The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-12-19

and sentenced them to three and one
half years each in the house of correc-
ton at Detroit. Two bishops were
fined the same amount, and ordered to
Yuma penitentiary for six months.
The mayor of New Orleans wrote to
the governor of Louisiana that the
city council had failed to appropriate
money to prosecute offenders against
the laws. Governor McEnery there
upon offered reward of $1,000 for the
conviction Of the assassin OF A. Il.
Murphy.
The senatorial contest in California
has narrowed down to George G. Per-
kins and Aaron A. Sargent, with prob
abilities in favor of the latter. John
+. Jones has no opposition in Nevada,
put the prediction is made that J. w.
Mackey will displace James Fair two
years hence.
Joseph G. Mackin, of Chicago, was
given by the chairman of the citizens
committee organized TO ferret out the
election fraud in the Eighteenth ward.
Bail was fixed at $1,000, which was
furnished by M. Q. Mcdonald and f.
j. Lehman.
George w. Jones. of the Neau York
Times, reiterates his statement that the
Grant fund OF $25O,OOO in Wabash
bonds has not failed to pay interest;
that the late Edwin d. Morgan guar
anteed the principal of the subscrip-
ton, and that the large estate of the
latter is in no way involved.
"Mother" Mandelbaum and her part
ners in receiving stolen goods, who for
feited their bail in New York, were on
Monday arrested by the police of HAM
ilton, Ontario, and will be held for ex-
tradition. Diamonds valued at $780,
900, besides large sums of money, were
found concealed on their. persons.
Surveys have been made for an iron
bridge across the Mississippi river AT
Prairie du Chen, to take the place Of
the pOntOon structure. The latter has
mum. The new bridge will be built by
Il stock compsny. at Il cost of $780, COO
or more, and will be nearly a mile i'll
length.
In presence of over two hundred per-
sons, Solomon Torres and Jose Soto
were hanged at Salinas, California, for
the murder of ChMaman. AT the
request of the doomed men, some Wis
iting sheriffs adjusted the nooses and
caps. Cook Teets was executed at
Owen Sound, Ontario, for poisoning
his wife.
On Saturday night, at Frankfort
Plains, New Jersey, unknown men
opened the grave of Zachariah II.
Price, broke the casket, and were en-
gagged in removing the corpse when
they were frightened away. AS Mr..
Price was well known throughout the
state, it is thought the resurrectionists
intended to hold his body for areward.
Bloodhounds were OH Sunday put On
the trail of the train-robbers at Little
Rock, and six men were soon captured
in the city. Three Of them have been
identified, and it has been proven THAI
ihey were absent from their boarding
place until O'Clock on Sunday morn
ing. Rewards Of ST 900 have been Of
fcred by the state and the railway COM
pany.
After legal fight of three months,
maintained by means of contributions
from the Canadian public. Mrs. Rose
Lyman has secured her release from
the insane asylum at Montreal, where
she was placed by her husband three
years ago. She has brought suit for
separation, and will claim damages
from the medical superintendent Of the
asylum.
The Baltimore and Ohio road has
leased the Ohio and Mississippi, the
rumored consideration being 35 pei
cent. of its gross earnings. The Bal
timore company has also secured loan
of 100000 on its Pittsburg and Con-
nellsville line. The Pittsburg and
Western road is about to run fast pas
senger trains between the former city
and Chicago.
Omaha Charley" a desperate,
whose real name was Charles Stevens,
was taken from the jail at Maryville,
Mo-, Tuesday morning by q mob and
hanged from the railroad bridge.
Stevens shot Hubert Kramer at Mary
vile, Dec. 3. Another lynching oc-
CURED at Daggett. Cal, where William
White, charged with killing Josiah D.
graph pole by party OF regulators.
The marble cap-stone and pyramidal
apex of aluminium were set in place
upon the Washington Monument Sat-
urday, completing the tallest structure
in the world created by human hands.
The ceremonies were quite simple, the
great celebration being reserved for
Washington's birthday. AS soon as
the cap-stone was set the National flag
was spread upon the breeze at height
of 600 feet, battery Of guns in the
White-House lot fired salute, and the
people on the platform 500 feet above
the ground sang the "Star-Spangled
Banner" The Washington Monument
Society, perched on the platform,
adopted q resolution congratulating
the American people ''on the compile
ton of an enduring monument of our
Nations gratitude to the Father of his
Country"
The electoral colleges in the various
states OH Wednesday went through the
formality of voting for president and
vice president. The ballots used at
Raleigh were miniature United States
flags, made from silk grown in North
Carolina. The Indiana electors march
ed in body to the residence of Mr..
Hendricks. In the Illinois college.
Andrew Shuman drew the slip which
carried the privilege Of delivering the
returns at Washington. The ballot
box used in Connecticut was the silk
hat of ex-Lieutenant Governor LOOMS.
Mark Hopkins presided over the Mass
achusetts college. The electors of
New Jersey united in recommending
John T.. Stockton for a cabinet posi-
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