The times., 1892-07-15
MICHIGAN ITEMS.
Interesting News of the state Given I'm
Condensed Form.

Condensed Form.
The contract has been let for n $4,000
gymnasium at Albion college, the size to
be 20 by 95 feet
A Lansing man tore up a $50 stretch of
sidewalk in the endeavor to find $40 gold
piece and then discovered the coin in an
unused pocket.
A Vernon gentleman had a brother liv-
ing at Davidson and one at Niagara Falls.
A telephone dispatch announced the death
of the former, but the Vernon man made
mistake and went to the Falls only to
find that the living relative had gone to
Davidson 10 attend the funeral.
Three Oakland county people claim
heirship to an English estate of $17, 100000.
There are fifty seven other claimants for
the cash.
It's estimated that $25O,000 will be re-
quired to run Muskegon's municipal ma
chinery for the next fiscal year.
DISTINCTIONS placed on the Grand Rap
ids and Indiana railroad track near
Sturgis derailed the night express, but
the passengers all escaped without serious
injury.
jackson prison boarders celebrated the
Fourth with athletic sports and base
ball game.
Several years ago L. Martin, Lawton
gentleman, owned piece of soil which he
regarded as nearly worthless. He set the
tract out to cherries and 100 pickers will
be required to harvest this seasons crop.
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1t cost Battle Creek woman $50 to
bury pet Doodle dog.
The Road Cart factory at Sturgis is in
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responsible for the loss.
Natural gas has been discovered near
Gladwin. Whether the quantity is sufti-
cient to give it commercial value re-
mains to be determined.
William Ingersoll AYERS that he was
despitefully used by the rotten Kent
county bridge and sues Wyoming town.
ship for 5000 to compensate for injuries
. sustained.
Monroe county will invest 1000 in a
new bastile at Monroe, the contract bav-
ing been let for the work.
Isaac Crane was sworn in as Belleville-
justice of the peace at midnight, tried q
case of assault at once, and at 4:30 o'clock
in the morning sentenced the offender to
the Detroit house OF correction for sixty
days. That's business.
Lake Angeline, body of water near
Ishpeming has been drained dry and %,
600, 900 tons of ore are thought to be within
easy reach.
Olivet Congregationalists will indulge
In Il $4,000 church edifice, the college
of that town to bear one-half of the ex-
pense.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac voorhees, of Pontiac
have just celebrated their sixty-fourth
marriage anniversary. They have lived
all this time on the same farm where they
began housekeeping.
Eli Babcock, Waverly farmer, was
the owner of three barns week ago, but
lightning reduced them to ashes and also
cremated three horses.
Frank Perry, Newberry lumberman,
has harvested tree which cut seven logs
and scaled 5000 feet of lumber
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Some Battle Creek boys INDUCED their
fancy by decors ting horse with paint,
giving it more colors than were shown by
Joseph's historic coat.
William and Carrie Pew, Muskegon
brother and sister, walked over to Grand
Rapids recently just for the fun of the
thing. They tramped twenty-five miles
the first day, but the farmer to whom they
applied for shelter at night objected at
first to keeping them, thinking they were
a runaway couple. The journey was COM
pleted on the second day.
Policeman Hannouseck of Bessemer has
been bound over to the circuit court on
the charge of murder. He is accused of
shooting man last winter while making
an arrest.
Horace Hunt has been n justice of the
peace AZ Jackson for twenty consecutive
years and retired from the Office July /.
He's 70 years old.
The site has been secured for Muske-
gon's Masonic temple. Twill be five
stories high and cost s100,00O when COM
pleted.
w. j. Hatton sues the city of Escanaba
for $500 on account of the loss of an eye "a
year ago. An explosion of fireworks did
the mischief.
The total state taxes of Michigan rail-
ways for the current year is S756, 1851.
Middleville youth went fishing - re-
turned home late-was mistaken by pa for
a burglar-and introduced to stove po-
ker-lad now laid up for repairs.
A Jackson girl of three summers had
ber dress torn off by an irate rooster and
was severely wounded.
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A Portage boy fell a distance of thirty
feet from windmill but escaped serious
Injury.
1t is claimed that an Illicit whisky
distillery is doing business near Grand
Lake, Presque Isle county.
Grand Haven has a damage suit on hand
because strangers ear came in contact
with Roman candle at the late celebra-
lion.
George Deway's residence has been
transferred from Mecosta county to the
Detroit house of correction for rs days for
throwing stones at his wife.
M. j. Coldren, the Hillsdale missionary
who's been taking a two-year's vacati on
has returned to India. During this lay
off he collected $4,000 of American cash
with which to build a high school in the
Orient.
Some two months ago Mrs. Charles
krohn, a Saginaw lady went to Canada to
visit friends. On the return trip she was
taken sick at the railway station and
died.