The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1885-02-13
VERY LATEST.


Oliver T. Morton. son of the late
senator, has commenced his labors as
editor of the indianapolis Times.
Polk Johnson has been sentenced at
Knoxville, Iowa, to Imprisonment for
Ii for killing w. Ii. Mcbride q year
ago.
The department of agriculture esti-
mates tie cotton crop at 5,G66, 900
bales, or 80 PER cent. Of last years
crop.
Leading democrats of Virginia have
organized move ment in behalf Of
Representative Barbour for postmaster
general.
The citizens Of White Rock, Texas.
met and passed resolutions requiring q
| Norm, II elder named II. Nj. Stevens to
leave the region.
The freight shipped eastward from
Chicago last week was Sl.375 tons, of
which the Lake Shore road obtained
20.4 per cent.
A regiment selected from the Cana
dlan militia has been rendered by Cap
tain Williams, OF Ottawa, for active
service in Egypt.
ID. w. Miller, u carriage manufac-
tnrer OF Cincinnati, has made an as
signment His liabilities are believed
W he uDOuJ SloU.UOO.
A monument in memory of the &c, 600
Iowa soldiers who died in the War is
to be erected at Des Moines on the
| grounds of the new Capitol.
Smith Weed states that the secre-
taryship Of state will be rendered TO
| Thomas f. Bayard, but whether he
| will accept is not yet known.
Five of the largest iron-works in
II
10 per cent III wages. and fifteen humid
workmen promptly struck.
Edward Il. Wetz ar. OF PHILADELPHIA.
who had failed three times through
speculation. Xxi led himself because his
check Tor 5000 was dishonored.
Lee Linn, editor of the Co,9ie1. at
Wabash. Ind, had his second shooting
atfray. Saturday, with William Hickey,
and put two bullets i'll his breast.
The telephone was successfully used
Sunday morning by the mayors Of New
York and Chicago, who held a pro-
]onged conversation over the wires.
The Texas house has passed bill
forbidding the carrying of deadly wea-
pons, making the Highest penalty $50
and imprisonment i'll county jiils.
Suit has been brought Mt Keokuk by
a trust company of New York for Il
foreclosure of the mortgage on the Mis-
souri,, Iowa and Nebraska railway.
DR.. John Romig, who died Thurs
day at Allentown, Pennsylvania, es-
tablished in that city, in 1886, the
first homeopathic school in America.
James Armstrong, a Toronto police
man, was dangerously wounded by u
noted horse-thief named Thomas Lit
tie, who had thus far eluded capture.
Two burglars who had been operat-
ing at Mount Carroll and Leaf River,
Illinois, were tracked eighteen miles
by citizens and lodged in Jail at Ore
gon.
Ely ID. Maitland, an aged resident Of
Avon, Illinois, who died Tuesday. was
an associate OF Joseph Bonaparte in
Europe and during his exile in New
Jersey.
The police commissioners of Boston
have received eight hundred revOlvers
with which to arm the force. The cap
tains will be held responsible for the
weapons.
The winter-wheat crop is far from
promising according to latest accounts
from various States, which report a de-
creased acreage and u poor condition
Of the plant.
BY fall of II scaffold on the Sus-
quehanna bridge at IIavre de Grace,
five workmen were precipitated through
the ice into the river, and two Of them
were drowned.
A stock company has been organized
at Davenport, Iowa, for the purpose OF
buildings crematory. The movement
originated among some OF the leading
German citizens.
On account of the freight blockade,
the railroads centering at Chicago have
given notice to consignOrs that grain
cars can only remain on side tracks for
fortv-eight hours.
The Arkansas senate passed res0-
luton urging its representatives at
Washington TO favor negotiations With
the Indians for the opening OF Oklaho-
ma to settlement.
The farmhouse of George Liverpool,
near Reading, Pennsylvania, was en-
tered by burglars, who chloroformed
the family and secured Sl,2C0 in cur
rency and notes.
w. S. Kirker, formerly bank teller
at 1rOnton, Ohio, was sentenced TO five
years Imprisonment in the jail at Day
ton for making false entries i'll his
book to cover deficits.
Madame Airline, from whom the GUS
toms officers at Chicago recently took
goods of the dutiable value of $500,
has offered the secretary of the treasu-
ny $1,000 as compromise.
In the superior court at New York,
Judge Friedman arraigned eX-Mayor
Edison for contempt, and ordered him
fined $3.50 and imprisonment in the
county Jail for fifteen days.
The president-elect was accompanied
to Greystone, Saturday morning, by
Daniel Manning. Two hours were
spent at Mr.. Tilden's dinner-table and
longer period in his study.
A train on the Colorado Central road
was blown from the track, near George
town, into ditch, causing injuries to
eighteen persons, among them State
Auditor Spencer, Of Denver.
Citizens of Bland county Virginia,
mounted and armed, took from Jail q
young co!ored murderer and riddled
him with bullets. A similar execution
occurred at Franklin, Texas.
Paddy Ryan expresses surprise at the
failure of his attempt to make match
with IOln T., Sullivan and ctatpo that