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Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 7

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LEOED jver chaege Dy Ships A w' Wa CHSHT 1 V7 A 11 fe 4 fc I I 4 i i CO IQ AL nr ID Ji 1 i i to IO she II 7V will anD'winpsoronT ghW'lfortrS 2s data for future i 3 i aim 7T 7 a rtv Srw i The elegant low pressure side wheel 12 lS2 611 executed promptly at jJ PBKS8 JOB 1 1 7 to a71 LDby the controller to a Bill City PlumbUiB i SEASON ABRANGEMEN of Steamer PEARL AND NASHUAOaepda An Sable Harrisville Black River pcaa Quarry Rogers City Cheboygan Mackinaw Point 1L Igriaee and intermediate points i a Tuesday evening at Saturday evening at 9 o'clock i foot of irst street i ASHLEY MITOHELLAgente TX)B WXAMDOm GROSSIS IMS' AND ASUIEnSTBURG 4 uaU iOi jl i jv STEAMER GAZELLE Capt NICHOLSON leaves the foot of irst Street daily at 4 (Sundays excepted) ASHLEY MITCHELL Agents oot of irst street OR SANDUSKY AND THE ISLANDS ort Austin Grindstone City ort Hope Sand BeSeh White Kock orret yUBtonnondylUo orontor Port SanM £ae Lexington Port HnroB Cfulr Algonac Star Island ud Vine MOuse The sftlewheei steAmer "I MiLTON WARD the above ports each MONDAY? WEDNESDAY and 'RIDAY at i MONTGOMERY Maniiger 1 Dock foot of bhrlby gt 7 ui 113 BlSTATfcenwvedAo khLW1 ft XHMA rU extenfiiTB Jim TinimnroTM residence and business property in different parts of the city Also spine very chope residences anda nunben4t irice dbitages i frr l' Sil 'm rn i i 4 21 7 Za Chicagq Man Seeks ame a aatkr John riscoin be is a hatural faster Tlttil tansf fretjifetitlv ab stained from food ten to twenty days without sufterififr any or rpMrt? oWtQrfed tJj noonXo day on a for ty flve fast He" is middle aged tall rather corpulent and wpU proportioned SeveneTiphtatIe physicians will be in attendance durlngl the' fast and take i a rs i a 4h a mi 4 1 DimtorT Musical On Tuesday evening the thirty eighth concert of the Detroit Musical Vtb a a tt iJ 5 I Trrs Hathaway The prospects for a I good attendance at Opera House Mon I rtd4 I AnnrAHnn Ttaxrt nrfivprv Ana nvar ha a il 1 7 717 yjUUUKeiBHaiDg ttHtilHlJ UCOUBUIU AU WUU1U UV tt CtOCaC Oh nomhlimant 5 Unthowhv I I thz ontaivoinnianfr I LUr WCUCHV VUW UUMl fcMUMUJVUV aiSfcO WVCH LW fts I 4 a h4 ten np ttr see every scat at nnunov occupied inasmuch as Mr Hathaway contributed without profit to himself so much i tothe'entertainuient of the public with (his iusic Hall iiupe widter1 to' bd presented Mdndhy even ing are the comedy of vid and the farie Vici on parte It is an attractive bill and will be well presented John Sullivan and Mist Maa Clark Will appear as wXkSWK I I I A ft A1B It Si (lljk ANU ACTOR ED pX 1 ti f'C'A Work on the Litne klin Crossing has been going on for some seven years In 1875 a number of andobStrtidtfve boulders were removed from tlio channel much to the improvement of the water tlseren Tlte boulders were carried a short diance iown tbg rivei Wdr4wfiJeailong the Canada shore where they still remain Since the American Government have taken hold Of the work four contracts have been let the first or contract No being taken by Jennings of Dunkirk Yt 1878 'iat 8750 per yard Scow Byhim 2682 cubic ydrds of ibaSe rock 11'riWK zv4 dt tea 4 contract NO irwas let to 'Dunbar October 21t 1878 at $7 per yard solid and $2 for loose Under' th is Cbrttraot 12859 cubic vards of rfolid iwli were removed from an area of 157070 square feet Contract No 3 was also let to Mr Dunbar eb ruary 20 1880 aff $08Sdr yard for solid and'fii for loose Jlindec this contract 6456' ctibic A'ardsof asolid focklwMiremofed from ad arealjot CGfiOlquare feet Contract No 4 was let August 28 1880 at $7 per yard solid' and $1 for loose Dunbar being again the contractor At the close of the season of 1880 6483 cubic yards1 of solid? roc Irrhad been re moved Tronv an of 4600 square feet This spring work was esumed on Contract 4 the entire season will probably be required to com plete the contract 10444a Several further anpropriatfons will have to be to completefthe Chanhbl far ehough down the river to make the wflrirperfect This spring two large hummocks near the lower and of the Canada Southern Railroad slip have been removed Vtuxl over Seventy five larget boulders varying from one to flve feetin diameter and of all shapes have been taken out of the river from the immediate vfeiidty "05 where tiiwdrillti la now at jworki T'he removkl'of thesehas made a Im provement in the Cast channel In some of the boul er large pieces of oak were found driven