The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-08-20

DR.. j. w. Young, of Fort WAYNE,
who has attempted to break up the
| proposed tri-state reunion of soldiers
by scattering handbills, i'm violation of
an injunction, was fined $25 and sem
fenced to ten days in Jail for con-
tempt of court.
President Cleveland has suspended
j. &. Connolly, district attorney for
southern Illinois. and appointed q.
Van HoOrebeke to the position. Daniel
Haggerty, OF Baltimore, has been APP
pointed assistant superintendent of the
railway mail service.
The storm of Sunday night evidently
caused considerable damage through
out the northwest. The Presbyterian
church at Larimore, Dakota, was
blown down. Corn was injured by
hail in the region between Chicago
and the Mississippi river
The Central Labor union. of New
York, elected j. p. Archibald as mar
shall for the grand procession in Sep
TENDER. The printers Sunday re-
fused to abide by the choice. and
threaten to parade independently with
twenty thousand sympathizers.
The whisky interest of the west has
practically compile ed its scheme for a
leasing and purchasing company, as
but one Of the forty-six running distil-
leries stands out. An assessment of 6
cents per bushel was made to pay the
fOrty-tive closed houses for August.
Absolute restitution is said to pre-
vail in ten counties of Texas on ac-
count of the drought. The commits
siOners of Shackleford county are en-
plOying farmers on the public roads,
and fund of $1,000 IS being raised to
lend without interest for the purchase
of seed.
Crop reports show that corn is GER
tain to be largely reduced in quality
by the drought. The yield Of hay was
fair, and it was secured in the best
possible condition. The crop of oats
Is generally good. Winter wheat is
excellent in quality, and will doubtless
find an earlier market than usual.
The operatives in the large clothing
manufactures in Boston are preparing
to oppose the introduction of new
basting machine. There are 1900 girls
employed as basters in Boston, and it is
said each machine will throw fifteen
girls out of work. The matter is in
the hands of the Knights of Labor.
The boycott against the bakery of
Mrs. Esther Gray of New York has
operated so much in her favor that she
is about to open a branch farther up
town. Mrs. Landgraff, who was boy
cOtted by the bakers association about
the same time, is now poor and desti-
tute, her business having been ruined.
S. j. Randall is at Harrisburg, active
ly engaged in an effort to prevent the
nomination of ex-senator Wallace for
governor of Pennsylvania. Lieutenant
Governor Black. has been requested to
appear and participate in the struggle.
Congressman William l.. Scott favOrs
the nomination Of Colonel Mccormick,
the iron millionaire Of Harrisburg.
An attorney of Atchison, named
Tufts, secured the punishment of q
saloon-keeper and obtained injunctions
against a brewer and bother. AT l
O'clock Sunday morning Tufts home
was nearly wrecked by an explosion of
gunpowder. The neighbors saw two
men running from the scene at the
critical moment. Governor Martin
will offer reward Of $500 for the ar
rest Of the perpetrators.
The heirs of Charles Durkee, late of
KenOsha, Wisconsin, once governor of
Utah, have filed at Milwaukee bill to
set aside his will. which covered prop
erty valued at $4,000. This amount
in notes and bonds was left to two exc
CutOIS III lIuoI, undllly lol InC CuuCt-
tion of young people of both sexes. 1t
is alleged that the executors compelled
the widow to sell them her claim for
$4,000.
The New York cigar manufacturers
resolved Saturday to open their shops
to all applicants for work irrespective
of union affiliations. This is victory
for the International and Progressive
cigar-makers over the Knights of La
Dor. The concession of the manu-
facturers is the result of an ultimatum
from the workmen declaring that un-
less the shops were opened to them be-
fore Monday they would increase the
rate Of wages by ST thousand.
A democratic mass convention at
Kendallville, Indiana, placed Henry G.
Stanley in the field against the regular
nominee, Judge Lowry. The demo-
Gratis of the Seventeenth Ohio district
nominated David G. Keenan,, and in
the Sixth Ohio district selected Will
liam d. Hill. George w. Dargan was
renominated by the democrats of the
Sixth South Carolina district. Byron
M. Cutcheon has been nominated for
congress by the republicans of the
Ninth Michigan district.
A Boston dispatch says. 1t is al
lCBOu UlluO w OI.,
of the Indian Orchard and Atlantic
Cotton Mills, is q defaulter. Those
who are in a position to know the ma
ture and extent Of the Irregularities
refuse to give any facts in regard to
the case. 1t is claimed that the defal-
cation will amount to over $500, 900.
Mr.. Gray was elected treasurer of the
companies about five years ago, and
the utmost confidence was placed in
him. He has been prominent for years
in social and business circles, and was
one of the syndicate that bought the
Puritan. He is 45 years old, and lives
in Dorchester. 1t is reported that he
has run away, but his friends say he is
on cruise in the yacht Huron, which
he owns.
A Detroit dispatch says: A very
cute smuggling scheme has just been
unearthed here and will receive the
immediate attention Of the Canadian
customs officials on the other side of
the river, and may result in the arrest
of several prominent merchants. For
some time it has been apparent that
barbed wire for fencing was being
successfully Struggled into her Ma
jesty's dominions, but careful watch
I'll. L.