The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-12-23

Judge Pierson, of Livingston county, has
held court at Corunna since Wednesday
morning. the habeus corpus case Of Stew
ems VS.. Parmely being on trial. The case
has excited great deal of attention. large
crowds being i'm attendance. The decision
will be rendered today.
At the New York horse sale on Wednes-
day, the mare By BY sold for $40, 900. She
is full sister to the stations Lockheart
2:13, Captain Mac 2:20 and Rockbrdge
2:29. the latter owned by 7. w. Whitney.
of st. Louis. Mich. The dam of that horse
sold recently for $4,000 at IA years Old.
.E'retty good family.
The annual meeting of the Michigan State
horticultural society will be held i'm Ann
Arbor Dec. 90 to 2S, beginning Monday even
Ing. A variety of horticultural topics will
tbe discussed and the annual election of Off
~cers will occur. Much attention will be paid
vto the status of Michigan's fruit exhibit at
aAhe Worlds Fair, and the premium list of
tthe horticultural department of the Fair will
&be for inspection.
st. Johns Republican: In the case of the
.sSuit of c. Farmer, administrator of the es-
gstate of +. l.. VanDusen VS. Nj. G. II. II.
GO. tried in the Washtenaw circuit, judy
s:ment for $4,000 was entered against the
railroad company. The suit occupied three
days trial, and was fought inch by inch on
Sboth sides. Important new evidence was
introduced by the prosecution, which show
ed negligence beyond doubt on the part of
the railroad.
The following remedy for diphtheria,
which Is taken from the Scientific American,
g is claimed by that journal to be the best
g known: At the first indications of the diph-
liberia in the throat of person make the
groom close, then take tin cup and pour in
ztO,it,a quantity of tar and turpentine, equal
quarts. Hold the cup oyer fire so as to fill
THE room will. fumes: you will cough up and
sout all the membraneOuS matter, and the
.sdiphtheria will soon pass off. The fumes Of
Nthe tar and turpentine loosen the matter in
the throat and thus afford the relief that has
.baffled the skill of the physicians.
Lapeer Clarion: Governor elect Rich has
made the appointment Of executive clerk,
and j. Ii. Cole. of this city, is the person
chosen. This pleases all concerned, for MIR.
Cole is both qualified and deserving. He
has been in the law Office of Geer ~ Will
liams for the past four years, during which
1sime he has been admitted to the bar and
Fmore recently elected circuit court commits
r-soner. The position he takes is a good one,
EDays 81, 200 per annum, and Is two years
Job.
Everybody, and especially those interested
Fin getting the enterprise on foot, were highly
delighted with the splendid success of the
Peoples Lecture course, opened at the Con
agregational church last Monday evening.
The house was crowed by thousand people,
and they must have charmed one another
and the lecturer DIR. William Coolidge, who
vi gave his intensely interesting lecture on
Tropical Africa" In his vivid narration
he makes his hearers, young and old, feel
that they for the time being are seeing de-
7termined Scotchman ''doing" Africa in good
shape. 1t is the second time the doctor has
Sgiven his lecture here and from what was
z5aid it is certain that he can come again.
On Thursday of last week two Jew
speddlers put their horse and rig in the feed
sDarn of Laverock & Gerow. The next day
lone of the men went away to sell quantity
of iron they had picked up about the cOun-
ctry, expecting to be back in day or two.
San the meantime the other fellow bought
ssOme brass, iron, etc, being. furnished the
smoney by the proprietors of The barn, who
took the rig as security. They also boarded
1.-The man, who was entirely out of funds,
and allowed him to sleep i'm the Office of the
barn. Early Tuesday morning he drove off
with the rig toward the east, the light fall of
snow making it easy to track him. We'd
rnesday afternoon word was received from
sFentOn that the offender had been captured
Constable Retain left yesterday morning to
<bring him back to answer to the charge of
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