The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-08-29
THE STATE


justing loss The day following the
burning of Mitchell's mill at Haring, the
loss had been paid and the owner was
making preparations for rebuilding.
Chris Snyder and a bottle of spirits
took nap in Flint barn and while the
pair were snoozing some fellow came
along and pulled the socks from the snooz-
ers' feet, and the $3.50 in his pocket wasn't
overlooked.
Should any parson who reads this item
be out of job, he may be interested in
knowing that Paw Paw has three
churches with nobody to run 'em.
Saginaw has city clock, the gift of
Jake Seligman. The outfit has melo-
dious bell and is costly and valuable
timepiece.
Charles Cushway, Matague man of &c
summers, got on toot and three, days
later his body was found in White lake.
Not far from Flint lives James Finne-
gan, or rather did berore a kerosene ex-
plosion converted his home into an ash
heap.
Angus Cameron, Traverse City car
penter, fell from a staging fifty-six feet
from the earth, and died few hours
later.
Jerry Rusk, who engineers the agri-
cultural bureau of the present administra-
ton, will crate at the Saginaw fair in Sep
TENDER.
While Jackson doctor was away from
home his children used a quantity of gas
oline to feed the fire. Fortunately the
house was insured.
The Kent County Agricultural society
n mn nh n a m a location
for their annual boss trot and pumpkin
show. The old grounds were recently
sold.
The last Of Michigan's bonded indebted
ness, incurred to pay soldiers bounties
during the civil war, has been paid.
A Bay City citizen has three families as
far as heard from, though it is thought
that the returns aren't all in yet, and he's
not much of a family man, either.
While Now lady was absent on a visit
her 2-year-old child was drowned in a
tank of water.
The farmers round about Bronson are
feeding 5000 pounds of milk daily to the
creamery at that place.
James Matthews, Calvin citizen,
loved Mrs. John Matthews with all his
heart, but failing to secure the lady's af-
lection, shot her dead and then landed a
bullet in his own brain. He will propa-
bly, die.
Nip. Waters and Charles Taylor, who
were implicated in the Calumet burglary,
have each been given a three years lay
off at the Marquette prison.
John Van Wormer, the Flint citizen
who took improper liberties with his own
stepdaughter. goes To the Ionia prison
for ten-year's sojourn.
Walled Lake farmers aren't exactly
having colicky time of it, but their GU
cumber crop of 10000 bushels is making
'em hustle just the same.
Bedding has raised over sl2, 600 for a new
railroad.
Ansable and Oscoda have contracted for
an electric light plant with which to dis
pei the nocturnal gloom.
A Lansing lady has been taken into Of
fetal custody for attempting to entice
neighbours child away from home.
James Pheney, of Flint, projects sl0,-
600 damage suit against the f. g. p M.
railway in behalf of his boy who was in
jured on that road last winter.
Rev. H. w. Brayton, a Baptist parson
of Manistee, goes to Marshall, Tex, as
professor of languages in Bishop college.
Nose Tucker will go into retirement for
five years for criminal assault committed
near Alpena.
A Marine City man whose wife left him
recently expresses himself as perfectly
satisfied as the mother-in-law went too.
Names may have significance after all,
as Ezra Burr has been succeeded by j. +.
Thistle as station agent at Garfield.
Diphtheria has begun an early cam
paign at Inlay City.
Fred Resche gets off with an 1S-months
sentence for assaulting a little Rockford
girl some two monts ago. Resche pleaded
guilty.
A dog is said to have caused the Mere
dith fire by knocking over a lighted lamp
while in pursuit Of rodent in the ware
house cellar.
Fully 1900 people took in the Bay View
assembly this season.
L. Parham, of Burr Oak, had span of
horses killed by frisky bolt of electric
ity, but luckily escaped himself with the
blistering of his hands.
The late census places Michigan seventh
in the list of states in point of population
New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio,
Missouri and Indiana alone exceeding her
in the number of inhabitants.
An Otsego man has got himself into the
Grand Rapids bastile because he wrote
improper epithets on an envelope adj
dressed to a woman.
ID. j. Lewis is Richmond veteran who
has just succeeded in capturing a pension,
but it required fifteen-year's campaign
to do it.
Mrs. Il. Kingman, the Grand Rapids
lady who went to Africa last spring to
enlighten the benightened folks of the
dark continent, died recently of African
fever.
Little Isa miller, Lansing girl Of 6
summers, was accidentally killed by her
14-year-old brother by the careless hand
ling of Flobert rifle.
Daniel Sturdevant, farmer living near
Iowa, was found dead in his front yard
the other morning under circumstances
that indicate foul play. An investigation
is being made.
Bathing may not be dangerous prac-
tice in ordinary cases. but a Port Huron
brewer died of heart disease while in the
bathing act.
Elisha Philo is a Sherwood farmer who
was ANNOYED by n nest of bumble bees