The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-02-13
1891 February. 1891
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OFTHE STATE

damage suit on hand, on account of an al
legged case of malpractice.
Geo w. Smith, the Waldron merchant
nearly swept that village out of existence,
has been tried and acquitted. lis limited
that some of the witnesses in the case
were in pursuit of the reward offered for
the conviction of the incendiary.
John Brooks, the Wright gentleman
who has attained the unusual age OF Jos
years, is in poor health and may not live
till spring.
IT'S claimed that the twenty graduates
from the state mining school have cost the
state the sum of ST. ,075 each, and a move.
ment is on foot in the state Legislature to
abolish the school.
The Tittabawassee Boom company, OF
Saginaw, has handled the enormous quaint
fly of 9, ll5, 692, 23l feet of logs since it be-
gan business twenty-five years ago.
John Woodbeck, soldier of the war
of 1872 died at Pewamo on the Goth, aged
101 years.
An East Grand Rapids woman mani
tested her regard for neighbor by spit
ting in his face, which little diversion cost
the expectorator sos 30.
George Hail and two children, of Bloom
field, died within a week of diphtheria,
while the mother and another child are
not expected to live.
"Kansau lIehtio" is the odd sounding
name of Finnish newspaper that's gone
into commission at Red Jacket
Abraham Smolk, the gentleman who
built Che first thirty miles of the Michigan
Central railway, has just celebrated his
Tooth birthday at Mackinac.
Harry Whitney has just made his escape
from the Lenawee county Jail by taking
the poor debtors oath. He had been in
the bastile nearly a year on account OF
debt.
Augusta is little burg on the Michigan
Central railway, and healthy spot it is.
1t has twenty.seven citizens between the
ages of 20 and 95 years.
A Saginaw grocer snapped sack of
-four and So Sc in good money for $40
Confederate note, and doesn't seem very
highly elated over the exchange.
John Furness once lived in Grand Rap
ids, working at the machlnist's trade.
That was before he returned to England,
to take possession of an inherited estate
and seat in parliament. .ilY
way depot at Newaygo was burned on the
25th. 1t was an old structure, built in
1872, and the fire is supposed to have been
of incendiary origin. q ea
Arthur III. Daley, conductor of the
Michigan Central limited express, fell un.
der his train at Decatur and was SO badly
injured that he died few hours after
ward. He had been in the employ Of the
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the best known and most popular of the
Central passenger conductors.
One Grand Rapids man had another ar
rested on charge of deadly assault. The
plaintiff averred that the other fellow
pointed a revolver at him, but the trial
showed that it was simply woman's
curling iron.
Personating government official is a
dangerous piece of business and likely to
get the fellow into trouble who tries it.
A Lansing chap obtained a nice little
sum of hush money from a Lainsburg
lady who had inadvertently passed a
counterfeit silver dollar, and that's why
he's now bastile boarder.
One Kalkaska and two Luther citizens
have been gathered in by Detective Null
hall, of Uncle Sans secret service on a
charge of counterfeiting silver coin.
Ypsilanti folks are DESTROYS of securing
municipal reforms, and are of the opinion
that new city charter would be n valu-
able aid in that direction.
Domestic servants are very scarce at
Marquette, and good, reliable girls can
secure desirable situations at remunerative
wages.
An Adrian tay dealer owns two large
branch stores in addition to his home
business, and yet he began operations only
ten years ago and that, too, without CAPT
tai.
The Central Christian church building,
Mt Detroit, was burned on the Goth. The
building was not yet completed, but had
been occupied by the congregation since
Jan. /. Loss about 500, 900; insured for
$4,000 The fire is supposed to have been
incendiary.
+. ID. Hollenden recently completed an
overland trip from Poughkeepsie, N. Y,
to Grand Rapids, driving the entire dis.
lance with span of horses. Such a Jour
ney, made in mid-winter, wouldn't be
hankered after by many young men, but
Mr. Hollenden came through in good
shape, considering his 60 years.
Herbison's sawmill at Meredith, was
wrecked by boiler explosion on the 28th,
killing two employees and wounding five
others. Low water in the boiler caused
the catastrophe.
The annual meeting of the Michigan
Masonic Grand Lodge was held ut Grand
Rapids the past week. John p. Look, of
Lowell, is the newly elected grand master,
and Gen. w. =. Junes, of Grand Rapids,
secretary
Robert Cats, Rush Lake man, struck
a bed of silver ore while boring for water,
and If the stuff pans out in good shape,
will consider 1t the luckiest find of his life.
At the annual meeting of the state
Veterinary association held at Saginaw
last week, G. w. Stowe, of that city, was
elected president.
A disastrous fire started in the Chaplin
iron mine Mt Iron Mountain on the even.
ing of the Goth. Two miners were suffo-
Gated and four others had narrow escape.
The Saginaw Electric Street Car COM
pany projected $4,000 damage suit
against the Michigan Central Railway
company for cutting its wires, which
crossed the defendants tracks. The jury
cut the amount down to 1898.
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