The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-09-07
MICHIGAN STATE NEWS.

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Quite a number of picnickers at Leyon
Lake, near Marshall. were poisoned by eating
Ice cream. but medical aid saved EN- all.
Matt Hanson, a native OF Denmark,
came to this country many long years ago,
settled at Ishpeming and amassed compe-
tenoe, and was on his way back TO visit his
childhoods home when death overlook him
by the disaster to the steamer Geiser.
Boyne City girls are said to have taken to
walking on stills, which hasn't increased
their popularity with the young men bit
The latter look sadly on and-sigh
Nashville's school statistics show quite a
number Of married ladies entitled to draw
public money. Nashville girls must be
given to marrying quite young.
The Smith purifier company at jackson, Of
fer to remain in that city provided It will pay
'em $65, 100 for their old factory SO they can
build new one. This offer comes after the
company had unsucccssfully skirmished all
over the country in pursuit Of a fat bonanza
More rich gold finds are reported from the
vicinity of Ishpeming. This time the quartz
is only claimed to assay 900 to SAC, 900
per ton. Modest claim.
A Columbiaville youth hitched up with his
best girl aud drove over to Otisville to take
in some extra doings there, but lost her in
the crowd, and as he couldn't find her had to
go home alone But he returned in the
morning, and by the assistance Of broad
daylight found the object of his affection all
right, and was again made happy.
At Grand Rapids, Mich, Tuesday, in the
United States court, Judge Severins dis.
missed the case against "Blinkey" Morgan,
for the Hart postoffice burglary.
The harvest home festival at Union City was
attended by several thousand people. Prof.
Hogan, of jackson, made a parachute drop
of some J 500 feet, and the fakirs roped in the
money from the crowd.
f. L. Kern. the whilom president of the
Sherwood collegiate institute, has HE'D him
self away tn Florida to engineer the agricul-
tural college of that state. Some Sherwood
citizens are said to financially mourn his de-
parture. t..
Z. j. Beattie was sentenced to twenty-five
years hard labor at jackson by the Wayne
circuit court on tie 9th for the attempted
murder of Charles Haltimer in January
last.
( Grand Rapids new city hal, that was be-
gun three years ago, has Seen completed at a
cost of $310, 900, and will be dedicated Sept.
10.
While M. c. Cady, of near Mason, was at
tending church some miscreant fired his
barns, the loss reaching 5000. A large
quantity of hay, grain and farming tools
were consumed.
Samuel Klady, of Nottawa. lost $4,000 the
other night by the burning of his dwelling
The accounts Of the upper peninsula fores.
firaa eaaf,n IN ha haay, ,raa fly
Most Of the buildings burned proved to have
been shanties, while no loss of life occurred
The total loss will probably fall short of 500
600
A Rochester farmer didn't like to have a
neighboring widows cow browsing around
in his cornfeld, and planted load of shot in
her the cows anatomy to show that he
didn't Later he paid $25 for this decided
expression Of his opinion.
The Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic rail-
way has contracted for $50, 900 snow pillow,
of the new rotary pattern, for use next win
ter, the first of the kind contracted for by a
Michigan railway.
just S51 people were lodged in the Kent
county calaboose during the past year.
Grand Rapids sinners seem to be numerous
or else they are unlucky in being found out.
Ovid justice is neither halt, lame nor blind
Four rows, six arrests and four fighters on
their why to the county calaboose, was the
work of but six hours, one day recently.
Now COMES the story of an Isabella county
farmer who claims to have raised $50 bushels
of wheel on ten acres of land, and a scant ten
acres at that. Wonder il it's probable that
his seasons prodigious snake stories are af
fecting the crops.
Jesse Beech, OF Mason, q gentleman of 6S
summers and we'll up in the ways of the
world, went over to Battle Creek the other
day, and while on his way home discovered
that somebody had relieved him Of SIS
Battle Creek sharpers are evidently smooth
lot.
A Flint parson has been convicted of APP
propriating another mans horse, and he's
been given job at jackson for fear that he
might play the same trick ON some other
fellow.
Andrew Greiner and Charles Berger, a
couple Of boys who were supposed to be
good at the state reform school, effected
their escape the other night and robbed the
Lansing saloon of Henry Chapman. But
their sport was short-lived an officer soon
taking them in tow.
A couple of freights on the G. r. e. |. road
bumped their noses together at Grand Rap
ids about s., 900 worth.
Shanghai, China, wants comfortable seat
for its school children and sent all the way
to the Worthwhile Furniture company to get
'em.
A boy named Lavigne, who was witnessing
game of ball at Ishpeming on the nth. was
struck by batted ball and will probably
die