The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-08-29

| until after the state convention or The
miners, which President Mcbride II
requested to call by Sept. IL.
Eleven persons sustained serious in
juries by an accident on the New Yorl
and New England road, near Quine.
baug, Connecticut. A passenger Cal
and smoker were thrown down an en-
bankment Of twenty feet. W., J.
Phelps, of Hyde Park, Massachusetts
received what may prove fatal cut Oh
the right temple.
Governor Knott, of Kentucky, has
pardoned James Cunningham and
Owen Bradley, the prisoners who rem.
dered valuable assistance to the Off
GERS during the escape of prisoners last
week. Cunningham was in for life fol
killing the seducer of his sister, and
Bradley for DEMONSTRATING. His term
would expire in October.
Alfred Coffman, of Marquette, Mich.
was last March the recipient of large
legacy and back pension of $1,000
He has since been steadily in an in.
toxicated condition. OF late he has
been hunting at Autrain, Michigan
and while travelling thither, Sunday
with his wife, he suddenly sprang from
his seat, drew his rifle, and shot her
dead.
Another party of thirty-four camping
miners was arrested, Tuesday, at Coal
Centre, Pennsylvania, for trespassing
on property of the railway company.
The wives of nearly half the offenders
begged to be semitic Jail with their hus-
bands, as they had only corn meal on
which to subsist. Trouble is feared at
Buchtel, Ohio, where force of guards
is employed to protect nOn-uniOn men.
The city marshall at Sharpsburg,
Kentucky, killed DR.. Daniel Henry for
resisting arrest. A deputy sheriff at
Hot Springs was compelled to shoot a
horse-thief whom he was conveying to
the state penitentiary, and the corO-
ner's jury Endorsed the act. A Louis
vile policeman fatally wounded no.
torious foot-pad named John Lynch,
who was caught in the act of robbing a
citizen.
The schedules of Hatch & Foote have
been made public. The liabilities are are
81 ,497 1915, of which debts of SD, 4S 300
are secured. The nominal assets are
ST. 49,, 296; actual assets, $29S, 1871.
The assets consist entirely of railroad
stocks and bonds, mining and other
securities, including small amount of
government bonds. The greater por-
ton of these securities is pledged as
collateral security for various loans.
Mrs. Parnell has been holding a con-
ference at Boston with leaders of the
Irish National league and several
Catholic bishops. She explains that
she has expressed no preference as to
presidential candidates, but sought to
secure pledge from one or the other
party for the introduction free of duty
of many articles produced in Ireland
which do not compete with Ameri-
can labor.
A western exodus, from Shelbyville,
Illinois, such as was never known. has
set in. The Decline excursion to Flor
ence, Kansas, lett Tuesday afternoon
with more than one hundred farmers
and business men of southern Shelby,
many of them taking their families and
goods with them. Many more will fol-
low later by wagons. Two years. par
tial, and this year nearly total fail
ure of the crops is the impelling mo-
tive. Between the exodus and the
short crop of wheat and corn business
men here have abundant room for dis
cOuragement.
In White and the adjoining counties
of Southern Illinois, the growing crops
are suffering materially from the pro-
than a twO-thirds crop throughout
Egypt, and if the drought continues
for few days, as indicated, the crop
will almost be a complete failure.
Heavy warm rains fell in Minnesota
and Dakota Sunday. The fears of
frost which prevailed have passed
away. The corn crop will be greatly
improved by the rainfall, and grain
will not be damaged to any consider
able extent. Wheat in Southern and
Central Minnesota is in shock.
All of the portion of Richie county
near EllenbOro, West Virginia, is
greatly excited over the discovery of a
rich silver-bearing lode, which has
been struck near the surface in several
places. The Rev. John Walters, Cyrus
Dolson, and M. d. Bartlett, are the
owners of the mine, which they claim
assays $500 to the ton. The Widow
Pool, near Buck Run, in excavating
we'll on Saturday, struck the same
vein, and has set every landowner
believed silver existed in that county.
Mr.. Cooper, in the same township, has
struck something which he will not di-
vulge, but which he claims is more
valuable than all the silver in West
Virginia.
Ferdinand Wards affidavit, made
May 20 last, two weeks after his fail
IRE, was unearthed and made public
Wednesday for the first time. Ward
charges all his misfortune to William
s. Warner. During their transactions
Warner loaned to Ward 5000, 900, and
at one time or another Ward paid back
81, SOC, 900, the difference being claimed
as profits" from the mythical govern
ment contracts. Ward declares that
he was compelled to pay Warner copper
cent. per month, and did not dare COM
plain for fear that Warner would ex-
pose everything as Ward had very
good reason to believe that Warner
knew the alleged contracts were ficti-
tious. When the exposure came there
was due Warner in fictitious profits So,
SOC, 900 and it was to settle this unlaw-
full debt that Ward was forced to trans
fer all his property to Warner. The
receiver Of Grant 81 Ward is now try
ing to force Warner to give up the
property so obtained and let it go in as