The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-05-23
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DIR. Belle Smith, a Grand Rapids lady,
VINO nad already worked up good medi-
Cal practice though but % years of age,
has been appointed physician at the
woman's prison, Sherburne, Mass.
Addison claims the proud distinction of
being the only American town that's
struggling along without the illuminat-
ing presence of a red-headed girl.
West Bay City folks are DESTROYS of
changing the name of their town, having
become weary of being considered mere
suburb of Bay City. Clyde City is a name
that is meeting withmuch favor as being
suggestive of the towns shipbuildin in
terests.
A prominent Lakeview citizen has given
$1,000 bonds that he'll stand trial to a suit
brought by another prominent citizen of
that town, who claims good round sum
in damages for the alienation of his wife's
affections.
Rev. and Mrs. Francis Drew, of Grand
Rapids. have enjoyed sixty years of mar
ried life without break.
Roscammon schools are closed and the
church services have been suspended by u
diphtHeria epidemic.
Governor Luce has issued proclama-
tion prohibiting the importation of Texas
cattle into this state, or cattle raised south
of the Both parallel until after Nov. l.
M. III. Lane, of Kalamazoo and Charles
H. Richmond of Ann Arbor, have been
named as the Michigan commissioners of
the worlds fair.
Because DR.. w. l.. Reid, of Grand
Rapids, advertised through the mails that
he could read letters without opening
them, he being Spiritualist, he has been
sentenced to hard labor for one year by
the United States court.
A Fulton farmer had forty-six sheep
drowned by freshet on the night of the
10th. They were feeding on low land and
couldn't escape the flood.
Thomas hester, the upper peninsula
lumberman who began life in the woods
as day laborer, and succeeded in amass-
ing fortune of 100000, died at Baraga
on the 18th of apoplexy, at the age of 81
years.
Sohn Cook a Sand Lake sportsman, IA
years of age, jumped over fence while
on a recent hunting expedition, pulling
his gun after him. His funeral was held
two days later.
A Jackson man has been killing time by
writing the Lords prayer upon space
represented by one-half the surface of
Scent piece.
A Saginaw boy of summers was run.
ming at his best gait to witness dog fight
when he stumbled and fell, breaking his
neck.
A 16-year-old girl of Presque Isle county
was attacked by paralysis three months
since but continues to live, although she
hasn't spoken word during that time.
Detroit has a colored policeman who
looms up an inch above six feet in height,
and weighs 2l0 pounds.
To show what hustler can do, tits said
that Jake Seligman, of Saginaw, purchased
a forty acre farm, a So, 200 house and lot, a
$34, 900 brick block, and 28, 600 acres of pine
land, all in half a day. and wasn't very
tired either.
More than 10000 trout fry have been
planted in the streams near JOnia.
At the national convention of Knights
of Honor recently held at Detroit, every
state in the Union was represented.
Curtis Fuller, an Elsie gentleman, is the
owner of a we'll that's taken a steady fit of
beiling. AS the water continues nearly
as cold it's not known whether the cause
is drowned spook or p jet of natural gas
seeking the earth's surface.
Clark Handy, 10 years of age and weigh
ing 1856 pounds, and Johnnie Lands of
summers and twenty-five pounds averdu-
pois, are the antipodes of Woodland.
Peter d. Work, a Holland resident and
veteran of the late war, has been granted
1854. 70 worth of back pension, with a
monthly stipend of $780,
Joseph Il. Jacobs, successful business
man of Ann Arbor, is now full-fedged
member of the board of Indian commits
simers, his appointment having been con-
firmed by the senate.
The Belding G. A. IS have secured the
services of Judge Morse, of the supreme
court, to deliver the memorial Day adj
dress.
An itinerant Snowman has been doing
the southern portion of the state with a
dog troupe, but a couple of his canine ag-
gregation INDUCED in a sheep killing ex-
petition at Tecumseh and met an I'M
timely death at the muzzle of farmers
shotgun.
Mrs. Elvira Elliott, late Lansing lady,
gave her relatives q mere pittance each,
but the NJ. T.. Woman's Foreign Mission
airy society got solid chunk of $4,000.
DR.. Walter T.. Reid, the Grand Rapids
man convicted of invoking spirit commu-
nications by the aid of Uncle Sans mails, I.
has been given years layoff at the De-
troit house of correction.
The Charlotte Patrons of Industry who
engaged i'm mercantile business have as
signed. AS the store enjoyed good trade
'twould seem as IL something was the
matter with the 10 per cent. method of
conducting business
donkey socials' have broken loose at
Mayville and their "bray" may be expect
ed to resound in other portions of the
state.
A couple of passenger trains on the f.
and p. VI. were brought together near
Worthwhile by conflicting train orders.
Both trains were badly wrecked, but for
tunately no one was injured, the engineers
and tiremen escaping by jumping.
Dennis Mccullough, the Jackson chap
who was once convicted of killing the
colored man Cunningham, has been
granted new trial. But Cunningham is
just as dead as he was at the first trial.
Joseph Brown was waylaid and drubbed
into insensibility at Escanaba by fellow
who wa. ed the gold watch and $50 in cash