The times., 1890-02-14
NEWS OF THE STATE


century, and had been identified with the
great Widdicount furniture factory over
since 1t started as wee little'bit of an in
stitution, died recently.
Capac will flax around and do something
handsome for whosoever will operate flax
mill in that burg
The investigation of DR.. Reilly's accounts
at Detroit resulted in a complete exonera-
tion of that gentleman, despite the whole
sale charges of certain Chicago papers Pat
Grant, correspondent for The Inter Ocean,
was jailed for being too "fiy" with his PEN
Gil
An incredible story comes from Seneca,
Lenawee county, to the effect that citizen
of that town has shaved himself three times
per week for the past fifty six years, skip
ping Sunday, in each and every instance
during all that long shaving period
A couple hundred thousand shingles and
the warehouse that covered 'em made 81, :
600 bonfire at Bay City on the %. Some
what insured.
Governor Luce seems to be in good de-
mand for public addresses having accepted
nine dates for this month up to and includ-
ing the 22d.
A Wacousta youth woke up his compan-
ions by taking dynamite cap to school. but
when the pupils had recovered from their
surprise, the youth alluded to found himself
minus thumb.
William Van Antwerp, son of Charlotte
clergyman. has accepted an editorial posi-
tion ON The New York Times. Evidences
continue to multiply of the evolutionary de-
velopment of the race.
Michigan has &, 739 miles of railway, there
being but seven states that have more
extensive mileage.
w. j. Dane, Detroit mortgage forger, is
the first prisoner in the state to be sentenced
to Jackson under the new indeterminate law.
He goes up from one to fourteen years, the
exact time depending largely ON Danes be-
havior.
Three girls and boy at a single birth are
among the wonderful productions of the
upper peninsula. Mrs. Geo. Lemerade, of
near Menominee, is the happy mother, and
the babies all bid fair to make live of it.
A stroke of paralysis overlook Rev. S. c.
Woodward, an Ovid parson, when he went
over to Milford to assist former parish,
that he had served half a century before,
dedicate new church.
Curtis w. Gray, an elderly Grand Haven
citizen, was a passenger on the historic trip
of Fultons steamboat on the Hudson in the
long, long ago.
A Cheboygan couple meandered over to
Harbor Springs last September and were
married quietly, SO much so that their
friends knew it not A second marriage was
recently consumated at Cheboygan and the
folks who made 'em costly presents have
since learned Of the HarbCr springs episode
and naturally enough, conc ude that the last
affair was for revenue only.
A hired man, l6-year-old daughter and
$50 in money escaped from Morris Hannah,
Genesee county farmer, and as they have
not yet returned the indications all point to
the probability that the couple and the cash
have formed a partnership for keeps.
The signs of tho times indicate that Alma
is having speckled epidemic of the measles,
all because the village board ordered the
local health officer to ignore the law relative
to the placarding of houses with measles
signs where the desease was known to exist.
Miss. L. A. Stevens has resigned the profess
sorship of vocal and instrumental music at
Alma college, and will officiate in the same
capacity at Morgan park academy, near Chi
cago.
4 controlling interest in the Iron Cliffs
three acres is located on the Marquette
range, has been sold for 81, 75O, 100 to Cleve-
land capitalists This lis said to be the larg-
est deal in iron-inining property ever made.
Lawyers are generally supposed to be the
fellows who get other peopleinto trouble, but
the tables were turned on Lawyer L. A. Ia
Dor, of Lawton, when proceedings were be.
gun to disbar him from practice At the
trial, held at Paw Paw, $50 witnesses were
on hand to tell their stories, and the lawyer
was fully exonerated from the charges of
wrong-doing.
A large quanty of ice is being harvested on
Clam lake near Cadillac, for Toledo pars
ties.
tohia people are sanguine that their town
is to have sanitarium in the good time
coming.
Greenville woman was taxed S10.05 for
'appropriating a neighbours dress which she
specially admired and was also obliged to
return the coveted article Of wearing appa-
rel. The investment of an additional So
would have duplicated thegopn, and 'twould
haye been her own.
"A row of three houses on a Detroit street
contain d doctor, an undertaken and a
preacher. A lawyer would make the col
lection quite complete 49,.
Contrary 20 her bhysicisn's advice. .ah
1ngharn lady insisted on taking chloroform
fdr tie T2rpose of having soma teeth ok
'hScted. The teeth were drawn all right,
but the lady never regained consciousness
A Fremont gentleman Is the owner of a
hen which attends, 10 the laying business at
night. Freaks cf nature are numerous in
the neigtborhocd of Fremont this win
ter. -.
The mother of Harry Hid, the Lansing
hoy who came TO an 'uhtimely death in
Petoskey saloon last season, has brought
E,lft epalnst the saloonist in the sum of %Sla.
100, and yet money con be but a small
compensation for the love of an afrectfo8ate
boy.
Michigan farmers Who have chopped down
their apple prchatNjs, on the ground that they
were unprofitable, may be Interested IA
Knowing that Benton Hqrbor ftsitist has
lust sold 7UG batrels of BaidwTns at 81. 80 per
barrel
FEBRUARY is a trifie5 early in the season for
thunder storrrs, bat the house of a Niles man
was stfucls%,yAa bolt, and himself, wife and
sDafjy badly ssKcol DIP. What the result may
f,a