The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-09-17
GENERAL NEWS,

The republicans of New Hampshire
nominated Charles III. Sawyer for gov
ernor.
The republicans of Connecticut have
nominated Phineas G.. Lounsberry for
governor.
Gen. Sherman is tired of st. Louis
as place of residence and moved to
New York.
The gas company at FIndlay, Ohio,
struck new gas well, with capacity
of 10000, 600 feet per day.
New corn of good quality is being
brought into Des MONIES in wagon
lots, and sells at 25 cents per bushel.
1t is estimated that the corn yield of
Indiana will be 10000, 900 bushels, or
100000 more than last year.
A. G. Sedgwick, the special envoy in
the Cutting case, has commenced in
vestigations at Paso del Norte.
William A. Foote, one of the most
prominent Masons in Indiana, died
Friday at South Bend, Of typhoid
fever.
Colonel Baker, of Belleville, Illinois,
has been nominated by the republicans
for congress, in opposition to Colonel
Morrison.
The recorder of Montreal has decid-
ed that members of the Salvation
army have right to parade the streets
and sing.
Farmers in the southwest part of
Champaign county Illinois, have with
in few days lost $12, 900 worth Of hogs
by cholera.
Edwin Booth recently sent his check
for 81 900 to an old friend in Charles
ton whose house was destroyed by the
earthquake.
The Associated Press distributed
$500 at Charleston among those re-
porters who furnished the details of
the earthquake.
The National cotton-exchange re-
ports the crop of the year at $3.50, 900
bales, Of which amount 1886, 900 bales
were exported.
According to the September report
of the Department of Agriculture, the
wheat yield is over $4,000, 900 bushels
greater than last year.
The executors of the estate of G. 9.
Washburn report to the probate court
at La Crosse that the profits of the
past year were $240,000.
L. G.. Kline will resign the chair
manship of the democratic state COM
mittee of Iowa because of his nominal
ton for judge at Dysart.
Dewdrop, the famous $29, 800 Dwyer
filly, died in the Dwyer stables at
Sheepshead Bay. She died, it is sup
posed, from internal injuries.
A committee of the common coun-
Gil of Philadelphia has reported in
favor of the Impeachment of Mayor
Smith for malfeasance in office.
General w. Il. Sherman has taken
rooms for himself and family at the
Fifth Avenue hotel, New York. lie
intends to reside permanently in that
city.
A revival at Maryville, Missouri,
which added one hundred members to
the Methodist church, is mainly cred
tied to Edwin NJ. Forrest, reformed
gambler.
AT the request of nearly fifteen hun
dred republicans of the Erie district of
Pennsylvania, w. l.. Scott has accept
ed denomination to congress by the
democrats.
1t is stated that the Erie road has
this summer made net gain of nearly
so per cent in earnings, owing to the
settlement of the difficulty with ship
pers Of cotton goods.
A strike in one mill at Amsterdam,
New York, caused all the members of
the Knit-Goods association to close
their factories, throwing two thousand
men out of employment.
The unpleasant experience Of an Illi-
nois farmer in Oregon has caused
colony Of one hundred of his farmer
neighbors at Walnut Hill to abandon
their plan for emigration.
A party of st. Paul surveyors arc