The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-04-12


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GOVERNOR FFER, of Illinois, issued a
proclamation on the Sth designating April
80 as day of thanksgiving and patriotic in
struction in honor of the one hundredth an
niversary of the Inauguration of George
Washington as the first President of the
United States.
BY direction of the President the Secre-
tary of War on the Sth ordered that the new
military post near Denver shall be known
as Fort Logan, to honor the memory OF the
late General John A. Logan.
JACOB SANDT, Eminent Commander of the
Hugh de Payen Commandery, Knights Tenn
plar, committed suicide at Easton, Pa, on
the Sth, on account of poor health.
WILLIAM SIMPSON, the colored man who
murdered wealthy planter named Kelly
near Atlanta, Ga, in 1856, was arrested on
the scene of the murder for two years under
an assumed name
THE State of Wisconsin was on the Sth by
direction of President Harrison transferred
from the Military Department OF the East
to the Department of Dakota.
ADvICEs OF the Sth from Stanton, Va,
report the scvercst snow-storm known
there in thirty years.
In Salt Lake City on the Sth George O.
Cannon announced that the total Mormon
population was 1891.
The opera-house and five business build
1ngs at Princeton, KY, were burned on
the 8th.
The business part of the village of Client,
N. Y, was burned on the Sth.
On wager of forty dollars William Glass,
of Verndale, Mimi. dcvourcd five dozen
boiled eggs on the Sth in eight minutes
The cornerstone of the new Masonic
temple at Denver, Col, was laid with i'm
pressive ceremonies on the Sth
AT Port Jefferson, l.. J., on the 9th Lewis
Conklin (colored), aged forty-five years,
was murdered by his wife during quarrel
FIRE destroyed Arkwright's cotton fac
tory at Savannah Ga, on the 9th. Loss,
100000
The extensive freight houses of the Bos-
ton & Lowell division of the Boston & Maine
road ut Boston were burned on the 9th with
forty loaded freight cars, large quantities
of flour and grain and other merchandise.
Loss, $500,0O0.
FIRE-BUGs at Columbus, Ind, on the 9th
destroyed seven barns and stables with
their contents.
AFTER shut down of weeks duration,
the Monongahela river coal works near
Pittsburgh, Pa, resumed work on the 9th,
giving employment to six thousand men.
MEMORIAL exercises in honor of tho late
General P. H. Sheridan were held by the
New York Legislature on the 9th at Albany.
A LOSS OF 800, 900 was caused ut Louis
vile, KY, on the 9th by the destruction of
the Louisville Bridge & Iron Company's
shops
r. f. ScHoR, book-keeper of the First Ma
tional Bank of Evansville, Ind committed
suicide on the 9th by hanging. Unsuccess-
full speculation was said to have been the
cause.
MISS MAGGIE MAY, a prominent society
lady of Cannellton, Ind. was found dead in
bed on the 9th.
CAPTAIN COUCH the Oklahoma leader,
stated at Winfield, Kan, on the 9th that
about everybody without authority to re-
main had been driven out by the troops.
Two MEN employed in calking a vat at
the mineral bath-house at Port Huron,
Mich, were overcome by gas on the 9th and
killed.
ADvIcEs of the 9th say that the recent
storm which ragged in Baltimore swept over
the lower Chesapeake bay, causing great
disaster to shipping Over dozen seamen
lost their lives and thirty OF forty vessels
were wrecked
Two STRANGERS visited Daniel Kcller's
residence near Shamokin, Pa, on the 9th,
and robbed him OF 81, 100
THE report on the 9th Of the State Board
of Agriculture Of Massachusetts, noted the
great growth of the butter business in the
State, and spoke particularly of the devel-
opment of the cooperative system, twenty
six such institutions having made during
the year two million pounds.
The infant daughter of George w. Sheck-
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clothes on fire on the 9th and was burned
to death. Her mother was fatally burned
while trying to extnguish the flames.
THOMAS ANGUS, seventy years old, q shoe
maker of Norwalk, o., was convicted on
the 9th of hiring boys to commit burglaries.
Several other indictments were hanging
over him.
CONSTABLE ALBERT REIMER, who was
taken to Jail in Chicago on the 9th on a
charge of embezzlement, was found dead
in his cell an hour after his incarceration.
He poisoned himself
THREE masked men on the 9th entered the
house of Lewis Patterson, wealthy farmer
living near Centerville, Pa, and demanded
his gold. On being told that he had none
they tortured him by holding his feet and
his face to the stove, and after securing S43
and gold watch they left.
TREASURER GEORGE i, KREwoLF, of Hoyt
& Thomas, partners in various plays, disap-
peared from Boston on the 9th, leaving a
shortage OF 5000.
THE Missouri River, North Platte & Dem
yer Railroad Company was incorporated at
Lincoln, Neb., on the 9th. Buffalo Bill"
was one Of the incorporators.
ST.. PETERS Catholic Church at Mansfield,
O., was destroyed by fire OH the 9th Loss,
100000.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
ROBERT 7. LINCOLN, Minister to England,
called on Secretary Blaine in Washington
on the 4th and received his commission
Later he called on the President and for
mally accepted the office.
The official figures given on the 4th of the
recent election in Rhode Island were as fol-
lows: Davis (Dem.) for Governor, 81 $50:
Ladd (Rep), 1859; Chace 1nd), 3.435;
Richardson pro- }, 1911. Davis lacks 54S Of
an election, but has plurality of 1893 The
Legislature, which is Republican, will name
the Governor.
BRIDGET DooDY, of Mineral Point, Wis,
celebrated her one hundred and seven
teenth birthday on the 4th. She was born
in Knockmahon. Ireland, in 1772, and was
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