The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-21
NEWSOFTHE STATE


afterward.
Carl Gustav, an employe of the Fox ma
chine works, at Grand Rapids, was caught
in belt and whirled about rapidly re-
voving shaft to his death.
The Port Huron tunnel will cost 81, $780,
600, the original estimate being $500, 600
more than that sum.
Mrs Lucy HAPPY is a Stanton lady and
the owner of ayellow chrysanthemum
that shows 500 blossoms with about 200
buds not yet opened.
Baraga lumbermeu are making prepare
tions for the biggest lumber cut in the
history of that region.
Just one lone parson is on duty at Peut-
water, a town with 100 immortal souls
to be saved.
The Calumet and Hecla mine turned
out 4, Isl tons of ore last month, being the
biggest 3Oday output in its history.
Gertrude Gale, the 1S-year-old daughter
of Cyrus Gale, Bay City mechanic, was
shot and probably fatally injured by the
careless handling OF a revolver by the
father.
Macomb county Democrats will get
chance at the county offices Jan. for
the first time in thirty years.
Only forty.three of the 105 applicants
for pill dispensing credentials were sue
cessful at the last meet of the board Of
pharmacy.
A Thomastown lad of summers was
accidentally pushed into a tub of scald-
ing water by his older brother while at
play and fatally burned.
Isabella county people are going to try
their hands at the local option question
one of these days.
Mr.. Satan lives at Manistee. AS he's
not particularly old gentleman, he's
probably not the fellow who's figured
somewhat prominently in history by that
name.
A 100000 hotel at Petoskey is being
talked by the Grand Rapids Travelling
Mems association.
Thin ice is already harvesting its vic
Tins, Johnnie Byestrom having gone
down to his death at Ishpeming
John Baker is Port Huronite who
chased his wife away from home, then
took her gold watch and skipped out. A
warrant was issued for his arrest, but
while the officers were in pursuit, John
returned home, took such things as he
wanted and made good his escape.
Among the long list of boarders at the
Jackson prison is a man without name;
if he has one neither the court which
gave him five years, nor the prison OFF,
cials, have been able to ascertain.
Mrs. w. ID. Smith, Saginaw lady,
wants $50, 900 from the Michigan Central
in payment for the loss of a foot. Feet
are valued according to size.
Devel's lake is very proper place for
the tanning of skunks, and Frank Nicely
is the boy who's doing the Job.
Uncle Sam has dredge at work scoop
ing out a twelve-foot channel between
lakes Manistee and Michigan.
An electric motor snow plow has been
ordered with which to clean the street
car tracks of snow at Muskegon the COM
ing winter
money in his fields, but that was just
what happened with Ed Odds, of Vassar,
There was sl42 worth of the sstuff," all
nickels and dimes, and is supposed to
have been planted by burglars.
H. W. Hathaway, West Brand citizen
Of 80 years, has voted at fifty-niDe separ-
ate elections, an average of once each year
since he became of age.
j. j. Dennison, of Toledo, O., student
at the state university, was killed at Ann
Arbor in a collision between the students
and the state militia.
S. A. Brown, of Kalamazoo, was elected
president. and l.. G. Webb, of Mason, Sc
cretary of the Michigan Horse Breeders
association at the annual meeting held at
jackson.
While Mrs Frank Kilcb, Port Huron
lady, was mixing plaster of lard and
gunpowder, the compound exploded, in.
ficting injuries that may prove fatal.
While talking with some friends OH a
street in Port Huron, William A. NAL
lory, of that city, dropped dead. He was
IS years old, and had just remarked that
he was good for twenty-year's extern
sion of his earthly pilgrimage, when
the final summons came.
The recent failure Of Il G. Peters Man
istee's ex-millionaire lumber and salt
king, is attributed by himself as being
largely due to silver mining ventures in
Canada.
It is alleged that couple members of
a Port Huron school board were recently
caught in search for the Caspian sea In
a county atlas.
Mrs. Maria Cornell, who recently died
at Bay City, aged IS years, was the last
Of family of fourteen, all of whom were
living four years ago.
Lansing is considerably agitated over
the rumor that the capital wagon com.
pany of that city is considering bonus
offer of goodly size from Ionia.
There's said to be a fine opening for
some capitalist to work terra Gotta
bank at Newberry.
A Bay City citizen who weighs $50
pounds, lost his vote at the recent elec-
ton because his great size Wouldn't let
him pass through one of the booths.
G. Il. Bennett raised $500 worth of gar
den truck on one and one-quarter acres
of Kawkawlin soil, and has the cash to
show for It.
j. A. Mohay, the Kansas farmer re.
Gently elected to a circuit judgeship in
that state, will attend the Ann Arbor law
school and brush up little on legal lore.
j. II. Shepard and wife, of Detroit.
were chlorotormed by midnight caller
who leisurely took such things as struck
his fancy and then departed. The an@s-
thetic was administered through key
hole.
Gertrude Whitacre, of elopement fame.
IL now living Mt Portland har forc,or