The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-02-22

ture to take action In regard To the un-
paid taxes of the Central Pacific road,
which aggregate 81 O7l 900.
The employment bureau OF the Young
Mems Christian Association Of Chica-
go reports 10000 to 5000 men and boys
unable to procure work which is 20 per
cent. more than usual. The applicants
come from every walk of life.
Nearly one half of a flock of six thou
sand sheep on the Dakota bad lands,
owned Ivy the Marquis dc MOres, hav-
ing died this whit L, the belief gains
ground that they were poisoned by his
enemies.
The will of Wendell Phillips contains
no public requests. Anestate of $3.50
600 is devised to Mrs. Phillips, and up
on her decease reverts to the adopted
daughter, Mrs. George w. Smalley, of
London.
At a meeting of the cattle-dealers at
the Chicago stock-yards resolutions
were unanimously adopted declaring
were our food animals in as healthy
condition as at present.
The directors of the Chicago and AL
ton road report the gross earnings for
the year as $S,Sl0.610 and the operating
expenses as S4,S79,95S. The total
amount of stock and bonds is S26, 309,-
SD.
The governor of Virginia vetoed the
bill repOrtioning the representation in
congress, on the ground that one politi-
cal party would secure eight of the ten
districts, while the sentiment of the
State is nearly equally divided.
The latest sensation in the Crouch
tragedies at Jackson. Michigan, was
caused by the refusal Of witnesses to
appear and testify ut the inquest on
the body of Foy. They will probably
be arrested on bench warrants.
Abram w. Carlock, who had lived in
Mclean county. Illinois, for tifty-seven
years, died Tuesday. leaving large
fortune to his wife and eight children.
lie never rode i'll street car or rail-
way coach.
st. Louis detectives have arrested j.
III. Hall and a companion named Long,
on a charge of numbering Charles Nc
Mahon and two farm hands, near Lin
coin, Illinois, in 1882. The accused
have been taken to Logan county.
The Republicans elected their candi-
date for Mayor of Philadelphia by
elected Andrew Fulton Mayor of Pitts
burg, and J. G. Wyman Mayor of
Allegheny City.
The Northern Pacific road will next
week sever all connection with the Viii
lard steamships and branch roads. Eff
forts are now being made to secure a
lease of the Oregon railway track from
Walla Walla to Portland.
Statements are published in Paris
that Germans who return with Ameri-
can naturalization papers are subjected
to military duty, and that Minister Sar-
gent is wholly ignored by the German
Foreign office.
Six children of a colored family
named Hart were locked in and left
asleep, near Crockett, Texas. while
their parents went three miles to
church, Sunday evening. The house
took fire and the little ones lost their
lives.
The surveyor appointed by the Gov
ernor of Texas to correct the boundary
lines of the Texas and Pacific land
| grant discovered that the company had
made an error amounting to 100000
acres, and its officers have agreed to re-
store that space to the state.
George III. Williams, millionaire
lawyer of Baltimore, is defendant in
a suit brought by his son to recover
$500, 900 transferred, while under the
influence of liquor, in exchange for an
annuity of $500. The youth married
against his fathers wishes, and they
have ceased to speak on the street.
Advices from Fort Buford are that
the Indians at Poplar Creek and Wolf
Point agencies are at the point of star
walton. They have eaten their dogs
and horses, the game is destroyed, and
many warriors are unable to resist
the extreme cold. The rations issued
monthly by the government are de-
voured within few hours.
Leading business men of Canada
gathered at Toronto to protest against
the amalgamation of the Grand Trunk
and Pacific roads. The French con-
servatives in parliament threaten to
vote against the government on the
Pacific railway issue unless the North
Shore road be subsidized to the amount
of $4,000, 600. 1t is rumored that two of
the ministers have resigned.
A heavy wind and rain storm struck
COshocton, Ohio, about eight o'clock
Tuesday night, doing great damage to
trees and buildings. The roof of the
steel works, the largest mandatory
in the place was blown off, and pOr-
ton of the walls demolished. All lines
of telegraph were blown down and
much damage was done throughout the
country.
A fearful storm struck Anderson
and Ladiga, Ala, Tuesday afternoon.
Some fourteen persons are reported
killed. Houses were blown down in
large numbers. Every house in Am
berson is reported down. At Cave
Spring several houses are reported de-
molished. An old man named Gaillard
l,.n n..~ n l.,
blown down. His sister-in-law is sup
posed to be killed. Ten or twelve
neighboring houses were destroyed. At
Columbus, Ga, the cyclone passed
above the city until near the eastern
limits, when it swooped down, umroof-
ing the First African Church and dam
aging the walls and unrooling the
county jail and the Columbus oil mills.
The round-house and the central depot
were utterly demolished and six engines
were badly damaged and two wrecked.
The damage TO the railroad cOmpany is