The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-02-28
NEWS OF THE STATE

WIN tno JuuBo OF prODate only TWO nours
before the accident occurred.
Evangeliss Wills is running a series of re-
vival meetings at Battle Creek, and has al
ready hauled in some of the heaviest boozers
of that busy burg. If they stay reclaimed
Wills work will not have been in vain.
Charles Shelby didn't care to show up at
the circuit court on the charge of forging
the name of Hartford farmer, and so fed
hard cider to the constable who had him in
charge. Then Shelby faded away in the
cleaning, and when the officers headache
had passed away he realized that he was the
victim Of a hard cider joke.
Those people who have been signing for
spell Of hard weather in the belief that
'twould freeze out the grippe, may possibly,
have reckoned without their host. Grand
Rapids man who's just returned from Mani
toba, insists that the people there not only
have it TO beat all, but nearly freeze to death
during the ccnvalescent stage.
The very day that certain Bay City citi'
zen was to have been married, Detroit
woman and her baby showed up in a manner
that caused an indefinite postponement of
the wedding festivities.
The late James Andrews, of PoltiAc, direct
ed by his will that $14,0 900 of mis- estate be
set aside, the interest of which should be de-
yoted to the support of twenty-five Of the
most destitute of Oakland countys widows.
William Walton, a Williamson gentle.
mon, went cunning for rabbits, accompan-
led by his son-in-law. By the premature
discharge of Walton's gun the latter's leg
was badly shattered, while the rabbits went
scott free.
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the free will offering plan in lieu of stated
salary, the past year, but the scheme wasn't
such blooming success as to prevent his
being willing return to the good old salary
system.
E. o. Shaw, the Fewaygo postmaster, was
holding so many other positions that some
green-eyed individual made kick, and I'm
Gle Sam said that Shaw would better let go
of something and give the other patriots
chance But Shaw was allowed his choice
and still draws a government salary, as
there's the most clean cash at the postoffice
end of the Office holding string
Fannie Morrison, handsome Tecumseh
lady, went to Detroit TO visit sister there,
and hasn't been seen since.
Ogemaw county's sheriff weighs 235
pounds when lightly dressed, but for all that
he gives the spryest rogue lively chase
when once he starts in pursuit.
An Escanaba woman of unenviable repu-
tation was recently fonnd in an unconscious
condition on a public street, and when she
died from the effects of the brutal beating
she had received, no effort was made to find
the murderer, the authorities evidently tax
ing the public benefit view Of the case.
George d. Harding has been appointed
county clerk of Hillsdale in place of S. w.
Yeagley, gone to some happier cline with
the public funds.
Flint is going to boom herself il 10000
pamphlets, giving a grarhir description of
her industries and advantages will do the
business.
A Portland lady has donated 500 volumes
to that town for the beginning of public
library, an educational institution that every
town should possess.
Death and taxes aren't the only things
from which there seems to be no escape for
frail mortality A Flint man shut off his
gas on New Years Day, but the January
bill showed up Feb. just the same.
Jackson's telephone exchange is being OPP
Grated without franchise and some of the
folks of the prison city would like to know
what's the matter with trying to knock off
peg or two from the price Of rentals.
The jackson penitentiary came within
SO 900 of being self-supporting the past
year. Base ball and the opera are expen-
sive even in a prison, but the "boys" must
have recreation, you know.
The somewhat celebrated King will case,
which has been on trial in Detroit for nearly
two months, resulted in breaking the will,
thereby giving the 500, 600 estate to George
w. and Octavia Bates, the blood relatives
disinherited by Mrs King. The case was
stubbornly contested, 1876 witnesses being
examined, the testimony taken exceeding
1000, 900 words.
A gang of half-civilized youngsters organ
lied a charivari expedition at Grand Rapids
and made life miserable for young couple
of that city, but the strong arm of the law
logged the leaders off to the bastile the next
day.
William Brothererton, Battle creek citi-
zen, has a great-great-granddaug and
is feeling pretty well for boy of lob winters.
The 81 600 school house at Fruitport is i'm
ashes, with 81 800 insurance to Offset the
loss
A very successful religious revival is being
held at an NJ K. church, Grand Rapids, and
MI buc COnNtTbS dtO ItuulTtu W ffSH u tObdi
abstinence pledge This is probably deemed
necessary on account of the unhealthful
state of the local water supply as well as the
seductive quality of Grand Rapids beer.
The State Horticultural society will hold
quarterly session at Ludington, Feb. 1920.
Papers by eminent pomologisss, covering
nearly tho entire field of fruit culture, will
be presented on that occasion.
Palmyra has kid who's something of
philosopher He had waited long and patiently
for a nibble on a recent Sunday, when a per-
son happened along and chided him for fish
ing on the first day OF the week. The kid
looked up, and with an air suggestive of the
usual fisherman's luck, exclaimed. "Who's
ketched any fish,"
ASturgeon Bay citizen, AZ years of age, has
been made a lone and desolate widower four
times, but is going to run the chances of
fifth bereavement by marrying Menominee
schoolma'am- Some peoples perseverance
is truly amazing.
Five successive years did an Oscola county
farmer persist in making wheat his main
crop, but the close of that period found a
800 mortgage on his farm Last spring he
took an agricultural tack by devoting his
plantation topotatoes, and the mortgage has