The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-05-27
NEWS OF THE STATE.
Breezy Bits OF Gossip of Interest to All
Our Readers.

Our Readers.
St. Johns citizens have become so weary
of the omnipresent fakir that they've pc
titioned the municipal powers that be tc
refuse 'em licenses.
The Worthwhile Kelley institute may
change it's location if sufficient bonus is
offered.
Port Huron reports the spring crop
of female tramps as being unprecedented
ly large.
ID. A. Schofield, a Ewing man who had
been married seven years, shot his wife
and then himself at Duluth, MINI. They
had lived unhappily for some time.
Il. b. Palmer, South Jackson farmer
has surfeit of swine music. He's the
owner of 1000 little squealers.
The supreme court is of the opinion that
two years at Ionia is too much for Fred
Martin, inasmuch as the Richfield nag he
stole was very poor animal.
Watervliet's water power will be util'
lied by an easten firm in running large
paper mill.
Battle Greek has druggist who con.
fesses to having sold forty-four barrels OF
whisky the past year. 1t requires deal
of "tonic" to keep some folks in healthy
condition.
Two Cadillac kids had an arm broken at
the same place and in the same manner
within an hour of each other on recent
afternoon, and one surgeon fixed up the
broken bones for each unfortunate.
Kalamazoo people mistrust that they
are taking too much water with their
milk and ask for the appointment of a 10.
cal milk inspector.
w. b. Arthur lives at Grand Rapids
and wants a wife. Age is restricted to 20
summers, and $50 to IT'S pounds is the de.
sired weight.
Mt. Clemens Presbyterians have quit
their old church which was built nearly
sixty years ago. They'll worship in the
Opera house while $25, 900 ediflce is be-
ing constructed.
One lone case of alleged pig stealing
constitutes the criminal portion of
Isabella county's circuit court calendar.
1t is claimed that Coopersville par
son will devote the secular portion of the
week to training horses this coming sum-
mcr.
Dan Jones, a Minden man, went over to
Bay City to visit brother and carried
$3.50 in his inside pocket. Some chap
caught on to the fact and relieved him of
the cash.
Ninety-five saloon bonds were approved
at a single meeting of Escanaba's council,
and still there is more to follow, The
town already has watering place for
every eighty-four people.
Fifty cars of furniture were recently
shipped from Grand Rapids factory for
the adornment of a Windy city hotel. The
consignment represented a cash transac-
ton of $4,000.
Saginaw's city council estimate that
1852, 600 will be required to run that mu-
nicipality for the year to come.
Nine cents is the average daily cost of
feeding the boarders at jackson prison.
A $4,000 fire got away with the John
son block at Hancock. Several mer-
chants were burned out and a number
of families rendered homeless. Insured
for $4,000.
Port Huron people are trying to peep
into the future with the assistance of a
band of gypsies.
Kalamazoo is the abiding place of a
woman who had man bastiled on the
charge of illegal parentage, and then con-
fessed she had made a mistake. The man
was released and another party taken in
tow by the officers.
One of the chief attractions at Kalama-
zoo just now is baby which weighs two
and quarter pounds.
J. +. Lenhoff, a Saginaw citizen, took a
dose of laudnum to allay a pain, and
came near taking the nap which knows no
waking.
The state tax levy for 1872 calls for a cash
total Of 81 ,419, 20l.61.
An educational exhibit will be spe-
cial feature of the jackson county fair this
year.
Adrian's high school graduates class
of twenty-three this year, the girls being
in minority of one.
George F. Hood holds two offices at Bay
City and is credited with residence in
two separate wards-in the Third and
Ninth.
Jeptha Skinner, Novi pioneer of 90
years, has just been gathered unto his IA
theirs.
Mrs. Cornell, Benzonia lady, has
cen accustomed to milking the family
COW. The other evening squirrel
stopped to witness the milking act and
bossy was on the warpath at once. Mrs.
Cornell was tossed over a fence by the
animals horn and was very dangerously
hurt.
The harvest of death among Ishpeming
children has been heavy of late, seven lit
tie folks being buried in one day, while
three deaths were recorded for the same
twenty-four hours.
The 500 has a Sunday fisherman who's
devised an imitation of family Bible in
which to carry his bait. The imitation is
hollow, of course. and well calculated to
deceive.
While the act of fumigating Calumet
residence that had recently harbored case
of scarlet fever was in progress the domi-
cile took fire and was wholly consumed.
The Jackson gentleman who advertised
for wife recently had twenty-three re
sponses from willin' hearts in short or
der.
Four tons of sulpher will be used to
fumigate the state agricultural college.
Diphtheria germs must go.
One penknife and an orange was the sum