The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-02
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.


For the week Ending Aug. L.
Many horses in the vicinity of Peru, Ind.
are afflicted with glanders
John L. Sullivan's total receipts from the
recent fight with Kilrain were t24, 900.
The Gazette journal building ut Hast
ings, Neb., was burned on Monday. Loss,
$4,000
The Connecticut Rubber Company, of
Norwich, Conn, failed on Wednesday for
sl00. 600.
Robert Craig. aged 80, a wealthy citizen
of Charlottesville, Ind, hanged himself
Tuesday
Emperor William, of Germany, started for
England on Wednesday to pay Queen Vic
toria visit
The Republicans of Massachusetts will
hold their State convention In Boston on
the 25th of September
At Toronto, Ont. Tuesday Michael ]. Fem
ton received forty lashes for an assault on
little girl at St Thomas
Russell Armstrong, one of the oldest and
best-known residents of Kansas City, was
killed by train on Monday.
John c. Barr, well-known newspaper
writer and politician of Pittsburgh, Pa,
died on Sunday, aged SO years
The firm of L. g. A. H. Batchsller, one OF
the largest boot and shoe houses in Boston,
failed on Tuesday for 81, 250,0O0.
The great pacing stallion Sir Thornton,
valued at $4,000, died in his stall at the
Joliet (IlL) race-track on Wednesday.
fire in coal mine near Birmingham,
Ala, on Monday caused the death of two
men and thirty mules from suffocation.
Captain w. II. Spencer, for twenty-five
years prominent member of the Illinois
bar, died at Arcola Tuesday, aged go years
John Emmons, of Gaylord, Kan, was
given a coat of tar and feathers on Monday
by masked men for brutally beating his
wife.
One of the heaviest earthquake shocks it
had known in many years visited San
Francisco Wednesday morning but did no
damage.
At Hermanville, Hiss, Monday night
Edward Griffin shot and instantly killed
his father, J. w. Griffin, whom he mistook
for burglar.
dispatch announces the death in Lon
don, Eng. Monday of George F. LadS, we'll
known president of the Pacific Bell Tele-
phone Company
Henry George, the antagonist of the pres
ent social system and advocate of the sim
gle-tax scheme, arrived in New York on
Sunday from Europe
The Lima co. paper mills have been sold
to the American Strawboard Company for
$500, 600 cash The capacity of the mills Is
twenty-five tons daily.
Large numbers of counterfeit silver dol
lars in circulation at Kansas City have been
traced to the notorious Jack Bellies gang.
Belle has disappeared
1t is said that the fear of general war in
Europe is the reason why so much foreign
capital is at the present time seeking in
vestment in this country.
William Bein, who died recently in San
Francisco, made provision in his will for
the payment OF 81, 800 to keep in repair the
tomb of Abraham Lincoln.
Returns on Monday from the election for
Councillors General in France showed that
General Boulanger was successful in only
twelve out of / 600 cantons.
DIR. W. B. Roberts, the originator of nitro
glycerine torpedoes for blasting in oil wells,
died on Tuesday at Titusville, Pa. He left
an estate valued at S3,0OO,0 0O0
A stick of dynamite was fed in to a thresh-
ing machine near Anderson, Ind, and the
machine was blown to pieces and three
men and four horses were killed.
The furnace and casting buildings at Ko-
komo, Ind, covering three acres OF land,
works, were burned Wednesday.
Judge Field, of the circuit court of Kan
sas City, in o decision ON Monday declared
the statute allowing religious associations
to be incorporated unconstitutional
James Conaty,,'a Richmond (va) bar
keeper who had left his wife, went to her
home on Sunday and cut her throat and
then killed himself in the same manner.
Hon Henry Monninp n prominent citi-
zen of Fort Wayne, Ind, died in New York
City Tuesday, having just returned from
trip to Europe for the benefit of his health.
Dispatches from Crete indicate a serious
condition of affairs there. The whole island
is said to be in revolt with all the prin-
cipal towns in full possession of the insur-
gents.
Stella Howard, blind and insane. deaf
mute, was taken to police headquarters at
Detroit Mich, on Wednesday, having
walked all the way from Scranton, Pa, in
search of an aunt
The schooner Triumph which arrived on
Monday at Westminster b. c., reported the
seizure in Behring Sea of the British sealing
schooner Black Diamond by the United
States revenue cutter Bush.
At Springfield, Mo-, Monday James H.
Faunce and his wife were arrested for
poisoning l0-year-old son. The boy was
q step-son OF Mrs Faunce and his father
claimed that he was in the way.
Kinsman Post, G.. A. r., of Des Moines,
Ia. Monday passed resolutions heartily in
dorsing Pension Commissioner Tanner for
his determination to deal Justly by his dis
abled comrades, and expressing faith in
his official integrity