The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-02-17
MICHIGAN STATE NEWS.


helloi and so bought one themselves.
Tecumseh has new cold storage house
capable of holding upward of 100000
eggs Now let the Michigan hen get down
TO business
OF the Buchanan windmill company. They
will find business brisk in treezy Kansas
Michigan grand lodge, F. & A. NJ. held
their annual session at East Saginaw with
large attendance.
Professor Agassix has visited the Calumet
and Hecla COPPER mine and pronounced the
great subterranean fire under control That
ought to settle the disputed question at
once. n
The evil effects Of rum Is clearly shown In
the sad story OF st. Louis citz,n who,
few years since, was the possessor of happy
home and $4,000 worth OF property, but Is
now penniless, his wife in an insane asylum
and his children in the state public school at
Coldwater. Bulge isn't good companion.
Minden Cty's fire destroyed one store. one
newspaper cffice--The Post Reporter-and a
dwelling. L,ss, s4OOo; insurance, si,25o
Begoe. Fox e. Co., of which Ex-Governor
Begole was the head, have closed out their
lumber business ut Flint They ran their
OIL an average $5vU per week to their en-
ployes. and cutting a total OF l5J, QUO. QUO
feet OF lumber and 2U, OO0 600 shingles.
A louisville man is boarding for twenty
days at the bastile, because he embezzled
$2S seven years ago. Swift and terrible are
the jud yments of tue law in cases pertaining
to the "gentleman's art"
For the first eleven months of 1887 Michi-
ala 10 81
earnings of $40, SOS. 3U7s6
Kalamazoo is building an abode for
iramps, heated by steam and fitted up with
downy beds for their reception. Considerable
KalamAz1o
John A. Bailey, OF Marquette, we'll and
widely known as an expert government en-
gineer, is dead. He superintendent the con.
struction OF the famous Minot Leige light
bouse OH the Atlantic coast, and the Stand.
ard Rock lighthouse on Lake Superior, both
being skilled feats OF engineering.
Muskegon believes herself to be entitled to
a new passenger depot. Just what the Chi
cago & West Michigan people think about
the matter hasn't been stated.
ST. Ignace's S., 900 fire engine is said to be
valueless SO far rs extinguishing fires is con-
cerned 1t is pretty enough TO look at,
though.
The upper tens of Muskegon are agitating
a SIS, 600 club house The club Is popular
weapon Of amwoment nowadays.
The poorhouse authorities of Wayne
county are exploring for gas That's
doubtless the most economical method of in
fating the inmates yet devised
Northern Michigan may not be as bliz-
zirdy as Dakota, but she occasionally reports
a case OF some person being frozen to death.
John Devlln, an antrim county citizen, Is
one of the latest victims
Corrunna is said to be the smallest city in
the state, but it is a right lively town, never
theless.
The boarding house of a Schoolcraft gem
tleman of leisure, with no visible means of
support, was seorched the other day, result
Ing in the discovery OF nice line OF jswelry
and articles OF wearing apparel, that right
lully belonged to other parties Appear
ances are frequently deceiving.
The application for an injunction to To-
strain the clerk OF Washtenaw county from
issuing. the call for local option election,
has been overruled by Judge Kline, and tho
election will be held.
Two men were killed and several others Sc
riously injured by broken rail on a logging
railroad near Otsego Lake.
A Grand Rapids blaze used up about &C, 600
worth of felt boot stock in rather quicker
time that the weaIer would have "huffed" Il
out
For services rendered In the local option
campaign in St Joseph county, Rev. s. C.
Strickland, Constantine parson, was pre-
sented handsome gold watch. Devotion to
principle is Outlines made doubly dear, it
seems, by suitable reward.
While sinking a we'll at the Borden Paper
company's mill, at Otssgo, tits claimed that
n good vein of hard coal was struck at
depth OF sixty feet.
Alvin Calhoun, aged IS, died at his home
near Contrevilla He was prominent citi-
zen OF St Joseph county and a captain in the
Blackhawk war.
A Livingston county youth has had n
troublesome time in his matrimonial en-
deavors. FIRST, the county clerk wouldn't
believe him of age, and az his father couldn't
tell exactly about the date, the mother was
callod upon rs a last resort, but she happened
10 know il WINS o. K Then u sister hied
away with the marriage license. and the LOVE-
sick swain was again in hot water, but he
hnally went before a justice Of the peace,
made oath respecting the last license, and
was UnaHy Jlneu W tho SUi VI HIS cuoiCt.
'Tis to be bop,d that his troubles are ended.
Port Huron has a musical society, ITO
strong, that holds weekly meetings What a
noise there must he.
A portion of the Indian delegation from
Emmett county that went to Washington to
camp on the trail Of government appropria-
ton, are reported TO be dead broke and un-
able to return home. Their opinion OF the
Great Father is Just now registered below
zero.
The Lansing Agricultural society, which
represents tho pumpkin and fatted calf Of
central Michigan, will be equipped with q
grand stand before their next blowout, cap
able OF seating 9, 900 people.
The Wolverine man who assaulted n 10
year-old girl and then skipped Is wanted by
his bondsmen mat 80 00O worth
cut OF by the water works company Bu
ner fourteen saloons continue right along
just as though nothing had happened.
Tho man who caught % pound trout in
Tawas bay is said to be perfectly truthful
Owing IN the rarity Of this quality In tho
fellow who relates fish Stories it Is deemed
worthy OF special mention in the case re-
ferred TO-