The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-12-26


work at reduction of 10 per cent. in
wages.
Orth II. Stein, a reporter who is
charged with the murder of George
! Frtdericks at Kansas City. WAS ar
rested in Chicago. Although he had
telegraphed that he was too ill to m Ike
the journey for trial, his bond was de-
clared forfeited.
Orrin A. Carpenter, who was ac-
quilted of the murder OF ZDra Burns
at Lincoln, Illinois. has Il d from the
place TO avoid assassination 10y tie
girls father. His once ampl, fortune
has shrunk. To q quarter-secliOn Of
farming land.
Neal McKeague, who was acquitted
at Chicago for the murder of Mr. and
Mrs. Wilson, ut Winnetka. ILL.,. MAS
sentenced Friday at St. Catharines.
Ont, to six months Imprisonment at
hard labor for assaulting Mime. de la
We're, the clairvoyant.
ii. A. Hendricks, who for many
years has attracted attention from the
Chicago public as u spsctacle-v, nder in
front OF the board OF trade buildinr,
has been sentenced TO one year IN the
penitentiary for stealing clergyman's
sachel at the exposition.
A messenger named John McMann,
of the Leather Manufacture rs bank of
New York, ran away to Canada some
time ago with $2O.OO0 in cash. He was
but declined to refund the money. lie
is now in Ludlow streetjail.
clearinghouse receipts at the prin-
cipal cities OF the United States last
week show decrease as compared
with the corresponding week OF last
year of $253,2i3, 1856. The decrease III
New York is 1853 per cent. In Chica-
go the decrease is o. per cent.
A shoemaker at Wytheville, Vir-
ginia, wrote TO Governor Cleveland for
his measure for pair OF Oots tor the
inaugur;lt ton. and received the figures
with $50 bill. The money was re-
turned 10 the pre- idrnt-eiect. who again
sent it to the anxious shoemaker.
A japanese prince, II years OF age,
named Alexis SiagO, who has Tor sew
erai years lived with the Russian min
lister at Washington, died Wednesday
OF typhoid fever. His remains will he
taken home by the japanese minister
OF war, now visiting the United States.
The American socialists of Chicago,
after listening TO the statement of
miner fresh from the Hooking valley,
passed resolutions to arm themselves
to resist the capita istic C ass. and de-
claring the employment of all means
Of warfare not only justifiable but nee
esSary.
The Railroad Commissioners of Iowa
have been at last aroused to action
concerning the oppression of the farm
erS by the railroads whose exOrbitant
charges for freight transportation are
causing such widespread distress, and
are moving toward an investigation of
the abuse.
Colonel j. II. Mapleson, the impress
ariO, testified in New York in a suit
brought against him by Mile. Ricelti,
the prima donna, for back salary, that
he is a resident Of this country, goes
abroad only on business, and intends
to become an American citizen. The
suit is still pending.
After Q survey OF the situation in
Pittsburg and along the lines of the
Pennsylvania Road, the Secretary of
the American Iron Il Steel Works says
that notwithstanding the great depres-
sion in trade there is notable absence
Of the hopeless feeling which prevailed
after the panic OF 1873.
Judge Gresham. i'll passing upon the
application of Yattaw and Fletcher to
be tried in the federal court Tor the
murder of ChicaSO constable, decid-
ed that the mere holding of commits
sion as deputy marshal at the time of
indictment should not deprive the
state court of jurisdiction.
General Brisbrin prints letter in a
Montana newspaper declaring free
cattle-ranges no longer practicable,
and advocating o Texas cathedral.
He states that one-sixth of the herds
west of the Missouri river are cOntroll-
ed by Englishmen, who get free grass
and drive citizens out of the business.
The recent suicide of Commander S.
Dana Green, of the United States navy,
was caused by his anxiety to combat
the statements put forth by an officer
of the confederate iron-clad Merrimac,
which was destroyed by one of the ear
lest monitors, at Hampton roads,
Green being second In command Of the
latter.
At Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Mrs.
Augustus Williams was surprised by
call from her husband, who mysterious
~ disappeared eight years ago, and had
been mourned as dead. He Invited her
to furnished house in GeOrgiaville,
which he purchased with part of for
tune lett him recently by his grand
mother.
Nearly all the buildings, walks, and
lakes for the worlds fair at New Or
leans have been completed. Several
thousand men work night and day in
exhibits, which pour in at
the rate Of one hundred carloads daily.
The main structure covers thirty-three
acres, and has eilhteen miles of aisles
and mile of galleries.
The mysterious disappearance of an
organ from the union Sunday-school
rooms at Struthers, Ohio. has led to O
row. Father MCGEE was
locked out of French Catholic church
at Fall River, Massachusetts,, and COM
plant will be made to the pope. Nine |
ty members of the First Baptist church
at Keokuk forced the dismissal of the
pastor, Rev. A. G. Peck.
Gains Chadwick, the young convict |
who was last week nearly murdered by |
his cell-mate at Joliet, ILL.,, has been
pard0ned by Governor Hamilton. 1t |
appears that he belongs to an innuen-
tial family in Brooklyn, and was led !
into participating in burglary at Chi