The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-07-04
NEWSOFTHESTATE

A Portland gentleman has been taken
into custody on the charge of fraudulent
use of Uncle Sans mails, 1t is claimed
that he offesed to swap heightened grade
of wheat for cash, and while the farmers
shelled out the sheckels in response to
this offer, they have got no wheat IN re-
turn.
Fire got in about $4,000 worth of dam
age on Werner's crockery store, Detroit.
Well insured.
Myrtle Hallock, Newaygo county las
sic, brought suit against Michael Kinney
because he refused to marry her, and the
jury decided that Myrtle had been dam
aged 50, 600 worth, aud SO assessed Michael
that amount.
Newberry people became so weary of
the pesky peddler and everlasting book
agent that the village council taxes 'em
$50 per day for doing business, and now
the people of at least one Michigan town
are taking rest from these annoyances.
Competition among Manistique saloon
lists has reduced the price of beer to a
penny a glass, and that, too, during the
heated and thirsty period.
If the same digging gait is kept up at
the progress of that subterranean passage,
trains will be sailing under the st. Clair
river before many moons.
A portion of tho Tittabawassee boom
force struck for higher wages, and think
ing that the men needed a rest the COM
pany has laid off the balance of the crew
some 400 or 500 men.
Michigan wheelman propose to have a
cycling time at DEVILS lake, Lenawee
county, July 4.
A dwelling erected at Kalamazoo by
Ex-Governor Ransom away back in fS42,
has just been RACED to make room for the
new government postoffice building.
To such an extent was Sunday evening
sparkling carried on in the gallery of the
jackson Methodist church, to the utter
neglect of the parson, that that portion
of the building has been permanently
closed against the spoony couples.
Saginaw county corn is being cut al
ready-by the wireworms.
Colon merchants have been boycotted
by the Patrons of Industry, because they
wouldn't do business on the ten per cent.
plan.
A Sanilac county sojourner. styling
himself John the Baptist" is making the
welkin ring, calling sinners to repentance.
This particular John claims to be another
forerunner, but Of what it is difficult to
determine.
The burning of an engine house at the
Calumet and Hecla mine saddled $40, 900
loss on that wealthy corporation.
Randall Drake, a Kalamazoo pioneer of
81 seasons, has built thirty-six rods of
board fence, digging his own post holes,
besides doing lots of other work during
the past two months-and he's still in the
ring.
More than 250 guests attended the
golden wedding of Mr.. and Mrs Daniel
Bennett, an Ottawa county couple of
fifty years standing.
Charles A. Dana-not the New York
journalists inhabiting the jackson
county Jail, charged with that old-fash-
toned demonstrating.
A Howell man swears that it wasn't
just to calaboose him for fifteen days, for
taking another fellows umbrella on a
rainy day.
The senior class of Hope college, at Hol-
land, attended the commencement exer-
cises as spectators refusing to take part
therein as the hour of the day didn't suit
'em. The scholars will thus be deprived
of their sheepskin credentials-the result
of being tempted of satan.
Flint's proposed female walking match
was fizzle because the walking costumes
of the contestants were attached to sat
isfy the claim of an unpaid board bill.
Otto Newkirk, Mic man, has been Sc
lected to assist in sorting out and CLASH
flying the immigrants that land at Castle
Garden, New York, as he can talk about
every language that any foreigner cares to
acknowledge.
Tuscola county don't propose to stand
idly by and see the majesty of Michigan
knocked higher'n kite, and so they had
party of prize fighters arrested at Guam
nicasse and calaboosed Mt Caro-.
The patrons of the Jackson county poor
house are compelled to eat from tin plates
and drink from tin cups. The general
theory seems to be that the unfortunate
poor ought to be content because they are
allowed to live in this gold worshiping
age.
Rev. George r. Wallace knows a good
thing when he gets his discerning eve on
it, and that's why he leaves Chicago to
become pastor of the Saginaw Congrega-
tionalists
Miss Widdicomb, the young lady who
nabbed q burglar last winter at Kala-
mazoo, and held him until the officers had
the irons on the chap, was one of the class
of six ladies who recently graduated from
Mt. Holpoke seminary. The burglar also
graduated-into state prison.
LITERALLY WIPED 1T OUT.