The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-01-04
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c4emaJed themselves.
o. Il. Stewart. who is supposed TO be
the chief of Il gang of cattle thieves
operating in Wyoming, was arrested
at Hot Springs, Ark, by IA Cheyenne
detective.
The building permits issued in Chi
cago for the past year show the expen-
diture of s2l, 1855, AIT for new structures.
Thirty miles of streets have been paw
ed ut cost OF over ii co., 90.
Archbishop Tache, of Manitoba, has
gone to Ottawa 10 solicit an annual
grant for the support of industrial
schools among the Indians in the north
west territories.
The coroner's jury at YaZoo City
finds that a body of unknown men took
possession of the Jail, Friday evening,
and killed four prisoners by shooting,
Btabbing and hanging.
Rev. Nh. Cook, residing in the vicini-
ty of Cairo, Illinois, saw Mrs. Joseph
thing which he believed to be poison,
and he therefore fatally shot her.
Spieche, who was recently installed
by faction of the Creeks as n princi-
pal chief, has delivered to the houses
of kings and warriors an elaborate mes
sage, discussing all leading questions.
A commissioner of Potter county,
Dakota. has made affidavit that Gov
ernOr Ordways accepted q bride of
s5.000. for the appointment Of fellow
commissioner.
J. Newhouse, editor Of a German
newspaper at MarshalltOwn, Iowa, a
graduate of the university'of Denmark,
fell down q flight of stairs and broke
his neck. -..ar
Miss Clara Barton has resigned the
superintendency Of the women's prison
at Sherborn, Massachusetts,, to devote
herself TO the work OF the Bed Cross
society. .4..< ., ..t..r I'D.
Ernest Dix, OF Bloomington, ILL
nois. died Of trichiniasis, Tuesday.
His Is the second fatal case ont of q
party OF nine who ate unco0ked saul
sage, and others are yet suffering.
It Is said that spectators in Texas
have combined to secure the public
lands at minimum prices and to outbid
any settlers to compete for particular
tract. The bids will be opened by the
state board on January !.
A Bn0w-slide on Monday noon, near
Marshall basin, Colorado, carried of a
shaft-hOuse containing fourteen men,
eight OF whom were instantly killed.
A large party has gone from Telluride
10 the scene Of the disaster.
Three little daughters Of John Kill
gore, residing i'll Harrison county,
Iowa, have mysteriOusly disappeared,
and the citizens are searching the
woods for them. They were last seen
walking along the bank of Sioux river.
A family named Edwards, the most
prominent citizens of Mason county,
West Virginia, are endeavoring to es-
tablish their title to the Trinity church
property i'll New York, now valued at
s64 ,,MO,O0u.
A Boston man named George Cakes
Clarke, left i'll trust for his family an
estate valued at 50 900, and gener-
Oasly provided that when his race runs
out the money shall 60 to Harvard Col
lege.
A lady residing III Smyrna writes to
The Boston Journal that the recent
earthquake left the city uninjured, and
that the loss of life was less than three
hundred, although fifteen thousand
people i'll the country lost their homes
Frank r. Sherwin. the New Mexico
ranchman, arrested in Chicago some
months ago and taken to Albany, to
answer for contempt of court, was
fined $500 and sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary for two years.
The liquor-dealers of Ohio, who have
been holding state convention at Col
umbus for the purpose Of organization,
passed a resolution asking the repeal
of the Scott law and the enactment of
a judicious and constitutional measure.
In settling the affairs of the Ex-
change bank Of Montreal. it is shown
that coal dealer named Baird borrow
ed $250, 900 without security, and that
a stock Spectator was given $500
on q pr0missory note.
Hon. John Proctor. ono of the
wealthiest citizens of New Hampshire,
died at AndOver Sunday. lie paid q
large portion of the war debt of the
town, and gave money freely for educa-
tonal purposes.
Thirteen boot and shoe manufacture
ems of Cincinnati have signed q decla-
q failure. and that hereafter they will
fix their own rate of wages. The larg-
er firms dissent from this action.
A gang of thieves in Columbus, O.,
ARRANGED with the depot policeman to
rob a Bee-Line train at a point nine
miles outside the city. The officer |
kept the authorities fully informed,
and steered the whole party into the
hands of the police.
The rail mill of the Philadelphia and |
Reading company, in the latter city, |
has been permanently closed. The |
reason given is that it costs the owners |
s37 per ton to make rails, while com
petitors produce them for $35.
1t is said that Senator Graves will |
put before the legislature OF Iowa q |
proposition to purchase the SPACIOUS
residence and grounds of Il. r. Allen,
at Des Moines, for an executive man
sion.
In the trial at Hillsboro, Illinois,
Miss Emma BOnd had to leave the wit
ness-stand for the judge sprivate room,
where she tainted and fell heavily TO |
the floor. On recovering she remarked
that her condition was caused by the |
presence of John Montgomery.
Two condemned murderers at Waila
Walla, Washington territory, knocked
the sheriff and jailer senseless with
bricks, and when the latter became
they cut him to pieces with
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