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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-30
A. TRAIN WRECKED.
And Many Passengers Are Injured ON the
Santa Fe Road.

And Many Passengers Ars Inj ured on the
Santa Fe Road.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2Z-The vestibule train
on the Santa Fe road, In which were
several extra coaches carrying Grand Army
people to the Milwaukee encampment
was wrecked at Kinsman. about fifteen
miles north OF Streator, at, s e. m yester-
day by the spreading Of the rails Four
coaches, two Pullman sleepers a chair
car and the dining-car were derailed and
hurled down forty-fQot embankment.
About fifty people In all were hurt, the fol.
lowing badly:
Mrs. y. s. Dickerman. OF Lawrence, Kan,
chest and head badly cut; Mrs. Dickermans
little son, hurt about the back and face; WILL
lam X. Fish, Topeka, serious head injury:
Mrs. Fish, Of Topeka, head, back and
arm hurt; 8. f. Could OF Null
vane, Kan, back and face terribly cut;
Mrs. n. r. Tuckerman, Topeka, former
ly OF Chatsworth, Zoe badly cut and internal
~ injured; Mrs. Edward Andsley, Oarrollton,
Mo-, arm, head and back badly bruised and
lacerated; Mrs. George b. Peters, Emporis.
head and face awfully crushed and cut;
George Peters, Emporia, hurt about the chest
and face, also internally injured: Mrs. s. s..
Johnson. OF Norfolk, Conn, badly hurt in
ternally and head and face cut.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-30
Drain Letting.

Notice Is hereby given, that !, q. T. Mason.
County Drain Commissioner Of the County OF
Shiawassee, State of Michigan. will, on the 9th
day of September. A ID. 1880, at the farm OF E.
NJ. Arther. In the Township of Fairfield, at 10
O'Clock In the forenoon OF that day. proceed TO re-
ceive bids for the construction Of q certain Drain
known as the walter Drain" located and estab-
lished In the Townships Of Fairfield and Rush,
and described as follows. to. wit:
Commencing on the Sth line, 30 "a chains east of
the west line OF sec. No. 8 In n of 2 Q, Rush,
from thence running 8 80 deg, W on the Sth line
800 chains to the point situated 20 links OF the
W corner OF the s Of the sw OF said sec No 8,
thence N deg, W 1918 chains. thence S9K deg
1923 chains, thence n 1910 chains to the Q and
W quarter line of sec. q. thence SSx deg W on \
W quarter post sec. 6. thence n X, Q 3.s3 chains,
thence 87l4 deg, w 1855 chains thence AZ deg.
$40 chains 10 point situated ~ links n of the
and w quarter line of sec. in 8 n of / e.,
thence $50 deg W 1909 chains, thence s 3X deg.
$50 chains to the Huckleberry drain at point
witnessed by W. ash. IA N $50 deg. 90 links
20 links of the W corner Of the X Of the W
ming X deg. Q is. 43 chains.
The main drain is to be two feet wide on the
bottom from the upper to the n and line of
sec. No. 6, distance of 1868 rods. and the balance
OF said drain is to be three feet wide on the bot
tom. The branch TO said drain Is to be two feet
wide on the bottom. The main drain and also
the branch is TO have slope of one foot on each
side to each foot RISE The length of the drain ix
GLIDING the branch is 753x rods. The land to be
taken for said drain and branch is strip 10 feet
sleep and is feet wide on each side Of the above
described line.
Said job will be let by sections or divisions
The section at the outlet Of the Drain will be let
first, and the remaining sections in their order up
stream, in accordance with the diagram on
file with the other papers pertaining TO said Drain
and bids will be made and received accordingly.
Contracts will be made with thu lowest response
BILE bidder giving adequate security for the per-
Torrance of the work, In a sum to be fixed by me.
The date for the completion of such contract. and
the terms of payment therefor, shall he announced
at the time and place Of letting l shall reserve
the right to reject any and all bids.
Notice is further hereby given, that at the time
and place of said letting, will read the per cent
subject to correction, and at 10 o'clock Of the fol-
lowing day. Sept 9TH. at the farm of Alfred Walter
the assessment of benefits made by me- will be sub
ject TO review.
Dated this Goth day of August, A. d. 1889.
G. r. MASON,
County Drain Commissioner of the County of
Shiawassee.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-30
A CLOUD-BURST.
Great Damage Donc In North Carolina
Loss of Life Feared.

