The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-01-31
NEWS OFTHE STATE

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association, held at East Saginaw, resulted
I'm the reelection of the old officers, with
Wellington r. Burt in the executive chair.
The capital stock of the association is $780,
900, and 3, 22s, 900 barrels of the saline prod
uct were sold during the past year at an
average net price of 543 cents per barrel,
being a slight decrease in both quantity and
| price of the product as compared with the
| previous year. The home office is located at
East Saginaw, but agencies have been estab-
lished in all OF the principal western cities
The county physician of the land of Kent
was paid s24O for his official services the past
year, which included ia visits to the indi-
gent sick, and the doctor is SO overwhelmed
with his remuneration that he pre-emptorily
| declines a reappointment
Elmer Champlain, a Hillsdale county
youth, was taken ill while visiting his best
girl, and died four days after-on the day set
for his wedding
| Ahen scratching in the garden for worms
| with which to feed brand new flock Of
| chickens, was sight that considerably sur
prised Jonesville farmer, a few evenings
since. Queer sights for January continue to
multiply-possibly the queerest OF all this
| season would be good run OF sleighing.
A trio of White Pigeon dudes thought it
rare sport to secrete themselves behind the
show window Of business house and rap
smartly on the pane while young ladies were
| passing But they tried it once TOO often,
and such drubbing did they get at the
hands of maiden whom they had thus in
suited, that they've not yet passed the star
seeing period.
The Compton Furniture company, OF
Grand Rapids, has assigned The amount
involved is not far from 81 800
A 81, 500 barn and contents, including two
valuable horses, the property of Mrs. x. o.
Sears, of East Saginaw, were cremated on
the Goth. The barn was insured.
Coldwater's largest school building was
burned on the 10Th. Loss, $50, 900; insured
for one-half that sum. The fire is thought
to have been of incendiary origin, as the
building had not been heated for two days.
The Clinker boat factory at Spring Lake
was burned OH the morning of the 10Th, in
volving a loss of $4,000 to the company,
with no insurance. All the workmen lost
their tools, ranging in value from 500 to
$500 each. The factory will he rebuilt at
once, the company being crowded with or
ders for spring delivery.
A Holland ruralist named Frenz, went to
his death under a load of straw that was
overturned while he was endeavoring tonavi-
gate it over muddy winters road
The Mecsota county tramp, who gave his
name as VIM. johnson, now doing time at
Jackson for criminally assaulting lady
near Big Rapids, turns to be Thos. McLeain,
this being the fourth vacation accorded him
at that institution, each ranging from seven
down to three years, and all for the same
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tell.
d. c. Mcclure has fired $4,000 damage
suit at the Chicago and Northwestern rail-
way company, his wife being badly injured in
the accident in which Lieut.. Governor Nc
Donald lost his life. The company offered
Mcclure 50, 5000 and life job on the road as
baggageman, but twas not enough
Judge Sydney T. Holmes, a well-known at
torney of eastern Michigan, died at his home
in Bay City, ON the 10th. He formerly re-
sided at Utica, n. Y, and for fourteen years
was the law partner of Roscoe Conkling
A train load of Saginaw valley lumber
men, to the number of 200, rolled down to
Dayton, Ohio, where they were the guests
of the retail lumber dealers association
which convened there in annual conven-
ton on the 2lst.
The New York iron mine, near Ishpeming,
in which the late Samuel j. Tilden figured
financially, has gone into commission after
a period of eight years idleness. The total
output of Lake Superior Mines ,00O, 600
tons-was greater the past year than ever
before, while the present high price of iron
bids fair to materially increase the volume
of business for 1890
An Albion man went over to Battle Greek
- l.AAI h.
the sights including specimens of B. c.
booze. Now he has vague remembrance Of
entrusting his $135 watch to some one for
safe keeping, but up to date hasn't been able
to find either the watch or its keeper.
A couple of Mosherville marksmen went
out to test their skill on an inanimate
object, but in some unaccountable manner,
one of the shooters captured charge of lead
in foot Evidently, skill with the trigger
hasn't entirely vanished from the world, as
yet
Gen. r. A. Alger's numbering operations
are by no means confined to Michigan, the
forests of Wisconsin, Alabama and Calfor-
MIA being said under tribute, while the gen.
eral is supposed to have an eye ON Canadian
pine.
Otsego county folks are peaceable set-too
busy to engage in scrimmages-hence but
three sessions per year of the circuit court,
the one of last week lastingbut single day.
Happy Otsego county-except her lawyers.
John Clay, Union City citizen, had two
arms before he yanked a loaded gun, muzzle
end first, from wagon; but John will con-
tent himself with one hereafter unless, per-
chance, he attempts repetition of the
hazardous experiment,
Adrian Nyssen, a Holland bachelor of
eghty-five years, keenly realizing that he
was the victim of long neglected opportuni-
ties, has formed matrimonial partnership
with widow Kraver, of 65 summers and old
enough to be good.
The wife of Bay City hotel keeper, Al
yeas old and the mother of six children,
pocketed $500 of her husbands cash and
skipped with boarder, % years of age OF
such are some of the riddles Of life.
An inhabitant of Hart, who seems to have
possessed more hand than heart, will dwell
at jackson for the space of four years for
appropriating a windows's three cows.
Gardner Barber, Worthwhile resident, is
dead at the age of l03 years. He was Michi-
gan's Oldest pensioner, being the recipient of
monthly allowance of $50, and leaves