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

nped IN herself. II q woman - sup
L led to have been stuff 'r,n rom met
holia at the time o. the occurrence.
he colored folk on Monday celebrat-
-. the twenty-lirst annivers .rv of the
;D0lition of slavery in thrUuii d States.
At Washington there was procession
OF six ousand men, who were address.
ed by Fred Douglas and others.
The rumor is current in San Francis
co that an attempt was m rio Monday
afternoon to shoot Senator Fair. OF Ne
vada, by his son, in cons ouenee OF
trouble between the Senator and his
wife.
Johnny Stout and Frank Compel, boys
OF Havana. Illinois. hal a quarrel. and
Coppel. lying III wait. attacked Stout,
who stabbed him with a pOcKt knife,
Inflicting wounds that will probably re-
suit fatally.
James Marshall q Co. iron-pipe man.
nfacturerS OF Pittsburg. Pennsylvania,
have made an assignment, in cOnse-
quence of bad investments IN pig-lron.
The liabilities Of the firm are 81 $40, 900,
and the assets $l.250,000.
The Spanish MIN ster Of foreign af-
fairs states that his note 10 tie Wash.
ingtOn Government protesting aga nst
the application OF the Monroe doctrine
to the Panam canal has the sanction
OF several European powers
There is probability of Il general
strike of coal-lniners in ST. Clair county,
ILL.,, and along the line of the Wabash
railway. in consequence of the failure
OF operatorst to pay the rate agreed upon
ayear since.
Spanish claims commission has been
ia ma
amounted to S30,313.5Sl, but those al
lowed only reached the sum Of Sl.293,-
A1.
J,.,hn A. Andrew post Of the Grand
Army of the Republic. at Boston. has
voted to "a. spense with floral decorations
at the grave. of the deceased comrades
on decoration lay. on the ground that
members cannot an rd the expense.
There appears to have been no founda-
ton for the report that b. nator Far
had been murderously assaulteI by ms
son at San Francisco on Monday. Inc
youth is at Paso RObes Springs. san
Louis Obispo County, California, while
the Senator is in San Francisco.
a party of burglars invaded the town
of Essex, Massachusetts. mounted on
noiseless bicycles. Monday night, en-
tered a number of houses, and rode
of with considerable p.under, without
having awaka~ cd any OF the inhabi-
tants.
Charles Smith, well-to-do farmer OF
Delaware County. Iowa, in an insane
frenzy killed his wife and two sons,
boys Of nine "a I'd twelve wears, and then
committed suicide. His mental de-
rangement Is attributed to domestic
troubles.
A tract of $50 acres Of land one mile
south of Lawrence. Kansas, has been
purchased by the Government as the
site for an industrial schoO for Indians.
It is designed to erect buildings capa-
BILE of accommodating three hundred
pupils.
The report is revive,. That the Wis
consin Central l, lilroal is soon to pass
INTO the hands OF Henry Willard. form
ing, with the Northern Pacific Railroad
and projected road TO Chicago, acOm-
plete line from Portland, Oregon, to
Chicago.
The statement comes from Cincinna-
ii that Jay Gould has virtually obtained
control Of the southern railroad system
heretofore operated by the Seney syn
dictate, and that it Will be but short
time before he will come into possession
Of the Erlanger system.
Canadian detectives allege that con-
siderable quantities OF explosives have
been shipped from the United States to
the Dominion by way of Grand Island,
TO be used for the destruction of public
buildings in Canada. The United States
authorities have been requested to take
measures to prevent such shipments.
The late Peter Cooper left an estate
valued at $1,000 900, which, with the eX-
ceptiOn of 100000 bequeathed to the
Cooper union and $4,000 in special
requests. is to be divided between his
son. ex-Mayor Edward Cooper, and his
daughter, the wife Of Representative
Abram 5. Hewitt, of New York.
Postmaster General Gresham has
given orders that no more postmasters
in Mississippi be removed at the dicta-
ton of General Chalmers. who, since
he contested the election in the Second
district with Manning. last fall, has as
sumed to control federal patronage in
the state.
The jury in the case of George Schel-
Ter, tried ut Milwaukee upon the charge
OF having willfully caused the burning
of the Newhall house in January last,
brought in verdict of acquittal. Only
one OF the jurymeD WAS Ill favor of q
verdict of guilty. and he soon yielded to
the opinion of the eleven.
The Scott bill, which has become a
law of Ohio, prohibits the sale of liquor
TO be drank on the premises. II fixes
the license for the sale of alcoholic
liquors at $500 per annum, and for the
sale of malt liquors at 500 per annum.
1t exempts cities OF the first class from
the operation Of the Sunday law.
The Sioux Falls Water-Power Com
pany operating the Queen Bee flour
mill at Sioux Falls, Dakota, is in finan-
cial trouble and several attachments
have been taken out by creditors. The
poor wheat crop of 1881. just as the mill
was completed, was the beginning of
the embarrassments.
Captain O'Brien. of the ID cavalry,
has captured sixty-nine Cree Indians
from Canada near Fort Assinaboine, in
Northern Montana, taking their ponies
from them. The Indians are being held
as prisoners, pending orders from head
quarters as to the disposition to be