Great Damage Done In North Carolina
Loss of Life Feared.
NEW YORK, Aug. 29.-The Worlds Char
lotte IN. CO. special says: Cloud-bursts in
North Carolina this year are proving very
disastrous The latest occurred in
Richmond County Sunday night, and
the town of Rockingham, about 100
miles from this place. sustained
the heaviest loss The Pedee river was
swollen out of its banks and went dashing
down upon the town, carrying every thing
before it Several small cabins on the
lower bottoms were washed away and
the occupants were compelled to flee for
their lives. One old negro named
Ringgold was caught by the mad tor
rent and swept down to death For
distance of five miles the @. q. G. railroad
is under water, and all Geographic commu-
nication Is cut off. The reports at late
hour say that great damage has been done
to the Robordel, Great Falls, Pedee sand
Midway cotton mills. 1t is feared that
many people have been drowned
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-30
A GENERAL SHUTDOWN.

w. L. Scott, the Millionaire Coal Opera
tor, DkchargiDs Employees.
SPRING VALLEY, Ill, Aug CIV. L. Scott,
of Pennsylvania, has telegraphed General
Manager Devlin to discharge all employees
Of the SpringSvalley Coal Company who
were not absolutely needed to run the
mines, and to prepare for a general shut
down OF six months or a year. He says
they will never be opened again If they
can not be opened on paying basis. This
means the depopulation of the town. The
Chicago & Northwestern railroad has closed
down it's Spring Valley branch and dis
charged all men at this end of the line.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-30
ARMED TO THE TEETH.
Lake Shore s. Western Trainmen Pre-
pared to Slaughter Highwaymen.

Lake Shore Western Trainmen Pre-
pared to Slaughter Highwaymen.
ASHLAND, Wis, Aug 29-Every passenger
train that leaves Ashland over the Mil
waukee, Lake Shore & Western road now
carries whole arsenal of revolvers and
rifles. During the last few days Super
ihtendent Hartley, of the Lake Shore
road, has been making preparations to
arm trainmen. Over $500 has been ex-
pended in the purchase OF firearms
Every conductor, brakeman and porter
carries brace of big revolveys and in
every coach there is rifle within easy
reach. Should the robber again appear on
the Lake Shore road it is likely that he
will meet with a warm reception
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-30
Confessed His Guilt.

ST. JOSEPH, No., Aug. GA farmer
named Robinson was arrested near this city
yesterday for disposing of counterfeit
money. He confessed that he was one of a
gang employed by the counterfeiters whose
den was recently raided near Dayton, o.,
and he said that $50, 600 in ten-dollar coun-
terfeit bills had been distributed among the
gang around St Joe.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-30
MANY Postal PackAgcs stolen.

MADISON, Wis, Aug. ga large numbar
ofietters have been stolen from the mails
between here and Milwaukee, bank letters
especially having been taken. It is sup
posed that large amounts of money and
valuable papers have been stolen, apd
United States detectives are busy searching
for the thieves
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-30
Death Of CoIoneI AvI,yar,I.

CONCORD, N. H.. Aug. 27.-Colonel Alfred
Awkward, who fought with the Union forces
during the war, and also fought with Carl
baldi and with the Beers I'm the Transvaal,
died on Sunday at East Littleton, N. II. He
was ut one time a member OF the revolu"
tionary party in Ireland
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-30
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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-30
Charged with Crookedness.

CHICAGO, Aug. 2S-James J. West. re-
Gently president of the Chicago Times Pub
fishing Company, and Charles L. Graham,
the secretary, were arrested yesterday on a
warrant charging them with issuing 1000
false and fraudulent shares of stock In the
company, and were held in $4,000 bonds
each to appear September 4
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-30
Journalists Meet.

DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 2S-Nearly 400 men,
bers of the National Editorial Association,
with their wives and families in many cases,
are in attendance at the annual convention
which began here yesterday. Acting
Mayor Jacob read an address of welcome
and President Bettes delivered respon-
sive address in behalf of the associa-
ton. President Bettes delivered tho
annual address at the evening session and
Colonel Elliott F. Shepard spoke on "Edi-
tOrial Philosophyn
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-30
Migrants Sold at Low Pricns

MoBEnLY, Mo-, Aug. 27.-At public sale
of tramps, arrested here for vagrancy, from
the courthouse steps Monday two went to
farmers for two dollars head and another
was bid in for seventy five cents. fourth
could find no purchaser and was returned
to Jail The three who were sold must
serve their purchasers for four months.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-30

Prof. C. w. Carman, who so acceptably
filled the position of principal in the Union
school at Owosso, has recently published
an "Outline of a Laboratory Course in Ply
sics," as taught by him at Grand Rapids.
We believe it will prove valuable addition
to text book literature.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-30
Loss Of Money Causes Suicide.

NEWPORT, Ind, Aug. 27.-Joseph Thomp-
son, of this place, had saved 81, 800 in ten
years of hard labor. He was robbed of his
money recently, which he carried in belt
on his person, being afraid of banks, and
the loss 80 preyed upon his mind that he
hanged himself yesterday.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-30
Fearful Loss of Lie.

