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

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its mouth to Stanley pool. 1400 miles by
river. nNVhenhe leftthe Congo country he
was suffering tadlS from bronchitis. 10 lie
eulopiSts tue trading prospacts OF the coun-
try In the ylcipity of the CONGO river. lie
considers that Gen, Gordon commands per
fectly practical rOutes OF escape from Klai-
tOum, whether by'way OF Zanzibar, on the
east. or down the Congo on the west coast,
IL the Nile IS b'@cked Gen. Gordon calldu-
ring tile present season, ascend the Nile in
steamers. from khartOum to Gondolar, a
distance or 800 miles, In eight DAYS: thence
proceed 10 Bahaf Egahlzal, and join Lupton
Bey. who commands 100 troops having In
their possession :A0,O00 Worth OF money.
Gordon could then proceed with this addi-
ton TO his, force to XanZibar. Should the
troops refuse to take the Journey, or should
some other cause preycntthe plan G0l1iOn
could cross to Uganda. reach Stanley sta
ton and proceed down the Congo. Stanley
considers the routes trrversed by Schwein-
furth, Sir Samuel and Lady Baker, and the
Italian and Austrian missionaries. cannot he
insurm0unlable TO Gordon, soldier, Traveller
and explorer. Should the garrisuns at IN
termediate points on the Nile be endanger-
Ell, Gordon could take them along with him.
Ii they refused To accompany him at first
they would be sure 10 follow when he was
gone. Stanley believes that the sending OF
a large English force to eXtricate Gordon
would be an extremely perilous undertake
ing, and would likely be attended with
great loss and expense. English troops
would be unable to stand the climate.
Stanley commends the abandoning of the
Congo treaty. lie considers the leaving OF
the Congo In the hands of the Portuguese
very inimical to English interests
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-08-08
WASHINGTON.

The amount of gold in the United States
Treasury now is about Sl10,000,00O. being
$4,000 600 less than month ago. The de-
crease is due to the redemption of bonds,
the payment of interest, and the settlement
in gold of all the. clearing-house balances at
the New York Sub-Treasury during the
month.
Reports from twenty-sx of the leading
cicaring-houses I'm the United States, out
side of New York, show that the aggregate
Of the clcarances for last week was IA per
cent less than the aggregate for the core
spending week Of last year. The New
York clearinghouse report shows de-
crease of % per cent.
1t seems to be definitely settled that the
President will not commission Mr.. Jarrett,
of Pittsburg, chief of the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, so new candidates are coming for
ward, smong them Mr.. Charles ). Hill, sta
tistician OF the State departments Friends
of ex-Mayor Powdely, Of Scranton, and VI.
r. Holderman, have again presented their
candidates. Mr.. Hill has very strong back
ing and bis. chances are considered better
than any other candidate
Some time ago the commissioner OF inter-
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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-08-08
Detroit, Grand Haven
& MILWAUKEE nv,
GOING EAST

tOlNG EAST.
Trains leave Owosso as follows: Detroit
Express 500 a. m. Through Mail, 1:45 q. m:
press, l:50 Am. ~
GOING WEST.
Morning Express, 1902 am; Through Mail
1:45 p. M; Grand Rapids Express, $50 n. m:
Night Express, 80 a. m; Mixed, Coca. M
Mixed from the West 7:10 D. m.
Refreshments at Detroit, Owosso and Grand
Haven Mail east and west has parlor day car
attached The Telegraph Line FOR the Public.
between Grand Haven and Detroit
Nigrt Express east and west daily and all other
trains daily Sunday excepted. ~ 80
CONNECTIONS.
AT pETROIT-GreatW Western Railway points
east Michigan Central, Michigan Southern and
Grand Trunk Railroads. =
AT MLWAUKEE-Withth the Milwaukee and 81.
Paul, Western Union, Milwaukee and Northern
and Chicago and Northwestern Railways to ali
points north and west. --f - ~
"a The Railway Company's Ferry Steamer
leaves d. g. H. q M. Dock, Detroit on arrival of
trains. Tickets are sold at the Detroit, Grand
haven and milwaukee, Railway Ticket ONCE, to
al principal places In the United States
I. TANDY. GENT Freight & Passenger Agt
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-08-08
FOREIGN.