hard into fthe'crevideBjerheke slivors were fromiithqjceqlii pf boats which had struck them in passing' One of the boulders contained three cubic yards of 'stone and had to be blown to pieces with nitro glycerine before it eouldbe raised A large amount of drill Ing And drqdging hks alsd been' done this spring AB shown' by the map an area of DOO feat long by 300 wide has been completed leaving twenty feet of water at usual stagee Work is now in progress on an area of 810 feet long and about 150 feet wide One of the lightships is stationed on each side of this piece being jvorkpd auL no vessels of any dex scriptfon are allowed io pads between them sBoats drawing nprover fifteen feet tlans pkss fn safety by keeping HttT'cotirsa indicated" Oft the map The geeatKt'VdangehliaaitbaidettTug the stem vessels in the tow sag over to the east ward at the lower end of the Canada Southern CHANCERY In pursuance and by virtue of a decree of the Circuit court for the County of Wayne in chancery made and entered on the thirty tint day of January AD 1881 tn a cer tain cause therein pending wherein Mllton But ler Is complainant and rank Dunean and Lu cius razer are defendants Notloete hereby adv en that I shall sell at public auction to the highest bidder at the easterly front door of the City HaQ building in the City Of Detroit County of Wayne and State of Michigan (that being the building hr which the Circuit Court of said county is held) Tuesday the Sth day of July A D1881 at 12 o'clock noon of said day all the rignt title and interest of rank which he acquired or hdd as heir at law or devisee nnder the last will and testament of his father the late William Duncan( of ia and to the following described real estate viz: All those certain pieces or paroeia land situated in Wayne County State of Michigan' described ds lot number five 5) of Thomas Cam subdivision of A purchase of part of private claim STS the Louie Cliapoton farm in theTownship of Hamtramck' lot number twelve (12) tn block number seven H) north of Larned street on the Cass farm in ths CMtyof Detroit lot number thirteen (13) in blodk fiftt two (52) on the Cass farm in the City of De troit: the west twenty two (22) feet or the east twenty fiva (25) feet of lot ten (10) of the Milltary Reeerve so called on the north side of Ocmgrees street tn the City of Detroit the undivided es0 half of outlet number ten (10) in Cotmeefa section of dm orsyth farm east side of Crawford street in the City of Detroit the north one third 04) of outlot number twenty! wo (22) of section of the orty th farm on east side of 1 Crawford street in the City of Detroit outlots number four teen (14) twehty three (23Y twenty four (24) twen ty five (25) twenty six (gilland twenty seven (27) tn Connor's section of the orsyth farm 'on the east tide of Crawford street tn the City of Detroit the undivided' onb haM of ioca niueteen (19) and on the Military Reserve so called as subdivided by Corporation and north of Oongprese street in the City of Detroit Dated Detroit Shis COth day of May A 1S8L tuj CHAELE8 IQWEBS Circuit Court Commissioner Wayne County Michigan WoNEit Steep Tr Solicftore for Complainant T40 LAW PRINTING Executed with' accuracy r' neatness and withgiM rapidity a COB raEBPBJGSS JBROOXp ufe f5QJrrJO Railroad slip Tugs should when some distance above the east lightship keep to the westward of tbe cefiitsd thus allowing the tow tolceenXon thd Otherwise the stern vessels will swing off the course to the eastward while the tug and for ward Vbssels'are turning to keep on the Hois Blanc Island range Another mistake is to check down before reaching the critical point when instead speed should be kept up or If possible increased to give the vessels greater 'steerage way headway being what is required Wbenthe schooner Moqre struck a few days ago inn wm msii iftAf auk nf Lim ftfniHiA aha uhbnirt navn kept The propelleb Rochester which) struck on Peohe Island the otherkiny passed the lime kiltis in safetj without being lightered? i I Of course reference sbckild st all times be made to the signals shown byMbsSfS Dutt'S at field kt Tekas dock as the water is liable to fall at any time Last year there were only four days that) the water remained at 'the sanie stage all day StekbldTs Avlng Consorts jin tow drawing more than thirteen feet should engage a pflofuntll captatns of vessels "become familiar with channel and currents All vessels drawing mote than thirteen feet should be tjrell trimmedeven keel being necessary? Boats 'drawing less than thirteen