The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-02-20
NEWSOFI' SFATL

This open winter NAV account for the
unusually large SPRING crop of candidates
for justice OF the supreme court, that's
already In sight of the several nominating
conventions
An attempt will! be made to again
breathe the breath of lie into Kalamazoo
college, DR.. I. Nelson, of Saginaw, hav-
ing been appointed TO the presidency, vice
Wilcox resigned,
The Palmerton factory, at Sc Louis,
was kept outside of the wooden ware trust
and It's orders are so far in<dvance of the
supply capnc city that enlarged facilities
will give 100 additional hands the oppor-
tunity of solving the bread and butter
question.
WhitehalIs most important industry
is factory that turns out Russian leath-
er which has the looks and odor of the
genuine imported article.
Peter Herkins, Bay City chap filled
himself with boose and then went out for
nap beneath the frosty stars. When
found he was so thoroughly chilled that
he was warmed back to life with much
difficulty.
Harry Gaa shot and killed his wife, re-
loaded his revolver and fired again, then
stabbed her with a large knife, and, to
make his brutality complete, pounded the
dead woman's head into jelly with a
large monkey wrench. All this happened
near Lilly junction, in state where the
murderer however brutal, does not hang
unless he gets into the court of Judge
Lynch. Gaa is in jail-at Baldwin.
A two-headed baby is agitating social
circles at Edmore.
William Moore of Belleville is DESTROYS
of cooling the Wabash Railway company,
andso will furnish 'em with 200 car loads
of ice in exchange for shekels
Candidates for pill and powder dispens-
ing credentials may be interested in the
statement that the state board of pharm-
acy will hold an examination meeting at
Grand Rapids, March and 4.
Cheboyg, is to have a cheese factory OF
800 COW power in the spring. being the
first industry of the kind to be established
in that bailiwick.
An average of 200 cars are ferried across
the st. Clair river at Port Huron daily.
All this will be changed when the big
tunnel goes into commission.
Muskegon isn't exactly after the earth,
but she wants the earth's factories Just
the same This time it's q $500 900 limo
leum factory, at Manchester, England,
that she's harvested This makes the
fourth factory of this kind to be estab-
lished in this country.
Michigan waterways are being planted
with 5000 900 brook trout by Superintend-
ent Marks, of the Paris fish hatchery.
Allen S. Alger, youngest son of Gen. r
A. Alger, of Detroit, died on the 9th of ty-
phoid fever, aged years. He was sick but
two weeks.
A couple of Vernon youths obtained a
glass of whisky of local saloonist, con-
trary to law, which act cost the beverag
dispenser an even $50.
Miss Zoe Clayton, the California girl
who's engaged in walking across the con-
tinent on wager, reached Detroit fifteen
days ahead of time The amount at stake
is $1,000.
A set of Saginaw burglars seem TO be
quite particular about the tools they write
with, and this accounts for the $500 worth
of gold pens taken from the store of Swim
ton q Reynolds, of that city.
One Manton man accused another of
stealing heifer, but the accusation didn't
stick, whereupon the accused bounced
upOh OhC iCCuocI WIN All dCblOh lOI WILL
ages for defamation of character, and Sc
cured a judgment of $500.
A Mt. Clemens family of four persons
were made very sick by eating custard of
which corn starch was an ingredient. The
starch was poisoned by the arsenic wrap
per OF the package.
More'n thirty carloads of ship timber
are being prepared for shipment in CAL
houn county by James Shanahan, of the
land of Genesee, to- be used in the con.
struction of boats at Bay City. The tim
Der will be shipped from Battle Creek.
Grand Ravens canning factory will
double its capacity the coming season,
last seasons product of $1,000 quarts of
tomatoes having been sold at good prices.
The jury disagreed in the Palmer MUIR
der case, recently tried ut Saginaw, four
of the twelve being in favor of Palmer's
acquittal. Another trial is now in order.
Marquette merchants are no longer
compelled to come down with the cash,
all in lump, to cancel the duties on inn
ported goods, as the city now has bond
ed warehouse
Grand Rapids furniture manufacturers
are having an unusually brisk demand
for their wares.
julius Houseman, well-known bust.
ness man Of Grand Rapids, died ut his
home in that city on the Sth. He had held
many important public positions, and
represented the Fifth district in congress
from 1888 to 1885.
Something like 2,O00OOO feet of logs
are being banked daily on the Rifle
river.
Mt Peasants village charter makes
no provision for bonding their town for
public improvements and so the business
men will try and have some of the lymph
of modern business provisions injected
into the instrument.
Detroit dogs to the number OF 1S5 were
muttoned at the pond in that city the past
month, resulting in a depressed condition
of the local sausage market.
A Stanton citizen has been held to the
circuit court on the charge of selling
diseased meat, but the weighing out of
sliced parcels OF tough, jawing-breaking
steak will be continued all over the state.
Lester Miller, Greenville farmer,
planted fifteen acres of potatoes last
spring, securing net return OF 5000 per
acre, or $4,000 for the product of the field.
Some folks seem to know how to make
farming pay
Detroit people are kicking against the
state statute which exempts railroad prop-