SAN Francisco, Aug. 26-Advices say
that by the recent overflow of the Yellow
river in China many houses. were washed
away, and the number of persons drowned
was too great to be counted Ten districts
were submerged in the region of Chefoo.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-30
Lawyers in Session.

CHICAGO, Aug. 29.-The twelfth annual
convention of the American Bar Associa-
ton opened in this city yesterday in the
auditorium of the First Methodist Church
block. Nearly $50 delegates, representing
about every State and Territory in the
Union. are In attendance.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-30
Work Resumed After Many Years.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug. 29.-The extensive
smelling works located on the river bank
near Tonawanda, which have been closed
down for the past sixteen years. were put
in operation Wednesday by their new own
ers-the Tonawanda Iron & Steel Company.
The capacity of the works is 100 to 125 tons
of pip-iron per day
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-30
Denth of GENERAL shepard.

BELLINogAM. Mass. Aug. H-General
Isaac 7. Shepard died here yesterday. He
served through the war, and was Consul to
China under Presidents Grant, Hayes, Gar
field and Arthur
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-30
Won the Ocean Race.

QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 2s-The steamer City
OF New York won the ocean race yester-
day, making the trip from New York to
this port in six days two hours and fifty
minutes.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-30
A Chicago Pioneer Dead

CHICAGO. Aug 2z-Elijah Peacock, resi-
dent of Chicago since 1887, and the founder
of the big iewelry house OF q. ID. Peacock
& Co., died Mt his home in this city Sunday
night aged II years
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-20

When the boys, some dozen in all, had
arranged where they would meet, near the
aforesaid cornteld on the following even
ing, Bob told them that he was going to
have a hunt for coon himself, and he
wanted to bet the drinks that he would bag
more coons and have more fun than all the
crowd beside. OF course the bet was taken,
red hot much to Bob's delight. By the
way, Bob has some half dozen cOons tn he
bagged year or more since, when they
we're very small, that are now thoroughly
tame and domesticaJed. Late in the after
noon Of the folloNin day, had you been
there. YOU would have seen Bob, with his
biz coon skin in his pocket, his dog
"Greaser" and bag on his back, in which
he had placed one of his tame cOOns, at the
place where the boys were to meet few
hours later to commence their hunt. Fol-
lowing small stream, that came member
ing down through a rough, precipitous and
almost impossible ravine, Bob took his
tame coon from the bag, and picked his
way, leading Mr. Coon through the rough
est and most impenetrable places he could
find. After a circuitous and tollsOme pill
grimage, of some Two miles, over ground
almost impossible in daylight, Bob entered
big blackberry patch, of some two or
three acres Through this patch Bob zig
Jagged backward and forward, leading
his coon, leaving a trail as tortuous and
crooked as a complete monogram Of all the
letters of the alphabet from A to y would
be- By this time the S AIDES of night were
gathering around, and Bob, somewhat dila-
pidated in appearance, and tagged out in
limb, perched himself on log, after rebag
ging his tame coon, and proceeded to get
outside of huge lunch which he fished out
of one of his many pockets.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-20

There they gathered in a circle, and that
coon skin underwent the most critical ex-
aminations, as it passed from hand to hand,
until every one had closely examined it.
Surprise, anger, and cons ernation, each in
its turn seemed to prevail, bat not one could
answer the conundrum, 'what had be-
come of the COON"
One thought the dogs had shook him out
Of the skin, another suggested that he had
run out of it, while the third, and general
decision was, that the devil was at the
bottom of the whole affair. Bob breathed
easier when they finally started for home,
a ragged, detected, tired and sore looking
crowd.
The next evening the boys had all gath
cred at the store and narrated to the sur
prised and open-mouthed neighbors their
strange adventures of the previous night.
About this time Bob drove up with his old
gray mare, and throwing bakers dozen of
fat coons out of his wagon, quietly asked
the boys what luck they had the night be-
fore. After patiently hearing their strange
story. Bob gave quiet wink to the store
keeper and pleasantly suggested, that per
hapS that empty coon skin might fit his dog
'Greaser,n very we'll This broke the ice,
and it was not long before the whole story
was told, and Bob and his dog became the
heroes of the town, while it took all the
crowd sometime to quench their sudden
thirst, at the expense of the vanquished
coon hunters. Ii. A. STONE.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-20
TIE DOG WORE AN ULSTER.
vas Borrowed From a Raccoon for
a Midnight Excursion.
CCOuyri0ht 1889.

