The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-04-16

II. "A. Fuilgrau, q member or the
board Of aldermen of Now York, has
been arrested for bribery in connection
with the Broadway railroad franchise.
The river at Chattanooga stood al
fifty-one feet Friday morning. Bust
ness was entirely suspended, and the
gas and water works were inundated.
Traffic has been resumed on all the
street-cars lines at Pittsburg except
the Oakland, were the men threaten to
stay out until the agreement is signed.
w. G. Mitchell, of Galesburg, South
Carolina, recently found on his land q
crude diamond which has been esti-
mated by the state geologist at $780,
600.
Nelson Dewey, ex-governor of Wis
consin, is at present at Cassville, and
Is perfectly sane, notwithstanding the
report that he is confined in the Men
dota asylum.
b. b. Crandall, real-estate agent of
Buffalo, committed suicide by leaping
into Niagara river above the falls. He
left letters announcing his intention to
end his days.
George Scoville, of Chicago, was
placed in jail because of his inability
to pay deputy sheriff $l5 alimony
claimed to be due his divorced wife, a
sister of Guiteau.
Laura May Porter, an abandoned
woman Of Memphis, yesterday killed
travelling salesman named AL Bennett,
with whom she was living, and then
fatally shot herself.
Four members of the Gladstone cab
met refuse to assent to any home rule
measure giving Ireland control of the
customs, and threaten to resign if such
= measure be insisted upon.
A justice ut Springfield, Missouri,
committed Cora Lee as participant
in the murder of Mrs. Graham, and al
so held Mrs. Emma Molloy in $4,000 as
an accessory after the fact.
Journeymen bakers of New York to
the number of twelve hundred have
determined to strike, on May /, for
twelve hours work five days a week
and fourteen hours on Saturday.
Samuel Archer, now under sentence
of death at Vincennes, Indiana, has
made full confession OF his part in
the murder of Bunch. He attributes
the downfall of the Archer family 10
his uncle, Martin.
e. z. Allis, of Milwaukee, informed
eight hundred employees of the ma
chine-shOps bearing his name that
work would be permanently stopped
should an attempt be made 10 enforce
the eight-hour rule.
In the debate in the house of repre-
sentatives on the labor arbitration bill,
Frank Lawler expressed the belief that
the hanging Of Jay Gould on a lamp
post in New York would be blessing
to the United States.
A jury at Galena awarded the Illi-
Nanfro1 Road I Of CfA naA
against the Burlington and Northern
Company for the right Of way for if
teen miles from the mouth of Galena
river TO East Dubuque.
Tie members OF the Iowa senate
presented gold watch and chain to
Lieutenant Governor Hull. Auditor
Brown has demanded that articles of
impeachment be presented against him,
which he desires to combat.
Nathaniel S. Ferguson, the wealth.
lest citizen Of Reatlng, Pennsylvania,
became insane because of the loss of
seven lives in one OF his furnaces.
Trustees have been appointed TO man
age property valued at 100000.
Robert Knox, who was colonel of q
regiment of Kentucky volunteers, died
Friday at Shelbyville, Illinois. DR.. A.
Is. Wright, for forty years prominent
practitioner at Oshkosh, expired from
u complication of diseases, leaving q
fortune.
Before daylight Saturday morning
flames broke out in the Planters house
st. Louis, causing wild panic. The
guests escaped unframed, but four SER
vant-girls were suffocated in the hall
ways. The pecuniary damage was
quite light.