The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-18

The net earnings of the st. Paul road
for the first half Of the year are fully uI
to those of the preceding period, owing
TO q diminution of expenditures, al
though the receipts fell of nearly ST..
100000.
A saloon at Marshalltown, Iowa, put
beer on tap Saturday noon, and had
such a crowd of customers that some
waited half an hour to be served. The
doors were twice closed to shut out the
multitude.
Thomas j. Navin, the absconding
mayor Of Adrian, Mich, has mailed
from q Cuban town letter opening
negotiations for compromise with the
estate OF +. s. Clark, which he robbed
The stockholders of the Central Pa
cific road reelected Stanford, Hopkins,
the Huntingtons and the Crockers as
their directors. They have opened to
traffic a road in Guatemala seventy
miles long.
The brick manufacturers of New
York and New Jersey have agreed to
close their yards for the season Sep
TENDER 20, thus greatly curtailing the
production. -5oI.
Monroe Alexander, of Treaty, Ind,
developed an insane desire to stand
upon his head, and he was sent to the
asylum because half-d0Zen attend
ants could not be retained to keep him
on his feet. h
The electoral college of Mexico fin
ished its lab0rs Tuesday, and proceed
ed to the residence of General DiaZ,
announcing to him his election to the
presidency. He will assume duty on
December 30th. ~ llA4
Reports from all the agricultural
counties of California show that the
June rains decreased the yield. of
wheat 135, 900 tons and of barley $4,000
tons, while the hay crop was damaged
40per cent. ~
Four men escaped from jail at Ma
rion, Iowa, by cutting the bars Of their
cells and knocking down the jailer. All
were recaptured, the sheriff sending
bullet through Mitchell, the Cedar
Rapids murderer.
Bell Mann, well known in the drug
trade in Chicago for many years, has
been placed in jail by officers Of the Sc
cret service for defrauding the govern
ment by means of false vouchers for
medical supplies.
At Newberry, South Carolina Mrs.
John Nelson found in the center of a
potato bright gold ring. The vege-
table had grown through the metal
and then around it until the ring was
completely concealed.
The secretary of the national COM
mittee of the greenback party, who &C
companied General Butler from Chica-
90 to Buffalo, states that the latter will
certainly remain in the field as an anti
monopoly candidate for president.
The meeting of the national educa-
tional association has drawn over four
thousand teachers to Madison, Wis. A
special train of ten coaches took the
New England representatives, who
were escorted to the capitol by band.
Policeman Adlehan, of Peoria, who
killed Jerry Honnahan last winter,
while attempting his arrest; has receiv-
ed letter from the western division
of the Irish legion" warning him to
leave the city under penalty of death.
At Caldwell, Texas, j. S. Mitchell
was shot dead by Walter b. Barens, who
had seduced the formers daughter.
The grand jury had failed to indict Ba-
rens for seduction, and Mitchell lost
his life in attempting to obtain re-
venge.
IN the suit brought by wholesale
jewelers. of New York to compel M. q.
Mcdonald, of Chicago, to refund $10,-
600 for diamonds for which he gave
chips to a gambling salesman, Judge
BlOdgett decided in favor Of the de-
PENDANT.
1t was recently learned that two
white lads of Starkville, Miss, who
died suddenly two years ago, were poi
soned by negroes. The guilty men
were being escorted to jail Monday,
when the citizens seized and hanged
them.
In quarrel on street corner in Bal
tim0re, sporting character named
William MCGOWAN was shot dead by
Gus Slater, a nephew of the most prom
inent gambler in the city. MCGOWAN
last year killed Owen Gorter on the
same spot.
The weekly statement of the New
York banks show gain of $3.50, 200
in reserve, bringing their surplus above
the legal requirement by $23, 1861 500,
the largest amount of idle money for
years. The rate on call loans is per
cent. per annum.
On the ground that he was not guilty
of forgery, John G. Emo, the New
York banker. was released by the court
at Quebec. Should he leave that ju-
dicial district he is liable to rearrest,
so he has sent for his family and will
become citizen.
At farm house near Sheldon, Iowa.
Mr.. Hanson and his son were killed by
lightning without being disfigured, and
Mrs. Hanson and laborer were rem
dered insensible. A neighbor who saw
the house in flames rescued the living
and saved the building.
AT the iron-works in South Boston
Wednesday, where a mammoth gun
was in process OF casting, a mass Of 100
tons of molten metal exploded forty
feet beneath the surface of the ground