The French divorce act became law Tues
day. Three thousand suits have already
been commenced under it.
The treaty recently negotiated by Great
Britain with The King of Abyssina binds
the latter to abolish slavery and the slave
trade within his dominions.
In the court. of the queens bench, at Lon
don. Mrs. Weldon obtained q verdict OF
81 900 against Doctor Sempley for signing a
certificate that she was person of uns0und
mind and n NJ subject for treatment under
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-08-08

An old woman named Gordon, IN
he-north- of Scotland was listening to
the account given in the Scriptures Of
the glory Of Solomon, which was read
to her by a little female grandchild.
When the little girl came TO the ac-
count OF tire thousand camels which
formed part of the Jewish sovereign's
livestock. what" cried the old wo-
man, "a thousand Campbells, say YEP
The Campbells are an auld clan, sure
eneuch but look an yc dmna see the
Gordons' 'oe.1a SgMgA FGH
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-08-08

0RRICERC of the late war who were refused
VLAiVnuo pay between date of commission &
official muster will find il to their interest TO
with McNEIL e BIRCA, ATTORNEYS 4 Solicitors
Drawer 457, Washington, ID. G. No fees in adj
vance; honorable dealing; highest references.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-08-08
THE CHOLERA.
WORK OF TIE sCOURGE.

The local health officers at Marselles
nave Issued the first official statement
showing the ravages of the cholera. There
have been in that city about eleven hun
dred deaths. The classification of the ma
tlvlty OF the victims is stated as follows: :
Frenchmen, 79S; Italians, S23; Spaniards,
ID; Greeks, 8, and / each Englishman,
Austrian, German, and American.
the officers Of the army report great
difficulty in maintaining proper sanitary
rules of health are sufficiently adhered to,
but there Is disposition to disregard the
lesser points. The result is that the entire
system OF precaution is more or less I'M
paired and the direst results are likely to
ensue., For example, two soldiers died
here from sleeping with their windows
open. The inhalation of the impure gases
OF night into the lungs of person asleep is
regarded as most dangerous practice.
The sanitary officers have determined to
exercise the closest scrutiny over the diet of
the people, and have asked the mayor to
stop the sale of certain articles. He began
by ordering the confiscatiOn of all melons.
PRESS REPORTS OF THE PLAGUE.
ToULON, July 30.-The hopes of q cessa-
ton In the plague here are giving way to
fears of fresh outbreak of even greater
virulence than before, owing to the return
of many fugitives who had left the city.
There were thirteen deaths here last night,
this being decrease ON the mortality record
of the past few days.
MARsEILLEs, July 30.-During the twen-
ty-fOur hours ending at 8 o'clock tonight
there were Iwenty-three deaths from cholera.
The situation here is regarded as improving
steadily, ana the authorities now anticipate
a gradual decrease in the ravages. of the
plague.
PARIS, July 30.-There were six deaths
from cholera at Aries during the twenty
four hours ending at o'clock this evening,
and two deaths have occurred at AK since
noon. A dispatch received here this even
ing announces that seventeen cases of the
disease have appeared at Pancalieri, Italy.
The patients are mostly refugees from Mar
taken the utmost precautions to isolate the
district and all needful measures are being
observed
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-08-08
LABOR NOTES.

The building trades strike in New York
is still progressing and neither side seems
to show disposition to yield. The strikers
say that applications for bricklayers have
been made by three builders and men have
been sent them; that only 175 men remain
out of work. The employers, however,
claim that the number of unemployed men
is much larger.
THE IRON INDUSTRY.
A prominent rail manufacturer of Troy,
N. Y, says that In the West steel rails are
down to S2S ton, and the iron from which
they are made costs over SIS ton. The
profits at that rate are exceedingly small.
Railroad stocks are going down, and iron
manufacturers are holding back. The steel
rail mills could take all the orders they
wanted for rails to be delivered in March at
$50 but they will not doit. England cannot
send rails to this country for less than $40.
The tariff is $17 u ton, so it would only leave
S23 ton with which TO manufacture the
rails. A better feeling exists among the
iron manufacturers now than a few weeks
ago, and there Is no reason why the iron in
dustry should not brighten up. Most of the
Western mills have been running on short
time, and when prices take an upward turn
there will be 9 BOOM In the business.
The prices now have reached bedrock.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-08-08

All Trains Daily except Sunday.
j. A. SwAyzE, Station Agent, Owosso.
o. W. Rree,.Es. q. r. q Y. A.. Chicago.
The Dawson journal., 1884-01-24
A Temperance Lecture.

