The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-11-13
NEWS OF THE STATE.
Interesting Gossip Received from DiC-
ferent Localities.

InterestisS Gossip Received from Dr.
ferent Localities.
Benton Harbor has captured her seventh
factory within as many months-a nail
and tack institution from the Worlds
fair city being the latest acquisition.
Lillian Douaghy of Hillsdale loved
certain young man but Lillian's pa and
ma objected to the pcoposed marriage
Presently the old folks took visiting trip
down in Ohio, and Lillian and her lover
went to Ohio also-and were married
The Capital wagon works have footed
for the last time at Lansing, and the
machinery will be moved to Ionia on a
bonus contract.
L. ID. Ballou lives at Otsego, but was
old enough to get printers card from
the first typographical union which
formed forty-one years ago, o: which
Horace Greeley was the first presiding Of
ficer.
The Saginaw Street Railway company
is bound to make travel as pleasant as
possible on it's lines, and so will provide
vestibule cars at an early date.
The Saline farmer who is holding his
wheat crop for SO per bushel is likely to
have bread material ON hand for many
moons to come.
Theodore Rittenger of Buchanan had
fifty sheep slaughtered in one night by
dogs, while Sand Beach farmer lost a
like number the same night.
Golden weddings were celebrated the
past week by Mr.. and Mrs. II. M. Hamil-
llton of Eaton Rapids, and Mr. and Mrs.
w. M. Watkins of Leonidas
A couple of Saranac ruralists joined
forces last spring and have raised two
loads of popcorn.
The railway station and several stores
were burned at cage Mills at a loss OF
$4,000
A Battle creek lady bought an elegantly
bound Bible and four dime novels from
local bookseller. She placed the Bible on
the centre table for a show and is reading
the novels
Sturgis farmers have exchanged $4,000
bushels of potatoes for-cash since Sept. 1.
The crop is largely in excess OF that OF
last year, but the price per bushel is much
less.
Rev. Charles Barber a Baptist parson
of Battle Creek, seems to have located
the warm country as he is to deliver a
series of lectures the coming winter on
@Hell in Battle Creek"
During October "a 600 600 feet of lumber
was shipped from Muskegon by water,
while ST. 495, 900 feet sailed away from the
Saginaw river during the same thirty-one
days.
A Morenci maiden AYERS that she ran
away from home and was married simply
to avoid being driven into life Of shame
by her mother.
Alderman Ferdinand Amos of Detroit
died on the I'd after a brief illness. He
had obtained considerable prominence by
making persist figqt for the municipal
taxation of Michigan railways.
Action has been instituted against the
Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee
Railway company for furnishing free
carriage to Grand Rapids merchants,
while the dealers of other towns are not
90 favored.
Mike Powers owned barn at Manistee
which needed shingling, and not being
busy, tackled the job himself. He i'm
provised sort of combination ladder out
of work bench, dry goods box and a
step-ladder, but the thing went out from
under him, and now Mike is himself laid
mp for repairs.
Sherman has a clothing house where
potatoes are taken in exchange for cloth
ing of the readymade variety. The po-
tatoes are readymade also.
Belva Lockwood and her audiences in
various sections of the state are tying
to settle the us marriage a failurep
problem.
Does it pay to advertiser A Jackson
man advertised for a girl and the very
next morning his wife presented him with
a pair of 'em
When Will Carleton, the poet, was a
student at Hillsdale college, he was one
of "the gang" who hoisted heifer upon
the chapel roof one halloween, but that is
not the reason why he was afterward
elected one of the trustees of the college,
nor why he still holds the position.
The same day that strawberry blossoms
were picked at Marquette snowshoe club
was organized at Ishpeming.
The '91 peach crop of points tributary to
the mouth Of the Kalamazoo river added
about 81, 100000 to the wealth of that re-
gion.
Good looking, we'll educated and fine
are some of the charactertics of
q Liberty girl who goeth out into the field
in the morning and earneth 81 per day
husking corn, Young man, make note
Of this
Jackson's handsomest young lady, &C
cording to a local authority, works in
a corset factory Of that city at salary Of
81 per week.
John Cook, Wilmot wayfarer, was
the public highway 'tother
day with lighted pipe, when he dropped
dead. Beware of the deadly pipel
During the month of October 1888
vessels and steam craft were locked"
the 500 canal.
Grand Haven is to have a big match
factory, backed by capital OF S50,OOe,
and little lucifers are to be turned out by
the million.
II you own a chair factory and are seek
ing a new location where there's chance
of growing up with the country, you
may be interested in knowing that
Woodland has $1,000 bonus and an
abundance of timber ripe unto the har-
vest.
The position OF sealer of weights and
measures at Muskegon must be lucra-
tive iob as sixty applicants are anxious to