The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-28
agalnst tnelr western nvals.

against tnelr western rvdlS.
Andrew Peterson, an avowed polyga-
mist OF Salt Lake, is on trial in that
city for registering and voting in vio-
lation of the Edmunds law. On the
jury are seven polygamists, who swore
that they would obey divine law rather
than statutes enacted by congress.
Forty masked citizens of Marysville,
Kas., forced the jailer to deliver to
them Samuel Prayer, who had been
convicted of the murder of John Pen
nington and wife. The offender was
taken to the wagon bridge and hanged,
after he had made a full confession of
the crime.
The Judge of the criminal court at
Nashville, at the instance of a politi-
clan claiming an equitable interest in
the paper, has enjOined the president
of the american Newspaper company
and the corps OF editors from advocat-
ing in that journal protective tariff OF
opposing railroad commission.
Commissioner Fink has been advised
by the Pennsylvania road that tariff
rates are not being maintained, and
has ordered reduction on three classes
and in live hogs from Chicago to New
York. 1t is alleged that the Grand
Trunk has cut rates on 200, 900 bushels
of wheat destined for Liverpool.
In the criminal court of Chicago a
woman who had stolen goods from
three dry goods houses undertook to
turn states evidence against her pupils.
She testified that with two indictments
hanging over her, and her counsel de-
handing retainer of 500, she had to
make third raid to secure funds for
her defense.
In the Canadian senate Hon. d. L.
Mcpherson, minister of the interior,
scandal III the Ontario legislature. Il.
G. Peters, a lumberman of Manistee,
Mich. authorized an agent to expend
$4,000 for favorable legislation as to
timber on pine lands along the Pigeon
river.
The determinations said to be prac-
ticedby the Northern Pacific road have
attracted the attention of the Chicago
freight bureau. Commissioner Wicker
has issued circular to wholesale
houses and their customers inquiring
as to the effect Of the recent advances
in rates, and asking an opinion as to
the best course to pursue.
The limited express train on the Fort
Wayne, ran into a landslide near Sa-
lem, Ohio, Thursday morning, and
plunged down an embankment. The
boiler instantly exploded, killing James
Richards, the engineer, and Charles
Rhodes, the fireman. Eight passengers
received serious injurious, but were
able to proceed to Pittsburg.
Farmers in the vicinity of Hillsboro,
Ills, claim that winter wheat has been
greatly damaged by the recent changa-
BILE weather, the roots being generally
exposed. On the contrary Milwau-
kee grain exporter has received adviceS
ing crop in half dozen states, with
some slight damage in Michigan.
Advices from Dodge City, Kansas,
are to the effect that the cattle drive to
the north this year will be from 1915, 600
to 375, 200 head. Ranches on the Ar
kansas and adjacent rivers report the
losses of the winter at 1t to Ii per
cent, while in northern Colorado the
average will be five per cent. Prices
for beeveS may be little lower than
usual.
Il. nj. L. Hunter, ex-Secretary of the
Southern COnfederacy and ex-United
States Senator, and who for the past
fifty-One years has taken great interest
in the politics of Virginia, is dying at
his home in Essex county. He has
been in feeble health for some time.
He was a classmate of Edgar Allan
Poe, the poet, at the University OF Vir-
ginia.
The veterinary surgeons investigat-
ing the cattle disease at NeoshO Falls,
Kas., happened to think of examining
the hay fed to the sufferers. They
found wild rye containing twenty times
more ergot than was ever before known
in feed. 1t is claimed that the feet Of
the cattle froze because the ergot con-
tracted the blood vessels and retarded
the circulation.
The New York senate committee on
public health, which has been investl-
eating authorizations of food, reports
that half the butter placed on the mark
ct in that State is mixed with tallow,
lard, or bone oil. Only ten samples out
of thirty proved to be genuine. Many
dairy farmers have been driven out of
the business. Four-fifths of the milk
sold in New York city is previously
watered or skinned.
An investigation has been made OF
the cattle plague at NeoshO Falls, Kas.,
by distinguished breeders and veterina-
rians. They find no infectious foot and
mouth disease in the state. The af-
fected animals are sufferers only from
foot-rot The governor of Missouri has
secured, through Senator Cockrell, a
veterinary surgeon of the government
to inspect the stricken animals in Ma
con and Adair counties.
o. A. Carpenter has been acquitted
of the murder of Zura Burns. Five jul
rors on the first ballot voted for cOnvic-
ton. The wife and daughter waited
all night at the sheritf's residence to
hear the result. The father of the muir
dered girl is so wild from grief that he
is constantly watched. Carpenter
would only say to interviewers, after
the verdict, that he was at home on the
Sunday night when the deed was done.
William III. Kirk, Of Cincinnati, was
some months ago killed in his stable
with hammer. His corpse was rob-
bed of 500 in money and dumped into
Mill creek. Joe Palmer and William
Burns confessed the crime, and at the
trial of the latter he testified that while
he did not strike the blow, he looked
on and shared in the money obtained.
The jury convicted him of manslaugh-
ter. for which they were hooted by the
crowd.
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