The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-05

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peg, destroying a church, q paper-mill,
at Portage la Prairie. and leveled the
Mrs. Smith, of Hunters Point, Long
of a burglar to take diamond ring
from her finger. She instantly seized
revolver and drove the intruder from
the house, firing two shots at him..
A COW which cost 5000 in England,
one of train-lOad of imported short
horns en- route from Massachusetts to
the farm of James j. Hill, near st.
Paul, was burned to death by an acci-
dental fire on the track near Albany.
The University of Notre Dame has
received from the king Of Spain a copy
of the ancient portrait of Columbus,
recently found at Madrid, and from a
resident of Shanghai a library of
Chinese works with Latin translations.
The four villains who last May wreck
ed an Illinois Central train at Duck Hill,
| Mississippi, have been captured by
Pinkerton detectives. The motive was
revenge on the engineer, who was kill
ed by the plot. The offenders are in
Jail at WinOna.
The lake schooner w. w. Brigham
was capsized on Monday forenoon, and
her captain and crew Of three men bat
tied with the waves until Thursday
morning, when they were rescued and
taken to Muskegon by the schooner
Walter Smith.
Richard s. Storrs, a professor in the
deaf and dumb institute at Hartford,
killed himself at Long Meadow, Mass.
1t is represented that he was great
sufferer from insomnia, but it is we'll
known that insanity has caused other
suicides in the family.
The stockholders of the Second Ma
tional bank of Xenia, Ohio, have agreed
to assess themselves 33t per cent on the
capital. The comptroller of the cur
rency has given permission for the re-
sumption Of business when the amount
named shall have been paid in.
A jockey named Thomas p. Red
mond was arrested in st. Louis for
poisoning horses on the backgrounds,
and will be prosecuted by the Humane
society. Several persons state that he
endeavored to employ them to dose
animals that he thought likely to win.
The blackmail sensation developed
by the police of ST. Louis has been en-
larged by the arrest of tailor named
Daniel Wheatley, who confesses that
he received money from poker room
for James A. Robertson, the attorney
charged with extorting money from the
gamblers.
At Sunday-school celebration at
Moorefield, Switzerland county, Ind,
Saturday two brothers named Cole
man quarreled with two brothers
named Higgins. John Coleman was
shot and mortally wounded. His broth
er James was badly beaten with
slung-shot.
Henry Il. Anthony, who died Tues
day at Providence, in his 10th year,
was governor of Rhode Island in lS49,
was serving his fifth consecutive term
in the senate, and had three times been
chosen president pro tenn. of that body.
For many years he edited The PrOvi-
de1lce Journal.
Miss Louisa K. Taylor, of st. Louis,
who recently entered a convent, had
previously conveyed to the trustees
property worth 100000. Her sister
claims that the officials of the convent
were in collision to secure the real
estate, and she has brought suit to set
aside the deed. pgU
All the cotton factories in the vicin-
ity Of Petersburg, Va, have stopped
work, throwing out large number OF
men, women, and children, many Of
whom are suffering for the necessaries
of life. Application has been made to
the City Council for a special appro-
priation for the relief Of the sufferers.
Over twenty thousand persons par
ticipated Monday in the labor demon
stration in New York, the procession
filling Broadway from the city hall to
Union square. Each body of workmen
wore distinctive badge, and many OF
| the trades-union illustrated their v0ca-
ton by practical work on the wagons.
Examiner Ellis reports the actual
losses of the Second National bank Of
Xenia, Ohio, at about $53, 600, OF which
amount $33, 900 Is chargeable to Cashier
Ankeny, who acted without knowledge
of the directors. It Is deemed certain
that the institution will resume soon,
as an assessment of $4,000 would be
sufficient for that purpose.
DIR. Salmon has submitted his report
concerning pleuro-pneumonia In Illi-
nois to the Bureau of Animal Industry.
| IL the infection shall be traced to the
herd Of Mr.. Dye, an extensive Ohio
speculator in Jersey cattle, he says 1t
Is probable the disease has been sown
among animals Of nearly every State in
the Union. The malady Is unquestiOn-
ably p1euro-pneumonia.
A Jury In the Cook County Probate
Court, after listening to the medical
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