The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1885-03-20

over the IIluJIe Dlue river, early on
Sunday morning, on suspicion of COM
pllcity in the murder of farmer NAM
ed Roberts. A son of the woman is in
Jail Tor the killing.
Half dollars, believed to have been
rccoincd from trade dollars, being iden-
Teal in size, weight, and composition
with those issued from the minis, are
quite frequently detected in Boston by
means OF an accidental mark. The
profit on this venture by counterfeiters
is S24.50 per hundred.
The school committee Of Lewiston,
Maine, comprising eight Catholics and
six Professionals, has taken st. Joseph's
parochial school into the public Sys-
tenn, with the stipulation by Father
Wallace that no time outside the usual
fifteen minutes will be devoted to
special religious instruction.
A decision was rendered in the
United States Circuit Court at Boston
Saturday in the suits against the stock
holders of the defunct Pacific National
bank requiring the defendants to pay q
second assessment of 100 per cent Oh
their stock. The loss of the stockhold-
ers by this decision is $2,O00,OO0.
The freight blockade on the Missouri
Pacific was raised Monday afternoon
by orders from the headquarters of the
strikers at Sedalia. Thlrty-fve engines
were released at AtchisOn, and the
tracks are now almost blocked with
freight trains. The general manager
of the Wabash has restored wages to
the old figure.
A laborer in Louisville, named Perry
Garrison, beat his wife to insensibility
on Sunday last, bound her to the floor
of the cellar, and left her without food
or water until Wednesday morning,
when neighbor heard her groans and
the police burst in the door. She beg
ged that the brute be not arrested, but
he was locked up.
A through express train on the Texas
Pacific road was wrecked Sunday, on
bridge at Village creek, near Fort
Worth. The fireman was killed, the
engineer was fatally injured, and two
postal clerks were seriously bruised. A
large number of strikers at Marshall
and Dallas manned wrecking train
and went out to repair the bridge and
track.
An official of Western railway,
while travelling on pass on road in
New York, purchased seat in draw
ing-room-car, where he was seriously
injured by collision. He has been
awarded damages, on the concurrence
of three judges, who admitted that the
acceptance.Of the pass was contract
with the railway to relinquish compen-
sation for injuries.
About twenty Oklahoma boomers
were brought to Wichita, Kas., and
were arraigned before Commissioner
Sherman. They all gave bail in So 900
each for their appearance at the Sep
TENDER term of the United States Court.
They at once returned to Arkansas
City, where the boomers are concen-
trating their forces. Another lot of
warrants has been issued by the Com
missioner.
Employees of the Missouri Pacific
road at st. Louis, on Thursday, were
informed officially that, in consequence
of their loyalty and good behavior, the
company has determined to restore to
them the wages in force October /.
This is equivalent to an advance of Is
per cent. The Sedalia strikers threat
en- that, unless settlement is made by
Friday noon, the engineers and fiiemen
will join them.
A party of $50 revolutionists, headed
by General Vizpura, made an attack
on the city of Panama, Monday, and
firing was kept up for hours. The
president of the Central American
Cable company telegraphed to Secre-
tary Bayard, Monday, that Guate-
malan vessel had gone out to cut the