The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-05-02
NEWSOFTHESTATE

The main dam Of tho west branch of the
Tttabawassee booms has gone out, strand
ing 2O,000,0O0 feet of logs.
Detroit's new Union depot is to be built
from plans furnished by q ST. Louis firm.
1t will be four-story structure of hand
some design and cost s250,000.
Port Huron's assessment roll shows an
Increase of more'n 100000 over that of
yearago
A 100000 exposition building is 10 be
erected on the state fair grounds at Ian
sing IN time for the annual fair to be held
in September.
The Knights of Maccabees have mem
bership OF 1900 in the state, while the
order is steadily increasing in numbers, the
insurance feature of the organization be-
ing its stronghold on popular favor.
Charity occasionally giveth signs of life.
The neighbors OF u st. Louis unfortunate,
blind and poor, gathered at his home and
made life seem worth the living by bounti-
full donations of cash eatables.
The libel suit industry seems to be on the
wane in this state, probably owing TO the
poor harvests of the past year or two. JUS
tice Kinney, the Detroit man who sued The
Journal $4,000 worth, had to content him
self with a 800 verdict.
Mrs. Shoultz, "a Romeo lady, was fatally
burned from a gasoline explosion while
using the volatile stuff to kindle the fire.
A Marlette lady is the proud and happy
mother of baby that weighs one and one
half pounds.
In the uncomfortable grief of her bereave-
ment a Jackson county widow ordered a
handsome monument to commemorate the
virtues of the dear departed But when
the monument was in position she had re-
married, and her grief had so far been as
sauged that she refused to pay for the
granite pile.
Van Buren, liquor dealers are preparing
to give the local option business a twist in
order to see of what stuff it is made.
A complete set of electrical apparatus
has been donated the state agricultural
college for experimental purposes by the
Brush Electric Company.
The Thompson handle factory at Kali
kaska has been cremated $4,000 worth; in
sured for $4,000.
An Olivet boy of nine summers had his
curiosity gratified regarding dynamite
cap, but his mutilated right hand must
plosive.
Lightning entered the sleeping apart
ments of John Doring Genesee gentle
man, during recent thunderstorm,
crawled into bed and burned his hip, and
then departed without leaving any marks
on the bedding. So noiselessly did the
electric fluid do it's work that his wife was
not awakened.
Muskegon is lucky in having millionaire
citizens who are willing to donate for the
public good. Newcombe McGraft gives
the city sixty-three acres of land for pub
lie park, valued at $4,000, while the efforts
of other capitalists will result in a large
steel rolling mill, to employ 100 men at the
start.
Albion college is on the highway to
prosperity, il now having 800 students,
while the attendance is increasing steadily
The night Waterman happened to be
away when the Magazine powder mill ex-
ploded, and thereby avoided sudden
transition to another sphere.
Charles Nichols, who lost an arm and
leg in alighting from Chicago & West
Michigan train at West Troy, two years
ago, has just obtained 5000 judgment
against the company in the Grand Rapids
circuit court.
Bandit Holzhay doesn't like the fare of
the Marquette prison, and is trying to
starve himself out of that prison into a
premature grave. Meanwhile, upper
peninsula stage routes are secure from the
bandits operations.
A Battle Creek man neglected to take a
bath or change his clothes for six months,
which was regarded as conclusive evidence
that the fellow was off his base, mentally,
and so he was sent to the Kalamazoo
asylum.
The Calumet and Hecla's dividends for
the past year foot up 81 100000. The total
profits of the institution since its copper
product was first put upon the market
amounts to nearly S35, 100000
During the past twelve months Mrs.
Ambrose Crouch a South Jackson lady,
has baked eighty-one buildings, 217 cakes,
267 pies, 1893 loaves of bread, 1883 dough-
nuts and 2,36S cookies, the home market
taking the entire product.
A bevy of burglars made such poor
haul of cash when they raided Snyder's
store at Millers, that they set fire to the
building, reducing it and the contents to
ashes. The'loss of 5000 was insured for
One-tnlfu OF tnaU sum.
A Union City citizen secured a $1,000
judgment for injuries sustained by reason
of defective sidewalk, and now the town
has sixty new sidewalks under construc-
ton. New walks come cheaper than pay
ng dam age judgements.
A Portland party gathered up $4,000
dozen eggs and shipped 'em to Boston the
past week.
1t cost a Bertrand young man 5000 and
the expense of a law suit for failing to
keep his matrimonial promise to IL young
lady of that town.
Grand Rapids has n vacancy in her SUI
perintendency of public schools, but fifty
applications from residents of dozen
states indicates that there's no dearth OF
material. The vacancy
will be filled when the party is sighted
who has all the necessary qualifications.
Clock is the appropriate name of st.
Joseph jeweler who's that staid and steady
that he needs no watching.
After May Michigan will be one of five
states having no bonded Indebtedness, the
state debt of S229, 900 falling due on that
date. The other states thus happily situ-
ated are Colorado, Illinois, Wisconsin and
Wact Uiro;uio