(CopWi0ht 1882
., Work. Feb. 16.-Bob Endicott
curious cuss, generally considered
~ oonpos mentis," in the town of his
D.;r;tv .'Black kiver," Wyoming county,
New York.
"a is the butt" of all the jokers and
-, ~ of the town, and when last week
iio"ulbl7ovyed I'D at the corner store, where by
~ ~ -yav YOU can buy anything from
~ Of nips, or ladys' hustle, TO now
machine or a back-handed reversible
I ~ cider press or gin-mlll, he arrived
.Io4 in time to hear Joe Slocum tell of the
1gavred atiCns the coons had been making IN
IIsb Manning's corn field, some three miles
SroTn the present rendezvous. Bob took 1T
III in and when some dozen or more of the
az al 80 decided on a econ hunt the following
o,,5ninp he thought he would have some
e.,r and if possible, at the expense of the
IS Rob has small yellow dog, alb nut
90 size of an ordinary coon-a regular
tInodIe a mixture of all the yellow dogs that
- Aoated about town for the past gen.
oration. As small and onery looking as he
Is he is well trained, and up to snuff, every
+ire He has Travelled over the hills and
odiacent woodlands in the vicinity of Black
riyer with Bob until he knows every inch
If the ground, and when it comes down to
travelling. well, you can just bet, he is
there, every time. If the urgency of the
case demands, he can skin over blackberry
natch or a rocky ravine, like a streak of
creased lightning, and the chap that can
catch Bob's dog Greaser sleeping has not
vet shown up. Well, as luck would have
L Bob had been out the previous evening
on a quiet coon hunt, 'all alone by himself"
and had succeeded in oYerhauling a nice
95-nound coon. This, he had skinned as is
onite common, by commencing at the nose,
and by charging the mouth little, he ha1
turned the skin inside out, and slipped it
off from Mr.. Coon, without further
had taken the coon skin off whole, leaving
the fest, tail and all, in their natural con-
dtiOn.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-20

Bob's dog was soon inside the coon's skin,
and the tranforma ion was SO perfect that
'Greaser" did not seem to know himself.
Bob secured the coon skin as well as possible
in It's place, AMI lie had his hands full for
the next few minutes in keeping dog and
skin both from making their escape. But
as lively Il time as b b and "Greaser" were
having it soon became very evident that
theirs was only patch beside the time the
boys and their dog were having, who had
now struck into the opposite side of the
blackberry lot.
Xxi, vi, vi" went the dogs, while the
air was crimson with the oaths and
screecheS of the boys, as they plowed
and tore through the briers. 1t was very
evident to Bob, as he secreted himself in
q huge bunch of bushes in a small open
space in the woods, that the boys had been
working their pocket TASKS for all they were
worth
Wilder and wilder grew the excitement
In tie blackberry patch. AT last they broke
from the brush and neared Bob's retreat,
dogs and all and ragged, tired, fororn
looking set they we're, as they approached
our hero, with the moon shining brightly
upon them. The dogs seemed to have lost
the trail, and were circling wildly about,
until at last they made bolt for the
clump of bushes in which Bob was con-
cealed!
When they were close by, Bob gave his
dog "Greaser," coon-skin and all, a mighty
Kick, and he shot forth from that bush into
the face of the mob like rocket, and now
the fun commenced in earnest
If 1t had been lively before it was light
ming itself now broke loose. The sight Of the
supposed coon fairly crazed both dogs aud
boys.
For the next hour there was such mix
ture OF noise and motion on the part OF
dogs and men that Bob rolled on the ground
and lauged until his sides were sore. and
be was forced to desist from sheer exhaus-
ton
Ia and out of the black cry patch, back
and forth the circus went until the dogs
were clean tired out At last, in a dense
growth Of briers and underbush, the un-
equal chase was ended Some way or other,
no one knew how, "Groaser" slipped out OF
coon skin, and when the boys came up to
the dogs, they were having a lively time
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-20
CUTICURA REMEDIES.
Eczema or Salt Rheun

Eczema In its Worst Stages. Raw Sore
from Head to Feet. Hair Gone Doctors
and Hospitals Fail. Tried Everything.
Cured by the Cuticura Remedies for Sc.
its worst stage. l tried different doctors and
been through the hospital, but all to no purpose
The disease covered my whole body from the
top If my head to the soles of my feet, My hair
all came out, leaving me a complete raw sore
After trying everything, heard of your CUTI-
cURA REMEDIES, and after using three bottles Of
CUTIcURA REsoLvENT, with CUTICURA and CUTI-
cURA SOAP, find myself cured at the cost Of
about Sc. 1 would not be without the CUTIcURA
REMEDIES in my house, as find them useful in
many cases, and think they are the only skin
and blood medicine. ISAAC II. GERMAN,
WurtsbOro N "
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-20

shaking the empty skin, and when at last
they captured it, they were all completely
nonplussed. What did it all meanl Had
they not all seen that same skin, dozens of
times during the fracas, running and jump
ing like mad living, substantial intensely
lively animal. When the boys came fully
to realize the fruits of their chase, they were
surprised but dumfounded Before they
the densest part of his ambush, where
both remained intensely quiet, and watched
proceedings, as the boys and their dogs,
all greatly excited, filed out of the shadows
into the bright moonlight, close by Bob's
retreat,