feet can pass io theweetward ofithelight ship wth safety The current at the Crossing averages two and one half miles an hour At times the surface cur rent is much swifter especially with a north after an east wind "Aii island is now being built near ox Island for the storage of the explosives used in blasting Tlie rock taken from the channel is being dumped to gether and on this a barge will be firmly placed making quite an island already known as Dunbar Island This year the explosives are manufactured here and at this work three men are constantly em Iployed 'Hercules po wrier" dynamite etc are made of any power required the raw material be ing brought from other places a large force of men is employed the drill which works day and night having two crews of ten men each the two dredges have crews of six each fir the tujf SAlty Jack work ing day and night two crews of eight each two scows for carrying rock require two meb each rom' eight to ten carpenters under of John Jones are constantly em ployed in the ship yard in connection with the works where they are building a new scow Two blacksmiths are also kept busy One diver Geo is bmployed 1 XV 'A jThe surveyors have a fine office on the bank overlooking the work Here the maps charts reoords etc are kept? I 4 X1 14 os iWi a fl Until urther Notice STEAMER IDA Wilf leave foot of Randolph st for Mt Clemens evefy Tuesday Thursday and Saturday at 1 MANNAgBiit 0EIATHAM AND PROP STEINHOE ST A1JOUR will leave until further no Every Monday 3 every Thursday 9 $0 a eVery saturday a Tlw usual popular Wednesday excursions will be oan hartresuforfJ Sunday or other excursions CO Agents Dock between Shelby a ad Griswold Bts 4 i Headless BodTy of a Man DlscovertecL Chicago May 28iXThe half ftp mains of a man were discovered yesterday in the woods a mile north of Winnetka 'The bead was severed from the trunk by sn' tr and the body jammed into a thicket spdcovered with underbrush There is every in dleatton that themurder was committed trier Thd head two months ago on the beach nearly Opposite the sjot and was supposed th i txi that of a shipwfecked inan jo clue to his identity yi I Jr Heavy drain Ieceipls at Chicago" l' Chicago May SS Tainrecdpt for the week were swelled heavily this morning and footk un 3S28 Q0Gl whilA thar'Rhlfimanta iL fe vr 7 'i rapidly than expected Prices for day have so far experienced a further boojn but although the market is active here is no great axciterhentt The higlUitf prices of Chi? day were not current at noon ar Eoorse 'Wyahdottc" Groae He (West I Biae and Gibraltar Wi THE EVN LI NG STAR WDls leave for the above ports at 4 returning sT'T 1' sr MONTGOMERY Manager 'pockfootot Shelby st" or Port Huron Club House Star Island Algonac Landing' Marino City StOIair Haron ang Ar1 THE STEAMER IDLEWILD leavedaUy at 4 m2 (Sundays'excepted i MONTGOMERY Manager Dock foot of Shelby st 8tJ IgnAce' Mackinaw and Choboygah7 Duncan City Bogers City Crawfords Al pena Black Blvor Alcona Harrisville Au Sable and aM lntercnadiate Conveyancing "aT Estate Matter at lygfc 'iAiiBiriw shaul Motm SfHAMTRAMOK NOTES riday night a train on the Transit Railroad ran off the track on Guoin street plunging violently into the Burrel Co andt the Russel Wheel andoundry fences breaking portions Of them and literally pulveriIngtha lumber used in the construction The shock occasioned by the humping of the'wheels oa the ties caused the top of piles of hoops in Burrel Ives Cos yard and the smashing of dishes and glasswarq in mafly bf file houses in the vicinity? The brakeman had a very marvelous escape from death While standing ta the switch blocka brpken jstaka'Pcket on one ofthe platform cars Icaughtthej sleeve ofhis coat tossing him over tne car and liT front of the train but fortunately between the controller 'Bridge and IWi0fh tjpgkjiagkgdioverjhim jltwss approved nna I Wlthout doing any damage while the last truck rKed Vre ex reached Rlm when the train wasiluckUy PS The Controller brought to a standstill He crawled out uninjured the account I save a few scratches on his face and shoulder I He Pnplu Wished great presence of mind in keeping Peal rule of plumbers is to center Jact had employed helper to assist the Uidingonj for Oris reason the Controller on ri escaped death by drowning iI Withdrew his approval from the voucher I while bathiog in the river JJSalm referred to the 'jCommitteen rVlccounta In the account was an itehi I wta cramp in leg and being feWrr 1 Itmbp I saw aaasv pttltt AIM UUVU MJ held a special XncU chamber at 3' bn