The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-08-27

AT soldiers reunion at Fort wayne,
attendedfby thirty thousand persons, a
sham battle with artillery resulted in
the loss of hand by one participant
and OF athumb by another.
A Chicago hotel has presented bill
for So ,6S2 for boarding the jurors and
bailiffs engaged in the anarchist trial.
George &. Ingham desires $500 for
his services as attorney in the case.
The federal court of Indianapolis
has confirmed the claim of Mary Strack
to two hundred acres of land near
Fort Wayne, granted by the govern
ment to the chief of the Miami In
dams.
Grading,commenced Monday ON sew
enteen miles of track, from GAINESVILLE
to Evansville, Wisconsin, by which the
Chicago and Northwestern will gain
fourteen miles between Chicago and
st. Paul.
A dispatch from Racine announces a
compromise in the protracted litiga-
ton between j. l. Case and the Fish
brothers, involving $500,000. 1t IS
thought the heaviest creditors will bid
in the carriage-wOrks and resume bust
ness.
The prohiBitionists of Georgia took
the lead in holding conference at At
lanta with their opponents, about forty
prominent men being present. 1t is
said that the provision for wholesale
and quart license will be presented TO
| the legislature as compromise.
The city. council of Galveston has
| the sufferers by the storm. and citizens
have subscribed SIS, 900. 1t is said that
only three houses in Indianola escaped
destruction, and nearly all the cattle
and sheep on the island were drowned.
The Quakers of Indiana have en-
deavored to secure a Communication
of sentence for N. S. Bates, the Rich
EOnd murderer. The condemned man
has just given to the press confession
that he followed his wife from Council
Bluffs to kill her because she refused
to live with him.
John Fitzgerald, president of the
Irish National league, on reaching his
home at Lincoln, Nebraska, was salut-
ed by all of the steam whistles and
bells in the city and cheered by five
thousand citizens. At the opera-house
he was congratulated by Governor
Dawes and others.
The democratic state central COM
mittee of Indiana has decided that the
nominations of Bynum and Bailey for
congress from the seventh district were
not made by a majority of the legal
delegates, and that no nominee is be-
fore the people. A new convention
will be called this week.
Owing to the delicate health of Car
dinal Gibbons it is believed that he
will be obliged to select q coadjutor to
relieve him of some of the burdens of
his office. and it is said that the man
he will choose will be the Rev. DR..
Foley of Baltimore, brother Of the
late Bishop Foley of Chicago.
General Mandlen, of Newport, who
leaped from the steamer Umbria with
his grandchlld in his arms, left $780,
900 to his only son, $3.50, 600 to a grand
son, and like sum to two grand
daughters. The late r. w. Ulricl. the
st. Louis distiller, bequeathed $4,000
to his relatives and those of his de-
ceased wife.
The consolidated reports from all
the counties in Illinois to the State
Board of Agriculture, showing the
condition of the corn crop Aug. /, in
dictate that but two counties promise
yield of 100 per cent on an average,
which is thirty-three and one-third
bushels per acre. These counties are
Piatt and Edgar.
The surplus reserve of the banks of
New York is now Sc, 1855 The
week were $40, 7S4 ,5S4 gain of S6,000,-
900 over last year. Nearly S5,OOO,O 900
in gold is on the way to New York
from Europe. a Washington dispatch
states that $15,000,000 in per cent
bonds will be called September /.
About one hundred anarchists of
Cleveland held a meeting on Monday
night to express Indignation at the re-
suit Of the prolonged trial in Chicago.
They appointed a committee to de-
mand the use of the public square for
q gathering. and were told by Mayor
Gardner that he would prevent their
assembling if within his power.
Gov. Gray Of Indiana has issued a
proclamation offering reward of ST.
600 for the apprehension and convic-
ton of any person engaged in any of
the recent lynchings in that state, the
money TO be paid to the person secur-
ing the first conviction. The proclama-
ton appeals to the officers Of the law
to exert themselves in unfolding the
law.
To settle wager of $4,000, William
j. Kendall, of Boston, swan the whirl-
pool rapids of Niagara, Sunday, pro-
teCIeu Only Nv IL COTK NeSU. I1o IT,
ceived 81 900 for the feat, and declares
that he would not again make the at
tempt for all the money in the world.
His assistants were half an hour in re-
viving him. He went from the rail-
road bridge to the whirlpool i'll three
minutes.
Representatives Of twenty-five oleo-
margarine factories are holding con-
ference i'll Chicago. They favor any
scheme which will prevent grocers
from selling compounded stuff as but
ter, but regard the national law as
most unjust. Collector Stone of Chi
cage and Mr.. Bates Of the internal
revenue bureau have completed the
work of preparing regulations for car
rying the oleomargarine bill into eff
feet. The regulations will be publish
ed in few days.
A prominent physician Of Washing
ton who was called in consultation in
Secretary Manning's case says that Mr..
Manning was stricken with paralysis,
and that he will never be able again to
endure any excitement or hard work.
why" said this physician, "a week
in the treasury department as its chief