The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1885-02-27

sachusetts, named Elsa Stebbins, trav-
| cling westward with her parents, was
| at Detroit treated by q physician with
morphine, from which she died at Kali
| a.naZ00.
A train on the Ohio and Mississippi
| Road struck u broken rail near North
Vernon, Indiana. The rear sleeper
was thrown down an embankment, a
passenger and the colored porter losing
their lives.
Luis Gonzales, editor of a newspa-
per at Morelia, Mexico, who was re-
Gently arrested and released by the
government, was on Tuesday night
killed on the street by five soldiers in
citizens dress.
A meteor of enormous size, throwing
Off smoke and flames. passed over Vic
tOria, British Columbia, Monday morn
ing, and was seen by many persons to
sink into the Sea of Haro, sending up a
cloud of spray.
A Frenchman claiming to be men,
Der OF the original Bonaparte family
has applied to the governor of New
Jersey for protection against people
who seek TO kill every remaining rela-
tive of Napoleon.
Fred. Becker, treasurer, of Chippewa
county, Wisconsin, has been missing
for a week. His accounts have been
examined. and reveal deficiency of
nearly $12 900, half of which he is said
to have taken away.
Thomas Jackson, crippled veteran
of the Union army, who lived like a
hermit near Jackson, Michigan, being
unable to give his stove proper atten-
ton, died from freezing, with plenty
Of wood at his side.
A sewer in the heart of the business
district of Chicago, at the corner of
Clark and Madison streets, eleven feet
below the surface, was found to be
frozen solid, and the ice was removed
with axes and picks.
George M. Pullman is said to be still
personally negotiating with W.. H.
ling interest in the West Shore road
and the harmonzing interests of the
sleeping-car companies.
In Mcdowell county, West Virginia,
and the territory adjacent, citizens and
live stock are said to be starving, on
account of the failure of crops last
summer. The region is one hundred
miles from q railroad.
Arthur =. German, in his effort to be
reelected senator from Maryland, will
have Us competitors ex-senator William
Pinckney Whyte and Governor Robert
M. McLane, although the chances are
in favor Of the first named.
Mrs. John l.. Sullivan has filed an
application for divorce from her pugi-
listic spouse. She says that her hus-
band is drunkard and brute, and
declares that he has frequently beaten
and threatened to kill her.
Southern iron on the basis Of $14.50
for forge, is still competing with the
Pennsylvania article. 1t is reported
from Pittsburg that orders for steel
rails will next month be placed at $25
for large lots and $27 for small.
Roswell Miller will undoubtedly be
called to the general management OF
the st. Paul road. Joseph Tucker has
eral manager, with entire supervision
Of freight and passenger traffic.
In anticipation Of socialistic out
break the National Guard in New
York City and elsewhere is said to be
drilling for street fighting. Chicago
merchants are also reported to be drill
ing their employees i'll similar tactics.
On the Castle Shannon inclined plane
at Pittsburg, which is seven hundred
feet long, two loaded coal-cars broke
the cable and crashed downward
through brick building, killing one
man and severely injuring two others.
The railroad collision in the District
of Columbia on Thursday caused the
death of train hands, the loss of about
100000 in currency in the express safe.
and the destruction Of more valuable
mail matter than was ever known be-
fore.
An officer at the Quebec citadel was
unsuccessful in an attempt to cause
the arrest as dynamiters Of three men,
who proved to be veteran soldiers who
had been discharged from work on
railway contract and desired to re-en-
list.
A valuable business block in Phila-
delphia was burned Thursday, causing
loss of two lives and $2,000,00O. Nine
large business houses, between Second
and Front streets, on and near Chest
nut, were Quilted, and several more
were damaged.
Advices from Pittsburg. report that
20 per cent Of the 1000 coke ovens con-
trOlled by the syndicate are now in
operation. There is marked improve
ment in the trade, and all the men dis
charged during the dull season have
been re-employed.
There are 1900 skilled laborers I'M
employed in Cincinnati. One-fourth of
the iron-workers are idle, one-third of
the builders, and one-half Of the car
rage and furniture makers. The total
number of men out Of work is esti-
mated at 5000.
A resolution was offered in the Il
linois senate asking congress to make
All appropriation for the Hennepin
canal. A bill was introduced making
it penitentiary offense for a bank Of
flcer or official handling public money
to deal in options.
An explosion of natural gas at Wells
burg, West Virginia, demolished two
buildings and greatly damaged several
others, flames adding terror to the
situation. Five mangled corpses have
already been recovered, and two other
persons are missing.
The propeller Michigan lies in the
ice off South Haven, where Clerk Ken
ney walked ashore Wednesday. The
City of Ludington is frozen up at some
unknown spot far from the shore.
Lake Michigan is reported to be almost
u solid field of ice.
clearinghouse receipts at the princi-