The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-02-19
NEWS OF THE STATE.
Bits of Information Which Concern Our
Own People.

anu pies, cakes, puuulnSs, uOuSDnutS,
bread, biscuits, buckwheat cakes, ETC., in
proportion, all of which were masticated
by one little family.
Mrs. Bush, Now lady, who is reputed
to be lie years old, has survived severe
siege of the grippe.
One of the Galesburg high school pupils
was taken down with diphtheria, hut,
strange to relate, the disease did not
spread at all.
Forty-five doctors are Intellectually try
ing to preserve the general health OF Lans-
ing people.
Myrtle Peeke, Mendon's far-famed
equestrienne, was rolled out of a buggy at
the expense of broken leg Only few
months ago she was thrown by patent
folding bed and had the same leg broken
in identically the same place.
One of the features of Michigan exhibit
at the Worlds fair will be "A history of
her newspapers, written by Lexington
lady of youthful years.
Mrs G. Ii. Barber, better known to the
literary world as Faith Templeton," died
last week at Lake Harbor, Muskegon
county.
Ja, kson people have recently been re-
galed by a dog show.
Era Barnum, Carlton Center citizen,
has 1900 bushels of popcorn which is to
be let loose on those people who attend
the Worlds fair.
C.. T., Covert, Fowler business man,
dropped dead while at the telephone Of
ce in that town. He was just recover
ng from an attack of the grippe.
Old rubbers are in demand at Clinton.
The town has chewing gum factory.
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The p. of /. Commercial union Of Mid
land county, handled $4,000 worth of
goods during the past nine months.
Professor Walter C. Hewitt has resigned
the superintendency of Three River schools
in order to take charge of Michigan's edu-
cational exhibit at the Worlds fair.
Hiram Hodges, the Flint denizen who
was acquitted of the charge of horse steal
ing has launched &, 600 damage suit at
his accuser.
+. =. Waters becomes travelling sale
man after twenty-five years of active SER
vice in humping baggage for the Lake
Shore Railway company at Morenci.
The f. and p. NJ. railway is running
fast train between Detroit and Saginaw
which frequently travels at a sixty
gait.
Clinton has twenty-three citizens who
have each passed the threescore and ten
limit by more than ten years.
Mayville people are longing for a good
waterworks system-a result of fire expe-
riences.
SOMEBODY has been circulating pledges
in, 6rinn auainGt tba I1Ca of tohnnpO and
many of the 1000 signers are handsome
young ladies who have bid goodbye to the
seductive cigarette.
S. =. Marsh, Waukesha farmer of
10 season, has just taken unto himself
wife of less than one-half of his number of
years.
Stock in the Norris mine at Ironwood is
a pretty good thing to have, as it paid a
% per cent dividend in '91.
The auction sale which is of such fire.
quent occurrence in the rural regions re-
veals some funny transactions. A Cam
bridge farmer bought a log chain at II
ale which be had loaned a neighbor so
long before that he used it several weeks
before recognizing that twas formerly his
Ann Arbor is, indeed, the Athens of
the state. A rooster of that town has
learned the art of catching mice.
Penn is the home of maiden of sweet
10 summers who sings, plays, paints and
talks, and has already rejected six matri-
Inonial propositions
The wheelmen of Grand Rapids are GU
rious to know just how long it will re-
quire to convey a message from their
town to Detroit via the bicycle route and
will make the trial when the wheeling
gets good. Some eighteen or twenty re-
lays will be provided and it is expected
that quick time will be made.
Ed Cary is Standish man of muscle
who cut LIZA hoop poles in single day.
Ed wouldn't like to feast his eyes on the
man who can beat the record
The site Of the soldiers monument to be
erected at Three Rivers was decided by
ballot.
Hudson has voting school for the ex-
press purpose of Inducing citizens into
the mysteries of the new election law
Sizel's postmaster is also parson and
gives the people good advice on Sunday.
ITtStuU lIulCdulOhS DOlub W OH carly
opening of the straits of Mackinac for
Another Manistee county lawyer has
been disbarred from practice in the cir.
cult court of that bailiwick.
Fire cleaned out Jacob Simon's clothing
store at Grand Rapids, entailing loss of
go, OOO
l.. w. Twitchell, Sturgis grocer of
twenty-one years standing, has gone out
Of business.
An electric motor and dynamite factory
Is to be established at Kalamazoo.
Eaton Rapids is struggling along with
only fifteen secret societies. IT'S claimed
that the poorest citizens of the town is a
in good and regular standing of
three of these orders.
Intimated that certain Edmore officials
carry saloon keys as matter of personal
convenience to themselves In this case
the public isn't Gin it.
Saranac business houses are closed at
7:30 each evening to give the employees an
to attend the revival meetings
now in progress.
Coldwater has a scheme on hand looking
to a designation of the streets by number
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