The times., 1892-08-19
AFFAIRS OF THE STATE.
News Notes and Gossip Affecting Our
Own People.

News Notes and Gossip Affecting Our
Own People.
Twenty per cent. of Waklee's population
consists of widows and widowers, large
share of them being of the grass variety.
The grounds for divorce are no longer
confined to one cause as in the good old
days of our forefathers. A Grand Rapids
woman sues for separation credentials
alleging that her husband doesn't make
fair divy of his weekly wages.
Jerry Britton, one of the boys who re-
Gently escaped from the state reform
school, has voluntarily returned. He
had tired of too much freedom.
Some months ago James Dell, Char
lotte citizen, lost his voice. James
tumbled from a telephone pole the other
day and was we'll shaken up, but he can
talk as well as ever now.
During July 1860 boats were fioated
through the 500 canal. No other canal
on the planet does such an amount of bus
iness.
The ground which once did duty as
graveyard at Ypsilanti is this season
growing bountiful crop of corn.
Charles H. Plummer, the Saginaw
lum herman, is interested in a Florida
timber deal involving 360,000,000 feet of
pine and cypress located on the st. Marks
river.
More than one million pounds of poul-
try were handled by Marshall firm the
past year. The same firm bought $4,000
worth of eggs in June.
The Grand Trunk Railway company
| handles so many unwashed emigrants
| seeking homes in this country that its
| employees are being vaccinated at the COM
pany's expense.
Charleton's schoolhouse is said to be
| In such a rickety condition that its liable
| to tumble down and bury the pupils and
| teachers.
Bigamy is charge that's usually
launched against the male persuasion, but
| this time its Homer woman who's thus
accused.
Hatching out nest of hens eggs is the
| self-appointed task of Barry county
| gobbler
The threshing machine engine has be-
gun getting in its seasons work by max
ing a s2 1000 bonfire of Joe III alleys barn at
| Bridgeport.
Mrs. w. M. Smith is a Boon lady who
presented her husband with a pair of
| twins, being the fourth consecutive set.
ALI eight children are alive and well.
| John Green and Dora White are a re-
Gently married Michigan couple who've
| started out to see the sights on bicycles
They go to New York for a starter.
| Mrs. Robert Eales is an Alpena lady
who's just had visit from sister whom
she hadn't seen in forty-five years.
The 1l5,0OO acres OF state agricultural
| college lands will be placed on the market
| Sept ~.
Twice within two months married wo
man of Union City engaged in the elope-
ment act
Dimondale will soon have a milestone
| quarry in active operation.
Captain Newton Talbot came in con-
| tact with trolley wire at Port Huron and
| was electrocuted. He was assisting in re
building the street car line.
A hungry Grand Rapids man stole five
| pounds of pork and is now doing five
years for the state.
Lewiston is Montmorenci county
town months old that has six saloons.
NJ Wilson is Merrill man who owns
| pig that has a double set of jaws. Some
| swine, like some men, are unusually hog
gish.
One Saginaw business man accused an
| other Saginaw business man of stealing
three cigars and had him arrested. Now
| the accused man comes back with $1O,-
600 damage suit.
While Wolverine young man and his
best girl were returning home from church
lightning struck and instantly killed the
horse he was driving. The young folks
were badly frightened, but escaped un
hurt.
So much livestock has been killed by
lightning the past Jew years that the ALLIE
gan and Ottawa Mutual Insurance COM
pany will meet the local demand by in
suring farm stock against death by elec-
tricity.
Important events often Illustrate even
the coolest-headed individual. A Marine
City citizen couldn't recall his own name
when he applied for a marriage license.
Menominee sawmills are expected to
cut 800, 100000 feet of lumber and timber
this season.
Clinton county seems to be about the
only section ofthe stote with anything
ike lull dppic crop buiS year.
The "Saints of God" are feet-washing
sect who are holding campmeeting at
Girard. They claim to cure disease by the
laying on of hands.
Two Evart farmers, accompanied by
their families, INDUCED in horse racing
episode when the vehicles collapsed. One
of the occupants was killed by being
thrown against a pile of stone, and an
other so seriously hurt that death may re-
suit.
G. NJ Edick Is Benton Harbor hard
ware merchant who was damaged a, 900
worth by lamp explosion.
Rev. John Russell of New Haven was
nominated for governor by the ProhibI-
tionists
Lightning got away with sS 900 worth of
barns and personal property for Daniel
Sinclair, a Milford farmer.
George Smith is Chaplin officer who
drove two miles to cut down an alleged
suicide only to find that he'd been sold by
a dummy.
Hugh McCurdy, the well-known Corun-
ma Mason, was elected grand eminent