The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-03-25
MICHIGAN MATTERS.
News Items of Interest Picked Up Here
and There.


and There.
The Tecumseh cemetery has but single
grave the occupant of which was buried
with the head TO the north. The exception
to the rule is a woman just inferred who
specially requested to be placed in that
manner.
lawsuit over a 81 dog and have already
case still out of sight.
William Boone, Hudson man who's
nearly completed an earthly career of 100
years, is one of the few living survivors of
the war of 1872
Vern Demerest is South Handy lad of
tender years who tried his hand at playing
with matches and will complete life's So
journ with only one eye.
Bay City has the first bandsaw shingle
mill to go into commission in that ia
nous numbering region.
Lansing's public schools have total en-
rollment of 2,4S0 pupils.
John Davidson, Monroe man, is
mourning the loss of a 81 900 dog. The ami
NAL was prize winner at the Chicago
bench show.
The famous Brown will contest at Grand
Rapids has been decided in favor of Mrs.
Alice Hayden, the daughter who was left
out ia the cold by the document she has
succeeded in breaking, The amount in
yolyed is about 100000,
Mrs. Thomas Dunn, Battle Creek lady,
was very shy of burglars and SO hid her
pocketbook and the $50 it contained unr
derneath a carpet; but the very first time
hIrrf fl,ro . .,f h.Nth Enfh
and cash disappeared.
After search of several months the
the First congressional Church of Kalama-
zoo has found parson which it thinks
will suit in the person o. Rev. G. W. Hiatt
Of Cleveland.
"a
Grand Rapids has two citizens by the
same name-Joseph w, Miller-and the
wrong Joseph got hold of a $50 express
order and appropriated it, if the allegation
of the other Joseph be true. The powers
that be are investigating the case.
While Lansing officer was escorting
four tramps to the bastile one of 'em made
brake for liberty. The officer started in
pursuit, but the pedestrian was fleet Of
foot and escaped as likewise did the three
whom the representative of the law had
left to take care of themselves.
Pontiac people secured the contracts for
repairing the burned asylum, underbid-
ding outside competition by large major
ity.
A Millers's Siding farmer stopped a To-
iedo and Ann Arbor train on the suppose
ton that friend was aboard whom he
wanted to see. He didn't find him.
Two Davis woodmen ran saw
through cord of oak stove wood in just
seventeen minutes, and hold themselves
in readiness to cut the next cord in less
time for proper consideration.
A gasoline can got loose in Grand
Rapids laundry and several thousand
dollars will be required to repair the dam
age.
Damage suits aggregating 100000 have
been brought against the Flint and Pere
Marquette and Lake Shore railway COM
panies on account of the accident near To-
ledo last fall. The cases will be tried in
the Monroe circuit court
John Moss lives at Grand Marias and
has made himself the observed of all OBJ
servers by driving trained hog.
Four mastodon teeth were found on a
Bellevue farm recently by Byron Gage.
They were the remains of an ancient
crop.
Plymouth Methodists will soon march
to their devotions to the tune of u | 400
pound bell.
Mrs. Ruth Clark, Coloma lady of 81
years. overturned kerosene lamp as she
was retiring for the night and was fatally
burned.
The new Port Huron band is composed
of the unlucky thirteen, and the boys are
bound to add to or subtract one from the
membership.
b. +. Hill, Millburg mill owner, was
thrown against a circular saw and instant
ly killed.
The home of Elmer Fleming, a Mount
Morris farmer, was the scene of a blaze
that threatened it's destruction. There be-
ing no water at hand, the folks extin-
guished the fire with several pans of
milk.
Henry Nichols of Lostwithiel is the
owner of a live freak in the shape of
an eight-legged, four-eared and one-eyed
lamb.
Hard cider and religion got all mixed up
at Bethel church social so that it was
difficult matter to tell 'em apart.
Alpena folks will indulge in hard
times carnival and if the scheme is go
there it may be tried in some other sections
of the state. The times are hard enough
to be propitious therefor.
Four hundred Negaunee miners took
out their first naturalization papers in a
single day.
The Lake Angelina mine is still very
damp, containing about s000O0,0O gallons
of navigation material.
Lansing ladies came very near electing
one of their number to q position on the
school board in the recent school con-
test.
John Wilson, Grand Rapids resident,
goes into exile eighteen months because
he timed himself with another mans
watch.
jackson parsons have publicly declared
their disapproval of costly funerals.
Whether this means reduced fees for
funeral sermons is still debatable ques-
ton.