The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-08-01
captured by citizens, ana narrowly es-
capped lynching.

20 IeeC, Is 10 Dc Dullt at DetrOlC, a1ueT
the pattern Of the City of Kingston,
which makes twenty miles per hour on
the Hudson river.
Henry Hayman, an English gentle
man who was on his way home from
San Francisco, was found dead in his
room In Chicago hotel. His body was
embalmed, and cablegram was sent
to his relatives.
General Weaver was nominated fol-
congress from the Sixth district of Iowa
by the democratic and greenback con.
venti0ns. Thomas j. Wood was nOmi-
mated by the democrats of the Tenth
Indiana district.
A strike is threatened in New York
among the laborers. They ask q re-
ductiOn from ten to nine hours day
in their labor rather than an increase
in wages. Many Of the builders, it is
thought, will accedc to the demand.
In the suit brought by wholesale
jewelers. Of New York to compel M. q.
Mcdonald, of Chicago, to refund $1O,-
600 for diamonds for which he gave
chips to a gambling salesman, Judge
Blodgett decided in favor of the de-
PENDANT.
In Gilmer county, Ca, the wife of
Dow Grace has been killed by mob,
who put out her eyes, pierced her body
with q sharpened pole and hung her
lifeless and mutilated form to tree.
It Is thought to have been the work OF
revenue informers.
The private banking house of F. G..
Hall, at Elmira, N. Y, with deposits
Of nearly 500, 600, has closed its doors.
Assignments have been made by Tuck
or, Hammond & Co., jobbers in Boston,
who owe $10O, 600, and by w. b. Dick-
son & Co., lumber dealers of Indian
apolis, with liabilities of $4,000.
A tramp fell or was knocked from a
freight train at Erie on Sunday night,
losing leg. On his person was found
money enough to keep him for years.
He is highly educated, and claims to
civil service in Dublin. He gives the
name of John Oscar Graham.
The exercises of the eighteenth Ma
tiOnal encampment Of the Grand Army
of the Republic were formally opened
Tuesday at Camp Beath, near Mime
apOiis. Speeches were made by Gen.
Beath, Gov. Hubbard. Mayor Pillsbury
and others. The attendance was. very
great and the enthusiasm unbounded.
AT Canon City, Oregon, a man
named Nunes shot his wife. Her dead
body fell over her babe, who sat in her
lap at the time the fatal shot was fred,
and crushed it to death. Nunes then
shot himself through the head. Nunes
was jealous of a man named McFad-
den, local editor, who has fled to es-
cape being lynched.
The assignee of Grant & Ward, New
FORK, has filed an inventory showing
liabilities of S16,792, CAT, actual assets
OF $67 IVA. and nominal assets of ST.
9,O9S. He reports that they kept no
journal or cash book, had no complete
list OF assets, and rehypothecated large
amounts of securities left with them
DIS securities for loans.
Over five thousand bricklayers and
laborers on new buildings inNew York
struck Monday for nine hours of work.
1t is reported that most of the employ
layers receive SIS day for front work
and 81 for rough work. 1t appears that
the plasterers only labor nine hours a
day and stone-setterS eight.
The receiver of the Manufacturers
bank of Milwaukee reported to the de-
positors that the assets might realize 70
per cent. Many of the creditors then
accepted an offer by Messrs. Como and
Hasbrouck, formerly president and vice
president Of the bank to convey their
claims and take certificates of indebt-
edness for the full amount, with three
years time on the final payment.
Creditors are asking the appointment
of receiver for the st. Louis Ore and
Steel Company, Ethan A. Hitchcock,
Oliver +. Garrison, and Charles z.
ChOuteau being named for the position.
The company has q capital stock of
SIS, 900 900 and was formed during the
boom of 1881 by the consolidation of
four concerns. There is 100000
bonded indebtedness and 100000 Of
floating paper.
Mr.. d. l.. Moody, the American
evangelist. arrived at New York from
London Sunday. Sunday week he
he arrived in New York Sunday in
time to attend morning service. Mr..
Moody says. he intends to remain in
America the rest of his life. He will
devote himself entirely to missionary
work here. He expressed pleasure at
the growth of the religious feeling in
England. The Episcopal Church there
Is adapting itself to the people, and the
dissenting bodies, especially the Wes-
leyans, are gaining ground daily. He
speaks hopefully of the progress of
temperance in the mother country.
The indications are that the coming
national convention of the Prohibitions
lists, at Pittsburg, will be the largest
ever held by the organization. The.
delegations from the different states
and territories will be represented as
follows: Arkansas. Al; California, 49,.
Connecticut, 6; Dakota Territory, A.,
Delaware, !; Illinois, As; Kentucky, IS;
Maine, a; Massachusetts, 8; Maryland,
Is; Michigan, 55; Minnesota, 20; Mis-
souri,. 35; Nebraska, 20; New Hamp-
shire, 4; New Jersey, II; New York, rs;
Ohio, Al; Pennsylvania, 2S, and Wiscon-
sin, 90. Total, 511. Kansas is a re-
publican prohibition state and has not
chosen delegates. The leading candi-
dates for first place on the ticket are:
DR.. r. II. Mcdonald, of California; A.
A. Miner, of Boston; S. d. Hastings, of
Wisconsin; James Black, of Pennsyl-
vania; Ex-Governor st. John, of Kan
,as, and Clinton b. Fiske of New
York.
An Industrious Tramp.