The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-05-03

founder of the kindergarten system
Frederick w. A. Froebel
MRS. HENRY BENNEHoFF, seventy five
years old, was assaulted by tramp on the
18th near Tiffin, O., and SO badly injured
that she died In q short time
The old Carroll homestead NJ Knoxville,
Md, was burned on the 18th. The tract
upon which the old mansioh house stood
was taken up In 1727 by the father of
Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, and en-
braced fifteen thousand acres.
FIVE Mormon missionaries were whipped,
tarred and feathered and driven out of Dale
County, Ala, on the 10th.
DURING the seven days ended ON the 10th
there were 211 business failures In the
United States, against ESQ the previous seven
. DAYS
A NEW commandery of the Union Vet
Grams Union at Washington was on the 10th
named for Philip H. Sheridan.
AFTER an absence of six months on tour
around the world A. g. Spalding and his
band Of baseball players arrived in Chica-
go on the 10th and were given q hearty
welcome.
The entire plant of the Canastota glass
works at Bowling Green, O., was destroyed
by fire on the 10Th.
The Calendar Insulating & Waterproofing
Company Of New York failed on the 10th for
$4OO, 600
In Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 10Th it was SO
warm that two men were overcome by the
heat and would probably die
MALACHI ALLEN, a one-armed negro and
James Mills, half Indian and half negro,
were hanged on the 10th at Fort Smith,
Ark, for murder.
SYLVESTER GRUBB was hanged on the 18th
at vincennes. Ind, for the murder OF his
sweetheart, Gertrude Downey. at Prince
ton, Ind, September Is. 1883
A FIRE on the 10Th among elevators and
warehouses In New York City did damage
to the extent Of SO, 100000 The east bank
Of the North river was swept clear from
Fifty ninth to Sixty-fifth street. Five men
probably lost their lives in the flames, and
several others were injured
CHARLES BARKER, of Boston, checker
champion of the world, and James Reed, of
Pittsburgh, Pa. agreed on the 10Th to play
q series of fifty games at Chicago, COM
mencing June 3, for the championship and
$3.50 O side
A DYNAMITE cartridge was exploded
under frame building at Middletown, o.,
on tho 10Th by some one unknown, demol-
ishing half the building and breaking AZ
the windows in the United States Hotel
ONE hundred and fourteen years ago the
battle of Lexington was fought and at
Lexington and Boston on the 10Th anniver.
sary exercises were held
A CYCLONE struck the town of Hinckley,
ILL.,, on the 10Th, blowing path one hun
dred feet wide through the village, unroof-
ing or blowing down every building in its
course. No one was killed
A HEAVY snow-storm prevailed through
out Southern Colorado on the 10TH
AT Huron, d. t., John Flaherty, aged
to life imprisonment for the murder of Hat
tie Wilson
A PASSENGER train on the Short Line was
run into by freight train on the 10Th near
Glencoe, Ky, and eight persons were in
jured
IT was reported at ST. Paul on the 10th
that thirteen warrants bad been issued for
the arrest of members OF the State Legisla-
ture and others on charges of bribery and
corruption.
THE exchanges at twenty-s1x leading
clearing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the Goth aggregated
81 ,00S 7S6,27S, against 81 ,0S3, 120,475 the
previous week. AS compared with the cor
responding week of 1883 the increase
amounted to So
ISAAC RICH & Co., fish dealers CT Boston,
failed on the Goth for $3.50 000.
a well-digger, in fit of jealousy shot and
killed his wife and then took his own life
In an eighteen-hour bicycle contest which
closed in Chicago on the Goth Miss Cakes
was winner, she travelling 255 miles. Miss
Woods made 246, Miss Baldwin 24l, Miss
Brown 225 and Miss Lewis PA miles.
A FIGHT occurred on the Goth between q
party of Oklahoma boomers and number
of United States deputy marshals, near
Purcell, l. T., two men being fatally wound
ed and number of others seriously hurt
A MASKED robber entered the express Of
fee at Pattersonville, NO., on the evening
of the Goth, robbed the safe of $4,000 and
made his escape.
FRANK HANCOCK, of Blue Run, Pa, killed
his four children and himself on the Goth
during the absence of his wife Domestic
trouble caused the tragedy.
DEwIsoN, WILLIAMS & Co., hide and
leather dealers of Boston, failed on the Goth
for $780, 600.
The steamer Missouri which arrived at
Delaware Breakwater, Del, on the Goth had
on board $40 of the passengers and crew OF
the Inflated steamer Danmark which was
wrecked on the 9th inst in mid-ocean, ard
| the other 800 taken from the vessel were
| left at the Azores.
AT Carthage, Mo-, on the Goth Mrs. A. w.
Lucas, accompanied by her two daughters
and hired man, tried to ford a swollen
stream in a wagon and were swept away
| and drowned.
FIFTY buildings in the little village Of
West Depere, Wis, were destroyed by fire
! on the 20th.
FIRE on the 21st in Dennis Hotel at De-
troit caused the death of three men from
| suffocation.
THE two little sons Of Michael Cunning
ham, aged nine and ten years, OF Dun
more, Pa, ate some wild parsnips on the
Goth and died In great agony.
IT was reported on the Goth that there
had never been parallel to the destruc-
ton of property resulting from tho recent
fires in Patrick County, Va Hundreds of
people were left utterly destitute, and they
| could not live without aid from abroad
FOREST fires were doing great damage on
the 2lst in Waupaca County, Wis. Near
Marion seven farm-houses had been de-
stroyed and cattle and swine had persisted
in the flames
The street-car strike in Minneapolis was
the cause of riot on the 2lst, during which