The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-02-08

In the united States courC at MIL
waukee, in the famous crooked whisky
cases against Thomas O'Neil and JohI
b. Reynolds, the government secured
judgment for $25, 900.
o. A. Carpenter, of Lincoln, Illinois,
charged with the murder of xurs
Burns, secured change OF venue tC
tried next month at Petersburg.
The Canadian Pacific road threatens
to carry immigrants from Toronto and
Montreal to Winnipeg for ST. on the
opening of navigation. The American
lines have made preparations to meet
the cut.
A fire and explosion in three story
building at Rome, N. Y, caused the
death OF Samuel and Joseph Alexan-
der. The Phoenix glass works at Phil
lipsburg, Ohio, valued ut $125, ZOO, were
swept away by fire.
The grand jury at New Philadelphia,
Ohio, has indicted John Figart, clerk
of the court of common pleas, for forg-
ing the names of witnesses to receipts
for fees. His friends claim that con-
spiracy has been formed against him.
The railroads entering Providence,
Rhode Island, are discussing plans for
terminal facilities which will involve
an expenditure of S3,000,000. The
stockholders of the Boston and Prov
ieence road have Endorsed the scheme.
The supreme court of California, in
considering the indictments for forgery
in the Sharon divorce case, decided
that the members of a grand jury can
not be compelled to reveal how they
voted.
A jeweler in Washington charged
Charles ii. Reed with having taken
three diamond rings on approval and
returned but two Of them, for which a
jury gave verdict of 500 against the
offender.
The Mississippi legislature has pass
ed resolutions providing for the re-
moval of the confederate dead from
Mumfordsville, KY, and inviting jeff
erson Davis to deliver an address on
the life of S. s. Prentiss.
The district attorney at Omaha has
been instructed from Washington to
bring suit against the Brighton Ranch
company of wyoming for inclosing
$4,000 acres of public land with wire
fence.
A sleigh containing twenty-seven la
dies upset on Crooked Hill, at Read
ing, Pa. Mrs. Hummel suffered to the
extent of broken nose, and three 9TH
ers were badly injured about the head
by the horses feet.
Eight citizens of Reading, Pa, who
have INDUCED in horse racing on the
public roads, have been held for trial
under the blue-lawS of 1891, and, if
convicted, their horses will be sold for
the benefit of the county treasury.
Mrs. George III. Evans, who died
Friday at Des Moines, Iowa, is said to
have originated the observance of Dec
Grafton day by strewing flowers on the
soldiers graves at Arlington Heights
during the war.
b. Schultz, Pittsburg merchant,
was captured in Chicago by detectives,
on charge of embezzling 5000, and
more than that amount was found in
his pockets. He had started for Cali
fornia with his wife.
Fowler Brothers, the well known
packers of Chicago, have sued the
late firm of McGeoch, Everingham g.
Co. for S500,0O damages by SANDER,
growing out OF the lard investigation
last summer.
William Munson, a cattle raiser near
the Cheyenne Agency. Indian Terri
tory, was murdered by some savages
VIII ON he caught butchering one of his
COWS. His body was left to be gnawed
by wild animals.
The legislature of British Columbia
represents to the Dominion parliament
that there are $4,000 destitute China
men in that province, and petitions for
law imposing tax of 500 per annum
on each Celestial.
Burglars under arrest at Bridgeport,
Conn.,. confess that the gang to which
they belong broke into twenty-six
places during the past year, and COM
United one highway robbery. Their
ages range from 10 to 10 years.
Charles Leslie, one of the pioneer
settlers of Iowa, who located at Da-
venport In 1889, died Monday. Frank
M. Starkweather, we'll known citi-
zen OF Milwaukee, has also passed
away.
Dispatches from Bismarck represent
that the illegal cutting of wood at Sib-
ley island is chargeabie to John A. Nc
Lean and A. Is. Davis, who formerly
had contract to get out timber for
the use of the fort.
The Grand Army encampment at
Zanesville, Ohio, passed resolutions
opposing the efforts made in congress
to abolish pension agencies through
out the country and transfer the pay
ment to the treasury department.
Weavers at the Atlantic mills, Law
renee, Mass, to the number of one
thousand, have struck. The workmen
at Sch oenberger's iron-mill at Pitts
burg refused to accept a reduction of
10 per cent. and the doors were closed.
A disastrous flood in The Ohio river
seems almost q certainty. Pittsburg
predicts stage Of thirty feet; Wheel
ing reports incessant rains for two
days, and business is greatly checked
at Cincinnati by fears of high water.
F. NJ. Overacre, a school principal
of Macon, Ills, has been peremptorily
dismissed for writing affectionate let
tiers to q large number of girl pupils.
1t is believed that he is mentally I'M
balanced.
The verdict of a jury at Batavia, N.
Y, that Z. N. Rowell killed Lynch in
self-defense was greeted with wild
cheering in the court room. Bonfire
were lighted in the streets, and an eff
gy of Palmer was burned amid loud
shouts.