, but they will now have TO con-
cede the fact.
The animositics out OF which grew
the killing OF 4. w. Slayback by John
Cockerill, OF The Post Dispdtch, at ST.
Louis. u few months ago. have not alto
gether abated. Since the tragedy al
luded to. a feeling of bitter hostility
has existed between Mr.. Glover Il
friend of COckerill. and whose pllblica-
ton of card was the immediate cause
Of the collision between Slayback and
Cockerill. and Frank j. Bowman. and
several times the two men have appa-
rently been OH the verge of fight At
last Bowman sent n challenge to Glover.
who replied Monday, declining TO fight
and saying that Bowmans character
was not such as to entitlc him to the
satisfaction he asks. Glover, however.
applies sundry epithets To bowman.
which the latter may consideras calling
for gore.