The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-05-22
NEWSOFTHESTA'TE

builders, have increased their capital
stock to $500, 900 and will engage, in the
manufacture Of variety of wood and
iron work.
Some Albion chap with exceedingly
small sense of honor fired the paper mill
at that city, but wideawake Waterman
discovered the blaze and doused it before
much damage was done
Mrs. Emma Goldstein collected some
cash of charitable Lansing people for the
establishment of home for friendless
girls at Ann Arbor, but it seems she
couldn't stand prosperity and INDUCED in
a common, everyday sort of drunk. In
default Of q fine she was jailed.
Marquette has tried some experiments
in electric lighting, and has decided that
an all night street service gives the best
satisfaction.
Clinton's Siding, a station four miles
north of Farwell, on the Toledo and Ann
Arbor line, was destroyed by forest fires
sixteen families barely escap-
ing with their lives. A saw mill and a
large amount of lumber was burned.
Loss, $4,000.
Breeding Bros, Monroe fruitists, have
set out LOCO pear trees this spring.
Crows are SO thick and hungry in the
neighborhood of Attica that they pick
out the eyes of young lambs.
The apple crop of this state is not likely
to be an ample one as few of the trees are
poisoning this spring.
1t may be considered rather late in the
season for fishing stories. but John
Boucher is 500 Indian guide who
dipped up l,225 white fish with q net in
two days, the past week.
Talk of disbanding company A, First
regiment, M. S. G. This is the company
that had the collision with the Ann Arbor
students last winter.
Ionia people think they scent oil and
other treasures in the subterranean
depths below. and are preparing to put
down an exploring well.
w. S. Wilcox las resigned Juo sGPvs-
intendency of an Adrian Sunday school,
having held the position for half CEN
tury.
A Marcellus parson caught fellow in
the act of depositing quid of tobacco on
the church floor during religious services.
and publicly intimates that there's hot
climate awaiting those who'll do such
trick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Frazen, Dowagiac
people, are the parents of daughter
which weighed one-and-a-half pounds at
birth. and when two weeks old weighed
two plump pounds
Three new cheese factories have gone
into commission in Tuscola county, MAX
ing eight that are now engaged in the
curdling business.
James NJ Turner, of Lansing, late Re.
publican candidate for governor of the
state, is financially embarrassed and has
filed bill OF sale of his personal prop.
erty to Detroit parties.
Croswalps flax factory is being put In
shape for big summers job, the expec.
tation being that 200 tons of raw material
will be worked up.
w. r. Coats. of Kalamazoo has been
engaged to superintend the completion of
Muskegon's 100000 system of water
works. Engineer Dairs, who had the job
in tow, will fire an IS, 500 damage suit at
the citv.
Miss Minnie Goodies of st. Johns, and
A. L. Marion, of Frankfort, won the
prizes in the Normal oratorial contest at
Ypsilanti.
Forty of the 100 furniture factories OF
the state are doing business at Grand
Rapids.
f. M. Lemkie, of Kalamazoo, was elect
ed commander of the Order of the Red
Cross at the annual meeting held at Ian
sing, and A. +. Stewart, of Jackson, is
scribe of the same organization.
For the first time in years Jackson has
no photographer enrolled among her long
list of state boarders, the last picture TAX
er having been released few days since.
DIR. Mark Z. Bussey, the jackson gen.
tleman who's been engaged in lawsuit
with his wife for many years, is dead from
heart disease.
Alpena's extract company seems to be
a sure go, as arrangements are being
made for the erection of a 900 fac
tory. This enterprise has no reference to
pastry perfumes, as the extract will be
made from hemlock bark and used in tan
ming purposes.
Bellevue has had SO many funerals of
late that much difficulty has been ex-
perienced in obtaining pail bearers.
Luke Walsh gets an income OF $60, 900
per annum from the Dunn mine, near
Crystal Falls
The Calumetand Hecla copper company
are now operating pump that can throw
81, 000, 600 gallons of water daily. IT'S the
largest water thrower in the world.
A Muskegon man is playing to hard
luck. He aud his wife failed to agree to
disagree, and he boarded at the bastile
for season because of her non-support.
Now comes Grand Rapids officer and
taketh him In tow on charge of bigamy.
Charles Musselman is Mendon man
who's been trying to win q $500 wager
by collecting 100000 Cancelled postage
stamps In two years. Looks like a small
price for big contract.
Sherherd's clothes pin factory stayed
outside the trust and now prices have
been forced down to SO low point by
said trust that the Shepherd institution
has been compelled to quit business.
An Adrian man doesn't believe that the
maxim, always aim a little higher than
the mark" Is applicable to all cases.
F'rinstance, he couldn't think of kissing
girl on the nose, not when he knew him.
self.
The official count of the spring cleo.
ton gives. Montgomery plurality of
1910 The constitutional amendment,
increasing the salary of the attorney gen.
eral has majority Of 1,2s7.
Michigan has 367 Masonic lodges with
in her borders with membership of 81
S64, of which 1,764 were added during
1900 q WI