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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14

The awarding of the prizes concludes
the entertainment. and is always time
OF great interest. Some woman-gen-
orally the hostess-presents them, with
few mock heroic words, and a little
quick wit enhances the fun and
laughter. There is generally enough
food for discussion over the incidents
OF the afternoon to last as an amuse-
ment till the carriages are ordered.
Those who have taken nart in sports
not infrequently ride off on their cycles.
and garden-party attire nowadays has
its fair sprinkling of narroW skirts and
tweed suits. The sports may be end
lessly varied as ingenuity suggests. A
clever and inventive host and hostess
may devise most fascinating novelties
in the events. II is only an imagine
ton devoid OF much play which will
be content TO run endless cycle sports
on the precise lines which have just
peen indicated.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
Mortgage Sale.

Default having been made in the conditions OF
q certain mortgage bearing date the 4th day of
January, in the year one thousand eight hun
dred and eighty-nine, made. executed and de-
livered by Hannah Austin, of Owosso in the
State of Michigan, to Thomas j. Bebee, of Shu
shane Washington county, State of New York,
and duly recorded in the Office Of the Register
of Deeds of the county Of Shiawassee and State
of Michigan, in Liqer AZ OF Mortgages, on page
ISL on the 9Th day OF January 1889, upon which
mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date
Of this notice the sum az seven hundred and
seventy.fo four dollars for principal and interest
under the terms OF said mortgage; and no suit
or proceedings at law or in equity having beer
instituted to recover the same or any part there.
of, now therefore, notice is hereby given. thai
by power of sale in said mortgage contained,
said mortgage will on the 9TH day of September
A. ID. 1885, at ten O'Clock in the forenoon of said
day be foreclosed by % sale al public auction or
vendue to the highest bidder OF the mortgages
described in said mortgage, at the front or west
door of the court house in the city of Corunna
chat being the place of holding the circuit
court for said county OF Shaw assee) for tho
purpose of paying the principal and interest
due on said mortgage together with the costs
OF sale, including an attorneys fee OF twenty
five dollars, as provided by law; said premises
being described in said mortgage as follows, to
wit: Lots five (5) and eight (S), In Block &C" OF
@. L. Goodhue's subdivision OF out lot TWO t2),
according to the recorded plat thereof excepts
part of lot five sold to George Waterous
Dated June 18th, 1896.
THOMAS j. BEEBB,
VIM. M. Fitzpatrick, Mortgages
Attorneys for Mortgage.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
SOME wITcHcRAFT STILL LINeERs
Case Over I'm Michigan That Is Certainly
Entirely Out of Date.

Entirely Out of Date.
ALLEGAN, Mich, Aug. 1.-THE people
of East Ovensel are much excited over
stories of witchcraft. The children of a
certain family have been taken sick at
night time. They would chase each other
around the farm, bowling and screaming.
Superstitious people concluded that the
children were under the influence of evil
spirits. The first object attacked was the
bed pillow. 1t was slit open with knife,
and q mouse with ribbon tied to it's tail
scampered out. Several ornamental de.
signs of feathers were also found. Sus-
picion pointed to O certain woman.
The day after the pillow had been cut
open it was noticed that she had cut on
her hand. The people jumped to the con-
clusion that the cut was received when the
pillow was cut open. Several evenings
later the windows of the supposed witch's
residence were broken in, and still the
children screamed on. An anonymous
an declaring she would have to get out of
town and take her 10-year-old daughter
with her.
They left. Then the neighbors called
on the husband and informed him that
they could no longer associate with him,
and he also left. The only thing that
can actually be charged to the woman is q
violent temper. Within the paste days
the excitement has died down, and it is
believed the people will allow the sup
posed witch to return The children are
hettar
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
Heat Prostrations at Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, Aug. 11-There were re-
ported to the health board and taken to
the hospital by the police patrol wagons
Monday thirteen persons stricken with
intense heat. None of these are as yet
fatal. The only fatal case was that of
Gus Schmitt, who was found dead in his
chair. These fourteen cases are the ones
reported to the health and police boards.
There were evidently fully as many more
taken home in private conveyances. The
mercury from "a. III. till s at night was
in the COS. From / till in the afternoon
it stood at 81 ir,., the shade. The average
for twelve hurS, was trifle above %.
The local weather bureau agency here
predicted hotter weather for Tuesday.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
Fatal Fire I'm New York.

NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-Atleast three per-
sons and possibly others were burned to
death in a fire that destroyed a six-story
brick building at 465 Greenwich street yes
terday afternoon. Several persons were
injured by the smoke and heat and by
jumping and two of them are expected to
die. The dead are: William Gray, fore
man of electrical repair shops, and two
unknown men, all of whom were caught
on fire escape and burned to death in
view of the crowd. The injured who tire
expected to die are: Felix Hass and an
unknown man. The other persons hurt
went to a hospital and then home. lke
ground floor of the building was occupied
by A. K. Warren 81 Co., who operated NE
New York Electrical Repair shops. She
firm also occupied the fourth, fifth and
sixth floors
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
FIVE DROWNED Ar DETROIT.
Heavy Wind Swept Over That City, Over
turning Several Boats.

Heavy Wind Swept Over That City, Over
turning Several Boats.
DETROIT, Aug 10-A heavy wind and
thunderstorm, which swept over the city
Sunday evening, resulted in the drown.
ing of at least three men in the Detroit
river, and several yachtsmen had ex-
tremely narrow escapes after the capsiz-
ing of their craft. Two others were
drowned during the afternoon from other
causes. Neil r. Powers was rescued
after swimming nearly q mile from a
capsized boat. jeff Judd and a stranger,
who were with Powers, were drowned.
The capsizing of the yacht Corsair
caused the drowning of Frank Hughes.
The others of the crew were rescued.
William j. Thiemer was drowned from
the yacht Albert Sunday afternoon. The
harbor master and other searchers for
Thiemer's body were capsized and were
saved only after a long struggle. John
Helke, Jr., was drowned while swimming
near Peche island.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
EngIneer instantly KILLED.

CoLUMaUs, o., Aug. Ii. The Toledo
and Ohio Central passenger train, due to
arrive here at $3.50 Monday night from the
north, coilided with a yard engine hauling
a cut of ctrs at the Sandusky street cross
ing Engineer Charles Vance of the yard
engine, whose home was in Kenton, was
instantly killed Engineer @. e. Cullison
of the passenger train, who lives in this
city, is so badly cut and bruised that fears
are entertained for his recovery William
Sinclair, fireman of the passenger, whose
home Is in Columbus, had one leg cut off
and sustained other inS dries, probably
fatal Brakeman Belatt of the yard crew
was also injured
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
BIG MEET OF TIE sIcycLHRs.
Louisville Is Full of wheeimen and Every
thing Is Lovely.

thing Is Lovely.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Aug l2.-Louisville
and hundreds Of l.. A. w. guests were
.awheel yesterday. Country runs were the
feature of the days programme and those
that attracted the greatest interest among
the visitors were the spins to the numer-
Gus stock farms few miles from Louis
vile. The runs We're oil well attended,
those to the parks and suburbs as
well as the country runs. Fountain
Ferry park, too, had its throng.
All the fast men were out, paced by ev-
erything from singles to quints. Some
hard work was done, but it gave little in
dication as to probable winners. There
is just one sure thing in that regard, as
one well-known trainer put it, that 'any
man who qualities for final In these races
has got to be a rider" All the railroads
entering Louisville have agreed upon a
maximum of So for the round trip for
points $50 miles distant and rate graded
down to less than 90 cents.
Mayor Todd has issued proclamation
declaring tomorrow afternoon a half
holiday in honor Of the League of Ameri-
can Wheelmen. On that afternoon the
city hall will be closed, and city employees
will be given an opportunity to attend the
races, which begin that afternoon at the
track
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
Probate Order.
STATE OF MICHIGAN, | ss
COUNTY OF SHIAwASSEE %

At a session of the Probate Court for the
county Of Shiawassee, holden at the Probate
Office in the city of Corunna, on Monday, the
goth day of July, in The year one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-siX.
Present, Matthew Bush, Judge OF Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Malcolm d
Bailey, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition, duly veri-
fed of Mary Bailey, praying amongst other
things, for the probate of the instrument now
filed in this court, purpOrting TO be the last will
and testament of said deceased.
Thereupon IL is ordered, that Monday, the 1Ttf
day of August next at ten O'Clock in the forenoon.
be assigned for the hearing of said petition, and
that the heirs at law of said deceased and all
other persons interested in said estate, are re-
Quired to appear at a session OF said court, Their
TO be holden at the Probate office in the city OF
Corunna, and show cause, If any there be, why
the prayer of the petitioner should not be grant
ed. And IL is further ordered, that said petit
toner give notice to the persons interested in
said estate, OF the tendency of said petition and
the hearing thereof, by causing a copy of this
order TO be published in THE TIMES, new spa
per printed and circulated in said county OF
Shiawassee for three successive weeks previ-
Gus to said day of hearing.
MATTHEW BUSH.
Judge Of Probate.
BY KATHERINE E. KELSEY,
Probate Registe
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
MICHIGAN PICKINGS.
WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR OWN
STATE.

