The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-12-30
MICHIGAN LOCALS.
Items of Interest Which Concern Our own
People.


Thomas Redman, a Milan man, is said
to have been the first Michigan citizen
who was drafted under the "men or
money" act of November, 1868.
The 500 is trying to secure $500, 900
steel and iron plant to be built by Cleve-
land capitalists. The concern will employ
800 men.
Frank Cole, Sutton's Bay farmer
would like to interview the man who
slew u valuable horse for him with an ak.
Claimed now that William Keneuguen,
the Jackson Swede who died after be-
ing in the Kalamazoo asylum for three
days, was fatally injured by one of the at
| tendants.
The supreme court has been asked to
decide the claim of Sheriff Porter for feed
ing 5000 worth of good victuals to tramps.
The Montcalm county board Of supervis-
ors refuse to allow the bill.
Kendalls is little railway station on
the South Haven division of the Michigan
Central where whisky is imported from
Kalamazoo in candy pals on account of To-
cal option.
August Grossman, on trial at Alpena
charged with the murder of Albert Moli-
tor several years ago has been found
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jury was out seven hours.
w. j. Mcconnell, recently elects d gov
ernor of Idaho, was formerly Portland
resident, where he lived for many years
He finally went west and grew up with the
country.
Muskegon loses the big Stinson sawmill
plant. The machinery is being removed
to Los Angeles to equip 100000 factory
there.
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Counterfeiters are said to have buried
large quantities of bogus treasures" near
Itisco.
The establishment of q mammoth sheep
ranch at Haire is the project of certain In
diana capitalists.
Miss Piper fell down an Ann Arbor
cellarway and was so seriously injured
that her lay may soon be tuned on the
other shore.
Rose Lake township, Osceola county,
is thought to be underlaid with valua-
BILE vein of coal at depth of less than one
hundred feet beneath the surface Of the
earth.
The newly organized Michigan colony at
Port Angeles, Wash, will soon be recruit.
ed by another batch of Michiganders. The
first contingent is well pleased with the
county
Every one of the twenty horses in a
freight car that was overturned at Ho-
bart escaped without even so much as a
scratch.
Holly is now illuminated on dark nights
by electricity, the $1,000 arc and incandes.
cent plant having been installed within
forty eight days from the signing of the
contract.
Christopher Viesel, a ColdN alter citizen
is the first man to be convicted of vio
: lating the local option law in Branch
county.
1t is claimed that number of cases
of illegal voting occurred IN November
near Hillman and that number of ar.
rests will be made very soon because
thereof
While experimenting with q Flobert
rifle Chester Tuthill, u Detroit youth
was very dangerously, if not fatally
wounded.
Physical culture will be added to the
course of instruction in the Bay City
schools.
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Grand Haven can secure a new $45, zoo
courthouse by contributing $4,000 toward
its construction.
The administrators of the estate Of the
late Elmer Van Duson, who was killed
by u Michigan Central locomotive al
Ann Arbor three years ago, has just
secured a 81 500 verdict again the com
pany.
John Biggs was rescued from beneath q
load of overturned hay at Maple Grove
just in time to make the resurrection OF
some practical value to himself.
Robert Williams was resiously injured
while endeavoring to stop runaway team
at Charlevoix.
The official vote of the state show Re
publican plurality of q, 412 on presidential
electors.
An Adrian family is said to have con
sumed four cases of lager beer in week
at time when the city was supporting
them from its treasury.
When Oliver Pratt returned to his
Kalamazoo home from recent fishing ex
cursion he found that his wife had packed
up all the household goods and sought an
other cline
Driving all the way from Oregon to this
state with team and wagon is feat just
accomplished by Dell Goodsell and his
family.
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Rebecca Enstein is Saginaw girl who
AYERS that she contracted with her broth
err three years ago to care for their aged
mother at the rate of SO per week, that she
has not yet received a cent of compensa
tiol and therefore sues to recover the full
amount.
Port Huron is the home of 612 sailors
J Among them are seventy vessel captains
who were paid $4,000 the past season
, sixty-two steamboat captains who drew
ST., 900 v.,rth of compensation, eighty en-
ginesrs who are credited with $65, 900, while
the 400 sailors have to be content will
100000.
Nine hundred tons of freight is tn,
average load that's being floated across
Lake Michigan by the d. and M. railway
boats at each winter trip
The Monroe jailer sheltered tramp OF
q recent cold night and was greatly sur
prised by the fellows spending the entr,
evening in knitting n pair of stockings
The tramp who works is indeed rarity.
A West Adrian sportsman harvested al
American bittern recently, n bird that's sci
dom found in Michigan.