The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-09-09
AFFAIRS OF THE STATE.

| Chri Sidrks ciObnlnB on IRE anu nc was
badly singed. This accident occurred at a
jackson perfumery laboratory.
Two simon pure cases of CHAMBERS have
been detected among the Port Huron
equines.
Joe Paige rolled out of his Alpena bed
so quickly the other morning that he dis
located his shoulder. Breakfast was
ready at the time.
| The twenty first annual farmers picnic
held at Devils lake on the 25th was at
tended by about $1,000 people.
The forty fourth annual state fair,
which gives promise of being n hummer,
will be ready for inspection Sept. 12 at
| Lansing. No exhibit will be held next
| year on account of the Columbian EXPOSE
| ton.
Patrolman Cox stopped jackson runa-
way and thereby saved three lives. He
has been generously rewarded with S.
| note for his action.
Advents of the Seventh Day edition
will hold three weeks campmeeting on
| the tent plan in the woods near Lansing,
beginning Sept. 20.
| A Paw Paw woman started divorce pro-
ceedings and then changed her mind and
determined to live with the "old man" as
| per original contract. A week later she
| filed another bill for divorce Some folks
are changeable.
One of the big boats built at the David
son shipyards, West Bay CityItransported
| 102, 900 bushels of grain from Chicago to
Buffalo at single trip. This Is said to
be the biggest load of wheat ever foated
| on fresh water.
| "a txya ntv co1a Ixusn al
| down to six.
Myron Jerome, an Evart lad of less than
| 16 summers, passed an examination for q
| first grade teachers certificate.
| Ed Huntley, a 2O-year old Detroit bur-
| glar, and John Davis of Kalamazoo doing
| five years for the same offense, were shot
by Jackson prison guards while attempt
ing to escape. Both may die
| The Jackson concern which manufac-
lures oil stoves will add 300 men to it's
force of employees at an early date.
Henry Houk is dead at Worthwhile, aged
90 years. He had lived in Michigan for
the past fifty-nine seasons.
+. ID. Sherman resigned the superinten-
dency of the Bay City schools on account
of stories related of an Ohio adventure,
but the school board wouldn't listen to the
| proposition.
Alexander Mcdonald, Grand Rapids
letter carrier, was elected president of the
| national association at its recent meeting
at Indianapolis.
| A Kalkaska doctor has buried two
wives since last spring, No 2 living but
two weeks after their marriage.
Two Orange citizens quarreled over a
horse trade the other day and now
there is a $4,000 damage suit between
them.
The Port Huron collector of customs
has orders to scrutinize and fumigate the
| luggage of immigrants who seek admis-
sion to the country from that quarter,
all on account of the dreaded cholera
| scourge.
| 500 people are still anxious to secure a
| public market and the scheme is being
| agitated from the financial standpoint
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Cynthia Hosmer, Greenville girl,
charges G. G. Farmer with defamation of
character and sues to recover s., 600 worth
of damages.
Bum-bum-ta-ra-ra is the more or less
significant and euphonious name of
Menominee sporting club, just organized.
If it can survive a name like that the
clubs a hummer.
Joe Keller, Bavarian immigrant, got
strapped at Buffalo and walked from
there to Big Rapids-his destination-a
distance of 500 miles.
E. Gregory, chief engineer of Sturgis'
schools, has invented new process for
the manufacture of gas by which he
hopes to make fortune.
Ten years ago Saginaw merchant cold
an overcoat on the installment basis, and
now sues to recover the garment in lieu
of the delinquent cash.
Dafoe's Alpena art gallery is in ashes
at loss of $4,000.
The Wonderland museum at Detroit
was visited by 1890 people in one day
| lost week, which exceeds the largest
days attendance of any museum in Amer
lea by 944.
The order of Good Templars held its
annual state convention at Mt. Pleasant
| last week with about two hundred dele
gates present.
An Iron Mountain child umbled from
third-story window and landed on New
foundland dog The child is all right,
but the canine was badly demoralized.
Eva b. Garfield is seeking to recover
81, 500 from the Grand Rapids Street Rail-
way company for injuries received while
alighting from a car in June.
Battle Creek secures new car works
factory to employ 600 or 800 men. Forty
acres of ground have been donated for a
| site.
The Grand Haven man who absolutely
refused to invest in life insurance capitu-
lated after an agent had called on him
seventy-seven times within single
month.
Rev. A. H. Curtis is Maine minister
who's married a Kalamazoo girl and the
pair will set sail for India this month to
engage in missionary work.
Ge orge Moore, gray haired man of 20
summers, has had his residence trans
ferred from Livingston county to Jackson
prison for four years on a charge of crimi-
nal assault.