Items whsch VIII he Of Interest to Our
Readers Gathered from Here and There
Grimes Casualties and Other Occur
rences OF the Week Reported by Wire.
GRAND RAPIDS, Aug. THE Republic
cans of Michigan closed one of the most
exciting state conventions ever held by
their party at $3.50 last evening The fight
over the candidate for governor, which
ended with the nomination. of Hazen s.
Pingree Detroit's famous mayor, had
been on since early last winter and every
nook and Granny of tho state had been
worked both for and yainst the potato
statesman" as he is frequently called by
those opposed to him. Until recently
there was nothing like concentration Of
the anti-Pingree sentiment and the result
shows that the attempt of the antis to
unite on Colonel Bliss, of Saginaw, was
made too late-too many other booms had
been launched.
This left the opposition divided while
the Pingree forces were united and aggres-
sive at every point, though they were care
full to avoid personalities, and made no
charges of unftness against other candi-
dates. However. they denounced the
state machine" and urged the need of
reform in state institutions, particularly
in prisons and asylums. On the other
hand Pingree was denounced as silver
lunatic, an agitator, demagogue and an
anarchist, and classed with Waite, Alt
geld and Pennoyer, by those who sought
to check his ambition The Pingree men
had predicted $50 votes on the first ballot
for their favorite and lacked only eleven
of fulfilling their prediction. The Bliss
managers had estimated their strength at
340 and showed only 2S6.
The others-O'Donnell Aitken, Wheel
er and Conant-held their accredited
strength and deadlock was apparent
until the chairman ruled that the unit
rule had no place in Republican conven-
ton. Then various delegations that had
been instructed to vote as a unit began to
break up and Pingree got most of the odd
votes. On the second he received 1853 and
Bliss 297. On the third Pingree gained
seven more and Bliss lost eleven. The
fourth ballot showed Pingree 443, while
Bliss had fallen back to 2S7. All other
candidates except Bliss joined in declaring
Pingree the unanimous choice of the con-
vention.
The remainder of the ticket was made up
II. Dunston of Houghton; secretary
of state, Washington Gardner; state
treasurer, George A. Steele, of
st. Johns; auditor general, Ros-
coe ID. Dix, of Benton Harbor; attorney
general, Fred A. Maynard, of Grand Rap
ids; commissioner of state land Office,
William A. French, of Alpena; superin-
tendent of public instruction, Jason Z.
Hammond, of Hillsdale; member of the
state board OF education. John w Sim
mons, of Owosso.
The platform is q standard Republican
document, indorsing the st. Louis plat
form and candidates and denouncing the
Chicago platform "for it's intention to
substitute silver recommendation in place
of the wise and liberal policy and practice
of the Republican party, which has been
and is the use of gold, silver and paper as
the currency of the nation"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
MAKES NEARLY A MILE A MINUTE.
Anderson, Paced by n Locomotive, Does
the Trick I'm 1 :O3.

ANDERSON, raced by Locomotive, Does
the Trick i'm 1908.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 10.-At o'clock yester-
day afternoon, after three preliminary
trials, Cyclist e. K. Anderson wheeled u
mile in one minute and three seconds over
a plank path. He was paced by locomo-
tive pulling coach and rode wheel
geared to 90. Anderson could have bet.
tered this time few seconds, but he mis-
took the signals and slowed up little too
soon. The trial took place near Olden-
burg, Ills, on the Bluff line"
For distance of two miles the road had
been planked up between the. tracks
perfectly smooth. One mile was marked
off in the center Of this stretch with flags
and torpedoes, the latter for the timers
and to indicate to Anderson when to go
ahead fast and when to slow up. Amber
son announces that he will make another
attempt on Aug. 90 on wheel geared to
100
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
severe storm I'm MIchigan.

DETROIT Aug. l0-A very heavy cleo
trical storm swept over Michigan early
Monday morning. Many buildings were
struck by lightning and several were
destroyed by fire caused by lightning At
Muskegon the storm lasted an hour, many
windows being blown in, smoke stacks,
fences and trees leveled and wire COM
munication badly demoralized. At Lans-
ing and other central Michigan points the
storm was terrific but the damage not
great The loss was the greatest in the
Saginaw valley region, many large and
small buildings being unroofed and other
wise damaged
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
Youthful Burglar Arrested.

MONROE, Mich, Aug. Hilary Brooks,
aged r. was arrested Monday morning for
the burglary of the residence of Mrs. John
Noble Saturday evening. He confesses to
entering and stealing from two other
houses in Monroe, and assisting in steal
ing the cash drawer from q fruit stand in
Toledo, o., where officers, he says, are
looking for him. He is very small for one
of his years, but has the assurance and
nerve of a professional. He will be sent
to the reform school,
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
Terrible Drowning Accident.

