The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-03-02
MICHIGAN STATE NEWS.


A Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukes
train was ditched near Gaines Although
each coach was landed bottom side up, mono
Of the 100 passengers were killed, and but
four or i've wounded.
A six-lsgged calf 10 the property Of VIM. Gil
lsrson. OF Clare The early appearance OF
monstrosities this year may be attributed 70
The impending presidential campaign.
A Jackson Amateur club win spring
. comedy on the people OF that burg about
tho middle OF the month entitled IAN Elit-
eSs Troubles" Pos bly, they'll know moro
about said editor when they've read tho
press notices Of their performance.
Mr.. aud Mrs e. E Cole. of Adrian. were
fatally frozen In the late Dakota blizzard
A Tuscola county man drew a load OF
wheat Into Bay City tho other day that
measured al bushels, weighing about seven
toms Bay City can now have some bread.
T. g. Bennett, OF Jackson, 70 about TO
build barn on his farm near that city. Size,
120x25S ieet
II there's miller Ia the state who's out OF
a job. Msyville people would like to make his
acquaintanc, They have no mill, but think
they've Fl ss-class opening for cool one
Dunie, has had $50 cases OF measles with
only two deaths. tkYfRfN&N I'm
A pure white Arctic owl was shot near
Port Huron, that measured five ieet from
tip to tip.
John and Mary Dolbear, of Walled Lake,
were a lonely couple, and although distantly
related, concluded to marry and be happy.
They're not without some experience in the
world, their combined ages being l5D years.
terprise she undertakes, as shown by her list
Of toboggan-slhie accidents
The contractors of the Hudson gas we'll
have hole 2, 100 feet below tho surface, but
it's dry hole. Wonder II every thing In
Michigan is going adry." ss 80
A Port Huron inventor has caught on to
new-fangled notion in hiichng-posts It's
built on the plan of @now you see it and now
you DON'T" for when not in use it slides
down, tel.scopicaly out of sight. Fine thing
for the fellow who gets home late at night
IT'S claimed that Waukegan man has
made love to more ladies' than he ctn prop
erly care for in a hundred years, and one
willow, who doesn't expect to sojourn here
below for that length OF time, brings suit
against the man OF much love for $4,000 be-
cause he's put her down too near the end Of
tho list M -.
Typhoid fever is getting in its work at the
Jackson prison, cutting short the sentence Of
many a convict There are az boarders re-
naming, however.
'Tisn't generally supposed that man ever
Willingly lie 60 If a good, fat Office, but the
postmaster at Saginaw City has actually
done it. g. Fred Lewis, a well-known news
paper man of that city, will probably take
the helm.
A Tekonsha firm shipped round $4,000
worth of live stock from that little burg last
year.
Three men claim the title to the land on
which the newly discovered gold mine in the
upper peninsula was discovered. But this
by no means comprises the number of people
who banker in the same direction.
The local option wave that is sweeping
over the state is stimulating the organization
of social clubs, where a drop o. suthn' to
take can he had on call. 1t IS estimated that
500 of these clubs will he in running order by
May 1.
Michigan's land Offices have been CONSOLE
dated into one, to be located at Grnylng,
with j. K Wright as register and E N.
Fitch as receiver. There are yet 10000
ncres OF public land in the state, and Gray
ling Is centrally located to the whole tract
The twelfth annual meeting of the A. o.
u. w. grand lodge was held in Detyoir.
Fully 200 delegates were in attendance, and
the order is reported in fourishing condi-
ton.
Muskegon capitalists are talking of plant
ing a $50, QUO national bank at ST. ISnace
The outcome of the project depends largely
on the cashier.
While couple of Port Huron chaps were
in fight to a finish to settle their
titles 10 sweet charmer, a third
party stepped in and escorted the lady home
The man of tact is the fellow who gets to the
front
Several towns in the state have claimed to
have the 1meanest Michigan man." but St
Ignace seems to have the bulge on that bust.
ness at present The case in point was the
stealing of half dollar from the eyes OF a
dead man. who had been accidentally killed,
the coin having been used to keep the eyelid
down.
A West Branch woman obtained divorce
at the recent term OF the Ogenaw circuit
court from her matri nonial partner because
Of incompatibility. But life Of single
blessedness wasn't altogether congenial, and
other "horrid man"
Three Rivers couple were married in
November last, but only revealed the secret
the other day. And the people Of that town
nre wondering why in the dickens they
weren't informed before
The Red Jacket lawyer who shot a citizen
Of that town for being too intimate with his
wife, has been acquitted. 1t required but
seventeen minutes for the jury to reach de-
cision in the case.
Kalkaska county has gone dry by 100
majority, while Genesee adopts the same pol
icy by about 800 majority.
Orion has grange that was organized
fourteen years ago, and is still In flourish
ing condition. Such, however, is not the
history Of the order in a maj ,rity Of Michi-
gan towns
An East Saginaw lady sued her "feller" In
the sum OF $40, 900 for breach OF promise, but
, jury decided that tj75 was about the tansy,
which was to the plaintiff an unexpectedly
heavy discount
Rev. Theodore w. Haven, the missing
Battle Creek divine, whose sudden disap- 4
pearance from New York city caused so
much anxiety TO his friends, writes back
from RerIin GermAnv that he took n no.