The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-12-17

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imprisoned in that city Monday for
embezzling the funds of the concern.
The proprietors OF eight hotels or
restaurants in Hartford. Conn.,, were
arrested for using Oleomargarne on
their tables without displaying the
placard required by the law Of Con-
necticut.
Denial is made of the story That
Canada has sent an agent to Washing
ton to assist i'll negotiating fisheries
treaty. The Dominion, it is sta ed, is
well pleased with the present condition
of affairs.
A herd of possibly two hundred head
OF buffalo is in the Bad Lands OF Da-
kota, near the head waters of Beaver
and Glendive creeks. 1t is thought
that Indians drove them down from
British soil.
Judge Sage, in the United States
| Circuit Court, at Columbus, Ohio.
Tuesday, dismissed without prejudice
and without record, the case OF the
United States against the Bell Tele-
phone Company. F
John G. Mann, of Minneapolis, h as
commenced, in a Chicago restaurant,
the task OF eating thirty quail in thirty
consecutive days, the wager being ST.
OOO. Only three successes in this liue
adorn the records.
| A courier has been sent out from
Fort Keogh to bring in party OF hunt
ers from the Smithsonian institute at
! Washington engaged in securing speci-
mems Of buffalo. They have killed
twenty-five head.
In view Of the probable speedy re-
tirement of Judge Treat from the
federal bench at Springfield, Illinois,
pressure in favor of ambitious jurists
is already being brought to bear on
President Cleveland.
There were shipped from Muske-
gon. Michigan, during the year end
ing Nov. 80. 42l ,599. 900 feet of lumber
l6.94O, 900 lath, and 22.890, 125 shingles,
besides large quantities of pickets,
cedar posts, and slabs.
A dispatch from an Arizona town
states that Governor Torres, Of Sonora,
has thrown into prison the editors OF
Mexican journals published at Quay
mas and 1lermosillo for opposition to
the state government.
Cases involving the constitutiOnality
Of the Dow liquOr-tax law, and brought
from Cleveland. Cincinnati. and Troy,
o., were argued in the Ohio Supreme
court last week. "A decision is expect
ed in about two weeks.
George w. Tyler, who was leading
counsel for Sarah Althea Hill in the
Sharon divorce case. was disbarred for
two years by the California Supreme
court, for converting to his own use
the money of n client.
Influential citizens of northern
Louisiana have formed an ASSOCIATION
to put an end to the intermarrying of
whites and blacks. In most parishes
committees have been appointed to
serve notice to offenders.
An unusually severe wind and snow
storm prevailed Tuesday on the Allan
tic coast, causing numerous wrecks.
Railway travel in New Jersey, New
York, and some New England states is
seriously impeded by snow.
The United States Supreme Court
Monday affirmed the decision of the
lower court, i'll the case of Ker: the de-
faulting cashier Of Preston, Kean u
Co., of Chicago, now serving a sem
tence OF ten years at Joliet.
Jim Cummings" supposed to be
to a st. Louis paper that he will return
So, 200 of the stolen money ii the
detectives will let him go in peace, as
he is tired of being pursued.
1t is rumored that within ninety days
G. Z. Huntington will acquire entrance
to Chicago for the Chesapeake and
Ohio road by purchasing control OF the
Louisville. New Albany and Chicago
or concluding traffic agreement.
julius StrOh, u leading brewer Of
Detroit, has been indicted for violat-
ing the internal revenue laws. AS the
family is engaged in litigation. the ac-
cused claims that the grand jury has
been used for the purpose of black
mail.
So strong is the prohibition senti-
ment in Mobile that the saloon-keepers
have asked the Alabama legislature to
pass a law for license of 81 900. Rev.
Dr.. Hawthorne, of Atlanta, is going
to Mobile to open the temperance cam
paign.
L. Price Greenleaf, miser. of Bos-
ton. who died Saturday. bequeathed
$500, 600 to Harvard University. Green
leaf requested that his photograph,
taken at his death-bed, be copied in
oil. and hung upon the walls of the
college.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rice. the latter sister
of Levi Wilson, have made affidavit
that the latter is not Moen's son. Will
oOh hetA PiONiOuoiy thtCoeOhOu
with vengeance unless they signed
paper to the effect that Moen was his
father.
Marcus Mayer, one of the agents for
Adelina Patti, is hurrying from Chica-
go to the City Of Mexico OH n telegram
from the chief of police at that place,
in the hope of capturing the fellow who
swindled the people out of $4,000 by
bogus tickets.
Thomas Morrison went to the town
ship school at Henderson, Mich,
Tuesday morning, intent upon ASSAULT
ing Fred Joslyn, the teacher, Tor
severely furnishing Morrison's son.
The teacher drew n revolver and shot
Morrison dead.
At meeting of the New York mum
icipal council OF the Irish National
League Tuesday night two of the
speakers denounced the procedure Of
the present board OF the league in Ire
land as worse slavery of the people
than English rule