The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-10-30

Mchigan's old people continue to pgss
on, Mrs. Annie Demond dying at her
Woodland home the past week aged 1916
years She had lived at Woodland since
1928.
Charles Wiener fell to the bottom of an
SOfoot well at Mancelona, death being
instantaneous.
The Bardeen paper mills and other new
industries have doubled Otsegos popula-
ton during the past four years.
One OF Saginaw's largest lumber mills
is to be converted into mammoth soap
factory
Alexander Neveau, who killed his wife
recently at Bay City, gets life sentence
at the Jackson prison.
Included in an Adrian lady's list of
pets are twelve cats. When they all
happen to feel in musical mood at one
time what a caterwaul there must be-
Greenville may never furnish candi-
date for the presidency, but when teach
er of that town asked her pupils what
they most desired one fearless lad prompt
ly replied that he'd alike to see the devil. I"
Emily Kulenpamkoks, Manchester
maiden, has been awarded a $500 judg-
ment against Kensler because the latter
failed to keep his matrimonial agree
ment to change her jaw-breaking name.
Michigan state banks have SIS. Az, 45s on
deposit, with total resources of 500, 425, 800.
Leroy Skinner goes into retirement at
Ionia prison for four and one-half years
for clipping with Greenville maiden when
he already had wife and eleven children
to support.
About $4,000, 600 feet of Georgian bay
logs were RATED across Lake Huron to
Saginaw mills the present season, and
tits expected that this amount will be
doubled during 1892
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jackson prison boarders have their
dinners we'll seasoned and it's no uncom.
mon occurrence for 'em to get away with
twelve gallons Of tomato catsup at single
meal,
George McLuaid planted two acres Of
his Brighton farm to potatoes last spring
and has harvested $50 bushels of "White
Elephants" therefrom. George calls this
good yield for dry season.
st. Joseph county's horsethief society
has had a sharp eye out for equine grab
bers for nearly forty years, and now has
600 treasury.
The largest Y. M. c. A. convention ever
held in the state recently adjourned at
Jackson.
The editing and publishing of month,
ly journal is regular feature of Hudson's
public schools.
Mrs. Eva G. White of Detroit wants
$4,000 Of A. K. Crainton's wealth as
balm for blighted affections, and jury
will scrutinize the claim.
st, Clair county has 10000 children
OF school age, only one-tenth Of whom at
tend Sunday school.
Adrian's First Baptist church has
member who's century old, while the
name of another has been on the church
rolls for half that length of time.
c. H. Plumber. one of Saginaw's
wealthy lumbermen, has let go of large
tract Of Arkansas pine for $4,000 con-
sideration.
TIL luck and perhaps education in
odd numbers, as the children OF school
age at St. Johns number Iii.
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H. belong, a Hopkins ruralist, is the
owner of new variety of potato which
he's named "Ben Harrison" The tubers
are of great size, but up to date have
manifested no presidential aspirations.
David Buckley felled big black ash
tree near Shepherd, and sixty feet from
the ground found the bone of a mans
right arm firmly imbedded in limb
thereof.
G. c. Ackley, an Adrian man of 70 Oc-
tobers, has been assigned to a niche in
the jackson prison for the next eighteen
months because of his immoral treatment
of a girl of 10 years.
Marshall has surfeit of counterfeit
dimes that have crept into the financial
circulation of the town.
Decatur is prohibition town with four
distilleries. They are peppermint dis
tilleries however, but are more profitable
than some of the more ardent variety.
Grand Rapids people have been sus-
picious for some months that they were
drinking too much water in their milk,
and now two milk inspectors have been
engaged at salary of 5000 each to watch
the windmill operators.
Leitchfield has citizen who bumps his
head on the door casing unless it exceeds
seven feet and seven inches in height.
A Saginaw man has built himself big
scow on which he will move dwelling,
store and machine shop to Hay Lake, near
the 500.
II. G. Coleman of Kalamazoo was
elected president and c. w. Parsons Of
Detroit secretary of the State Association
of Pharmacists at the session recently held
mt Ann Arbor. The next meeting will
convene at Grand Rapids.
Indisposed people to the number of $50
are seeking better appel and digestions
at the Battle Greek sanitarium, by means
of wholesome diet.
One Ludington salt block will have
turned out 100000 barrels Of saline pres
ervative before the season closes for
1901.
Beef associations, on the division plan.
have been organized by certain Sanilac
county farmers, and when an animal Is
killed all the other members are fur
nished with a supply of the meat When
this is gone some other member takes a
hand at the slaughter, thus keeping all
supplied with fresh, juicy roasts and
steaks.
White sand brick are to be manufact-
ured at Muskegon by Chicago concern
w 18th $3.50 600 worth of financial backing