The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-01-30

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Rapids equipped with six lines of electric
street cars.
The Michigan salt association will cease
to exist in March, hut n trust may be the
outcome OF It's "a solution. 4 g salt men
claim their product is sold at ruinously
low figures
The state iair will begin operations at
Lansi x, Sept. Z. We make the announce
ment this early that the big beets and
portly pumpAins may have due and timely
notice or the contest
Mrs. G. M. Reid, Detroit lady of 20
summers, may 20 west an grow up with
the country. 5 e na' a lam to 81, 5OO,O 600
worth of Chicago real estate.
A Mrs. Todd was presented with an heir
at Hudson while en- route from Chicago to
Rochester on a Lake Shore railway train.
When tramp desires the freedom of
the town he visits he simply takes the pre-
caution of carrying a cake of soap in his
vest pocket. The possession OF such a
souvenir is positive evidence that he's no
tourist
Mrs Julia f. Stewart was injured by a
sassy Kalamazoo sidewalk, and she pro-
poses to get even with the city by aiming
$40, 900 law suit at the municipal treas
ury.
DIR. Martin sued Lakeview man $4,000
worth for the alienation of his wife's affec-
tions, but the jury that tried the case,
after hearing the stories of more'n 100 wit
nesses, cut the claim down to $780,
Kent county's agricultural society talks
of putting S45, 900 into fair ground build
ings
Standish people think that they can ap-
preciate some of the modern conveniences
and will proceed to put in an electric
light plant and waterworks system
Monroe county's calaboose has no board
er and the new sheriff is just trife
lonely.
Manistique's new 500, COO bias; furnace
will be lighted before many oons 1t
will turn out 100 tons of pig etal daily
giving employment to eighty men.
Michigan potato consumers have i'm
ported ", 2S6 bushels of Canadian tubers,
paying duty of % centssper bushel, or
SIS, OF. so on tde lot.
VIM. Palmer, the Saginaw citizen
charged with the murder of his brother,
is having his second trial The jury dis
agreed as to his guilt or innocence on the
first trial.
A Kalamazoo man is the owner of an
autograph copy of the poem, america"
1t was obtained from Rev. s. II. Smith,
the author, five years ago.
James Butler, "A regular boarder ut the
Jackson PRISON, eluded the guard and
made good his escape.
Frank Oyer, a Springport sportsman,
harvested wild cat recently. The war
mint" was an ugly-looking specimen, and
weighed 80 pounds.
IT'S claimed that Chicago house has
contracted with Bay City artist for so,
600 pictures.
Col G. +. Foule u Fort Brady sojourner,
is the owner of Il card receiver made from
a shell I'D at the Fort Sumpter lombard
ment from n rebel battery.
Coldwater factories turned out about
4,00o, 900 cigars the past year.
John Switzer, of Ovid, was driving
along the highway one day when his horse
became frightened at a road engine own l
by nelghbor and ran away, throwi. &
John out upon the cold, hard earvl.
Switzer has since projected $1,000 dam
age suit at the owner of the engine.
A st. Ignace baggage smasher has |
handled trunks with unusual care since |
bursting open trunk containing matches |
and railroad spikes. Somebody evidently |
put up job on that baggageman.
Hartford has n citizen who's been fined |
$40 for engaging in The unchivalrous pas
time of calling neighboring lady uncom
plimentary names. That mans early |
training was evidently neglected.
Five years ago Woodland man tucked |
&c. l. . n
be handy for the next contest. A few DAYS
since the same quid was cut from a
nostril by a doctor; twas we'll preserved.
Mecosta has schoolma'am who's been
arrested for furnishing pupil because she
refused to wash her slate with snow.
This is probably the first case on record |
where child didn't jump with alacrity at
the'chance to play with the cold stuff
Morenci has n population of 1900 souls
without colored person among the num-
Der.
In moving the occupants of the old 500 |
gravel yard to a new cemetery, many of |
the bodies were found to be petrified. The
collins were saturated with lime water
which did the business.
Mrs. Mary Ellis, Tuscola lady, has
made q collection of 5000 pieces of cloth,
and if her needle and thread holds out |
she'll have a bed quilt some day.
Four grandmothers live in adjoining
houses at Arbela whose aggregate years
number 332, and average age of SO sum-
mers.
Years ago Flint was presented with a
strip of land for street purposes, which
was afterward donated by the city to the
+. and p M. Railway company. Now
that municipality must defend itself |
against a suit brought to recover the value
Of the land.
Jasper Morley thought it was worth
BIC, 900 to be put from Chicago and West
Michigan train, and submitted his claim
TO Grand Rapids jury. After looking
Jasper and his injuries over quite care
fully, the jury decided $4,000 was about
the fair thing to all parties concerned.
At the forty-third annual meeting of the
grand chapter of Royal Arch Masons of
Michigan, held the past week in Detroit,
). G. Randall, of Flint, was elected grand
high priest, and w. p lines, of Grand
Rapids, grand recorder.
The wrecking of hearse and coffin was
IN incident of Red Jacket funeral pro-
cession, caused by the driver going over
,he edge of an embankment and landing |