The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-17
NEWSOFTHES

Rev. j. S. Valentine Is Lansing par
son OF an inventive turn OF mind who's
patented "A device to prevent the trans
planting of people to the evergreen shore
who thoughtlessly blow out the gas before
retiring.
The Muskegon man who drove over to
Whitehall and purchased load of eggs
was foolish enough to hitch his team to q
freight car standing on side track. Not
long afterward locomotive came sailing
that way and away went the car, the team
and the eggs. The vehicle was wrecked
on the railway track, and very slippery
wreck it was.
Ishpeming people are great lovers OF
shows and are again agitating that $685.
600 opera house project.
Hon. Jacob S. Farrand, one Of Detroit's
pioneer druggists died in that city recent
ly. He had long been prominent citizen
of the metropolis
Bay City had fifty-six deaths In March,
seven of which We're caused by accidents.
Marine City people escaped second
infiiction from q local theatrical company
by the burning down of the play house
in which the first effort appeared.
Detroit's Woodward Avenue Congrega-
tional church has been in commission for
one-fourth of century, and the event
was celebrated in proper form.
Richard Bolt was injured by the falling
of a chunk of clay in the Port Huron tun-
mel, and Dick sues tn Q company for Sl0.-
600 worth of damages.
Three Rivers gets her water supply
from Louis Emery's mill pond and uses
so much that his mill is often idle for lack
of water. Louis didn't like this state of
off oi, a ha nj ~ 70 do IA
jury awarding him 81, 900.
There's "a, 100000 in good cash invested
in lumber plants at Menominee, with
timber enough in sight to keep every mil
humming for twenty years to come.
Henry Bradley, an Allen alien, has
made application for naturalization pa
pers after living in the state for more than
half century.
Sparrows are getting scarce in Bay
county, the authorities having paid for
nearly 40, 600 scalps since the bounty law
took effect.
just received 81, 900 from California lady
to assist in misunderstanding woman's
professorship chair at the State univer-
sity.
The mysterious death of Tecumseh
pointed nail sticking in the heart was
found to be the cause of bossy's demise.
A hardware diet is not conducive to the
product on of milk or the health of the
animal INDUCING therein.
Several Cinnamon have been struggled
across the river at Detroit from Canada
recently, the latest being that of a Celes-
tial who was shipped over in coffin.
Charlie Kimball is an Alpena lad who
has had an unusually novel experience.
Charlie found an eagles nest and pro-
ceeded to investigate when the bird occu-
pant caught him and sailed away. When
some eight or ten feet above the ground
the passenger caught one of the eagles
wings and came down to the ground, and
the boy has the big bird on exhibition as
a memento of his aerial trip.
Work on the extension Of the Chicago
and West Michigan railway from Ira
verse City to Petoskey and Charevoix will
be begun as soon as the weather will per.
NIT and crowded to an early compile
ton.
From childhood was Miss Ella M.
Laughrey, of Muskegon, totally deaf.
| She was sent to Detroit several years ago
for treatment, but without avail. Later
| on she regained her hearing, and now she's
| the wife of the Detroit doctor who treat
| ed her.
Bay City capitalists will invest in a
| factory to employ 200 hands for the man.
| ufacture of caustic soda.
A $50, 600 fire burned a block of build
| ings at Lansing on the 9th.
Battle Creek has fine lot of factories,
but wants more, and the proposition to
| bond the city 500, 900 worth to secure 'em
was carried by majority of 300 of her
| citizens.
In Eden township, Lake county, the
vote was tie for every township office
| at the spring election between the Demo-
cratic and Republican tickets.
Grand Rapids electors downed the
proposition for $4,000 river bridge by
an adverse majority of 997.
| The Lady Maccabees, an annex of the
knights of Maccabee order, has $500
Michigan members.
| c. w. Bell is Paw Paw youth who's
secured cadetship appointment from
| Fourth congressional to the West Point
| Military academy.
The Mancelona handle factory, the
leading industry of the town, was burned
Loss about $4,000, with light insurance.
William S. Martindale, the Grand Rap
ids man who developed mania for going
about the city at night, clothed in pair
of boots and his modesty, frightening
women and children by peering into win
dows, is to he sent to the Kalamazoo
asylum. He had S25 900 or $4,000 worth
of property before becoming imbued with
his crazy ghost freak.
| William Marsh is Lamotte man who
downed big dose of saltpetre and, but
for the timely assistance of a doctor,
would have been preserved for a trip to
the great unknown.
| The anticipated decline in the price OF
salt may not be realized as a state associa.
ton is likely to be formed after all to con.
troll the price.
| Ex-Governor Luce is said to favor an
appropriation by the state of SIS, 900 for
| the G.. A. II. encampment to be held at
| Detroit, and $l50,000 for the states ex-
hibit at the Worlds fair.
Holland decided by ballot to invest In a
1000 set Of waterworks.
The Pewabic mine at Houghton caught
fire recently, caused by the building of a
bonfire by workmen to heat their dinners
The loss is likely to be large.
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