Sdtiirday desPal5 his face and startled by the bill at which Mr Jack was pres I ovestif theLcommittee Aid I nfeesshy of immediate action and hurried to the prerentnd Commit KnwkTteRuehle President of the I shallow water with Weis fcTwks was asked to explain what the Smri 25 clutoheWarojind Mpubbc wm the shoulders thus pinoning his arms so as to be I that Commiss'ionet had Mean ol aU the plumbing business of the board attention of two 'h latter would have to explain The 5en0einen who were driving up the road They KTt was submitted and gone over but for Bmaonirhyhe could not explain the usual I time and after the most Kffi nJ written on HtfWii wastrans effor seeded in brtagfcg the bbys rvLtrniier I safely ashore Weussivelt however was landed in KbX was absent from the city whemt resuscl' 'J Rented and Assistant Controller Ladue en deserve great KXitwas correct as coming from the Board to wltich he conduct? annroved it ed himself all through the perilous predicament KVeetiogofihe of KZclXlqiS Ktie aZt and that he never made! Pp SUCh OSltlOn tht the KS Xhe bbard taMo any of the public Twin an order was left at his place he atf I etpn the hip and Kd toft and after doing the work ha usually A nd badly burn KtkbisbiQ He made no arrangement ueforet frn to Ba chanrad Harnnld nnt I the ankle almost to the bone before the board knew that he had done his wo I rn0Ted probably hinder KenheflnWied they would either question him Kutit or perhaps make an Investigation on their 'ry 3 Mospkal rf Thomas JlcCune a molderl in the Russel KZfoner Ruehle inespohse to questions Ohndry empto KXmmittee said that the usual way of pro baC the splattering of ewas to ask Mr Langley if the work charged ten 'f011 tbat QXerflpweAftom a large ladle Kto billshad been performed He thought that afternoon a large draught horse valuedXptotalof the Wil in question was over at 1 X1 KHvyi 1 Qumpany drowiied in their slip MTinnegava the brd 'b rap bysayin that £Kl oi Lm a loose way ofdolngbusiness One day Bo rd of Grosre Po nte met Saturdays Kdid it one way and the next dav in another up tha road Lugbtthatifhe was President of the board roa is thedivjding line Brould see to it that Mr Langley certified to all I i open since1847 bills before they went tothe Controller possewioqa map fr Rnshle replied tbatifbe did'thts Lang I a anl Eteht ip turn asked him to certify to his bills Pomte are sh own as all one and Kilfinney thought that this would be perfectly Woodward avenue It also there were two more islands in the American channel besides Belle Isle 'and Peek Jack said that his charges were SI a day'for I i' Rlumber and it made no difference whether a I ar a rf Hper was employed or not I Local Brevities nnney asxea 11 apiumccrwas senito ips 1 pxu justice Borgman has lost ner pocketbookisetodosome work ifhe charged just the same I contamuigS17 75 fa helper had be'eempfbyetLwitlj him 'The Detroit Light Guard wiU hold an Imp Blr the same My priced (4 and' (meeting aMheir armory at 2 on JIonday a my own business 1 4 Ida Clemens alias Ida Williams pleaded guilty in Bil Eiwey 'l think ills some ot our business the United Stares Court on Saturday to makine a 1 I atten ahffuiaa 'kaYaa J1 lr will find this to btf ruling I fended sentence tt every where and in some sjiops higher An excursion toSugaYIsIatid touchfngrAt Kid ingey jjtThe ContfolJprLfound fault lSulPUur Spiiiisisaiia other points will be given bn: charged $4 per day fora plumber without the steamer Riverside to day The boat will leavecifying that a helper was employed Was Ljhq ijoot pt irst strettt 3 pm and feliirn abodi Mt helper 7 Hr could not say whether there was I The lawn party of the Mission Band of the irste engaged in that particular job br noC How Baptist' Church vas not: gfven Saturday owing to Ber it makes nd difference Wouldn't tlia'rAlh? It Will Aowbe given Mohday afternoon tber if six or seven helpers were employed with I and evening at the corner of Woodward avenue ephintter That is all there is about it rS 4 laiid winder street cy Ulf struck meas a I 'The circulars1' recently published regarding flie lunge one I have paid a great many I Saturday closing hours of the ujerchants and brok but have none on file where everything is not 4 referred to brokers andagefits mer 4 chants who Mr Jack was interrogated at length but stoutly I ment to close their business at the hours named aintaiaed that was a reasonable figure The Michigan Christian Herald Of last' Langley was sentOr Ami a he I tATned the'keteh Rorrow ing the originallytered the Council