The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-31

81.
The Lake Shore secured "a per cent. of
the business, and the Michigan Central
nearly 20 per cent.
On the New Albany road, near Put
namville, Indiana, some miscreant
caused wreck, which seriously in
jured all the train employees. The cars
took fire and were totally consumed,
the loss being $4,000.
The grand jury at Winona, Mime
sofa, has indicted three judges OF
election and an aldermanic candidate
for placing three hundred fraudulent
votes in the ballot-box last spring. One
of the judges pleaded guilty.
In the courthouse at Louisville,
Judge Hargis and Colonel Bennett III.
Young had an interchange of epithets,
which led to q rough-and-tumble fight.
Friends of both parties interfered in
time to prevent bloodshed.
The Grand Division of the Order Of
Railroad Conductors began its annual
session in Boston Tuesday, with sever
al hundred members from Canada, the
British Provinces, and all sections of
the United States in attendance.
Arthur w. Bowman, who was conf
Dental agent at San Francisco for
$l5,0C0,000 worth Of property, shows
liabilities of $77l 900 and assets aggre-
eating S5S3.000. lie holds unincum-
bered real estate worth S250,O0C.
G. b. Gerold, county judge of Waco,
Texas, adjourned his court for five
minutes, on Saturday, for iist-fight
After friends had stopped the contest,
the court calmly resumed its session.
Complete returns show the total vote
in Ohio to have been 7S0,374, OF which
prohibitionists and greenbackers COM
bined cast 12,447. The prohibitionist
vote increased LAS over last year,
while the greenback increase was but
1872.
Richard Tremain, aged 20, Secretary
Treasurer of the Halifax Fire Insur-
ance Company, has been absent for two
weeks, and an examination of his
books discloses the fact that he has
been embeZzling the funds for several
years.
Howard Kerns, telegraph operator at
Winnebago, ILL.,, was found outside the
depot Thursday morning with his skull
fractured, and is nowdying. A brake
man whom Kerns caused to be dis
charged is suspected, but not yet ar
rested.
Silas Reed, colored man employed
by the Duquesne club, OF Pittsburg,
testified that at the time of the suspen-
sion of the Penn bank President Rid
die gave him So for destroying two
packages of books belonging to the in
Stitution.
Stephen Van Horn, young man of
Toledo, worth $4,000, has been sued
Sallie st. John. who alleges secret
marriage and abandonment. An order
restraining him from transferring his
property was issued.
AT Coshocton, O., the family of John
Gaumer residing in Linton Township,
are seriously i'll from poison caused by
drinking water from q spring into
which some unknown person had
thrown large quantity of poison. The
family number six persons.
On judgments aggregating $4,000,
the cutlery-wOrkS at Canton, Ohio,
were closed by the sheriff. One of the
controlling spirits was Daniel +.
Fast. whom Chicago bankers will re-
member in connection with the collapse
of j. ID. Easter IL Co. in 1877.
The adjutant general of Texas has
gone to Fort Worth to enforce the Or
der of Governor Ireland for the sur
render to the authorities Of New Next
co of a desperate named Jim Court
right, who is charged with double
murder near Albuquerque.
The remainder of the miners in the
Ohio Central and the Buckeye Creek
regions have struck for so cents per
ton as the mining rate, and did not re-
sumo work Monday. This will cut off
heavy contributions to their fellow
strikers of the Hooking region.
John e. Vaughan, who founded the
Cleveland Leader and was once well
known in journalism in Chicago, re-
Gently returned from Kansas to end
his days. Edwin Cowles and Richard
Smith secured his admission to the
Old Mems home in Cincinnati.
Manufacturing jewelers. met at Prov
idence Saturday and decided to form a
protective organization. In three
numbered 30, of which IL were honest,
IL doubtful, and fraudulent. The to-
tai liabilities amounted to $1,045,0O0.
The partnership heretofore existing
in Milwaukee between John Plankin-
ton Philip y. Armour, and Patrick
Cudahy, under the title of Plankinton
& Armour, has been dissolved, Mr..
Armour retiring. The name Of the
new firm will be John Plankinton q
Co.
Reports have been received at Ra-
leigh, N. c., that Mormon missionaries
have again made regular invasion of
the State, and this time are devoting
their attention especially to the Pied
mont section. 1t is said that no less
than fourteen of them are at work in
Surrey County.
Fire destroyed the business portions
of Carrollton and Lawrenceburg, KY;
row of mercantile buildings at Nor
folk, Va; the steamer Defiance at
Raleigh, North Carolina; Jansen's to-
bacco factory at Louisville. and Will
sons steam saw-mill at Wilmington,
North Carolina.
r. I. Snipe and Jacob, the men who
melted negro to murder DR.. Schu-
macher at Ellisville, Miss, were cap
tured Thursday at New Orleans, on
board steamer bound for Guatemala.
The Doctors condition is critical, and
the negro was killed by the citizens
who pursued him.
The Erie road has given notice that
1t will meet the reduced rates made by
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