The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-03-30

atter the birth or the child, MIS- exist
ence, however, remaining unknown to
his fathers family.
An encounter took place in the senate
chamber at Harrisburg, PENNSYLVANIA.
at the close of Thursdays session, be-
tween Senators Mcknight and Emory.
The latter had accused the former of
misrepresenting his constituency; the
lie was passed and an exchange of blows
followed. Bystanders interfered and
separated the belligerent statesmen be-
fore either had knocked out" his an
tagonist.
The jury in the case of Dukes, a
member of the Pennsylvania legisla-
ture. tried at Uniontown for the murder
of DIR. Mutt, whose daughter Dukes
was alleged to have seduced, brought
in verdict of acquittal. The Judge
said the verdict was not what the court
had right to expect, but there was no
recourse. An Indignation meeting Of
citizens OF UniOntOwn is called. and
threats OF violence are freely made
against Dukes.
There seems to be no doubt that the
Wabash railroad will, at the close of
the current month, be leased to the
Iron Mountain Railroad company.
Under the existing pooling arrange
ment the Waha II has 8 per cent. of the
east-bound traili. of the southwestern
system, where ), it is claimed by those
In interest. ii vii by the lease medi-
tated receive 80 or 90 per cent, or all of
the through business of the Iron
Mountain. Another effect of the lease
will be to make Toledo instead Of st.
Louis the distributing point for the
Wabash business.
A prize-tight of the most stubborn
character occurred III the parlOr of
vania, Friday, The ring being marked
were John O'Neal, OF Pittsburg, and
James Kohne, OF Philadelphia, and the
combat, which was for purse of ST.
900, was made the more vicious from
the fact that the men had been rivals in
love. The fight lasted nearly two
hours, thirty-six rounds being fought,
and O'Neal proved the better man in
the twenty-fOur foot ring, as he had
shown himself in the court of Cupid.
The Philadelphia was badly used, the
victor escaping with slight punishment.
Interviews with prominent lrishmen
n America relative to the explosion in
London, Thursday evening, show a
wide divergence of opinions. Patrick
Egan. ex-treasurer of the Land league,
who only reached these shores from Ire
land this week. declares that an acct
dent of commonplace character has
been magnified into an atrOcity by Irish
cOnspirators. Z. j. Sheridan says it
was the work of Irishmen, and only an
lntimation of what may be looked for.
ODOnovan Rosa affects to know much
but says little, while Pat Grove, the
Peoria lamplighter, with a loyalty to
his craft that recalls the declaration of
the tanner that "There is nothing like
leather" says that. while tie explosion
may or may not have been caused by
Irishmen, the ''silent torch" is vastly
superior to decorative dynamite for
teaching the British lion that Ireland's
rights must be regarded.
An explosion occurred at 8 o'clock
Thursday evening in the local govern.
ment board offices. Westminster, which
is attrih''"d to an attempt by Fenians
TO destI. ne building. In one room q
trench ten feet wide by three deep was
torn in the ground. and the walls were
badly shattered, stones being thrown a
considerable distance. one tearing a
large hole in the side of the King street
police station. The only persons in
jured were two children sleeping in a
building near by, who were thrown
from their bed, suffering severe cuts
about the face. The explosion occurred
while the members of the house of COM
mons were at dinner. The duke of
Edinburgh was in the house of lords at
the moment, and the noise OF the ex-
plosion caused him to exhibit some in
dications of alarm. Two men have been
arrested on suspicion of being con-
nected with the affair. An Insignificant
attempt is alleged to have been made to
destroy the Times building.
Lady Florence Dixie, whose efforts to
raise funds for the relief of the destitute
people Of Ireland have given her prOmi-
hence, and who recently published
charges that the leaders of the Irish
Land league had defrauded the peas
ants out of large sum of money con-
tributed for their aid, was on Saturday
the victim of an assault under mysteri-
Gus circumstances. She reports that
while walking in the forest at Windsor
she was approached by two men in fe.
male attire, who, after asking her the
time of day, attacked her with daggers.
lLduy 1lAlc SWOOiltu, anu WHtu sic IT,
covered consciousness the men had dis
appeared, having been fought off, as
she believes, by her large mastiff, and
possibly alarmed by the approach of a
cart. Her dress was cut in several
places, one thrust of q dagger having
been parted by corset steel. Lady
Dixie's story was related inintervals of
composure during nervous prostration
brought on by the adventure. Later
reports say: No solution of the mys-
terry surrounding the alleged murderOus
attack upon Lady Florence Dixie at
Windsor, on Saturday, has yet been
reached. Lady Florence adheres to her
first statement of the affair; but gard
ener working at the time within thirty
yards of the spot where the assault is
said to have occurred says he heard
nothing unusual. Leaders of the Irish
Land league and other prominent Irish
men scorn the assumption that any
friend of Ireland would engage in an
attack upon woman, and especially
upon Lady Florence Dixie, whose SER
vices in behalf OF the suffering peasantry
they fully acknowledge.
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