The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-01-13
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
MICHTGAN.

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pox has died. The establishment of pest
house ID recommended
Frank Brant of Ludington, has. been fined
$l6 for ustng obscene language in passenger
Car.
Tuesday morning, at Lexington, a boy named
Dawson, aged II, was found dead In his led.
Thursday night, during the northeast gale,
the sea broke over the breakwater at Sand
Beach its whole length, destroyed the light
house yawl, and moved an anchor, on top Of
the breakwater, weighing ton and half,
several feet.
The Rea, r. w. Bourgess OF White Rock, Of
fers reward of $50 for the recovery of arti-
Giles taken by burglars from his house and con.
viction of the thief.
The baggage room OF the +. d. p. M. depot,
at the Midland crossing, was entered by burg
lars on Thursday night and one or two trunks
are reported taken.
j. II. Bartlett of Flint was ono OF the mem.
bers Of the crew of the Inflated Jeanette,
which was crushed In the ice, June %, off the
coast OF Siberia. His name appears among the
list Of saved.
s. Ts Hanover struck himself with his ak,
back Of the right ear, cutting cash elk inches
long In his head and chin. while chOpping In
Orono, Wednesday. A small limb which caught
his ak made him do doit; but IT couldn't be
done on purpose by the best India-rubber man
who ever performed in circus.
An injunction wss served Friday, stopping
the building Of the new mill In Jackson. This
throws many men temporarily out of employ.
ment The injunction was sued out by Alonzo
Bennett, In behalf OF the estate of the late Al
len Bennett, To restrain the Purifier company
from using their funds in building the new
mill.
The Ovid Register states that Thursday, In
Fairfield. VIM. Arnold was beating bis wife,
when Mr.. Sawyer came to the rescue Of the
woman, whereupon Arnold drew revolver and
shot Sawyer, the ball glancing from rib, in.
fictinff only flesh wound.
December 81, Martha Heals, a young woman
living with her pareuts at Flint left the house
in her night clothes, without shoes or stockings,
and went to the river and drowned herself. her
body being found about two hours later. The
deceased has for some time been subject to fits
Of temporary insanity, and 1t IL supposed that
while in this condition she committed the
deed.
John DuEn and another man were poisoned
SprinRdale park, six miles northwest Of
Parma, on the Soth ult. While attending a
shooting match they ate mince pies sold On the
ground, and were taken suddenly and danger
ously i'll. The physician called pronounced
both suffering from poison.
Isaac Clark and Dan'l Graham, convicted o
the Norris murder, made desperate effort for
liberty on their way to jackson. When near
Ann Arbor they both pulled loaded pistols from
their breasts and attempted to shoot the officers
In charge. A close watch had been kept, and
they were Immediately taken In hand, when a
desperate struggle ensued. Although both
pistols were fired, the wounds, it 10 thought,
will not prove fatal. When Oysrpowered the
prisoner Clark was still very defiant, but Ora
ham declared the wish that he bad committed
suicido. Both were lodged In Jail. 1t seems
that heretofore prisoners haye not been search
ed before starting for prison, and In the fare
well greeting of friends the secreting Of wea-
pens would be easy, az in the present case.
Prisoners will hereafter be searched.
The barn of Milton Reynolds, near Saline
with Its contents, was destroyed by fire Tues
day evening, the work of an ncendiary. One
horse was roasted, and two fatally injured.
A young man named GoodnOugb, little
west Of st. Johns, committed suicide Wednes-
day morning by hanging himself in barn.
Samuel Buckley of Flint, and a native of Mid
dlesex, Eng, died on Wednesday, aged 100
years. He was pressed into the British Havy
when q boy, served in many historic engage
ments, and came to this country in 1886.
The receipts of the water board Of Detroit
for 1881 amounted to $5OS,47s.OS, aud the dis
bursements to $48S,505.18.
Francis Palms, Jas. Mcmillan. j S. NewbeTy
Hugh Mcmillan, Geo. Hendrie, H. b. Moran
and Friedrich briggs of Detroit, have formed
themselves into land company, with capita
of $4OO,OO0 paid In, under the title Of the "Pe
nnsular Land Company, Limited" The objec
Is the purchase Of and speculatiOns IN lands In
the Upper Peninsula.
Hon. @. 7. Gorham, OF Marshall, caused the
arrest of Frank 7. Rowley, OF FredoDia, ON a
charge of obtaining money under false pre-
fences, In that he used an incorrect abstract Of
a piece of land In obtaining loan from Mr..
GOrham.
A freight train Of nine cars was wrecked on
the M. S. d L. S. railroad Wednesday night,
little west of Hudson. No one was hurt.
In the Supreme Court, sitting at Lansing on
the 9Th inst, the following decisions were
made: Reversed-1ake Shore q Michigan
Southern railroad vs.. Charles Pierce; Richard
son vs.. Stebbins: Ledyard vs. Phillips ct al.
Knapp vs.. Woolverton; Chicago Grand Trunk
railroad We. Campbell; Mckenzie va. Sykes
Continental Insurance Company va. Phelps
Aftirmed--Way OF al. Va. Stebbins; Stamp Vs.
county OF Cass; Durand VS.. the People; Curtiss
vs.. Sheldon ct al; HOltoefer vs., HoltOefer;
Porter W. Throop ct al; Crooks ct al. VS..
Whitford. Decree Henderson Va.
Sherman ct al.
l.. L. and k. r. Forsyth's store In Ypsianti
was entered Wednesday night by some one
who blew open the safe and robbed 1t Of 1922,
Of which S6OS belonged to Mrs. Gaze, an en-
ploye OF the Lewis hotel, and widow with
one child.
Oscar Byrne, who robbed tho fur store Of
Kidder Il Co., of Grand Rapids, to The amount
OF $4,000, bae been sentenced to 10 years In
the Ionia prison.
Two Migrants coming down with small
pox, and who swore that they had been for
warded to Detroit by the Toledo authorities
nave been sent 10 the Wayne County pest
lOuaa this yvaek