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

land to bring cargoes from Lake SUI
periOr.
The mayor of New York vetoed the
Broadway street-car ordinance and the
resolution permitting the Commercial
Gable company to lay its wires under
ground.
Clara Louise Kellogg, who has just
returned from foreign tour, expresses
the opinion that Italian opera is DOOM
ed, and that Albani is soon to sing in
English. l'lN
John Scott, n brother Of ex-C Congress-
man Thomas b. Scott, committed sui
eide Thursday by hanging himself at
his home in Smithiield, Ohio. Cause
unknown. I/
Weston p. Cary, residing at Pleasant
View, Indiana. received bite from
some insect in the woods, causing
swelling and delirium, which ended in
his death.
Texas fever Is raging among herd
OF cattle owned by the brothers Hughes,
near Osborne, Missouri. They were
recently purchased at the Kansas City
stOck-yards.
The republicans of Michigan nomi-
mated General r. A. Alger for COVER
nor and A. Buffers for lieutenant gov
ernor, MI. Luce having declined the
| latter nomination.
A barbecue is to be given at Atlanta,
| Illinois, on September =, as token of
esteem, to all the living pioneers who
settled in the state prior to the famous
deep snow of 1880.
James G. Blaine has ordered suit
for libel to be brought against the In
dianapolis Sentinel for stating that he
betrayed a girl and married her at the
muzzle Of n shotgun. 90
There being no law in New Jersey
against miscegenation, mulatto en-
ployed in brick-yard at Pentonville
has married an Irish girl and gone
quietly to housekeeping.
Measures are being taken in New
York to place monument over the
grave OF General James Shields, who
served in the senate from three states
and was a hero i'll three wars.
A fire at Grenada, Mississippi, Sun
day, destroyed seventy-eight buildings,
valued at 100000. A loss FULLY as
great was experienced by the burning
of the business portion of Greenville,
Texas.
The jailer at Gainesville, Arkansas,
finds that one of his prisoners, held for
a minor offense, is Lore Sullivan, who
cheated the gallows in 1859 by break
ing Jail the night before he was to be
executed.
Sixteen deaths from yellow fever
have occurred at Hermozillo, Mexico,
and cases are reported at five adjacent
cities. The disease apparently origin
ated in germs remaining dormant since
last year.
Rev. H. NJ. COLLISION, of Chicago,
who shot himself in the temple after
killing his wife. still fingers lin great
agony. The four children have been
sent TO Keokuk, i'll charge OF friend
Of the family.
A duel at Emory Gap, Tenn, be-
tween cripple named Staples, and a
drummer from Cleveland named VIM.
ii. Rogsrson, fought at 10 o'clock on
| Wednesday evening, resulted in the
ath of both.
At Winnetka, Illinois. late on Mon
lay night, the body of Miss Henrietta
King was found in the lake near the
| pier. She was well advanced in years,
| and it is thought she was drowned in a
! fainting-spell.
The policy of gradual reduction of
wages adopted by the Union Pacific
road when it was forced to the wall by
its employees last spring has caused a
strike by seventy employees OF the car
shops ut Cheyenne. vi'I4
The Union Pacific shops at Kansas
| City were closed Thursday, but no cash
was disbursed among the employees.
Manager Clark has invited q commit
tee of strikers to hold a conference
with him at Omaha. |f.75
DR.. Paaren has discovered Texas
| fever on farm near Clinton, Illinois,
where fifteen deaths have resulted
from pasturing herd of Mississippi
cattle last June. The field has been
effectively quarontined.
| A sporadic case of yellow fever has
made its appearance at Key West, but
DIR. Guiteras reports the patient re-
covering. Should the necessity arise,
hospital tents are ready for transfer
from New Orleans.
On farm near Sycamore, Illinois,
Louis Taylor killed Kitty Mitchell and
set her clothes on fire. On being pur-
sued by citizens he waded into the
creek and shot himself dead. Mrs.
Mitchell has lost her reason. ,..
Henry M. Stanley expresses the be-
lief that the Congo free state will soon
will become q great federation Of ma
| tive chiefs, controlled by commission
of Americans and Europeans.
An official report shows a deficiency
of $4S5. 474 in the accounts of the Wall
Street bank in New York. Suit has
been brought to forfeit the franchise,
and Judge Bartlett enjoined the OFF,
GERS from disposing of any Of its prop
erty.
Eight young men residing in Naper-
vile and Piano, Illinois, have for some
months been robbing freight-cars, de-
pots, and residences. The Burlington
road engaged detectives and hunted
down the thieves, two of whom pleaded
guilty. 80. . e."
Miss Dora Buck, sister of Charles b.
Henry, who was shot in the Arctic re-
| gions by order of Lieutenant Greedy,
has requested the coroner at Long Is
land City, to exhume the body of her
brother, and make thorough exami-
nation.
The Austrian consul of Pittsburg
hoisted the flag Of his country over his
office, i'm honor of the emperor's birth
day. The chief of police ordered il
lowered, and the consul refused, on
the ground that the treaty gives him