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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-05-26
Henderson.

Willie Palmer has returned from Toledo,
where he was engaged in real estate bust
ness. He came back to take charge OF
Detwier & Sons hardware, also to do the
telegraphing for the M. G. Il. Il. which he's
its Office in the hardware. Willie has many
warm friends and all unite in wishing that
he will remain with us-Eddie Dellmater
who recently met with a sad accident in the
discharge of shot gun loaded with buck
shot, is now around carrying the injured
wrist In a sling. He only saved the hand
by the greatest care and attention which
was given by the attending physician
A large crowd of people assembled here
Saturday night, and from the hustle and
business done, one would conclude that
Henderson did her share of business
Mrs. p. N. Peters returned from visit at
Jackson and Jonesville last Saturday--Dr.
Foster visited Corunna yesterday to see the
victim of the mob.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-05-26
Byron.

Mrs. F. S. Ruggles was at Owosso We'd
nesday-Mrs. A. ID. Hitchcock, of Carl,
ton, was the guest of her mother, Mrs. s.
Mulkins, over Sunday-Mr. +. Hunt was
at the county seat the fore part of the week
Mrs. j. Il. Emmitt, of Howell, is
spending the week with her parents, on Lo-
Gust Hill-Miss Maude Watkins is visit
ing friends at Owosso-Mrs. w. b.
Schad entertained the Misses Garland, of
COrunna, on Miss Carrie Fish
er, of Owosso, visited her parents at this
place Saturday-J. ID. Royce was at Co
runna Tuesday-Mr. and Mrs. A. II.
Northway, of Owosso, spent Sunday with
relatives at this place-Will Savage was
at Fowlerville the fore part of the week.
H. j. McEuen, of Ovid, was here on
Tuesday-R. w. Goats went to Owosso
on Wednesday--Gene Lowrie is home
from Toledo-Mr. and Mrs. o. j. Clark
were at Corunna Tuesday and Wednesday
of this week.-Mrs.. w. F. Close returned
home from Rochester, N. Y, on Friday
Miss Millicent Avery Sundayed at Howell
MIR. and Mrs. j. +. Marvin were at
Saginaw part of last week-Rey. Ben
son, of Perry, and Rev. Halliday, of YER
non,r were here on Tuesday-A. T..
Nichols, of Comma, was in town Saturday
The memorial sermon will be delivered
by the Rev. G. w. Barnum at the M. E.
church on Sunday.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-05-26
Lynch Law in Michigan.

From The Detroit Free Press.
The world has lost nothing in the death
OF murderer, William Sullivan, who was
lynched by an Infatuated mob at Corunna.
Had his taking off involved no violation Of
the laws to which good citizenship must
submit, it would have been matter of uni
versal congratulation. But those who killed
him made the event one of the most de-
plorable in the history of the state. They
stand without justification by any law,
human or divine. They have brought dis
grace upon the fair name of Michigan and
upon the boosted civilization of the age.
They have aggravated the apparent conta-
gion of lynching, which is pervading the
country, without regard to local influences
or geographical lines. They have lowered
respect for the law and made more difficult
the work of its enforcement.
There are lessons in the horrible tragedy
which should be needed while its revolving
details are yet fresh in the public mind.
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Corunna.

kev. w. M. Ward is attending the
Worlds Fair at Chicago this week-Judge
Bush has purchased the handsome residence
formerly occupied by ex-county clerk Ken
ney-The Ladies' Guild of st. Paul's
Episcopal church elected the following Off
GERS: President, Mrs. E. u. Gorsuch; vice
president, Mrs. G. Bilhimer; secretary, Mrs.
ID. K. Lowe; treasurer, Mrs. g. ID. Smith
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. G. Parshall, parents
of w. w. Parshall of this city, will take up
a residence here-The Episcopal church
society of this city expect to hold services
regularly in the near future-Miss Kath-
crime K. Kelsey. probate register, is taking
In the beauties of the Worlds Fair this
week-Some dogs got into the flock of
fine registered ewes belonging to Major p.
N. Cook, of this city, on Monday afternoon.
Three were killed outright, and eight more
badly wounded Loss estimated atrabout
one hundred dollars. The dogs were dis
covered, and one, black shepard, was shot.
The other, a hound, belonging to George
Cute. escaped from the field, but was fol-
lowed home, and will probably be duly ex-
ecuted. About year ago Mr.. Cook had
his flock damaged about $50. That was
zone in the night time, and he has since
kept them shut up nights. not thinking that
they would be attacked in the day time.-
Journal. gg}N -
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-05-26

