The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-06-27
NEWSOFTHEST


A hedgehog gained admittance to the
house of Bellaire gentleman, and jump
ing into bed with couple of children pro.
ceeded to take nap. Neither OF the
youngsters particularly enjoyed the pres
ence OF the strange bedfellow, nor the
quills 1t planted in their little bodies.
Joe Duvutte, the Sanilac county man
who went TO Jackson prison thirty-two
years ago on life sentence for murder, is
now weakened old man of 60. During
all this time he hasn't seen friend or
relative, being kept for the most part in
solitary confinement.
Napoleon farme arsre going to contrib
ute their share toward the worlds pickle
crop by raising 200 acres of cucumbers.
A Flushing chap bought little brown
jug at auction for dime, and afterward
found that it contained a quantity of
whisky which was duly disposed of, re-
sulting in drunken spree. Now comes
the fellows wife at the auctioner with
charge OF selling live spirits without Ii
cense, albeit he supposed The jug was
empty when he let it slide for dime.
A Battle Creek man undertook to de-
sert his wife and babies, but just as he
was in the act of boarding the Michigan
Central north Shore flyer 20: the west,
his matrimonial partner yanked him back
to the platform and away went the train.
He's since concluded TO remain in Battle
Creek and take cure of his family.
An Ingham county youth of more than
ordinary caution hesitated about invest
ing in marriage license until the clerk
agreed to refund one-half of the fee in case
the girl should bolt on the matrimonial
scheme.
A worthless Fenton canine barked furi-
ously at horse driven by Mrs. G. III.
Nicely. The horse ran away, throwing
the driver TO the earth, and it's very doubt
full whether she ever drives another rig ON
this whirling planet.
Liberty is diminutive town of fifty
two people, but this half hundred aggre-
cation have taken the liberty of indulging
in four pairs of twins during the past
year.
The 81 ,00) mare Of Hon. E. T.. Lowell,
the Climax horseman, was struck by
lightning and killed at the Augusta Driv-
ing park on the 18th.
Hampden Kelsey, well-known Ksla-
mazoo attorney and politician, has be-
come Chicago citizen.
The Cap county pioneer picnic, held at
Capoplis on the 18th, was great sue
cess, though not all of the $4,000 people
who attended could properly be called
pioneers.
A. M. Warren, a university student,
married Flint girl under duress a few
weeks since, and now seeks divorce on
the ground of compulsion and that he was
Zoo young to marry, anyway. Warren
has seen only II summers, but is evidently
no spring chicken in the matter of knowl-
edge
Buckley e. Miller's hardwood factory at
Clarion burned on the 18th, with a loss of
10000 Not insured.
Marshall offers free water power as an
inducement for manufacturing enter
prises to locate in that city
The straights to which the profession of
pilferers have been driven is shown by oc-
casional depredations on the wool crop,
even at the present ruinously low price of
that article.
Livingston county has her full proportion
of small lakes that are fairly well stocked
with fish, but her citizens claim that the
percentage of liars is wonderfully small
when the preceding facts are taken into
consideration.
Fred. Broner, the Iosco county farmer
who lost a leg by the burning of his dwell
ing, isvdoing as we'll as might be expected
under the circumstances. In fact, when
the lost leg shall have been replaced by
wooden one, Fred. will be as good as new.
Thomas Ryan 500 citizen, offered
Uncle Sam twenty acres of land, which the
old gentleman needed in his business, for
$751; 600. But when he came to consider the
magnitude of the surplus, Thomas
thought that he might just as well call it
$40, 600, and so nominated it in the bond
But the supreme court says it's $4,000 or
nothing, and that Thomas can take his
choice, as the government is bound to have
that land.
About 81, 900 worth of property went up
in smoke by the burning of the Central
Touring mills Mt Saginaw. Well insured.
L. Comwell is Genesee county ruralist
who occasionally tries his hand at the |
wool and mutton industry. Not many
moons ago he sold 3, 800 sheep, and has just |
of II 900 pounds of wool that was
taken from the backs of the ZOO head he
now has in pasture.
The State Medical Society, to the num-
her of about 400, met in annual conclave |
at Grand Rapids tho past week. Many |
important papers were read and discussed, |
and general good time INDUCED in by |
the practicing needles, while their patients |
at home had good opportunity to recover.
If the present census is one-half as in |
as charged by the local press in |
some portions of the state, it will be about |
as valuable as a last years birds nest, so |
far as purposes of information are con- |
cerned.
Sanilac's circuit court is grinding away |
on a copious calendar. the most important |
case being that of John Stack, charged |
with the murder of John Callahan, at |
Melvin, in March last
A Flint man has been gathered into the |
fold for outraging the 12-year-old daugh- |
ter of his wife by another husband. The
child was years of age when her mother |
was divorced and married to the author |
Of this crime of crimes
Few of the newer colleges of the state |
have sailed along so pleasantly on sue
cessful career as has Alma college. The
attendance Is good, few of its students are
tempted of satan, the corps of instructors
are capable, while the library has reached
5000 volumes, and is being increased
steadily.
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