The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-05-13
MICHIGAN STATE NEWS.
Happenings which Are Noted for tn.

happenings which Are Noted for the
Benefit of Our own People.
y. Albers disappeared from Grand Rap
los last fall, leaving an unsettled board
bill His landlady has just received a
letter from Albers in Holland with re-
nittance to cover the Indebtedness. say.
ing that he'd fallen heir to a comfortable
fortune and could now pay his debts.
Last weeks tornado demolished
mill, house and two barns at Prairie
vile.
An Ann Arbor citizen objected to the
ntfrness OF a neighbor's chicken coop and
tore It down. Now he's busy trying TO
frame an adequate excuse that will satisfy
the local court regarding his action.
Things that are little used last long
time. A Summit citizen owns Bible
which was printed in 1908 and is still
well preserved.
The Allovey mine, which was recently
closed down for keeps, was one of the
few Improbable upper peninsula corpor-
atoms, its stockholders being about $780,
900 out of pocket.
Two miles from Spring Lake there
lives a woman who recently shouldered
u sack of wheat and carried it to that
town.
Kalamazoo banks have inaugurated a
clearing house system to facilitate the dis
patch of business.
Joe Mcclure is married man who
had no less than four opportunities to
sell 800 horse in one day and re
fused each offer. That night the animal
died.
Two lady teachers in the Lainsbure
public schools board in the country five
miles away and make the round trip OF
ten miles five times week.
Two Saginaw kids started out for trip
to Texas and have just been located at
Paramount, Va.
Calumet's Polish church society has a
bank account of $1,000.
Lainsburg is the present abiding place
of chap who broke ffty-four lights of
glass from the windows of one dwelling
house.
Two Battle Creek brothers, aged about
IL years, engaged in a quarrel when an.
other kid undertook to separate them. At
this juncture one of the brothers seized
bul and struck the peacemaker on the !
head, inflicting injuries which resulted in
his death.
William Johnson was Grand Rapids
hotel porter before religious excitement |
drove him insane and incapacitated him |
for useful labor
Eight applications for divorce creden-
tials were filed at Grand Rapids in one
day recently.
Receipts for the first quarter of the year |
OF the state oil inspector office were 49,.
474l5; disbursements, S., S3l.69; net re-
ceipts, S6642.56.
Thomas Seaman smoked a cigar in
Grand Rapids church and then paid a $40
fine.
William Monk and Margaret Think are
Port Huron people who are accused by
Williams wife of being altogether too
thick and have been arrested on an adultery
charge.
Howard City's new fair grounds will be
dedicated Sept. 1870 with horse trot and
pumpkin show accompaniment.
Some fellow with $50 in his breeches
pockets was put in the bastile at Grand
Rapids but the other prisoners caught
on to the fact and relieved him of the
cash.
While narrowing field the other day at
Leoni, S. j. Madden found a gold ring
which he lost thirty years ago.
William Graves Is a South Haven farm
er who was overtaken by a terrific thunder
storm and sought the shelter of a barn he
was passing. No sooner had he done so than
bolt of lightning struck the barn, killing
both horses and burning the structure.
Graves was rendered insensible for a sea-
son by the electric shock.
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A damage suit which was begun at
Grand Rapids six years ago on account of
injuries received in alighting from
street car, has just been settled at the sum
of 81 800. The case had been reviewed by
the supreme court and sent back for a new
trial.
The net earnings of the F., p NJ rail.
way for the past year were 1861 ,212S9. The
corporation has bonded Indebtedness of
50, $3.50, 900.
One day last week Battle Creek fire.
man obtained an hours leave of absence