Chamber le askgd Is I published some time since in Ths ree Press but 7 fl by some dycreiglitTailedToiveLhproper credit 1111 Gulney "We are after you am of omission' Herald rarefy corn 'Commissioner am I after you I mits I Controller Bridge then explained his objections I Charles erguson of thejQgssJiotdJ Jiasfn) the bill saying that helhbnght it was too high I of The ree Press of date September 1836 whiche said that he had been informed that some of I he prizes very highly It contains among othere plumbers pay (heir helpers aS higa as $5 'and curious advertisements one frithej difewper reek The bill was the first the kmdlhe 1 York Stage 'througlitQ Queenston260 frtrsavandhe took the ground tliat there wa miles in four days a hr examlnedlhe bftl'an3whSasked A GHW ff SumWer TSfi fhyit was not approved saitL he did not recollects TheCanada Southern Railway announces two I Hr Jack said that if he forgot to piit'ln the editIon of one of tie? grandest pleasure Stouts Perit was a mistake on his part I possible In this country of piarveloris Mslbiiltieiu I1' Aid do you pay youf I Otoerexauipn from tbis ate I Mr can get them fOr $2 per week and wllIdh apparently promiso ail the attractions of In get them to work for nothing so asi to 'give fered by but wbch actually do iiot do 'so: an opportunity to learn the Tbe route as laid out includes Nlagafra alls the St rommissioner Langley said that he never had Dawrence Montreal Quebec through tbe Green P) reason to find fault with any of bills I Mountain's t5 Newport and LakeMemphremagog Controller Bridge thought Ml1 Jthen through the Mountains pbills In a manner which ade them very hard I vltt abyans and North Conwiy 'to 'Port be understood ipsweswH I land? The return trip is 'via' Lake Champlain Mr few peopfe'cim read a plumb: Point knd the Afflrpigatat Th ere will tje ntL tUughterJ What is ftiere aboutthES two excursions run oW thirontenje 'jstqryng 1 from Detroit and Toledo July 6 and the other July AM Ju youBay 4re cannot I fourteen twit out" I days they Wextonded uhtff September 4 Mr il I without extra charge and without com nailing ttck uuu wuub vu give you much trouble so I did not itemize the et holders to certify to their ownonerty py pt ing their photographs bn their tickets The ar Br further discussion WM iareed refer the bill back to the Board of I ly perfect and everything provided will be first Works for investigation 'Tn the ImeantimdT caS9 the Price will be committee will seek information the nil foran trip by? anotheroroute EWen in the advertisement which appearsooort locordtngiy I else where suseQuently told a reporter of The I he thought the bill was a' reaROnai I 4 the 1 Wyandotte Common la'kccbrdance with the prices charged I 0Uler Plumbers I The Common Council of JVyandotte which I 3 I stands three Democrats to thtoe Republicans is id 1 Corner Stone iPying EifirctscK''' I a dead the election of: tin Assessor who ceremonies of laying the eornar aton at the I the lavy becomes ifi? member df tnto Uro Hor ror the JJ? PoS on Wvteore for that citjr There if c6Aiderable take place fiext Sunday At 4 exclftmenattehdihg the appointment and a hard att ths Catholic societies and 'the Detroit striiggle is anticipated before a decision is reached bd tiT manUMonteomeryaUfleshave signi wyanaowe nas a nemoeruue mayor wno Kor toiltiOM to Pariicipato in the parade in haVo casting vote hwaniee0ea Wth tne services I aiuuwnniw ao isnth United I A OOftaal £CbUU AWr U11V I 7 oupt Hawird tliA toav vi a I MDVAAzl tu V'" I ito uartuietr I ET Tbe Detroit City Band Under the leader Society wiU Music HalL VI ITfl A i I 1 a 1 it tked i' eC Gardner bas also been I 4 meeting 4 1 Pteies nm irom the military com societies wifi ba 1 nV 1 1 frn wzw a O' uuiuck on hrtke turn it to arrangement i "'j r6r oorriffe qf! the Church this evening I as AhSjhtAry i 'a7 A STEAMER LORA CAT COMEBj Will IbAva for nbwa rWDV rrnreru TpimiV Epr freight passage or other Information apply 6n board or to HUTCHINGS CO Dock bet Griswold and Shelby wfi 9U9 IUSJC H0U5E Piano anfl Orjaii Warerooms 254 WQPDWARDj AVE DETROIT' MICH fl: Now Have tb State Agency of the Celebrated MATHUSHEK JPIANOB? TA YLOfe A ARLEY 1n Ag rt I atew 41 A wSSV AUtew SAUAgyaAlefls wllg3 ffUillL KvArvthinar in tfA Muata TJtm Munnliaa of all kinde Orchestra Band Sheet 'Music Conde and see the Matbushelc before buying 'My1 expanses eiich 1 'that1 can sell '25 per cent lower than any other house in Detroit 1 Cat loguesat frre BERDAN 254 Woodward a ve HENRY ELASS KI! evening at 8 o'clock for Pt