The Springfield Republican says -
eyes, Pete would be fine workman, :"
said Dea Crocker, in whose repair shop
on the Hill Peter Fortin had done many
an odd job, ''if he'd only let drink
alone. You see, was fixing up chair
outside there t'other day, and Pete was
working here in the shop. had pint
bottle of corrosive sublimate dissolved in
alcohol, which I put on the chair to kill
the moths. When 1 brought the chair
in here Pete began shifting. Pretty soon
says he, What's on this chair, Mr..
Crocker?' 'Oh, ALCOHOL says I, and,
putting the bottle on the shelf there. l
went outside and never thought anv
more about it. Pete had been moping
and mum all the morning, and I knew
he wanted stimulant, but it never entered
my head that he'd fool with that bottle.
But all of sudden he rushed to the
door rubbing his hands up and down on
his belly, and cried out, 'Mr. Crocker,
what did you say was IN that bottle? 2
The lands sake! = cried, Poison, Pete,
deadly poison. You don't mean to say
you've been drinking it 4 have, l
have, says he, 4 tasted of it. Well, |
tell you, was scared, and when looked
at the bottle 1 saw that half of it was
gone. What under the canopy, Peter,
were you thinking of? You've drank
half of that poison. Pete, you're dead
man. When I said that, he just doubled
up on the floor, and 1 tell you he
groaned. 1 told my wife to pour milk
down him, and then ran for the doctor
Well, all that afternoon the doctor kept
pouring raw eggs down Pete's throat and
feeding him from vial that he had.
Pete's stomach rejected the eggs as fast
as he took 'em, but they absorbed the
poison. l did think one time that Pete
was goner."
The Dawson journal., 1884-01-24

| One women carries one of the long
candles before her and another carries
the other behind her, SO she can be seen
from all points. The first time she
comes in her husband rises up, opens
his eyes, looks at her, takes the veil
from her head, and hangs it over his
shoulder. She stands there an acknowl.
edged bride. Now she goes out to
dress, and doesn't come in again until
all the dresses are tried on. Then they
put two chairs for the bride and bride
groom to sit down in. They sit down
and talk together if they are not too
bashful. But they do not sit long, for
it is getting late. The bridegroom
arises and takes his wife by the hand
and leads her to the door of their
chamber. Their mother puts a piece of
dough over the door. They thrust their
hands into the dough in token that they
are one. Then they go into a we'll
lighted room, and the bridegroom's
mother shuts the door. The next day
the people call on the bride and carry
her presents of money and sit with
her. She treats her guests with coffee,
the nargileh water pipel, and cigar,
cites. The ceremony is ended"
Mrs. Alley then came down to current
news: "The people of this land are in
dolent and slow to work; slow in every
thing but stabbing. Give them chance
to steal and they will not stop to eat or
sleep, but will work fast then. While
my neighbors here don't steal from me,
the Arab, as a rule, is a thief. Mr.
Floyd and wife, Mr.. Ward, and two or
three more are all there are left now of
the Maine Jaffa colony. I go out among
my Arab neighbors. When they are
sick they send for me and go. said
to myself before God that if these Arabs
are converted TO Christianity it mnst be
by being good to them. am not per-
feet, by any means. One thing I've got
that very wrong-I We got too much
temper. / was thinking the other day
that should like to see somebody from
my old home. Isn't it queer you should
come ?"
Willie gives us the full census of the
survivors of the Maine Jaffa colony as
follows: Herbert Clark and family
Frank, Mary j., and sister, and the
mother, Elem; Arthur Leighton and
daughter and son, and Melville Ward
four families.
The Dawson journal., 1884-01-24
WashingtOn's Love Affairs.

