The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-04-28
FULL OF INTEREST.
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been struck at Lansing.
A branch of the signal service is to be
established at Lansing.
A long-distance telephone line now
connects Saginaw and Bay City.
Fire destroyed the King & Chase saw
and planning mill at Quincy. Loss, $4,000.
Mrs. Theodore w. Chaplin, wife of the
treasurer-elect of the city of Jackson,
is dead.
Dowagiac and loads of wool are ar
irving.
Battle Creek business men have or
ganized board of trade with thirty
members.
II. N. Smith, of Blanchard, has been
appointed cadet to the West Point mill
tary academy.
r. j. b. Newcomb, of Manistee, has
secured the contract for rebuilding the
life-saving station at Milwaukee, Wis.
From Monticello, N. Y, comes news
of the death of Prof. John s. Crombie, a
teacher we'll known in Michigan.
X. Paquin, Maple Ridge farmer,
His head was literally mashed to a jelly.
The 3-year-old daughter of Martin
Grzezkowiak was burned to death while
playing around a bonfire in Grand Rap
ids.
The resignation is announced of
Charles d. Thomas, of Lansing, for two
years general secretary of the state Y.
M. G. A.
The 100000 bequeathed to Olivet col
lege from the Irwin estate some years
ago will be given to the trustees in a
short time.
Two trunks brought to Detroit from
Windsor, Ont, were seized by customs
officers. They contained an amount of
opium valued at s., 1000.
An infant daughter of c. j. Buckley,
of lonia, upset can of hot lard upon
herself. She was burned so badly that
she died in few hours.
Alfred Smith, of Grand Rapids, sued
Robert Milne for $40, 900, claiming that
amount as damages for the alienation
of his wife's affections.
The stockholders of the Houghton
copper works have authorized the Off
GERS to sell the real estate and wind up
the affairs of the company.
The death is announced of Walter
Higgins, proprietor of Elm Lane stock
farm, and one of the most prominent
horsemen in central Michigan.
A kettle of boiling water was upset,
the contents so scalding 2-year-old
son of Arthur Wilcox, of Schwartz
Creek, that he died in a short time.
William Mckay died from the effects
of a bullet wound received from re-
volver in the hands of Chester Maui at
Ludington, April 9. Maui is in Jail.
Frank Bebeau, one of the fourteen
men drowned at the Milwaukee water
works crib during last weeks storm,
was formerly resident of Roclxland.
1t is expected that the Woman's
Christian Temperance union building,
to be erected in HaclSley park, Mus
kegon, will be under roof by May Is.
Gov. Rich has appointed George f.
Parker, of Manistee, and j. E. Vinton,
Of Saginaw, assistant paymasters in the
state militia, with the rank of captain.
Among the candidates for the post
mastership at West Huntsville is
Willie Woo, Chinaman who runs q
grocery in that town and is very pop
ular.
Out of twelve teachers in Bay City
schools who have rendered their resigna-
tons recently, eleven are ladies, who
resign because they are going to be
married.
The Michigan conference of the Wom-
three days session at Ionia last week.
Mrs. Moore, of Greenville, was elected
president.
Attorney General Ellis has petitioned
the circuit court for the appointment of
receiver for the Mutual Reserve Live
Stock Insurance company of Marshall.
Bad management is charged.
A coroner's jury rendered verdict
that the collision at Farwell last week,
by which two men were killed, was due
to the carelessness of Engineer Ringer,
of the wrecking train. Ringer has dis
appeared.
The principal employees of the Austin,
Tomlinson &c Webster company, of
Jackson, will be given by their employ
ers a two weeks vacation to visit the
worlds fair. Their entire expenses are
also to be paid.
The United States circuit court and
district court for the Eastern district of
Michigan will convene it's next session
at Bay City, May IS. The principal
cases to be tried at this term are timber
stealing cases.
Shelby ladies are petitioning the city
council for an ordinance prohibiting
boys and girls under Is years of age
from being on the streets, unless ac-
companied by parent or guardian,
after o'clock p. m.
The identity of girl who died in
Grand Rapids boarding house under
mysterious circumstances has been
established. She was Miss Alice Wild,
the 17-year-old daughter of re-
spectacle couple in Grand Haven. A
criminal operation was the cause of her
death.
L., Cal