The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-07-25
NEWSOF THE STATE

has been acquitted by the coroner's jury,
that body deciding that Byron's action
was justifable under the circumstances.
Preparations for the forthcoming en-
campment of state troops at Lake Goguac,
near Battle Creek, are in progress, and
everything will be in readiness for the
opening on July "a
j. II. Handy, n well known and handy
Livingstone county gentleman, died re-
gently at the age of 90. Up TO within
few days of his death, he was as bright
and active mentally as most boys of 80
years.
A $4,000 factory for the manufacture of
automatic scales will locate at Worthwhile,
and the folks there are as happy as a
small boy with his first pair of red-top
boots.
Louis Burk, employed by the Mansfield
Electric Light compaay, touched a wire a
few days since to ascertain If it We're alive.
AS Louis was instantly killed, the proba-
bilities are that the wire was not dead, nor
even sleeping.
DR.. and Mrs. Van Dusen, of Kalamazoo,
have donated $50 900 to that city for Ii
brary building
Fred Ireland, the Detroit stenographer,
has received a life appointment as official
stenographer of the national house of rep
resentatives at Washington. The salary
is the same as that of congressman
$1,000
The overturning of n carriage at Macki-
nae island precipitated the occupants
down 100-foot embankment. Aside from
a few slight bruises none of the folks were
injured.
George Wilkinson, an Essexville citizen,
is the owner of ten good horses that broke
out at night and helped themselves to
300 worth of truck from the neighbors'
gardens.
Spencer Tobias, the man who kicked
Thomas Elder something like year ago,
the latter dying few days since, was
hauled up before a Flint justice and ac-
quilted. 1t couldn't be proved that Ed
er's injuries were the cause of his death.
Peter Hawley, of Manistee, has been
held for trial on charge of numbering
Martin Erickson.
"Smiley's Weekly" projected humor-
ist publication, will soon be on tap at
Kalamazoo, and then the fun will be-
gin.
Burglars captured n trunk from the
house of Henry Vincent, near Grand Ha-
pursued that the whole outfit was aban-
doned to facilitate their escape
The Ovid raspberry crop is a boomer
this, year the fruit dryer at that place
taking 5000 quarts one day last week.
The noble red man, accompanied by his
squaw and tomahawk, will engage in an
Indian camp-meeting at Athens some
time next month.
To- 20 I
sons, amused himself by jumping on and
off moving freight cars and is now minus
a leg.
A Grosvenor farmer lowered lighted
lantern into an oil tank car while in pur-
suit of little free oil, and never got a
scratch, although the end of the tank was
blown clear out by the explosion that fol-
lowed
The Boston Stove Trust company has
gobbled the Grand Oil Stove company of
Jackson, paying 100000 therefor. The
trust is running concerns in half dozen
of the larger cities of the country.
Glare county is not only out of debt but
has $4,000 in her treasury ready to use
where it will do the most good
1t cost Bay county nearly $4,000 to care
for her insane ard INDECENT poor during
the past twelve months.
The Michigan State Press association
convened Mt Saginaw on the 10th with n
large attendance.
George Balloon, a Kalamazoo man, OBJ
tanned judgement for 1, 700 against De-
troit dentist for injuries inflicted upon
placntiff's jaw.
Don't loan money to your family physi-
clan. Michigan man tried the expert
ment q, 200 worth, was taken sick, and
when the doctor was through with him
that little account was just exactly offset
by his bill for medical services.
A public meeting was recently held at
Holland to consider the diphtheria
scourge that has been decinating the
ranks of the young folks there. Children
are forbidden to attend public gatherings,
and the Sunday schools are taking va
cation.
AT the funeral of Blissfield girl of. 10
years, six of her schoolmates dressed in
white acted as pall-bearers at her request.
They walked beside the hearse with
streaming eyes, making a profound i'm
preston upon the spectators.
Robert Pinzey, a Marshall farmer, pune
tured his finger with rusty fork, blood
poisoning got in its work, and now Rob
ert has gone TO dwell in the pastures on
the other Shore
A Belleville boy was badly, If not fatal
ly, cut by being thrown upon the knife of
a moving machine, while Lapeer lad
was impaled on a picket fence by falling
from a tree.
The copper find at Whittemore has
been proven by analysis to be very valua-
BILE, and Bay City capitalists propose to
develop it.
Bay county taxpayers will be called upon
to say yes or no to the proposition of in
vesting $780, 900 in a county building.
Bell Hoffman, Grand Rapids lady, has
secured the first naturalization papers
ever issued to woman of that city, but
they won't qualify Belle for the voting
privilege
The prize offered by the state camp of
Maccabees to the local body doing the
most work during the first six months of
1890 was won by the Ann Arbor hive, ell
people having ridden their goat
Ironwood has : 200 people, the result of
a four years growth. Many places have
fewer people after municipal struggle of
half century.