The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-11-14

tiiO oNt Va hlihS AZ why iuASC OlOCh
remaining in that city. The miscreant
made his escape.
One cattle company with a capital Of
500, 600 and another with S2,5OO, COO
stock have been organized by John V.
Farwell, Charles B. Farwell, and
others, OF Chicago.
Richard G.. Cunning, q member of a
Marine insurance firm in Buffalo, has
been arrested for illegal voting, on the
ground that until within eight months
he has been a resident of Chicago.
Trial in the case of Mrs. Cotton
against Gov. Stanford, g. p. Hunting
ton, and Charles Croker was begun
Tuesday at San Francisco. The
amount involved is nearly $4,000, 600.
Chiniquy, the eX-priest, lectured at
Montreal, Wednesday evening, in
Russell hall. His sentiments provoked
a riot, in which he was rescued by the
police. The lights were turned out
and the windows broken.
The steamer Grace Grummond,
formerly owned by the government, of
late years we'll known in Chicago as
an excursion boat. was burned at
South Haven, Michigan, on Wednes-
day night. She was valued at $4,000.
An assignment has been made by
the National Wire company of Chi
cago, manufacturers of baIbed fencing.
A. b. Stone is president of the institu-
ton. The liabilities are not stated,
bat the stock on hand is valued at
$4,000.
Two passenger trains were in collis-
ion Monday morning between Berlin
and Shelbyville, Del, one of the
engineers being killed and the other
fatally hurt. A passenger had a leg
broken, and both locomotives were
wrecked.
Mr.. Daniel Manning, Chairman of
the New York State Democratic Com
mittee, and Miss M~argaretha Prayer
will be married at Albany Nov. 10, and
Immediately start for Europe. On the
day of the wedding the State Board of
Canvassers will convene at Albany.
Clearing House exchanges last week
-S7l9,0 57 ,766-are greater than the re-
turns for the previous week by $685.
l20 1905; but when compared with ex-
changes for the corresponding period
in 1888 there is q falling off equaling
1875 per cent.
The dynamite-works of III. w. Stunt
& Co., near Stouchsburg, Pa, were on
Thursday destroyed by an explosion,
killing three men. The shock toppled
v a high furnace stack ten miles
distant, and six workmen were crushed
in the ruins.
A stranger, who called at the en-
press Office in Sioux City and asked for
a package for W. b. Nelson, was
arrested at the request Of the authori-
ties in Lincoln, Nebraska. While de-
tanned at the mayors Office, he blew
out bis brains.
The president of the Hooking Val
ley road has called OF the governor Of
Ohio for troops to prevent the burn
ing Of bridges. He alleges that
Murray City was attacked by three
hundred miners carrying giant powder,
fuses, and dynamite.
The Presbyterian Synod of South
Carolina has disapproyed Or. Wood
rows teaching in The Columbia Theo:
logical Seminary, declaring his belief
in Darwin's theory of the descent Of
man, and considering it not inconsist-
ent with the Scriptures.
In the Union wv. Va.) section the
people, because of an unusual drought,
have been compelled to use water from
streams heretofore regarded as impure.
A disease known as fluX has resulted,
causing many deaths, particularly of
children. Live stock have perishedin
large numbers, the loss from this cause
alone amounting to $50 coo.
Governor Hoadly has issued a proc
lamation to the citizens OF counties
where striking miners have committed
outrages, asking that they diScOunten-
ance all illegal acts, proposing hat
they aid the local authorities to MAIN
tain order, and asserting that, If nee
essary, the entire military force of
Ohio will be used to suppress the
wrongdoing.
Horace z. Wedell, member of the
insolvent banking firm, called in
Cleveland Monday night at the resi-
dence of Sylvester Il. Everett, Vice
President of the Union National Bank,
and without warning attempted to
shoot him. Wedell was taken home,
where q physician declared him to be
suffering from mental alteration, and
on Tuesday he was critically i'll with
brain fever.
The final report of the National CT
ton Exchange, made up by G. FL.
Parker, Secretary, issued Tuesday, es-
Inmates the cotton crop of the United
States for the current year at 5,726,000
bales, or a trifle larger than last year.
SnOuiu lUe prospects VI llle Top crop Ill
certain sections be realized some 75,-
600 bales may be added. In Texas
there was q large decrease, and in the
Mississippi Valley the crop is not
quite up to last season, but the At
lantic States and Alabama show gains
to offset these deficiencies.
The aspect of affairs in the Hooking
Valley, owing to the incendiarism and
lawlesness Of q certain element of the
striking miners, is growing more
serious; in fact. something has to be
done, and that quickly, o much valu-
able property will be lost, as well as
many lives. Advantageous at Sand
Run, owned by the Columbus 81 Hook
ing Coal 81 Iron Company, has been
burned by this lawless set of men, The
matter has become SO serious that the
Governor held a conference Monday, at
his own request, with the Sheriffs Of
Hooking, Perry and Athens counties,
members of the syndicate and Coal
Exchange, and Mine-Inspector Ban
croft, who has been all through the
troubled district. The Governor has
concluded to send five companies of
the State militia to the scene of the
troubles. 1t is more than likely that
all work will be resumed when the
makes Its appearance in the