The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-11-09
MICHIGAN STATE NEWS.

HAS indue oatn tnaU anotner man was tn,
guilty party, and that she was forced by the
real culprit TO give the testimony that con
victed her father N
the upper peninsula
Notwithstanding that sLittls Jake" Selig
man controls the entire street car system al
Saginaw, you can ride fifteen miles for a
nickel.
An Emmett county farmer recently mar
keted a load of potatoes, 400 of which aver
aged one and half pounds each The
largest specimen weighed three pounds. The
potato seems to be "at home in the north
land.
The East Tawas Lumber company,s large
saw mill at that place was burned on the
10th. Loss, $4,000; insurance, SIS, $50. The
salt block adjoining, was saved The fire
throws over 100 men out of employ ment.
1t is thought that the mill will not be re-
built. " r.f. .-,r.....-
Fred Mitchell, well-todo farmer and
lumber contractor. of Reed City, suicided by
hanging on tho 22i Temporary financial
embarrassment is the alleged cause
Escaping water gas in a jackson resta,i.
rant, used for cooking purposes, came near
ticketing three persons to the farther shore
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term in the Jackson penite,rtiary, has got
into trouble land Jail again at East sSagi-
nav. He is alleged to have fraudulently
| passed himself Off as an agent of Uncle
Sans pension department.
Peter Maleis, Mt Clemens citizen, was
runaway with and had an arm broken, be-
cause his horse was frightened by the blow
ing of a steam whistle And now Peter
comes at E. r. Eynew with a 5000 dam
age suit by capias. on account thereof.
Alpena's lumber shipments by water last
week Tailed nearly $4,000, 900 feet besides
whole bundle OF shingles, lath ties. etc.
Rev. George Ransom. who for the past
twenty-four years has been cultivatiug the
spiritual wants Of Muir Presbyterians, has
resigned and will take u rest .-..l r.
Oakland county circuit court adjourned
till after election, carrying over most Of the
cases on the calendar, including several OF
criminal nature. Too much politics in the
air, nowadays, to secure even-handed JUS
ice.
The Michigan board of pharmacy meets at
Lansing Nov. Z to examine into the qualifi-
cations of drug handling candidates.
Charles w. Waldron, the escaped Hills
dale banker, is said to be willing to whack
up with his partner. Ezra L. Coon, and a
couple Of Detroit lawyers have set sail for
Europe, hoping to effect an amicable ar
rangement whereby Waldron may again be-
come an American resident.
Saranac farmers have already sold Is, 900
barrels OF apples at good prices, and still
there's more a-coraing.
The stamp mills of the Calumet and Hecla
mine turned out 1855 tons Of copper on Oct
80, the largest single days work in the his
tory of the mine.
The two gentlemen who have composed a
Saginaw mercantile firm for the past twenty
one years, have managed TO get along with
out "sassing" each other during all that time.
Such even tempered people aren't any too
numerous.
Detroit has euchre club that's been in
active commission for the past twenty years.
Every Thursday evening during all that time
the jack has been dubbed by this deuce of
an organization.
The tramp hasn't yet gone into winter
quarters. One of them crawled into Chris
TOPPER Jibbs' barn, near Morenci, for a
nights lodging and both barn and contents
were heap of smoldering embers the next
morning. Loss, $1,000. The tramp escaped
cremation.
Edward Observation-Disclosures resident
sued Thomas Burchett-another Celeryville
citizen-for alternating the affections OF his
wife--wanted $l5, 0O0-but the jury gave him
nothing
Pretty Anna Glassford, Grand Rapids
maiden, wants 1000 of Harry Webbers
cash, alleging that he played the old Harry
with her affections.
A rumor has been floating about Dawson
to the effect that local parson let q job Of
papering on Sunday, and now politics in
that section has been obscured by the al
legged discovery.
Calhoun county board of supervisors have
decided to patch up their old rookery OF a
poorhouse aud make 1t last awhile Ion ger
The 50 OC0 required to do the patching would
make quite a start toward new buildings
that would be more in keeping with modern
civilization.
Some fellow burgled the Luther postoffice
tho other night and got away with 500 Of
Uncle Sans aud the postmaster's pocket
change.
A black bear wandered down into Calhoun
county but civilization was too much for
truin. He dressed nearly 200 pounds.
1t is announced that Grand Rapids will
have new railway depot next year. one
that will be an ornament to that enterprising
city
Lansing can now pay Mrs. Mary Dundas
%, 900 for keeping holes in her sidewalks,
into one of which Mary fell and hurt her.
self.
While China sends us tea for our tin,
Lansing firm sends the Chinese condensed
milk to put into theirs. That's modern re-
ciprocity.
An alcoholic breeth and heavy sea gait
characterized 533 Of the 1000 people who
have been introduced to the Grand Rapids
bastile during the past seven months.
Saginaw City Episcopalians are going to
invest S25, 900 in new parish buildings. They
ought to be slick enough for most anybody
to live in.
Michigan railroads earned S6,304, 800 in
August, against $500, 495 for August, 's7.
and s49, 644. 260 for the eight months from
Jan. to Sept. /, against si0,7ls,sll for the
same period last year.
The Chicago & Grand Trunk railway has
just paid Caroline Heath, of Battle Greek,
$4,000 because Caroline hurt her knee while
alighting from a passenger train of that
company some months ago.
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