The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-01-02
NEWS OFTHESTATE

ids have been denied the privilege of
practicing in st. Marks hospital of that
city.
G. II. Bradt Is Flint dealer in notions
who will close out and go fishing for the
souls of sinners in the garb of an evange-
list.
Matte Middleton, the Genesee maiden
whose best fellow married another girl,
made the recreant chap fork over 81 800 for
changing his mind.
Genesee county farmers sort o. suspect
that the barn burners of that bailiwick
are getting altogether too numerous for
profit. Several barns have been destroyed
by the incendiary's torch of late, though
the last attempt was failure.
Herman Preston was Locke ruralist
until he sold his plantation and went west
to seek his fortune, followed by predic-
tions of his neighbors that he would soon
return, minus his cash. Nothing more
was heard of Herman until he returned to
spend the holidays, and as he displayed no
style, it was taken for granted that the
predictions of ill luck had proven true.
Herman let the folks think that way I'M
til they knew it was a dead sure thing,
when he showed 'em the credentials for
S22, 400 which he'd made specializing in
Chicago real estate.
The Prohibition candidate for legislative
honors in Lenawee county may represent
his district Mt the state capital, albeit the
Republican and Democratic candidates
both polled much larger vote. But both
of the latter gentlemen held another office
which disqualifies man for the position
of Michigan lawmaker.
Bathing is good practice occasionally
INDUCED in, but Stanwood boy went in
swimming so much last summer that he's
just had a leg amputated, the result Of
rheumatism and diseased ankle.
The authorities at Washington are about
to loan the Orchard Lake military academy
a couple of modern field pieces to show the
boys some of the tools with which real
war is made.
Bear Lake horses are being gathered in
by fatal disease which no one in the
vicinity has yet been able to properly
| name.
Melvin Bingham, Clio citizen, swal-
lowed dose OF morphine and Paris green
on Christmas eve and was soon waited to
another shore.
The demand for mems socks is so great
that the capacity of the st. Joseph knit
tlHS WOrkS Is 10 DC uOuDleu.
1t cost prominent Pontiac lady $50 to
| attempt the shop lifting act, and she didn't
| succeed in securing her Christmas presents
as anticipated, either.
The clerks in Crozier's store at Battle
Creek rushed to the front windows to
watch fire engine throw stream Of
water, and while thus engaged a crook
leisurely emptied the cash till of $780,
j. M. Rounds, jackson knight of the
saw and plane, was made happy by q
Christmas present of 81 900, the gift of a
wealthy relative.
II. A. Macy, an Ann ArbOr student,
started for the depot to take the train for
Sheridan, Ind, to spend the holidays, and
met friend who proposed a coasting ex-
ercise, which Macy accepted. He was in
jured while gliding DER the snow and died
five days later.
The thin ice in many parts of the state
lured ut least a dozen skaters to their
death on Christmas week.
The order of the Knights of Maccabees
has 1890 Michigan members, large
growth for young organization.
During December over $4,000 bushels of
Canadian potatoes were imported at Port
Huron, all of which paid duty of % cents
per bushel.
Mayor Vincent, a Lexington sportsman.
pulled his gun through a fence while out
on foraging expedition, and when he re-
covered from the surprise of the explosion,
found that his good right hand had left
him forever.
The Mancelona Iron company runs its
furnace day and night every day in, the
year, giving steady employment to 425
men, while "A large additional force is kept
busy in the woods
DR.. S. II. johnson, the Clinton, N. j.,
man who made himself scarce at Albion
on the day that he was to be married to
one of the most estimable ladies of that
town, says it was because they had a
falling out and failed to effect a reconcil-
iation.
M. Il. Ripley, the 500 citizen who's been
trying to establish title to $160, 600 worth
of pine timber On the ground that he was
to receive one-fourth interest in an upper
peninsula tract as compensation for locat-
ing the same, has won his case, the court
holding that such an agreement was valid
and must be fulfilled.
The blaze in the Union school building
at Douglas was discovered in time to avert
serious damage ann the scheme of the in
cendiary was thereby frustrated.
Larue Schram. Genesee county farmer,
recently missed his hired man, and an in
vestigation showed that SlO3 worth of
Larue's cash absented itself at the same
time. Neither have returned.
A landslide at Iron Mountain dumped a
half acre of earth into the lake, carrying
several thousand dollars worth of build
ings along. The track was underlaid with
quicksand.
A coon and a German carp were brought
from tree top mt single fire, by Stock
bridge lad. The carp weighed four pounds
and was fished from q neghboring pond by
his coonship.
The Patrons of Industry has member
ship of 1875, 600 in the state which number
is being steadily increased.
The mild winters of the past few years
has resulted in large increase of the
rabbit crop, so that in many places they
sell at nickle each, and find slow sale
even at that figure
The supreme court decision, affirming
the validity of the 2cent fare bill, will,
it is claimed, have tendency to retard
railway extension in this state