St Ignace Mackinac and wtyfporta tf evaajjs ih9nt The schooner John Green Is Jhtbthe Stove Works withccfel Cf 0 7 (The schbonlr OcfovkU VTfel'ftvIth of wood on Saturday 1 John Kelrierhouse is taking all (b risks on Jus vessels this season himself The iron strapping is all pn the uewjbarge Iron Chief at the Detroit: iTry ddek The steamerArundel stepped HntchiAgs wharf on Saturday Ynomliijr off her! way to Bay City Ehe steamdr Steinhoff unloaded a larjre ount of hay at the foot of GrldWoJctjrteb Sal rThe steamer Emerald was taken out of the dry dock on riday evening and tbesteauL bante Qoral put in her place A sjUlbr' hained Hbnry PKITfips fell reverboatd from the Schooner Gora at Benton Hdrbor bn Thursday night and wks drowned His body was 'recovered feet wide 6 feet deep and will be used as au ex cursiou boat rTj7v vt Complaints are made tlrtR tolls href still collected of vessels passing through the Sault Canal al though the necessary papers for theerapsfor of the canal have been made out tor several Weeks endnbthingjsrequiredbut a representative of the gpvemrtsfit fo whom thkcana'nTnv (over Owners of vesselh w(shJitb know Whethfer the money which they tolls'hiuce the neccsaryaipapenb were' uMdj oufcahouWuot be refunded (i BALKED JAlLBlSjS? fie Desperate Struggle of a' Jqil6ig With I Little RocKSaW ndelphi Arkspgcihl 'says meaning'about 7 :30 Jailer William Hawkins unattended WV ahV Dhebut a Six shooter in his nana went up the stairs to the prisoners and unlocked the door for tbd put pose of giving attention tb sorhe duty b6rf nocted with the prisoners Three prisonersj'af preseut kept iiLconfiueiueutr underhis chargeohe trempijatnedjSk Hittio Leopard charge with whose! possesn when espAwefo found three pistols jand two otheiS naihearBagley and Cohort! committed on a' charge of horse stealing endeavored to make their escape In a moment or so after the ceir door haatfeeft'nm Elnio seized the jangr around tne bodtf in as tb pinion' his arms and prevent the usd of his pistol and thdbthemeame txJ the assistance of their confederate Hawkins seeing thev would capture the weapon threw it out bf the rpgni inivhichthe rscuiMe was going on through Clie'fcrated window near by to the ground 'keeping up meantime a Cry fbV assistance whicfr'was heard'and responded to by Shaw and deputy and WmSmoker and Georgenllor Hawkins before going up stairs had" taken the precaution' nhve filer's Tdbrff from above locked behind him with the key outeide 1 hmipq jt qJ Befdre the pr isoners could succeed in bat tei'fngilown'ttib ddbr thev'disebvere'd the reception committee armed with doable bar reled shot guns two navy sixes and a sixtSEn shootingTifler were inrwritiirg roilo nec eSsarVreadlnifi'df the ribft anrl Rnthlv three prisoners are villainous fellow ruffians and desperadoes of the very worst type" Havikiifeescape from seripusif not fatal injury rwoi truljr rrtlarkaWA' HlS 'coolness uiuguu in yiHuiiJ ui3 uuiul 111(311 as he diduiidoubtedly sAved bloodshed I ui The Inquiry into the Causy of jhe Dfsastpr 1 liny 28The flnqult ifito the circumstances attending of the steamcr 'Yfbtorta fiAs The r'evidenec(so''far'is conflicting but reflects in the most damaging manner on the manage ment of the steamer 1 1 104 saved l' (London Ont May 28 Number knowiuto be saved 104 The inquest has been postponed td Wednesday next In Telegraph Cincinnati May 28 It is reported that the instruments and effects of the American Union Telegrdph irf this City will next Wednee day move in to tfib Western Up ion Telegraph offiqe Under tbe consolidation yit is also cur yeutly report6dtliat Mr' JYN MillorT present' Superintendent of the American Unionwill succeed as Superintendent of the Seventh Union district1 lin place of George Williams who to day resigns andv that Le Loud formerly of1 Louisvine recently on iewuneans wixsuc cqed as manager of Ahe Cincinnati office vice Mr i ArmhtnngLWbo resigned to fl4v hv tol corn nil The new inniimhentB nm ftpbken of in high terms and one of them Miller resides here and is well arid highly esteemed Mr Geo WiHamsTMtmej here roffi ofo'dr perititendepey 4t yearsagol AniLhfls ever Cnee (filled IrthS position resigns He has a spotless reputation and en joys the confidence and esteem of a large cjvcip business acquaintances Mr rank A Armstrong as business manager froha' h1' messenger boy jmd has been in thd'service' fflorrthan twenty years He is universally known and esteemed this Community 1 i A teerEpftfflotfby Which A Maaf Half Away agstar Chattanooga May The boiler of a Nashville