Warlike sentiments on certain subjects
still fingered in the heart of Washington
on that peaceful morning one hundred
years ago when he' resumed possession
of New York city. AS he crossed Spuy-
ten Duyvil Creek and made his way
upon the island the night before he re-
ceived a message to tarry, as Sir Guy
Carleton was not yet embarked. SO he
directed his steps to a great imposing
wooden house ON Washington Heights,
still standing and known as the Jumel
place.
This house twenty-seven years before
had been his Mecca. Here he oourted
the beautiful and wealthy Mary Phillipse;
here for weeks he fingered in the light
of her blue eyes: here he left her at her
fathers till he could hurry off and cap.
ture Fort Duquesne and come back, and
here at that fatal interval came Captain
Morris and captured Mary PhiIlipse and
married her before Washington's return.
1t was an awful lesson to the father OF
his country and he resolved never to be
caught out again in matters of that kind.
1t was the second blow; first the low
land beauty, Miss Grimes, afterward
mother of the Lee family, and then the
faithless Mary. He had somewhat re-
covered from the iilting on this peaceful
morning speak of, for the Morris fam
lily had largely multiplied by this time;
but the spot was still sore. Tradition
has it that he went over and sat again in
the Phillipse parTors and meditated.
"Where is your master?" he inquired
of darkey on the porch, concerning
his former rival.
''He goned wild the British, sab, wen
de wah fust bruk out," said the humble
servitor, San missus she is crost de rib.
Der and is very porely, sab, and mahsa
he was shot wen he was takin' Fote
Moldetree down in Carliny, fo' years
ago."
The visitor knew that we'll enough
but he was fond of hearing it over again,
"And, mahsa, dey du say dat all this
great fine estate heah is gwine to be
cornfscated by the deyilish rebels. Dat
can't be, sab"
Washington evaded the question. But
year later the great fine estate was con
fiscated and sold to Jumel by the Gov.
ernment and Washington does not seem
to have interposed to save it for Mary
| and the babies.
He ought to have been grateful to hel
for teaching him such noble lesson, fol
he learned it so well that when Martha
Gusts dawned on him he just sat down
by her and didn't let her get away from
him. But she was a widow and perhaps
didn't want to get away.
The Dawson journal., 1884-01-24
Pistols VS.. Law.

The Buffalo Courier correspondent
gives us the following consoling item
every ruffian in New York carries a
pistol and is always ready to use it. The
law says no one shall carry pistol with
out permit, but what of that? If a
rufian of any note were brought before
police judge for breaking the law he
would be discharged at once. When a
lot of policy dealers were arrested few
days ago three police judges made
wild rush late at night to the place
where they were confined to take bail.
Each seemed to fear that the poor policy
men might suffer some inconvenience if
he did not hurry tremendously. But /
doubt if any of the three would hurry
himself in the case of some unfortunate
fellow locked up for a'spree. No politi-
cal influence, you see,"
The Dawson journal., 1884-01-24
'fLITTLE ABE.0
The boy Who Enlisted In the Army at the
Age of 4 Years.

The following facts were given by a
\ gentleman who served through the war
/ and in the company with "Little Abe, I"
/ who is belle we'd to have been the young
est person enlisted. The gentleman
could not recall the name of the lad.
who was known in the army as Little
Abe, and who enlisted at Jefferson bar
racks, short distance from ST. Louis,
Mo-, May l, 1861, as a drummer at the
age of 7 years and month. He be-
longed to Company E, Second United
States Infantry, Captain, afterward
Maj. Gen. Steel. The reasons which in
f1uenced the acceptance of SO young a
recruit was that his father was in the
service and his mother dead. There were
no relatives who could or would look
after the boy, and SO, with the consent
of the army authorities, he was put with
his father in the army.
Little Abe was favorite with both
officers and men. He displayed at all
times the coolest bravery and utter ig-
norance of fear. His favorite position
was in the front rank in battle, and as
soon as he saw soldier fall disabled he
would throw away his drum, seize the
musket of his fallen comrade and load
and fire as coolly as the most hardened
veteran, although his diminutive size
and strength did not allow him to elevate
the gun without some kind of a rest. In
the early part of his army experience, at
one of the battles when the Union forces
found it necessary to take up position
in the rear, Little Abe got possession of
gun, and when the army was forced
back, his drum was captured by the
Confederates. He was reprimanded and
told that when retreating if he could not
carry it with him he should destroy it.
Ever after this when in battle he saw a
chance to get gun he smashed in the
heads of his drum, and then devoted his
whole time to his preferred employment
of popping at the Rebs. At the close
of skirmish one day he was found
crying. Somebody inquired what
troubled him, and received an explana-
tion to the effect that he had been un-
able to find any gun not in use, so he
had been unable to have any shooting.
The men of Company E wanted to fit
him out with rifle made in accordance
with his size, but the desire was not
granted, as according to the regulations
he must carry a drum. Little Abe
passed through the war without receiv-
ing a wound, although always in the
front rank and in many engagements.
or his career since then nothing is
known to the writer.-BoSton Globe.
The Dawson journal., 1884-01-24
Getting Even With Them.

