The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-10-26
MICHIGAN STATE NEWS.

| 1neres ~ acre tract or vuiuaDlo naru-
wood timber, near Pennington, that has
hitherto escaped the woodlands ak because
the title has been In dispute for the past Sc
years. This has finally been settled, and
ID. 1. Smith, a Romeo resident. has pur.
chased 1t and the primitive forest will be laid
low the coming winter.
was fooling around the heels of hard kick
| ing colt, was landed clear across the dark
river into the other world by single blow
| of colty's hind foot.
| A Michigan woman, who resides not more
than 1000 miles from Port Huron, is now
| living with her fourteenth husband. As she's
| lady OF excellent health and rugged consti-
| tuition, the chances are good for her getting
into the twenties before ifes journey il
| ended
A couple of Crumbs, father and son, Jack.
| son county people, went out hunting part
ridges one day recently for a sick neighbor
| The son wasn't an expert marksman, but
| managed to accidentally shoot his paternal
| ancestor before they'd bagged any feathered
| game. The elder Crumb may survive.
Peter Burns, a Kimball farmer, harvested
| 27S bushels Of potatoes from eight bushels OF
seed. Prolific tubers.
A Grand Rapids woman left her husband
| because he mildly and meekly intimated that
twould be good idea for her to clean up
tie house. But he doesn't propose to be
bafiied.in that manner and has already begun
| divorce proceedings. Here's hoping that he
may have better success next time, in catch.
ing neat and orderly frau.
A Luther editor has been presented with a
cucumber @2 inches in length. Considering
the lateness of the season, that pencil pusher
4 In. hO In. ts.l
The people who depend upon the cucumber
pickle as AN appetizer might as well he hunt
ing upa substitute. Tho great cucumber
fields in tho vicinity OF South Lyon were n.
G. this season-too hot in the summer and too
frosty in the autumn.
More than 600 students are Frightening up
at the Ypsilanti state normal school.
There is a l,000-acre sheep ranch in Altoona
county, owned by L. X. Dorr and Robert
Reed That is how they do things i'll the
wild and woolly west.
A Detroit detective was given a reprimand
and $40 fine for harshiy handling lady
who objected to having her house searched
by the inqusitiye official.
The schools and churches have been closed
at Charleston on account of the scarlet fever
scourge at that village.
Sherman's general merchandise store at
Okemos was burned on the 9TH. Odd Fell
lows hall was also burned. Loss 81, 800; in
surance, S3,209.
A train of twenty-nine palace stock cars
oaded with Montana cattle, passed through
Battle Creek the other day on the Chicago
& Grand Trunk. These cars are nicely fin
ished and are fitted up with a view of max
ing the long journey comfortable for the
4;
Montana to New York is made in four days
regular passenger time.
Detroit now feels sure OF that much talked
of ten-story building, as work thereon is to
be begun at an early date. Twill be- q
worthy addition to the business blocks OF
, Michga1's metropolis.
The Menomineo man who advertised his
wife as having left him without provoca-
ton and warning people not TO trust her on
his account, now wishes he had kept quiet.
The advertised wife got back at her liege
lord by saying that she returned to her
fathers homo to get something to cat and
wear, and advised the public not to tust her
! husband on her fathers account.
Sidney Lavick has been convicted OF rob-
bling a Washtonaw county farmers house,
notwithstanding he was ably defended by a
lady lawyer, Mrs. Mary Z. Whiting. But
there seems to be cases where even a lady's
pleading availeth not
Edward McCaig has been jailed at East
| Saginaw for obtaining a fellow workmans
wages and appropriating the money to his
| own Use. About tho most satisfactory way
to enjoy money is TO honestly earn it though
there are some people who don't seem to
have learned so simple u fact.
couple of Pawn river boys dug ten acres
of potatccs--two car loads--n three and u
half days recently. Spray work for boys.
Prof Hogan, of balloon. parachute fame
has made thirty seven ariel trips this year
and although no has been bumped several
times and nearly drowned once or twice, he
still in tho ring and ready for business.
Tho Michigan wheat crop, according to
| the October crop renort OF the state depart
ment averages IL. G7 bushels per acre, indi-
eating n total yield OF 81, 5Sl ,504 bushels, OF
| other crops the average yield per acre Isl
| Oats, 30 bushels: Corn, Oh bushels OF ears
| barley - bushels
1t takes a woman to guess Miss Margaret
| Shaw won the IS offered by IA Greenville
merchant to the person who should correctly
| name the number of seeds contained in q
pumpkin that was planted in bis show win
dow, while the 3,21S other guessers got
| left
| The State Dairy association will convene
at jackson some timo in February to discus:
| the bread and butter question.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Burke, Au Sable people
went out for call the other evening, and q
| chap who dldnt like them took tho opportn
nifty to burn their home, which WAS wort 1
| 81 600 The man who can enjoy that sort 81
revenge is vol, is no man at all.
| Tho September salt output was little
more than 49d, 600 barrels, making total oi
| 30T2, 42S barrels for tho year To Oct J. This
is 2U0, 900 barrels less than for tho cores
| bonding period for 1887.
| Money seems to be moderately abundant
in the Saginaw valley, the Bay City and
Saginaw banks having S6,O0O,00o ON deposit
That is certainly not a bad showing, sspe'i
ally when wo consider the with which
Canada mny bc reached
Martha Strickland, lady lawycruf De
troit, argued a divorce before tho state
supreme court at Lansing OH the nth. Twas
the frs Time n lady ever raised her legal
voice before that august tribunal "l'Is