BENTON HARBoa, Mich. Aug. 1O.-Four
persons were drowned in Lake Michigan
Sunday afternoon at Double l. Gap"
one mile north of here. They are: Mar
tin Manning, James Buttrick, Frank
Yerrlng, "Frenchy," a stranger The
men, with dozen others, were bathing
when two of the number who could not
swim were caught by the undertow and
the others went to their rescue Two
brave fellows lost their own lives in the
effort, while third had narrow escape
by drowning man clinging to him and
pulling him under
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
Not Perfect.

The famous baseball pitcher had
walked the floor with the youngest of
his family for an hour or so. Mary"
said he, "if the manager saw me now
bet I'd get soaked with a fine"
"Why?" asked his wife, sleepily. "I
don't seem to have any control of the
bawl at al don't"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
Worshipers I'm a Panic.

QUINCY, Mich, Aug. S.-While Free
Methodist campmeeting was in progress
in the grove of Jesse Corless, about four
miles from the village, heavy storm
swooped down upon the worshipers, de-
molshing the large tent and uprooting
trees. Several hundred persons were in
side the tent. Seeing it was about to coll
lapse they rushed out and were caught by
falling trees. Mrs. William Harlan was
struck squarely on the head and instantly
killed
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
Mind-Cure for Lepers.

Interesting experiments in mind cure
have recently been made in the new
10000 hospital for lepers at Trabadie,
N. B. The patients were treated with
colored water, and in every instance
there was immediate and marked i'm
provement. It lasted but short time,
however, when the patient relapsed
into his former condition.-NewY York
Wcr,d
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
THE MARKETS.
New York Financial.

NEW YORK, Aug. H.
Money on call frmer at 606c rer csut.
prime mercantile paper, So 01l9 per cent. sJc..
ling exchange easier, VITA actual Luo.-
ness in bankers bills ass q ASA for q.
mand and 4S6AO4s7 for SIXTY days; poo, . 1
rates, 4S716 04Ss16 and 4sSI6 1ls)16; commerce..
bills, 4S7
Silver certificates, 6s41 6S3l; sales 4.OGO ut
6s34; bar silver, g. Mexican dollars 5jH
United States government bonds stea ~;
new As registered lll16; do. coupons III u;
SIS registered, 1881; do. coupons, iD.st:
Is registered, 105; do. coupons, lJj; ~
registered, 90; Pacific SIS OF ~, lJJ.
Chicago Grain and Produce.
CHICAGO. Aug. IL
Following were the quotations on lu-
Board of Trade today: Wheat-August, opsu,,
561sc, closed 55Nc; September opened 81 e.
closed 563ac; December opened 5DJSc, cos
595sc. Corn-August, nominal. c.osei s8.5 Il:
September opened 2314c, closed 23)4o: a,uy
opened 279sc. closed 273sc Oats-August, uola.
inal, closed l674c; September, opened ld>i :.
closed l614c; May, opened 19Iac, closed IL ?.
Pork-September. opened 5000. Closed sd.
October, opened $500 closed S6.05. Lara
August. nominal, closed Sj.2J; September.
opened s3.2Tlf closed S5.2j.
Produce: Butter-Extra creamery Ijc per
h.; extra dairy. 12c; fresh packing stoes
7617Ifc. Eggs = Fresh stock " per doZ
Poultry-Turkeys. s6loc per To-; chickens.
hens, &c; spring chickens, Sc; roos,
ters, &c; ducks, @ 9,6s; geese, Sl.OD
600. Potatoes-Early Ohio 150lSc per bushe.
Honey-White clover, 131lic per h.; broken
comb, 9410c; extracted, 5D5c Apples-Red
stock, 75c0Sl.25 per bbl.; green stock, COCO
S1.0O.
Chicago Live stock.
CHICAGO, Aug. IL.
: Live Stock-Pr,ces at the Union Stock
yards today ranged as follows Hogs-Es.
timated receipts for tho day 600; sale,
ranged at S27O03.45 pigs, S3l093.45 light,
$2.70Q29O rough packing S29jG33j mixed,
and $2.e503 % heavy packing and shipping
lots.
Cattle-Estimated receipts for the day,
5000; quotations ranged at S43jlo46j choice
to extra shipping steers - 200t.4J good to
choice do 1896 Ol.2j fair to good. 50 i5 o. IS
common to medium do. S3.5JCl4.00 butchers
steers, S25DSD3.zJ stockers, SO. l003.70 feeders,
S1.40034O cows, $2.iJts4 % heifers, 81. 76Gs.7j
bulls. oxen and stays. s2.j .GI2j Texas steers.
S2.s003SO western rangers and S3.0O05.50 veal
calves.
Sheep and Lambs-Estimate1 receipts for
the day. l2,Ol. sales ranged at S9.256D3. 10 west
ems, $2.mG2.Sj Icxa,l,. Sl.7jlo3.3j natives,
and s3.OJ06O a. a..
Detroit Grain.
DETROIT, Aug. il.
wheat-Cash white. e3I4c bid; cash red,
63I4c bid; August. 6si4c bid; September. 63zo
asked December, Coo.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
Killed by n Frightful Fall.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Aug. s.-Rein-
deer De Graaf, carpenter, working four
and half stories above the ground on
the Grand Rapids Brewing company's
new building, was overcome by the heat
Friday morning and fell from the scaffold
to the ground. He was instantly killed.
He leaves family.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
pauucefote Called Home,

