The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-11
NEWSOFTHE STATE


backei by stock company composed of
local physicians aH. He4NM
Jackson folks describe Nellie Bly's lecture
In that city as commonplace description
OF her flying trip around the globe.
jackson ladies should be of the stayed
class of feminines. A company has just been
organized for the erection of the afth corse,
factory in that city
A couple of Hersey brothers quarrelec
over louise that appeared on a table near
where they were sitting. each claiming II
belonged to the other, when one OF them
suddenly whipped out dirk and stabbed
the other, INJECTING fatal wound
OF the l3s applicants for teachers creden.
tials in Sanilac county, forty-eight were
successful A little closer attention 10 the
studies they desire to teach might result In
better results in capturing the coveted Ger.
tifcates.
Those people who have declared that the
upper peninsula produces nothing but lum
Der, ore and bandits, seemed to have rec.
oned without their host. The potato cropin
the vicinity OF Marquette has become so
heavy Of late years that there's talk Of estab-
fishing a factory to extract some Of the
starch from it,
A Hudson man, who has been in the habit
Of carrying considerable loose change around
in his trousers pockets was assaulted by an
unknown robper while at the barn attend
ing to his chores. On this particular occa-
sion, however, his pockets were empty, and
the assaulter fed minus the coveted cash.
1t is not an infrequent occurrence for the
wife to notify vendors of intoxicants to de-
sist from furnishing the head of the family
with strong drink, but a Whitehall citizen
has been compelled to do that very thing for
his wife,
Even foreigners succumb to the American
way of doing things. A Swede has been
ariested in Detroit for marrying his fourth
or fifth wife. AS he is but 81 years of age,
he might have made genuine American rec
ord had he not encountered legal interior
ence
The county secretaries of school examin-
ers congregated at Lansing, and resolved
upon plan for grading country schools,
similar TO that adopted by the school boards
OF cities and villages
The members of Casnovia church could
not worship peaceab!y together and SO
they agreed to disagree by majority OF
them seeding aud hiring a hall Of their
own.
Michigan's legislature stamped out the
oleomargarine factories of the state few
years since at an expense Of more'n S2l 600,
but that doesn't prevent the authorities at
the Jackson prison from importing the stuff
from Chicago with which to feed the boardefs
at that institution.
A Kent county citizen had such deuce of
time trying to live with his wife that he
tried the divorce remedy. Did that end his
matrimonial experiences! Within an hour
from the time he had secured the credentials
of separation, he had obtained a license to
marry another maiden. II at first you don't
succeed. etc.
The widow of Philip Gemerling, the c.,
and w. NJ, brakeman killed at Benton
Harbor last fall, has accepted $500 from
the company in full of her claim. Common
folks come cheap in this work-a-day world.
1t is said that =, 500 Ionia people never GO
to church, while a large number only go
once in great while-when there are some
extra doings to attack 'em. And yet the
modern church building is hundred fold
more comfortable than those in which our
forefathers used to worship with the great.
est regularity,
The owners of the Gold Lake mine at
Ishpemng sec lots of stuff ahead. as the ore
is turning out $50 to the ton.
A lot of Lapeer ladies have formed q
Worlds Fair club, and are laying aside is
cents each per week, with which tn have ~
jubilee at the big show
Escanabas new ore dock is nearly ready
for business. More'n 1000 piles and / 900, 0OC
feet of lumber and timber were used in its
construction.
Orrin Starr a Kalamazoo lad Of 81 frosty
winters, split and piled twelve cords Of wood
in one week, just u show the boys what u
well preserved youth of that age is capable
of doing.
The country roads in many sections of the
state have been very much in the same con-
dition this spring that they were years
and years ago when the country was
new. A Barry county farmer spent two
days in making the round trip to grist
mill, seven miles away, with four bushels Of
wheat. And he had spanking good team.
too.
The demand from other states for Michi-
gan parsons is being partially offset by the
same tactics-the inducement OF bigger
salary. The Grand Rapids Baptist church
has "caIled" Rev. J. l.. jackson, Of Bloom
ington, Ills, SIS, QUO worth
An iona ooy was expelled from school for
truancy, and this made him feel so badly
that he stole quantity of school books just
to get even. Then the authorities gently |
laid their hands OH his anatomy aud bastiled !
him for thirty days.
An Owosso child was horribly burned by |
accidentally tipping over bottle of car
bolic acid. A little precaution would avoid
the possibility OF such sad accidents
The plaintiff in civil suit fell dead in the |
court of a Detroit justice Of the peace, just |
as the case was called for trial Such re-
suits don't always come so speedily, but it's |
always safer to give the lawsuit industry IL |
wide berth, If you can.
Wild cats that measure plump four feet |
In length are the latest novelty in Kent |
county. Such varmints were plenty enough |
ia pioneer days, but are quite curiosity to |
the present generation.
A tramp fred a lot of stones at the home |
of Whittemore Lake family because they |
refused to grant his request for lodgings, |
but the thing became monotonous after a |
time and a l5-year-old boy gave him full |
doze of buckshot in return. It will be some |
days before the tourist will be ia shape to |
stone another house.
The tody OF John johnson, the Muskecop |