The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-12-03

william Reed, treasurer Of the South
Boston horse railway, has been arrest
ed for The over-issue of 100000 in
stock and the embezzlement of an
equal sum In cash.
Mrs. Claude Grimes. of Pittslield
Illinois, is likely to lose her reason from
having accidentally dropped her infant
clild into n deep well, where she had
gone for drink.
An agreement for the use of the
pennsylvania railroad facilities in
Philadelphia and Baltimore by the
Baltimore and Ohio company is to be
signed within ten days. s'h..-...-. W.
So rapidly have rans-continental
freight routes increased of late that
less than 10 per cent of the traffic west
ward from the Atlantic seaboard now
inds llsway through Chicago.
David Fender of Clinch county.
Georgia. who recently died at the age
Of 100, made his coffin of pitch pine be-
fore the outbreak OF the rebellion and
preserved it until his death.
Twenty-one head of cattle among
the herds on the Blue river in Nebraska
have lately died from what is believed
to be rabies, as q mad dog was known
to be in the pasturage last summer.
At Chenoa, Illinois, early Tuesday
morning, during dense fog, two Alton
freight trains were telescoped. A con.
ductor and brakeman were fatally in.
jured, and twenty cars were wrecked.
1t is generally thought, in railway
circles, that A. A. Talmage, general
manager of the Wabash road. will be
called to the management of the Gould
system in place of the late II. M
HOxie.
Ex-Governor Palmer will represent
Illinois in the permanent organization
for the promotion OF q national cele-
bratiOn of the centennial anniversary
of the Constitution of the United
States.
A black bear weighing over three
hundred pounds was killed, last week
in the woods near Eau Claire, Wisc0n.
sin, by lad Of IL years, named Willie
Smith. The carcass was shipped to
Chicago.
The Wisconsin Supreme court at
Judge A. Scott Sloan, who went out of
his circuit into Milwaukee to try sew
eral riot cases in which convictions
were secured. Ef
The schOoners Menekaunee and
Marinette, in tow of the steam-barge
Manistique, were wrecked off Frank.
fort, Michigan. The loss of life is es.
timated at seventeen. The barge has
not been heard from.
The supreme court of Illinois, in re.
versing verdict OF So, 900 against the
Chicago and Alton road and in favor
OF Nathaniel j. Pillsbury, hands down
q decision of vast importance to the
railway interest of the country.
George L. Mcneil, chairman Of an
assembly of Knights of Labor in Bos-
ton, offers to run for mayor on
pledge of seven thousand votes. Henry
George will canvass the city when the
signatures shall have been obtained.
Taylor's WOODEN mills, at West New
burg, n. Y, were burned Monday
night. Loss, $125,000 to $150,OO0.
About one hundred and fifty employees
are thrown out. The fire is said TO have
been due to spontaneous combustion.
Frank Stible, an applicant for post
master at Sandusky, Ohio, has sued
1000 damages. The opposition has
been assailing Mr.. Stible's character
in the hope of defeating his ambition.
The directors of the Atchison, To-
peka and Santa Fe road are carefully
considering the scheme of extending
northward to Chicago. The surveyed
routes range from 430 to 460 miles.
The bonds to be issued will run City
years at per cent.
Justice Scott. of the Illinois supreme
court, has been asked by Leonard
SWEET and Captain Black to grant a
supersedeas in the case of the Chicago
anarchists. Counsel seem confident of
securing the writ, which would defer
the execution until April.