Chattanooga locomotive exploded to dav ireman Charles Handeman was blown fifty yards and instantly killed Jjie engineer had just stepped the tender 'arid escapedi lA piece df iron wbighlfiri Spine pounds was throwri halfa mfle andr struck inch Car Inspector of the East Tennessee Virginia causing instant death Onepieco' of iron weighing 200 pounds passed through two cars Sfld thefilfiiockBdCdown the cOrne of a hoJse" A A 4 ALL i A A Cornwin criWlt rmism St Louis May 28 No 2 mixed and Nou 2 white mixed corn for May are safdto be cot1 nefed and an excitement is expected before the mnnth blofeea Abort options arfe said to be hrlri by two' firms and the squeeze has already 2 mixedwas advanced to day to 45Xc cash and 455c Mav and No 2 white mixed to 51 Vol cash isnd? 52Jc May Some foi May have been mode at these prices And as the siock'of both grades is light (It4s kely most o( the Aborts will try to settle on Mondav ORTHE LIME KILNr CROSSING 3 4 I ri i 4 SJidtoug theWorXDon4 find ThRt in Progress and the 'Courses to be Taken ItaASON HICE Booms 10 and 17 ManK Chambsrg I Over Detroit Savings Bonk Architects M' eny fc Seed Ware fl'use New Central Market Leamfngtod Court' ignam co oor Buildings and manjrlB ific aad private bufldings riB in ash at Sarnlnt Special Dispatch to The Detroit ree Press: 1' Poxt Hukof May To night about S' bnrgo In tow nf tiiA Olean during the heavy fog raa into wharf at Sarnia Ont fehe ran about fourteen feet into the wharf and Is aground The Rice is damased': veryllttle but the inconsiderably torh up Wieonntuffcrl7 Special Dispatch to The Detroit ree Press Amherstdurg Ont May Capt Countess afferins arrived fo nightbound for Chicago Slie wifi probably 'siopXD0 troll to morrow SS I 4 tr ktwwr gchoohof Sold vs re The Moss the owners of which could not agree about her management was sold on Saturday by United 4 States Marshal 8 Matthews to John Hurley for $8060 The Moss wae built Hamilton by Crozier in She fatae Bl and is valued in the Lloyd's register at $9700 Immediately after the schooner was sold she was towei tq Hertey where she rwiH I febelve a good overhauling Jroforo gof ng to work Vessel JPassages jdl Detroit 1 J3 J3 Detroit May A Steam barge Oscoda 3 steam barges Salina and barges 5:30 propeller Milwaukee 7 (sailed) schooner Tim Baker 7:30 steam barge Van Allen and schooner Lewis Rosa 8:20 propellers Arundel St Lewis 9 :30 tug McClellan with schooners Maringo and Oneonta 11:30 Tug Stickney and bareeeam tergeWor thing ton witfi schooners Uviuvu IvwCf Ail xjI I uivre 0 bllfq with schooners Alleghany Mixer and Dudley 41 steam barge Cal bargesi OraprMfetLm barge Annie Smith and canidrtsZ MJ Lt Down A Tug rank Moffat and schooners Danforth Jones and Watson 7:20 steam barge Hiawatha and and schooners John Winslow (J King 9 steam barge Middlesex and consort 9 propeller Oneida 10 :80 Steam barge Wil son and consort 1 tug Kate Williams and schoon et Donaldson Ishpeming Locke and illmore 8 steam Verges 0 Kershaw 4 Grfctwick and barges 4: tug Mayflower and schoon ers Bailey Merrill 5 tug Mocking Bird and schqpners "CmdeivNelly Redington Cumming West Side And Lem Ellsworth 5 4 fi'ug Gladiator and achoohers A Kent Barnes I Wilcox and Barker 5 prdpeller Scotia 6:20 steam barge Birkhead and bargrfcjA I I port huron PottT HtmowMay Afternoon Report Down i Kershaw Wilson and consort Gratwick and consort Birkhead and barges sciiooners Dan Bailey Henry A KentD6naldi son John Merrill Nelly Reddington Barnes Lem Ellsworth WilcoxJVL Cum mings Camden Locke Ishpeming Westside rank Harker iltnore rv iu 15 Arrived HJ AL Cooper' i I China Oscoda Rustr and consorts H' Worthington: schoonera Grace Murray Provost Night rllp Propellers Milwaukee St Louis' AlleH Ontonagon and barges tugs Erie Belle and barges Wf Bennett with pon ai iy Li 5aV Dowri Waverly' Scotia Swain With: fchoOner Wabash 'ahd consort" Potomac with schooners Swallow Sawyer and Southwest Porter 'Chamber lin and barges schooners oster Alice Norris Our Son Hayes James Harrison Lem Ellsworth jrt I John Burt i 5 Wind north light nothing passing on account of a heavy fog I reights '1 AJlaAXlxJjAa CallU Detroit May The following charters were reportea so aaya xiw wui west lumuer Alpena to axoiiroe as io on rail Jones: Schooners Jennie Matthews iron ore Escanaba to Chicdjtlrl O'free: Mary Hatlie dry lumber Alpena toTTetroltrSS IK: lum ber Alpena to Cleveland $2 50 on rail and coal Black River to Detroit 40c per ton hi taker Soft: barge Mary Mills and barge Worth I' 'CHICAGO Chicago may xn xneaemauu tor gram