The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-12-17

r.aiIy SATURDAY morning MASKED our
glars entered the house OF Il. Nj.
lIulce, near Neenah, VS.. chloroform-
ell the owner, anu took $50. Mr.. Hulce
revived in time to have struggle
with the thieves. They subsequently
fired the building, and 1T was burned
to the ground, Mr.. Hulce escaping to
q snow-bank.
The wine product of California for
1856 is of such excellence, both as re-
CARDS quality and quantity, that the
years vintage, estimated at 19,500.OOO
gallons. will be accounted n famous
one. One-fourth of the product will be
turned into brandy, and, owing TO low
prices. the output OF sweet wines will
be restricted.
Grand Rapids and Cincinnati route,
robbing the mails. AS $50 in marked
bills was found in his possession, he
confessed having stolen 81 .2J0. He is
veteran soldier of so years, and has a
wife. and three children at Silver
Creek, Indiana. "M
Near, Minneapolis Tuesday a large
eagle, measuring nearly ten feet from
tip TO tip. attacked two surveyors,
Professor w. +. Carr and Samuel
Chute, severely wounding the former,
and making a desperate effort to bear
him away. Timely aid arrived, and
the bird was captured. His talons are
over four inches in length.
In the United States Cir0lit Court
Tuesday, in The matter of the Wabash
receivership, Judge Gresham rendered
what is probably the most impor ant
opinion ever delivered in this country.
The Court Withdrew the lines east of
the Mississippi from the jurisdiction
of the Missouri Court and elected to
appoint its own receiver at an early
date to look after the interests OF
stockholders.
District Assembly No. AZ of Cleve-
land has passed resolutions deplOring
the great loss of lives on the lakes,
claiming that the disasters are mainly
the incompetency of the crews, and
urging Congressman Foran to do his
utmost 10 get the bill passed that he
introduced last winter to regulate lake
and marine shipping and stop this
wholesale murder.
Ten propellers, ain-laden, left De-
troit Monday morning in procession,
preceded by three ferryboats, Entrusted
with the duty of crushing the ice in
the path of the fleet. The boats, the
rigging and bulwarks Of which were
encrushed with ice, glittered and
sparkled in the bright Sunlight, pre-
senting the most beautiful scene ever
witnessed on the Detroit River. The
vessels and cargOes, valued at $1,000
600, passed Amherstburg in safety in
the evening.
The Glass-BlOwers' assemblies of
Clayton, Millvllle, Salem, Woodbury.,
Wllliamstown, and Glassboro, Pa,
have refused to strike, as ordered by
the executive board of district 149,
Knights of Labor, and have sent their
charters to General Secretary Litch-
man. 1t is said that they will form q
new association and refuse to allGw
agreement of October, under which
they are now working. The district
assembly threatens to blacklist the
500 OF 600 members Of these local as
semblieS.
The following crop summary has
been compiled by the Farmers Revse,o:
The reports from the winter wheat
growing sections of Ohio, Michigan,
Indiana. Illinois, Missouri. and Kan
sas continue to he generally favorable
for the fall-sown grain. Three coun-
ties in Kansas report the plant as look
ing poorly, and in st. Joseph county,
Michigan, the presence of the fly is
noted, with the statement that many
of the fields are looking poorly. From
Illinois and Indiana, and especially
from Missouri, the reports thus far
are of very fiattering character. The
movement of corn is reported to be
very slow in the northwest. This is
especially true in Iowa, Nebraska, and
Wisconsin, with only moderate
movement in Minnesota and Dakota.
In McIIenry, Mercer, and Monroe
counties of Illinois it is reported that
there is no corn to ship. A similar re-
port is made as to Decatur, Jefferson,
KeOkuk, and Kossuth counties in
Iowa, and in some instances corn is
being imported. The movement is re.
ported as only moderate in Indiana,
Ohio, and Michigan. The current of
all the reports from Illinois, Kansas,
Missouri, Iowa, and Wisconsin is that
The stocks of corn are unusually LIGHT