LONDON, Aug. Sit is learned that
Sir Julian Pauncefote's visit to London is
due to the direct summons of the Marquis
of Salisbury. The British ambassador
was present at q special meeting Of the
cabinet on Monday, called to consider tine
Venezuelan question and the arbitration
schene
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
Fire at Anamosa penitentiarv.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, Aug 12.-Fire at
Anamosa penitentiary started at 9p. III.
yesterday in the cellar of the prison din.
ing room. The oven had been hot, and
some kindling near by took fire. The Gel
lar was full of barrels of pork, etc. The
entire entry building was destroyed, in
Guiding the library of three thousand vol
umes. The total loss will reach $4,000.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
Drowning Near Benton Harbor.

BENTON HARDoR, Mich, Aug 1O-Mar.
tin Manning, James Buttrick, Frank
Yerring and "Frenchy," a stranger, were
drowned mile north of here in the lake.
They were bathing and the undertow took
two of them out. The others were drowned
while bravely essaying a rescue
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
MICHIGAN CROPS.
Average of Wheat Is 1000 Bushels to the
Acre-Other Products.

Acre-Other Products.
LANSING, Aug. l0.-The crop report for
the state of Michigan for the past month
shows the average yield of wheat per acre
to be 1859 bushels There were 5sO,66
bushels of wheat marketed, against 49,
SO4 for July, 1896, and the entire amount
for the twelve months, August-July, is
$3.50, 1O4, against 81, OO7, 7O4 for the same
period last year.
Oats are estimated to yield thirty-one
per acre, the crop being badly damaged by
the heavy rains. The average condition Of
potatoes IL 81, and of beans Is %. The
yield per acre of clover and timothy hay
is estimated at 70 per cent Of yield in
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
Kansas Renuhlicans.

TOPEKA, Aug. 1.-The Republican con-
vention to nominate a complete state
ticket met at noon Tuesday and n few
minutes thereafter by the vote on tenn
porary organization it was apparent that
K. N. Morrill, would be renominatcd for
governor by a majority which would be
almost like an unanimous selection.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
He Knew.

Teacher with reading class)-Boy
reading)-And she sailed down the
river. Teacher-Why are ships called
"she?" Boy (precociously alive to the
responsibilities of his sex)-Because
they need men to manage them.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
Intense Suffering at Boston.

BOSTON, Aug. 1.-THE THERMOMETERS
registered 95.4 Monday which is the record
for the season. The humidity all day was
above the nominal and the suffering WAS
intense. Four prostrutions occurred IN
the afternoon and two resulted fatally,
as follows: John Murphy, "A years; Peter
Casey
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
Administrator Sale of Real Estate.
STATE OF MICHIGAN, !

COUNTY OF SHIAwAssEE, fSs
In the matter OF the estate of Edwin s. Law
rock, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that in pursuance ant
by virtue of an order granted to the under
signed, as administrator OF the estate OF said
deceased, by the Hon. Matthew Bush Judge o.
Probate In and for said county, on the 22nd day
of June, A. ID. 1896. there will be sold at public
vendue, TO the his nest bidder, at the premises
to be sold, In the LIST ward OF Owosso city in said
county, on Monday the 10th day OF August, AID.
1896 at 10 o'clock In the forenoon OF said day, all
the right, title, and interest OF said deceased in
and TO the following described lands and prem
ises. situated in the LIST ward OF Owosso city,
county of Shiawassee. state OF Michigan, to-wit.
Lot four (4) in block three CD in Lucy Com
stocks addition to the city OF Owosso according
TO the recorded plat thereof.
JOHN LAvEROCK,
Administrator of the estate of said deceased
Dated June 22d A. ID. 1896.