The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-04-30

lives. dlttr Using TtltdSeu from cC0Ieu-
crate prisons.
In hardware store at Kansas City,
Hiram L. Smith killed George Warm
SlrOng with an AK. 1t is generally
thought that the murderer had lost his
menlal balance on account of the labor
troubles throughout the country. His
wife states that he recently tried to end
his days with razor.
More than half of the acreage of Da-
kota and Minnesota has already been
sown to spring wheat, and the favor
able weather enables many farmers in
Wisconsin, Iowa. and Nebraska to
seed their lands. There are indications
that winter wheat in Kansas will not
he much more than half crop.
Aid. w. L. Brown, of Cedar Rapids.
Iowa, while under the influence of
whisky THURSDAY night, attempted to
Ereaipg Gazette. Faulkes laid his as
sailant's head open with cane, and
was declared an easy winner. Brown
will be expelled from the council.
The AtchisOn road has raised the
price of first-class tickets from the
Missouri river to San Francisco 10 $50,
and to Los Angeles tn $40. The At
Gibson, in carrying freight to Califor-
mia. has TO pay to the Southern Pacific
full contract rates for the use of the
track from Mohay' 10 San Francisco.
1t appears that the territory at Fort
PIERRE from which the squatterS are to
be ev.cted is square mile which was
purchased for stock-yards by the
Northwestern Railway company, but
title can not yet be obtained. There
are about three hundred residents. oc-
cupying shanties worth possibly $25,
0C0.
d. w. Purdam, of Manchester, Ten
nessee, while lying in bed at midnight
Sunday, was suddenly confronted by
masked men, who opened fire with re-
vOlvers. He reused himself and shot
two or more of his assailants, one of
them fatally. The crime was due to
| his testimony against Illicit liquor
| sellers.
The retiring Chinese minister. ON
| taking official leave of President Cleve-
land. stated that his government most
earnestly reciprocated the unvarying
courtesy shown the legation. The presi-
! dent replied that the difficulties which
had arisen between the governments
| grew out of race jealousy and the rival
ries of labor.
A freight train on the Missouri Pa
citic road was wrecked Monday morn
ing on a curve just outside of Kansas
| City, on account Of the removal of
spikes from the rails. The engineer
was seriously injured, and the fireman
and brakeman were killed. Vice.
President IIoXie has offered Il reward
of 81, 500 for the arrest of the wreckers.
Grant county, Wisconsin, is said to
be in state of lawlessness caused by
the depredatiOns of gang of tramps
who have stolen horses and live stock,
plundered outlying property, and
levied blackmail on women and chill
dren. A posse of men armed with
Shotguns and headed by an officer are
now on their track.
Mrs. GOrham. of Rockford. Illinois,
accepted $3.50 from some strangers for
the original GOrham harvester, which
had been slowed away as rubbish.
When she learned that it was wanted
as evidence in suit for 81 .000. 900 for
infringement of patent, she refused to
surrender it. whereupOn the sheriff
took it on writ of replevin.
Henry M. Smith, formerly deputy
treasurer and deputy sheriff of st.
Clair county, Michigan, became grossly
intoxicated at Port Huron on Friday
rain, he attempted to break into the
residence of merchant named G.. G.
Nickel, who shot him through the
heart, believing him to be a burglar.
The Wabash road was on Monday
offered at auction in st. Louis by fed
eral commissioner. A committee APP
pointed by the holders of stock and
bonds made the only bid, S625, 900, at
which price the property was knocked
down. The lease of the st. Joseph and
st. Louis branch went at 81 to w. +.
Nesbitt, president of the company.
The great lawsuit of the Maravillas
Mining Company of Pachuca, Mexico,
in defense of its property against An
dres Tello has been decided by the SUI
preme court in favor of the mining
company after protracted litigation,
which cost $500.OO0. This is one of the
greatest mining cases for century,
and involved property of an enormous
value.
G. f. McChesney, Indian agent at
Cheyenne river, has served upon all the
residents of Fort Pierre, Dakota, no.
tice to close at once their trading estab-
lishmentS, on the Sioux reservation
and depart within thirty days. The
village has eight hundred inhabitants,
and the enforcement of the order will
entail q loss of $500,0O0. The square
mile on which the squatters live was
once sold by the Sioux chiefs to the
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
company, but congress failed to ratify
the sale.
The total value of merchandise eX-
ported from the United States during
the month of March, 1885. was S53 &c.,
3O8. and of imports $60,037 ,627. In
March. 1855, exports were valued at
SOL 1896, 266; imports, $50, 97G,345. The
total value of exports for the twelve
months ended March 81 vas $685.. $685.
92O, and of imports. $6l4.77S .67,l--ex-
cess of exports over imports, sol 49,
$50, against $147 1858 excess of ex-
ports over imports for the twelve
months ended March 81, 1885.
General Master Workman Powderly
denies the truth of the report that he
will accept ifnominated for the govern
ship of Pennsylvania on the labor ticket
this fall. Il have been urged" he con-
tinued, ito become u candidate for con-
gressman-at-large, on the ground that
If were elected l might have some in
fluence in originating and perfecting
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