The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-02-01

for the growing crops.
The governor of Pennsylvania has
appointed William n. Hirst cOmptroll-
er OF Philadelphia.
Six boys of Decatur, Illinois, the sons
of reputable citizens, have been arres-
ted on charge of firing barn.
The salary of Robert Harris as presi-
dent of the Northern Pacific road is
$2O.0 o per annum.
Miss Carrie Lederer, of Chicago, has
sued her former employer, j. A. Herri-
man, for 600 for alleged SANDER.
Edward Became, the most extensive
shoe-dealer in Providence, r. l., is in
solvent.
Gold nuggets are said to have been
found in the mountains near Marshall,
Arkansas.
Burglars blew open safe in store
at Ironton, Wis, securing 81 800 of the
town treasurer's funds, but overlooked
q package of ST 100.
A raft was drawn into whirlpool in
the upper Cumberland river near
Carthage, Tennessee, and nine men
were drowned.
a bill before the legislature of New
York authorizes magistrates to fine
ticket spectators $25 for selling above
box-office prices.
Edward j. Meany, who has disap-
peared from Brooklyn, is defaulter to
the Moulder's Union of North Ameri-
ca for over 50 900.
Twenty-one prisoners in the Jail at
Indianapolis have been sent TO the
pest-house with smallpox, and dozen
Others are affected to slight degree.
The New Jersey house has passed q
bill to provide for the burial of honora-
Dly-discharged soldiers who die in pow
erty.
Thomas Valley, OF Petrolia, Penn
revolver, gave his sister fatal wound
in the brain.
William p. Bard, leading lawyer
of Reading, Pa, having lost 100000
i'll speculation, has gone into insol-
yency.
a cigar-dealer of Milwaukee has
sued a druggist for $4,000 damages
for giving him glass of spirits of am
monia instead of gin.
George w. Lawrence, banker of
North Manchester, Indiana, has be-
come insane from intense application
TO business.
The failure is announced of j. b. 81
w. II. Anderson, for many years en-
gagged as bankers and millerS at Men
don, Michigan.
A fire at Xenia, Ohio, destroyed the
Union block, valued at $50,O00, and
containing three stores and several
offices.
Big Horse, a prominent chief of the
Cheyennes, killed himself with a re-
volver after suffering greatly from ILL
ness.
A blaze in the penitentiary at Co.
lumbus, Ohio, probably kindled by
convicts, caused loss Of S50,000 to
G.. w. Atkinson, cigar manufacturer.
John Letcher, who was governor of
Virginia almost during the period of
the war, passed away Saturday at Lex
ington at the age of 20.
The shipments eastward from Chica-
go for the past week show q decrease
of 13,449 tons. Comparatively little
new freight is moving.
In quarrel in Jackson county, Ala,
a man named Webb killed two brothers
named Wilburn and MORALLY wounded
a third.
Samuel Evans, a colored man who
was buried at Jerseyville, Ills, Tues
day, was born a slave in New Jersey
in 1905.
Reuben Springer has given SIC, 900
to furnish the buildings for the Gin
cinnati art school endowed by Judge
Nicholas LOngworth.
An agreement to buy no French
goods until the embargo on pork is
removed, has been made by twenty
seven citizens Of Greensburg, Pa.
Abbey Chubert, of Montreal, was
fined $40 or ordered to prison for two
months, for kissing his landlady as
she lay in bed.
1t is announced that the key to the
Aztec writings has been discovered by
Rev. Father Soto, of Concordia, Mex
leo.
The police of Cleveland arrested a
gang of fifteen burglars, Tuesday, and
recovered large amount of stolen
property.
G. r. Stetson, well known build
ing contractor of Minneapolis, wrote a
letter declaring his life failure, and
then hanged himself in his woodshed.
b. w. Malone, money-lender of
Mount Carmel, Illinois, was knocked
senseless in the street by robbers,
and survived the assault but few
hours.
Walter Doolittle, a dissolute young
citizen of Bloomington, Illinois, killed
himself with revolver. In a few
months he spent $4,000 left him by
relatives.
In a case originating in Mclean
county, Illinois, the Third district APP
pellate court has affirmed decision
that the Pullman Palace Car company
is not common carrier of passengers.
Carlton b. Wheelock, who died
Thursday at Green Bay, was major of
the 18th Wisconsin volunteers, and for
many years an employe of the senate
at Washington.
AT Wellsville, Ohio, child spilled |
some oil on her clothes and attempted |
to dry them at an open CRATE, the re-
suit being that her body was burned to
a crisp.
In the national board of trade at |
Washington, John G. Dore delivered a |
lengthy address on the Hennepin canal,
when the scheme was Endorsed by a
large majority.
The secretary of the Spinners' union |
at Fall River, Massachusetts, where |
twenty thousand DersOns are EN- Moved |