Theatre Patron-'"The grand opera
this week rather knocked your attrac-
tions, did it not? ?"
Manager-"Yes; the attendance has
:tn very SLIM"
What will you do about it ?"
"I cannot do anything now except
pocket he loss, but I will soon have nv
revenge"
'Indeed, how will you manage it ?"
"You know that grand opera company
will soon open in New York ?"
eyes"
"Well, on the very day the opera sea.
son commences | will go over there and
start a counter attraction which will
leave the opera house as empty every
evening as discarded dry goods box"
"You don't say so What will your
counter attraction be?"
ga pedestrian tournament or a slug.
Cling match, I have not decided which. :
-PhiLadel11Ii0 CdLL.
The Dawson journal., 1884-01-24
A Remarkable Case.

The Dwight insurance suit, which
was ended recently at Norwich, N. Y,
by verdict against the Germania In
surance Company, is one of the most re-
markGble civil cases ever tried in court.
Had its incidents been narrated in fiction
they would have seemed too improbable
for belief.
Dwight was a prominent citizen of
Binghamton, who had been a colonel in
the war, had held public Office and had
been engaged in various business enter
prises on large scale. In the summer
of 1878 he became bankrupt. About
this time he applied for upward of three
hundred thousand dollars insurance on
his life in twenty odd companies. His
application was refused by several, but
he succeeded in getting his life insured
to the extent of two hundred and eighty
five thousand dollars.
Soon afterward his death was an
nounced. One or two companies paid
the claims against them; others refused
to pay. Against one of the latter the
suit that has been on trial for about
: month in Norwich was brought by the
I executors.
The theory of the insurance companies
was that Dwight had taken out an
enormous amount of insurance for the
benefit of his boy and other relatives,
and with the deliberate intent to commit
I suicide. There was but one known wit
ness of his death, and it was claimed
that Dwight had hanged himself after
! arranging with this man to destroy all
: evidence of the act. An autopsy was
made Immediately after the death, and
long after burial the body was exhumed
and coroner's inquest held. The testi-
mony of the physicians and other ex-
perts was conflicting. By some crease
found on the neck was attributed to the
pressure of a cord and death to strangu-
lation others gave the opinion that
this mark had been caused by the posi-
ton of the head and that death was not
| due to violence.
The companies also offered evidence
| of extraordinary conduct on the part of
Dwight, to show that he had purposely
! endangered his life by rash exposure
and in other ways. The further defence
, was made that the policies were void by
! reason of false representations which the
deceased had made as to his health and
! habits
| By its verdict the jury finds that
Dwight did not commit suicide nor
practice fraud upon the companies. 1t
is not likely, however, that this verdict
will be acquiesced in if there is any
ground on which it can be set aside.-
NeiO York Herald.
The Dawson journal., 1884-01-24
Remedy for Lung Diseases.

DR.. Robert Newton, late president Of the
Eclectic college, of the city of New York,
and formerly of Cincinnati, Ohio, usei DR.
VIM. Halls Balam very extensively in
his practice, as many of his patients, now
living, and restored to health by the use of
this invaluable medicine, can amply testify.
de always a that so good remedy ought
70 be prescrib freely by every ply sician as
sovereign remedy in all cases of lung
diseases. 1t cures consumption. and has no
equal for all pectoral compla nts.
The Dawson journal., 1884-01-24

He TREMBLEs. When the United
States Army private hears of the mar
riage of a young officer he trembles, for
he knows that within two years time
there is possibility that he at some
frontier post may be wedding that young
womans flower garden, carrying her
packages, and possibly airing the baby
in its carriage. And yet there is more
or less surprise that there should be so
many desertions from the army.
The Dawson journal., 1884-01-24

THE director of the mint advises that
the coinage of gold dollars and three
cent pieces be discontinued. So far as
the gold dollar part Of the advice is con-
cerned, we do not care; but when the
three cent piece is withdrawn from cir
culation we shall feel that our financial
friend has been taken from us.-4rk,
Iraveker.