The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-03-07
NEWS OF THE STATE

down 70 Old Virginia in March, not on a
military expedition exactly, but to look
over some OF the scenes of the late American
scrmmage. The trip will cost 'em S6S.50
each, and as much more as they choose to
blow in for extras .
Miss. Rosa DAILY, former Genesee county
maiden, was frozen to death in a South
Dakota blizzard, her body being found ten
days afterward on the open prairie.
Those desiring the proper credentials to
entite them to work behind druggists pre-
scription case, are hereby notified that the
state board of pharmacy will be in session
at Grand Rapids, March, As for the ex-
animation of candidates
About one-eighth of the operating ex-
penses of a railway consist in the fuel used by
its locomotives, the sum represented by this
item alone the past year, on the Michigan
Central being $l,124,000 This large sum &C
counts for the experiments with the COM
pound engine, which gives promise of max
ing a large reduction in the fuel bill
C. Fl. Hackley, Muskegons benefactor, has
purchased a block, centrally located, for
the site of a soldiers monument. Mr.. Hack
ley's gifts to that city during the past two
years will approximate 100000
George H. Jacks, the Muskegon man who
once held Uncle Sams commission as depu-
ty United States Marshal. but for the past
two years has been in tow on various
charges unbecoming an officer and citizen,
has at last been convicted of burglary and
goes to Jackson for five years. If all the
other charges against him pan out like this
one Jacks will be a very old boy when he
gets entirely clear of the prison city.
1t may seem incredible that a Detroit
policeman should be susceptible to shock,
but such actually proved to be the case on a
recent OCCASION The one in question clapped
a telephone to his ear, but tn telephone
wire had become crossed with an electric
light wire, and the policeman was dropped
in a jify.
Lansing's school district has bonded in
debtedness of S4S, 00U and twas proposed to
increase the amount by $50, 900, but the dis
covery of prohibitory clause in the char
ter has knocked the scheme out.
Max Goldman, Bay City citizen, drew
his check on local bank, but it was dis
honored on the ground that it overdrew his
account Max AYERS that it didn't do any
thing of the kind, and retaliates with SlO,-
600 damage suit
Standish kids won't forget st. Vale ntine's
day for many moon to come, as they were
given an opportunity to get outside an ey-
cellent free dinner, at the leading hotel.
Mrs. j. M. Hadley, Hastings lady, goes
to China shortly to put in seven years at
missionary work in that oriental land.
The owner of an excellent we'll of water
at Flint became tired of furnishing water for
the neighborhood, and laid awake nearly
whole night meditating on a plan to head
'em Off When the aforesaid neighbors came
for water the next morning they found the
owner peering anxiously into the well. He,
in response to inquiries, informed them that
he was trying TO discover the location Of his
false teeth which had been dropped into the
depths below. The scheme was success,
for not neighbours bucket has since been
replenished at that fountain.
Lenawnee claims the honor of being the
leading dairy county of Michigan, while Van
Buren, takes the cake in the divorce harvest.
A Detroit lady has just recovered from a
severe attack of lockiaw. She was unable to
talk for twelve days, and still survived the
trying ordeal
The burglar seems to be no respecter of
persons. but falls alike on the just and I'M
just While Elder j. s. Smart, of Flint,
was officiating at a Sunday evening service,
an unknown party entered his home and
logged off $3.50 worth of the treasure that
sometimes taketh wings.
The Grand Trunk Railway company is
trying the experiment of lighting its pas
senger coaches with electricity The same
agent may some day furnish the motive
power to propel the trains.
An Albion man has been arrested in Chi
cago because he didn't do the square thing
in horse trade with jackson gentleman
last summer Just think of the boom there
would be in the bastile building industry if
all the folks, similarly situated, were to be
incarcerated.
A Grand Rapids man was consigned to the
local calaboose for thirty days on account of
over-indulgence in oh-be-joyful beverages,
and two weeks later was picked up on pub
lie street ia a thoroughly alcoholized condi-
ton. Evidently, there's brick loose about
that bastile
The number of patients at the Traverse
City asylum now stands at $50 while the
figures are steadily enlarging.
A tannery requiring 100 men to operate it,
is to be built at the 500. When in full work.
ing order the air contaminated will be an
other evidence of the Soo's future greatness.
The shortage in the accounts of Hillsdales
ex-county clerk, Yeagley, as far as ascer-
tdlneu, aIlOunIS 10 uDOuJ F4,OOO AS L eaR-
ley hasn't returned to assist in overhauling
the books, the work is necessarily slow,
owing to the ex-ofllcial's peculiar methods
of book keeping
John Mcdonald was found guilty of the
murder of Mollie Beveridge, in the Mar
quette circuit court on the 10Th, the jury
reaching verdict in fourty minutes, and
was given life sentence at the Marquette
prison. He is the second differ" consigned
to the upper peninsula penitentiary, Bandit
Holzhay being the first
Joseph Donahue, q Port Huron citizen,
will dwell at jackson prison for year, just
because he attempted TO support more wives
than the law allows.
Sylvester Case, the Alpena chap who GRIM
inally assaulted his own daughter, has a
fifteen year job at the state penitentiary.
Rice, Pendill q Co, will erect a mamoth
wood working establishment at Marquette,
the coming season, and when in operation
twill be the largest institution of the kind
in the upper peninsula.
East Saginaw universalist swill import
pastor from Brooklyn N. Y, and Abraham
Conklin is his name.
Frederick and Henry Bowman, Allegan
county brothers, began the race of life about
the same time, and the results show that
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