The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-30
MINOR NEWS ITEMS,


Iowa's corn yield this year win be the
greatest on record
The Maryland Republican State conven-
tion has been called for October /.
The Joseph Homer sash factory burned
at St Louis Sunday night Loss, $4,000
loss OF slOO, 100 was caused in Philadei-
phia on Monday by the bursting OF a sewer.
The ship William McGilvery, of Searsport,
Me-. was burned at sea Loss about $780,
000
A coal shaft at Center Point, Ind, operat-
ed by striking miners, was fired by ineen-
diaries on Tuesday.
Swift a. Co.'S packing-house at Kansas
City, Kan, was destroyed by fire on Sun
day. Loss, sl5o,00o.
The backbone of the shoe-makers' strike
at Cincinnati is broken, and the working
men are returning to work.
Jacob Phillips, aged 10, prominent
citizen of Mier. Ind, was thrown from
carriage and killed Sunday.
During the month of July Just passed
25, 716 immigrants arrived at Castle Garden.
In July, 1855, 2S,690 arrived
President Carnot has signed decree
fixing September 22 as the date for holding
the French general elections.
DcVeTdi Quinb Huu HILLS dU
N c., were wrecked by q cloud-burst on
Monday, the loss being 100000.
1t has been made public that Allen Man.
vile is to succeed William b. Strong as
president OF the Santa Fe railroad
The eighth regular session of the supreme
Council OF the American Legion OF Honor
commenced in Chicago on Tuesday.
Henry Shaw. of St Louis, a noted philan-
OF tod Ef,nH
He left an estate valued at 81, 500, 600
At Newport Wednesday, H. w. Slocum de-
feated @. A. Shaw, Jr., winning the ANA
teur tennis championship of America
The wine product of California this year
will be about $4,000, 600 gallons, and the
brandy output will reach ,00O, 600 gallons.
The number of striking workmen in
London Eng, had ON Wednesday reached
l50, 900, and trade of all sorts was blocked.
fire occurred on Monday at McNear's
warehouse in Port Costa, Cal. and spread
to shipping, involving loss of nearly $780,
000
All the streams of 10 Daviess County,
Ill, are nearly dry, and it is said that
horse can ford the Mississippi at Menomi-
nee.
Carlisle ID. Graham made a successful
trip through the whirlpool rapids at Niagara
Falls Sunday afternoon in barrel-shaped
boat.
A. Kidder, postmaster at Farm Hill, Ohm
sted County, Mimi, was killed Monday
night by horses kick which crushed his
breast
The Spring Lake reservoir near Fiskville.
r. L, gave way on Sunday, and three per-
sons were drowned and some property de-
stroyed
John Robinson's circus was wrecked by a
cyclone while exhibiting at Toledo, O., on
Saturday, and many persons were badly
injured.
The council of the Legion of Honor. in
Paris has erased the names OF General Bou-
langer and Count Dillon from the roll of
the order.
The lumber mill and bobbin factory of j.
E. Smith & Co., at Black Falls, Vt, was
burned Monday. The loss is said to have
been heavy. Q
A woman named Meth and her three
sons were arrested on Monday at East
Aurora, N. T., on the charge of making
bogus money
Two shocks of earthquake were felt
Saturday morning at Washington, N. O.,
the disturbance being accompanied by
rumbling sound.
The Union furniture works in Rockford,
ILL.,, were burned on Saturday, causing q
loss of s125,000. fireman named Emer-
son lost his life.
The shoe factory of A. Coburn, Son & Co.
at Kapkinton, Mass, was burned Tuesday
morning. Over 800 workmen were thrown
out of employment
Dealers in the vicinity of Wheeling, W.
Va, declare to be absurd the reports that
window glass, table glass and crockery
trust has been formed
switch engine on the Northwestern
road ran over Mrs. Shannon near Negau-
nee Mich, Monday, cutting off both legs
and causing her death.
At Bradenburg, Ky, on Wednesday
County Judge Pulliam, who recently shot
and killed James Miller, was sentenced to
fifteen years imprisonment
Mrs. Richard Tilton, aged 46, the mother
of eight children, jumped from a wagon
drawn by a runaway team near Forsythe,
Ill, Monday and was killed.
Miss Helen Dauvray, tho wife of John
Ward, short-stop of the New York Baseball
Club, has concluded to respect her hus-
bands wishes and not return to the stage
At Dowagiac Mich, Monday evening
Benjamin Fritz proposed marriage to his
DebU girl DHo IclusSu W COuslucI but buD-
ject and Fritz blew out his brains with a
pistol
A. M Forsythe and Mrs Killer, who had
been living together at Barnestown, Neb.,
as man and wife, were tarred and feath-
cred by the citizens of that place on
Wednesday.
An explosion set fire to Harlan Bros
drugstore at Des Meines, Ia, Sunday
night, which caused the death by suffoca-
tion of Philemon Goblet, q clerk who slept
in an adjoining room.
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Company has bought the Canada & Eastern
Illinois railroad projected from Bay City,
Mich, to St Louis via Brazil. section OF
the road is already completed to Goshen.
Ind
While tearing down an old house at st.
Augustine, Fla, Wednesday, one of the
workmen unearthed Gfty-two Spanish
coins which had been buried in the cellar
The latest date on any OF the coins was
1906, and several antedated l760
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A Barn and Eight Horses Burned.
MONMOUTH, ILL.,, Aug. '28.-The barn be-
longing to the Richardson Hotel was de
stroyed by fire Tuesday night Eight