The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-02-27
NEWSOFTHESTATE

George s. King, Saginaw citizen
thinks he's solved the airship problem
King has seen 60 summers and Is OLD
enough to know what he's talking about
but for all that may never be able to navi
gate the ether blue.
The ice trade may be cool business
but an Adrian dealer warmed up his bank
account by the addition of 10000 elegant
dollars from the profits of last seasons
business, and 1t wasn't an extra good yeaI
for ice, either.
While milking Big Rapids cow, John
Watson dropped dead, knocking over a
lighted lantern. Had the light not been
extinguished by the fall, Johns body, the
cow and the barn would surely have been
cremated.
Michigan's lumber product for 1890 ag'
gregates nearly five and a half billion feet,
valued at S70,000,000.
Albert Shower, Port Huron party, was
given a severe whack by an electric car
last June, and being unable to convince
the company that he was injured $40, OOO
worth, has begun suit to recover that
amount with the aid of the strong arm of
the law.
Saginaw's mouth is watering these days
over the prospect of a 5000, 900 brewery be-
ing planted in that city in the spring
The presentation of aPinafore" by Bay
City amateurs resulted in adding 81, 900
charitable dollars to the Golfers of the
children's home.
The Kalamazoo Buggy company wants
$4,000 from the American Wheel COM
pany on account of alleged breach of con-
tract, growing ont of an advance in prices
made by the wheel trust.
Martin Frey and Sylvester A. June
Kalamazoo people, owned a watch and a
revolver which they. proposed to swap.
While June was examining the revolver,
1t was discharged, the bullet passing
through Mrs. Frey's heart, killing her
instantly.
S. j. McNally, of Huntsville, lost a lot
of lumber at the time of Colwell's mill
fire in that burg, and McNally brought
suit against Colwell for damages, alleg-
ing carelessness on the part of the latter.
The jury gave plaintiff a Judgment for
$3,636, and the case will go to the supreme
court.
Eddie Vanouck, Sand Beach lad Of 10
years, may never be president of this great
republic, but he's taken large rail-split-
ting contract, just the same, and is maui
ing the job.
The order of Good Templars is flourishl
ing in this state, twenty-nine new lodges
having been established since the begin
ming of '91. Water will become tempo
rarily fashionable, as beverage, in some
places.
A Paw Paw gentleman is the owner of
an old-fashioned wooden clock that's
licked with the greatest regularity for the
past 100 years, and Is still the best time
piece of the town.
Naubinway's census figures include thir-
teen grass willows, all of whom, as far as
known, are willin' to try another partner.
Big Rapids has factory that makes a
daily average of 40, 600 hoops.
George Rogers, q Blissfield boy, partook
Of canned Holsters and was corpse twen-
ty-fonr hours later. The can and con-
tents had made poisonous compound.
"A cherry tree in blossom was a some
what out-of-season spectacle witnessed at
few days since.
When Thomas Mcdonald was wealthy
he had many friends, but reverses came
and the friends departed likewise
Thomas died in the Saginaw hospital re-
Gently, aged 100 years, and is now beyond
the frowns OF fortune.
The talk about old rubber being used
In the manufacture of chewing gum ap-
pears to be no joke, as car load of the
stuff was recently shipped from Isphem-
ing direct to one of the largest gum fac
tories of the country.
Six churches are to be built, at Isphem-
ing the coming summer, ranging from the
modest s., 00O structure to the more pre-.
tentious $4,000 edifice.
The brutally revolving murders that
have occurred in this state since Jan. 1
are stirring up the problem of capital
punishment, and many petitions, asking
for the restoration of the death penalty,
will be presented to the legislature.
Pontiac asylum, with it's 9S5 patients. is
full to OVERLOOKING
Cheboygan county has new town with
D lot of good folks and the name of New
Jerusalem.
L. T. Gaylord is Shelby citizen who
claims to have assisted Jay Gould in en-
cheering an OK team in the long ago. Jay,
sarly in life and took to q less laborious
huo uuCou5 VI
livelihood.
George L. Waite and Melissa Runner,
Branch county people who've each seen
more'n half century of this world, mar
red recently, making the third matri-
nonial partner for each.
james Butler, the jackson chap who es-
,aped from the local bastile and took
Canadian trip, and was afterward brought
back by an officer, has been convicted of
and gets eight years in the Jack
ION prison.
Work is being pushed on Owosso's new
factory as rapidly as 200 men can do it.
The building will be S0x250 feet and three
stories in height, and big effort made to
complete it il one week.
Some of the st. Ignace chaps whose &C
counts were advertised for sale by local
are hot about it; but the man
If business gets back at 'em by saying that
hey were given abundant time in which
20 whack up and thereby avoid the dead
beat imputation.
Mrs. Elizabeth Shepard made the &C
luaintance of treacherous Hastings side
walk, and the jury that tried the case de-
,ided that twas worth 81 900 to her, under
,he circumstances.
Bay City carpenters have decided that
;hey'll inaugurate strike about April l.