The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1885-02-13
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James w. Peters, OF Shreye, Ohio,
shot Miss Laura Chester in tho head
and back for rejecting his addresses,
and then lodged q bullet at the base of
his own brain. Neither Is likely 10
survive.
Nine business buildings in Tuscola,
Illinois, valued ut 900. were Thurs
day evening destroyed by fire. The
village Of Battle Lake, Minnesota, is
said to have been nearly wiped out by
a conflagration.
Senator Logan was renominated by
acclamation at the Republican caucus
at Springfield Thursday evening. At
least two members OF the house were
absent without excuses satisfactory to
the party leaders.
a small house Oh the county poor
farm near CeriO GordO, Illinois, oc-
cupied for some time by three dement,
ed women, was bu ned by the upset
ting of a lamp, and its tenants perish
ed in the fumes.
~. j. Molrell. formerly Il member or
congress from Pennsylvania, and now
holding the presidency of the Cam
bridge Iron company at JOhnstown,
has been sent to- private insane asy-
lum in Philadelphia.
At the request Of tho Mexican gov
eminent. Secretary Lincoln has in
structed Lieutenant Mcdonald TO hold
the mutineers recently arrested near
the borders of Arizona for eXtraditiOn
papers from President Diaz.
At Vincennes. Indiana, Henry Strait
man killed his fatherin-law and fatal
ly injured his wife. The murderer has
four children very i'll of typhoid fever,
and was probably driven insane by
grief and religious fanaticism.
-Four brothers named Staner, who
were. convicted Of making spurious
coin in Wayne county, Illinois, have
Springfield to terms in the penitentiary
ranging from two to five years.
Four men were killed outright and
twenty wounded ut Brazil. Ind, by the
explosion of u boiler in the Central
Iron Il Steel Works. Two Of the
wounded men died soon after, and sew.
eral others are not expected to live.
At Muskegon, Michigan, Philip Ivet
seriously wounded his wife with n re-
vOlver and then killed himself. For
years lie had done no work on their
farm, and she sought relief by remov-
ing to the city with Ter three children.
At Milwaukee early Monday morn
ing, twenty-seven rounds were fought
with hard gloves by John Ward and
Patsy McCartin. in presence of five
hundred persons. McCartin was the
winner, but received the worst punish
ment.
The Dakota house, by vote of 20 to
10, passed woman-sutfrage bill, which
is likely to be approved by the council.
Speaker Rice, in opposing the measure
At the present time, expressed fear that
I rntn ,.flf Il ixrtc go lN.N4
ritory.
A preacher named Newell. who con-
Quoted revival meetings at Vincennes, |
Iowa, carried away the family bible |
from farmhouse whose hospitality
lie had enjoyed. He was pursued, con-
yicted Of larceny, and lodged in Jail at
Keokuk.
+. +. Washburn, who has been placed !
i'll the Arkansas lunatic asylum, lost |
his reason through serving as a wit
ness against q murderer in Monroe
county, and cherishing n fear that the |
condemned man would appear and
take his life.
A box containing jumping-jack |
was sent to O'Donovan Rosa, who |
caused it TO be as carefully opened as
if it contained an internal machine. |
Mrs. Dudley has received postal-card |
filled with curses and II letter in red !
ink threatening her life.
Judge Dusenberry, of Utah. states |
that the enforcement of the Edmunds |
bill las unsettled all business in the |
territory. Many of the Mormon lead |
ers have been forced to flee-amOng |
them being Zeph Sears, at the head of |
the Zion cooperative store.
Several weeks ago it was given out |
nv Mrc ~ iabor6 fTrt1p,n Iiuincr ,,aor |
Terre Haute, Ind, that her husband |
had killed himself while she was out In |
the coal shed getting coal. Monday |
herself had committed the deed
Charles Asmun, q German iabOIer |
forty years old, was found dead OH |
Sunday, OH the railroad track near |
Marshaltown, Iowa. A whisky bottle |
was by his side and his head was bruis- |
ed. 1t is generally thought he either |
fell from or was struck by a train.
A secret agent Of the revenue depart |
ment of Mexico bought some unstamp- |
ed cigarettes Of poor tradesman at |
Jalisco. When the official attempted |
to seize the store, the people dOused |
him in the public fountain and then |
gave him coat of tar and feathers.
Now that both are dead, it is claimed !
at the postoflice department that Mail |
ing Clerk Davis, Of ST. Joseph, Nilsson |
ri, constructed the first mail-car in |
1862, and that Colonel George b. Arm
strong secured an appropriation and |
developed the system i'll all directions. |
Richard Short, who stabbed Captain |
Phelan in New York. was held in |
5000, at the Tombs police court. Phe- |
Ian asked for protection by the police,
as his left arm hung in sling, and |
then requested the privilege of carry
ing concealed weapons to defend HIM |
self from Short.
Twenty per cent. of the suspended |
c0ke-ovens connected with the Pitts
burg iron interests are to be fired up ut |
once, giving employment to thousands
of men who have been in idleness. 1t |
is said that all of the 10000 coke-ovens
of that district will be in full blast by
the 1st of March.
Russell b. Swift, of st. Louis, went
to the Office of the Chronicle and at
tackled the managing editor, W. II.
Little, for publishing an article re-
flecting upon his father. Swift struck
n