The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-12-10
NEWS SUMMARY.

The Republicans of Boston have
nominated Thomas N. Hart for mayor.
DR.. Carl 4. Liebold, of New York,
was found dead in his room from q
stroke OF aporlexy.
A jury at Milwaukee convicted three
more Of the beer-garden rioters and
acquitted three others.
Erastus Brooks. once prominent
Journalist and politician in New York,
died Thursday, aged 20 years.
Judge Sloan, of Milwaukee, sus-
pended sentence on the beer-garden
rioters convicted last Saturday.
The Buffalo mine at NegaHnee,
Michigan, which was discovered last
June has been sold for $2OO,OOO.
The late Margaretta S. Lewis, of
Philadelphia, left over 500. 900 to reli-
gious and charitable institutions.
s. III. Ii. Clarke has been called to the
first vice presidency of the Missouri
paciticroad, in place OF the late III. M.
HoXie.
A vein of bituminous coal has been
struck at Omaha, near the Union
Pacific bridge, at depth of five hun
bred feet.
Senator Smith, of Indiana, has begun
an injunction proceeding in the circuit
court to test his claims TO the lieuten-
ant governorship.
Fifty-seyen head of fancy cattle lost
their lives by the burning of a barn on
the stock farm of j. w. Alling, near
Syracuse, New York.
Elsie Bethune, widow of Gen. Beth
une, late manager of Blind Tom, the
musical wonder, has been appointed a.
committee of Toms person and estate.
The Canadian Pacific company will
next week sign contract with the
Boston and Lowell road by which the
former secures winter terminus in
Boston.
A collision of trains near Green
wood. MISSOURI, caused the death of
Colonel Elijah A. Magoffin, postal
clerk, q nephew of the ex-governor of
Kentucky.
Big Thunder and six other leading
spirits OF the Crow nation were
drowned while attempting to cross the
Missouri river near Bismarck to fight
the Sioux.
Morton Frewen is at Ottawa en-
deavoring to secure grazing territory,
promising to take forty thousand head
of cattle into Canada from the Ameri-
can territories.
Bishop Whipple gave an elegant
gold medal TO Thomas Little, the st.
Paul engineer, whose heroism at the
East Rio disaster is believed to have
saved many lives.
Edward SandersOD, of Milwaukee.
has paid to Colonel j. III. Knight ST.
900 wagered OH 10000 plurality for
Governor Rusk, the official returns
showing but 1900.
There were PIG failures reported
during the past seven days throughout
the United States and Canada, against
PAP last week, and 23l the week pre-
vious to the last.
In settling damages for the wreck
as East Rio, Wisconsin. the st. Paul
officials have encountered q claim by
New York drummer for trunk and
tour quarts of whisky.
Outside of 100000 lefc to Catholic
institutions, the late Francis Palms,
of Detroit, bequeathed 1000, 900 to his
son and daughter, either to'inherit the
others share at death.
AS John Potter was operating hay
press at Anchor. Mclean county, ILL.,,
a mass of iron weighing 5000 pounds
fell upon him. beheading him and
otherwise mangling his body.
Henry George is making arrange
New York, in the interest of al who
work with hand or head. The first
number will be issued in January.
1t is asserted by the New York Herald
that two great combinations have been
formed to control the soft-cOal output
of the country and advance prices 60
cents per ton before the year ends.
At Corunna. Michigan. on Saturday
night, twelve masked men tarred and
feathered q man named Coleman for
intimacy with q married woman, and
ordered him to leave Immediately.
The Erie road reports gross earn
ings of SD 500 ,047 for the year, and
operating expenses of SCISSORS. At
ter the payment of fixed charges there
remains Sl4 40 for the stockholders.
James G. Miller, brother of the
general manager of the st. Paul road,
was killed at st. Paul while attempt
ing to board the fast mail train for
Minneapolis which was well under
way.
A verdict for $1,000 damages has
been secured against eX-Sheriff Rugee
and Deputy Greding, of Milwaukee,
by William Kuhl, whom they arrested
by mistake for the notorious Lon Will
Jams.
Lie SONtIuOI VI llllllOlS IldS lSSucu
an order complimeuting General Fitz-
Simons and his officers and men for
the prudence shown III their recent
active service at the Union stock
yards.
The strike of tanners and curriers' ut
Salem and Peabody, Massachusetts,, in
which five thousand men were invOlv-
ed, has been declared off for lack of
financial support by the Knights of
Labor.
For publishing lottery advertise
ments, a Cincinnati judge fined Murat
Halstead and john X. Mclean $50
each, suspending judgment SO long as
the offenders refrain from such publ
cations.
The st. Paul road has completed
about one hundred miles of track
southwark from Ottumwa, on its Kan
sas City extension. and has graded to
point twenty-five miles south of
Chillicothe.
George Slosson beat Jacob Schaefer
at st. Louis 500 to 467 in cushion
carom match for $1,000 side. Slos-
sons average was S-123; Schaefer's,
3 96-l23. The highest run made by
each WAS o6