room to day was good but tite offering i were light anti rates were firm Charters To BfiffaloPropefo levs Avon and Starucco wheat at Ijfo schooners ChampiOUAnd George MUtrJjt corn 4J4 To Erie Propeller Delaware" corn on througir rate Schopner QThayar qorn on rate t1 Ji lk I BU7AIO 's BOTTAbO' May Lake freights Ware dull and uncertain to day The only charter reported was the steam barge James for coal to Chi yy 7 rnn nr The fceApj Ijjkieran ITut TfOOdr rf J' "if tThe steamer lora wharf 11 1 1 if 1 mi ji wi 1 iizmc si 1 1 teic JmwwMwaww attaches to the occasion on that account The cMapters in the farced be rat on fiy laaHTh members of the Barrett Dramatic i S't Detroit Opera House or years past every tlcket buyer to the Detroit Opera House has gazed admiringly at the blondejiqustache of Charley Shaw and laid down the collateral for paste boards without a pang of grief Always glad to rakefaa thedollars he will be wild with delight as he exchuiges admission tickets for next Thursday eveulng for it is to be the occasion of his annual benefit The company embraces sixty fn number therjDe trolt ZitheClub fifteen orchestrapf twenty The 'iollowfng is the programme r) fb 1 IRST PART Overture original (introducing instruments made expressly for this occasion) Orchestra Open frig chcrus TTT'TfTtT'': 777 Quartette Ballad tjiatjives next Comic song Hi Jenriv Ho Jennv oomesioyer the SOmr I8rlorf To conclude with scene from cio introducing the song and chorus SECOND PART XXvertaretKr A Af fTrOrdfihstra Selections by the Detroit Zither Chi bi Quartette Male quartette Harmonica andguitar duet Stump speech Entitled by SomethlnhYi Double song and dance by the GoftingBroaSelection comique Orchestra The performance will conclude with a farce written expressly for this benefit entitled Lime Kiln in Which the following songs beintroduced: De Lime Kiin Club Union I Hip I Hipl Hur rah Gardner VPen Isaac dam Smith and others jB JJL tYiCAR Tbe exhibition of Mr Vicary asanar jtist whistler "at Merrill Hall on Thursdav evenfne Wjis surprising The tone is so round full and sweet that it cannot be said to resemble whistling The production 6f this toheind ts flexible movement cpst himtijo yearsof labort and tdr one simple minor melody in the xriad scene from "has worked an hour a day for two mbnths artist tos howeverj the gift of dis playing cthisp studied preparation with the brill jtnej dhdL spontaneity of improvisation The scene from was in itself a kesume of ail the technical difficulties in the way of vpcali zaridh okro the 'xolata triils! isuaye rhythms and desperate tne executiod was fluent and brilliant Oli The On riday and Saturday evenings and Saturday matinee the celebrated Vokes family wifi give thelr in the and at the Detroit Opera IIouse The charming Rdslrfa longera member of tiie company butr Bessie San sori hotaicetfher place a 'Success "of or the Tutchen remains unchanged Another overflowing house creeled Mastodon Minstrel Company at iWiiit RoyJaz Ppere House Saturday night 'The pro gramme was substantially ia repetition oLthab of riday pight and the performance wasthoroughly Arytlq It could hardiybave been otherwise under the managemeutandwitb renownedperformers whoponstitute the Show They are the famous originaljriastodons who made Ahe merqorqblehiW Europe last season having played Over iX) consecutive bights in i Her Thea ter London jThe Mastodons are certainly pre rl i 1 1 The Circus HNext'wfSaturdayr 'afternoon and evening the Burr Robbins Colvin Show xvllt ek' hibit onMichigan avenue near Eleventh street 5 CAPT A HARRYMAN fo Leaves Detroit every Monday Wednesday and riday morning at 8:30 a I II I 1 I IO 4 rifdEfr CLEVELAND STEAMERS City of Detroit I Northwest I wharf Detroit DAILY Except Sunday at 10:30 Connecting at Cleveland with morning trains for all points east and State room accommo dations free Through tickets to all pointe and baggage checked through CARTER GenT Manager foot of Wayua lor Point St Ignace Mackinaw Che 14 i boyggn Alpena Rogers City Craw fords Quarry Harrisville Oscoda and The Sidewheel Steamers Xeweenh 'W i 7 Will form a Regular Line between DetroitV 1 above pointe as follows yrj KEWEENAW SAGINAW Every Thursday 8 Every Saturday 8 pm I MONTGOMERY Manager A Dpck foot of Shelby st C6nditfon Still I 2 (ETrfEBiJriG been received from the Secretary of State saying that tbe condition of Mrs Garfield ey 4 48 1 8Y8 uvucu AAVJELAS UU KM VLUUftAUlf avill bum Ciently pratfent the Pi esid(ht frpQi leaving the 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