The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-06-27

ed fifty years ago. They own large
amounts of real estate, including the
New York hotel.
In Brooklyn Friday Rosa May, her
husband, Jacob, and brother, Harris
Cohen, were sentenced to one years
Imprisonment and $500 fine for con-
spiracy to defraud the Brooklyn City
Railway Company out of $4,000 by
bringing an action against the COM
pany and claiming damages for that
amount for an alleged assault by con-
ductor.
Walter Upstone, who attempted to
kill man and his wife and hired girl
in DE Kalb county some time ago, and
who was sentenced to seventeen years.
Imprisonment, attempted to commit
suicide Saturday at the Joliet peniten-
tiary by throwing himself into the pris-
on reservoir. He was prevented from
carrying out his purpose by some fell
low convicts.
John Bowen, a member of the city
council of Atchison, Kansas, for many
years liquor-dealer, has been acquit-
ted in justice court of the charge Of
retailing intoxicants, although the
facts of his business are said tohave
been known to every citizen. Over
five hundred talesmen were summoned
in order to obtain jury, and the trial
lasted twelve days. .-.r
The door of the Jail at Vincennes,
Ind, was early Tuesday morning bat
tered down with q rail by a party of
fifty persons. Oliver Garfield, the muir
derer of Mrs. Gherkin, was taken from
his cell and hanged to a telegraph pole
near the scene of his crime, the corpse
being cut down at o'clock. Garfield
and his victim recently went to Vim
cennes from a neighboring town, and
she was awaiting divorce in order to
marry him.
G. X. Garrison, of New York, who
values his estate at $20,000,000 made
an assignment yesterday to John +.
Terry, giving preferences of $63l 300.
Mr.. Garrison's counsel says the failure
was forced by the protest of notes bear
ing his Endorsement. The wrecked
capitalist was interested i'll steamship
lines on both oceans, in railroads in
half the states, and in gas companies
in several leading cities. His iiabili-
ties are estimated at $2,000,OOO.
Abraham Levan, Berks county's Pa,
noted blind farmer, died Friday morn
ing, aged eighty years. He had been
blind sixty years, but he did all kinds
VI WOIh VII tilO llC lCl lliO Cdt-
tie, husked corn, bound sheaves of
wheat, rye, and oats and even moved
grass by the side of his brother, who
directed his course. His two sisters
were also blind, but adopts in house,
work. The estate comprises 1000
acres of fine farming land.
Evangelist Moody talks hopefully Of
the result of his mission to England.
He says that about million and half
Of people attended his meetings and
thousands were converted. He Is
particularly enthusiastic about the
democratic influence of his preaching.
Peer and pauper, he says, sat side by
side. He will sail from England July
II. He speaks in warm terms OF the
assistance rendered him by Messrs.
Granular, PentecOst, Stebbins, and
White.
Charles c. Hemmrick, a son of JUS
tice George A. Hemmrick, and an en-
ploye of the mail division in the Balti-
more Postoffice, was arrested Saturday
and locked up at the instance of the
United States authorities charged with
abstracting valuable letters from the
mail. Hemmrick has been in the en-
ploy of the Postoffice Department but
ten months and was appointed upon
me recommendation of Congressman
J. V. Findlay. He was entrapped by
decoy letters addressed to True q Co.,
Of Maine.
One Sheldon, who is said to be an
Englishman, was captured in Kansas
near the Indian Territory line by what
are described in England as bandits.
The English Government has interced-
ed in his behalf with our Government,
but Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice, broth
er of the Marquis of Lansdowne, who
is Under Foreign Secretary, was
obliged to announce in the British
Parliament yesterday that his cores
pondence with the United States Gov
eminent in reference to Sheldon has
been so far without effect.
In the New \ DIRK democratic state
convention the trouble with the Tam
many faction was speedily settled by
the concession of thirty-one votes and
an equal representations ut Chicago with
the county democracy. The cOnven-
at Chicago, but they are believed to
stand as for Cleveland, IA for Flower,
and 7 for Bayard. The delegates-at-
large are Daniel Manning, Edward
Cooper, Lester Il. Faulkner, and John
G. Jacobs. Among the district dele
gates are August Belmont, John Kelly,
and Abram 5. Hewitt.
A fire at Shenandoah, Pa, destroyed
twenty cheap tenement houses, and
rendered homeless small army of Po-
landers. IL broke out in a house
owned by Michael Malone. Malone
had seven houses put up in the cheap
est manner ana occupied by miners.
The other houses in the neighborhood
were of the same style. The fire
threatened for time the whole town.
kilograms were sent to Pottsville,
Mahanoy City and Tamaqua, asking
that firemen be in readiness in case OF
emergency. The houses were crowded,
probably 500 people living in them.
On the gymnasium grounds at Yale
Monday, }. G. Oliver, the short stop of
the Yale nine, was practicing batting.
Winston, of 'S7, threw a ball with great
swiftness, and, although Oliver lodged,
he was not quick enough and was
knocked senseless. Dr. Carlmant was
called and it was found that there was
reason to fear that hemorrhage of the
brain had set in, and that divers in
juries must prove fatal. This will be
second victim at Yale this year,
Dyer having come to his death last
winter. Oliver belongs in Pittsburg,