The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-01-01
MICHIGAN MATTERS.
Happenings and Incidents Occurring In
Cur Own State.

and obtained a Judgment for the amount
The case is now in the hands of the su
;,yeme court.
FeI-I.Ville's brick warehouse collapsed
and mixed large quantity of wheat with
brick, mortar and debris in u way thai
will forever preclude the possibility q,
converting the grain into good bread.
Country correspondents of the local press
cannot be too careful whom claiming Il
state facts abOut people, especially wheJ
the statements are of IN uncomplimentary
nature. A correspondent of n ST. Charlie:
paper has been fined 500 and costs for in
dulging in certain structures of II local Off
cial
Essexville had SIS, 900 confagration on
the 18th, several business houses being
burned. Insurance about 5000.
For forty years did Bedford lady live
right within sight of the Michigan Cen
trail trains without once riding in the cars
She's just passed her roth birthday, and
the other day she took a trip to Marsha II
a distance of twenty miles.
January 20 is the date, and jackson the
place. for u meeting Of the master painters
and decorators of the state.
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igan has q clock factory but Nels johnson
is making q success of building costly
clocks with great big open faces, designed
for use in churches. halls and other public
buildings.
Fenwick people are being RECALLED with
the tones OF their first church bell.
Flowing for spring crops in December
has not been an uncommon spectacle in
many sections of the state, for the past two
weeks.
Gratiot county holds local option cleo
ton on January %, and the "wets" antici-
pate dry vote.
The Poet Whittier acknowledged the
receipt of handsome bouquet sent him
by Saginaw highschool girls in graceful
ly worded letter written by his own
hand.
Fifteen years ago it was that N. N. Will
son, n Genesee county citizen, had watch
stolen, and the man who took it has just
given his note as compensation therefor.
St. Ignace people declare that the only
hearse of the town isn't safe for even dead
folks to ride in.
Elk Rapids people are rejoicing because
trains have commenced running on the
new extension of the Chicago and West
Michigan railway.
Michael Casper who was killed by a
mine explosion at Carui;i,, left his wife
with mortgagcd home and ten chill
dren
Lack of snow is seriously impeding lum-
bering operations in many sections OF the
state
The Weeks Drug and Chemical company
a jackson concern, sustained $4,000
blaze on the 10Th. Insured for So, 800. This
is the company's second fire within ten
days.
Lake shipments aid receipts at Muske
gon for 1891 foot up grand total Of $4,000
tons. This is an increase of 10000 tons
over the shipping business of the PRECEDING
year.
Thomas Connors, who was convicted of
deadly assault at Big Rapids year or two
ago, has been pardoncd from the jackson
prison. Thomas proved that he was in
San Francisco ut the time, and that he was
still another victim of circumstantial evil
dence.
Il. T.. Stevens, of Reed City, has OBJ
tanned judgment for $2,676 to cover the
loss of a saw mill that was burned while
being operated by parties who had leased it.
Eaton Rapids has happy family OF
children, while another comes in
under the wire with fourteen youngsters,
as tolerably lively second.
Adrian claims to be one of the few cities
of the state without bonded indebted
ness.
The attempt to GUST John Mcqueen from
the Office of sheriff of Kent county on the
ground that he was a Canadian cit
izen, has resulted in failure. The supreme
court says Johns all right, just as he is.
Negaunee Methodists announce their de-
termination to invest S15, 900 in a new house
of worship.
Celding is to have $4,000 factory for
the manufacture of chemical engines of a
new pattern.
The coroners jury which was assembled
in Ionia county to view the remains of q
man found in Cato township, decided that
they once belonged to to Silas Kent, but as
Silas has just returned from the far west,
the jury evidently made a mistake.
The Manistee and Northwestern railway
logging road, will be extended
to Traverse City in the spring.
Yale's fax mill has worked up 800 tons
of fax this year, being the product of loo
acres of land. The mill has been running
five years and is money maker.
Marquette has a benevolent society which
has held weekly meetings the past year
with an average attendance Of 156 persons.
During this time they sewed four quilts.
valued at So.
George Pope, a Lapeer baker, disap-
peared just prior to his wedding day. and
may have flown to ills he knew not OF
whatever he may have escaped
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W. p. Brakeman, an Otsego man who
has been slowly dying for the past four
teen years, has ut last been gathered unto
his fathers. When he was taken sick his
pulse beat sixty times per minute, and
gradually sank to twenty-eight beats be-
fore his death. He had been a mere skele-
ton for more than u year.
Saginaw's city mission feed 800 poor
children on New Years day.
Z j. G. Larimore, q Niles man Of "a years,
died the past week. He had been banker
for sixty seasons.
Twenty-four large sawmills, located in
the Lake Michigan region, have gone out
of commission during the past three years.
Grand Rapids has put in more than
double the amount of sewers and paving