The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-06-22
MICHIGAN STATE NEWS.

A. l.. Crawford, Cadillac merchant who
satisfied a claim held hy one J. Lamb, by
boarding at the local bastile, now brings a
$4,000 damage suit against the latter gentle.
man. LII
With a growing population that nearly
reaches $500 Red Jacket hasn't a church
where the sermon is delivered in the United
States Language.
John Rawlings. q St. Clair county man
who was found guilty OF assaulting a little
girl, will board at the jackson prison for the
next three years. Previous good reputation
alone saved him from heavier sentence.
The Holland Crystal creamery is turning
out 4,OCO pounds OF choice. butter each
week, which finds ready market. There's
usually q demand for really good article in
almost any line. -
A Bear Lake citizen has been taken In
charge by the sheriff because he didn't know
any better than to marry girl less than IL
years old.
Sheriff Summers not only keeps sharp
eye on Mountcalm county criminals, but also
finds time to run roller grist mill at Sheri-
idan. ~ rs All ~.4
While playing with buggy little Essex
lad got his neck fastened in the spokes of the
vehicle and was strangled. az 49,
Sheridan folks complain because a member
of its village council spends most of his time
in Detroit And yet there are plenty of
towns that wouldn't object a bit il their 10
cal lawmakers were to stay away all the
time thEf E
Harrison Baker, q Newport farmer, was
killed by the collapse of shed in which he
had taken refuge from a storm last week
The handful of salvation Army people
who were locked up by the Kalamazoo
authorities for obstructing business Oh the
streets, think they were damaged about $40,
900 worth, and have begun a suit in that sum
to recover.
There's such a demand for houses at East
Saginaw that a comfortable cottage costs the
renter s12 to SIS per month.
AGrass Lake farmer is the owner of a
flock of eighty-six ewes that have brought
him 100 lambs this spring. Good, healthy
increase.
Burglars are making things lively at Mus
kegon. But they're not the only class that
make the (saw)dust fly in that region. l
A couple of prisoners escaped from the
Grand Rapids Jail by saving off the bars Of
their cells, on the 9th, ono of whom was a
counterfeter of Uncle Sans coin.
A Detroit market gardener has kept a
weather record since 1913, and claims that
this is the most backward spring in all that
time.
A Cadillac man goes into sweet ssclusion
for ninety days for walloping his wife. This
sort of amusement seems to be on the in
crease H.t tr.t .Et,I.
Monroe has Ggum" club whose members
are required to chew gum from to 0 o'clock
p. m, but aren't allowed the consolation of
talking politics the balance of the time.
That's an organization tnat won't sweep the
country-not this year.
The dog poisoner is camping ON the trail of
Michigan CANNES in many sections of the
state. II only the worthless ours fell victims
to the destroyer, "Barkis would be within"
Howell hens are great on. the lay. One
merchant there shipped over 10, 900 dozen hen
fruit In single week.
Alice Cole, Geneva girl of Is summers,
planted 1 $50 hills of potatoes for half days
work, That's better record than many boys
Of maturer age ever made. p - %
A party Of bill-posters emptied the balance
Of their paste in a Petcrsburgh street. Sew
eral cows came along and partook thereof
and died.
Anexplosion of a twenty-ton boiler at the
Marquette iron works nearly destroyed that
establishment, killing three men and wound
ing several others. Loss, $4,000. Low
water In the boiler is supposed to have been
the cause ---'''''.'-'',-''' '''''
The state tax of. Michigan railroads, due
July ], amounts to SOL ,344. s,.,-s -,
An immature cyclone ratified around in
the vicinity of Capac one day last week, and
did lively business for few minutes. Sew
eral buildings were more or less shattered
and many trees uprooted.
Bronson business men have shelled out
$3.50 bonus for the privilege of an occasion.
al "halloop at Coldwater and Sturgis peo-
pie. Tho telephone has hallooed its way
right to the front
The rickety old fence surrounding the Pc
tersburg hotel was taken in hand one night
by a local committee while the proprietor
was sweetly snoozing, and when he awoke
next morning was nowhere to be seen, a bon
fire having consumed it.
Mrs. Robert Peterson, a Saginaw county
lady, was fatally kicked by a COW that she
was endeavoring to milk
The Lansing Tribune that twinkled bright
ly for time like morning star, has gone
to an early grave Occasionally the good
die young.
Over 100 persons are pegging away at
berry-box and basket making In the Sauga-
tuck and Douglas factories, The false bot
toms in the former are fully as deceitful as
in former years
A cat that had clanbered to the peak of a
Muskegou church roof on prospecting tour
didn't know enough to march down again,
and was rescued by the fire department after
having occupied the lofty perch for several
days.
+. J. Tompkins, Girard farmer, is the
owner Of sixty-eight Southdown ewes that
are mothering 100 fine sheep. Prolific flock
While digging trench at Saginaw work
Inen came across an Indian grave. The
bones of the dusky brave were accompanied
by q full hunting outfit from beads to tom
ahawk.
Several gaming establishments, some of
which were patronized by the bon ton Of
Grand Rapids society, were pulled by the
police recently. The second city is march
ing to the tune of reform NOWADAYS 4