The mob had its members from a COM
munity that is looked upon as peaceful and
law-abiding. The people of that locality
are intelligent, prosperous and contented.
They rank with the average citizenship in
this boosted Massachusetts, Of the west"
They have attracted none of the objection
able elements that flock to new place with
the attraction of some exceptional source of
money quickly acquired. In this old and
long settled community is raised wild,
fierce, merciless mob, the actions of which
almost challenge belief. Only In two modern
instances have lynchers burned their victim
to death, and the ordeal of fire which was
demanded in Sullivan's case would doubt
less have been resorted to had the suggestion
been made before death had resulted. The
lynchers were frenzied and unrestrained by
any consideration higher than that of the
brute blinded by desire for revenge.
In this is explained the impulse which
moves some men to murder. 1t is q revival
of the old Mosaic creed of an eye for an eye
and tooth for tooth. When this relic of
barbarism asserts itself among people like
those who were implicated in the COrunna
lynching, the moving cause must be more
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-05-26

powerful than that which might stir gang
of thugs or unprincipled adyenturers to like
extremes. There is no reasonable excuse
for these men who have brought infamy
upon the state; but explanation of their
co.irse is not wanting. Had they been as
sured that the law would have been prompt
ly enforced against the criminal, who had
murdered one of their best citizens, and had
the punishment fitted his brutal crime, JUS
tice might have been permitted to take its
course. But the law is tedious and uncer-
tain at its best. The average penalty of
convicted murderers in this state has been
ten years Imprisonment. A murderer under
punishment has committed a cold blooded
murder. There is demand for the hang
ing of those who do such inhuman murder
as that which Sullivan committed, and until
that demand is acceded to there will be the
danger OF such horrors as that enacted at
Corunna. This is deplorable truth, but
one that the legislative power of the state
cannot escape. Murder has long been held
too lightly by the laws of Michigan. The
death penalty should be restored and the
criminal laws of the state be more vigorously
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-05-26
Lansing, May "a, 1898.
Laingsburp.


Miss Carrie Tillotson spent Sunday in
Lansing-Elmer Bixby and Rose Medd
were married last Thursday at the home OF
the BRIDES sister in Pinconning-Bensor
Bros. have contracted for f. NJ. Dodge's
new residence-Rev. VIM. Anderson, OF
Inlay City, exchanged pulpits last Sunday
with Rev. T. Arid Moffatt-Mrs. j. II.
Rohrobacher, of Detroit, is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. w. Ii. Hunt-MIiss Eliza
Smith spent Sunday in Lansing-Calvin
Whitney still carries his broken arm in a
sling. but is able to superintend the i'm
provement of his fine esidence--Over
5000 pounds of milk were received Monday
at the Laingsburg butter and cheese factory
A posse headed by our deputy-sheriff
took the noon train for Corunna Tuesday.
Excitement, Sullivan arrival.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-05-26

STATE OF MICHIGAN 90
COUNTY OF SHIAwAssEE 3D.
AT q session of the Probate Court for the
County of Shiawassee, holden at the Probate
Office in the city of Corunna, on Tuesday, the
23d day of May, in the year one thousand,
eight hundred and ninety-three.
Present, Matthew Bush, Judge of Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Isaac NJ.
Strong, deceased. On reading and filing the
petition, duly verified of Walter ID. o. Strong,
praying that administration Of said estate be
granted to Newton Baldwin or to some other
proper person.
Thereupon it is ordered, that Monday, the
Goth day of June next, at ten O'Clock in the
forenoon, be assigned for the hearing of said
petition, and that the heirs at law of said de-
ceased, and all other persons interested in said
estate are required to appear at q session of
said Court, then to be holden at the Probate
office, in the city of Corunna and show cause, IL
any there be, why the prayer Of the petitioner
should not be granted.
And it is further ordered that said petitioner
give notice to the persons interested in said
estate OF the tendency OF said petition, and
the hearing thereof, by causing q copy of this
ordertto be published in THE TIMES, a news
paper printed and circulated in said county Of
Shiawassee for three successive weeks previous
to said day OF hearing.
MATTHEW BUSH,
Judge Of Probate.
"a true copy)u
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tress, to plead guilty, the Judge would not
hear to 1t, and as there was no proof he went
scott free. This Is fact. How is that for
law, Michigan law? This being the case
should be in favor of wiping cut all law and
let every man, as in primal times, be the ex-
ecutor of his own law and arbitrate his own
matters to suit himself. 1t certainly couldn't
be worse than 1t is now in our much educat-
ed Michigan, and the ends of even-handed
justice would be better melted out.
w.
Lansing Nav "a, 1893.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-05-26
Memorial Day Notice.

There seems to be some confusion as to
where Memorial Service is to be held. This
is to notify all concerned that Memorial Ser
vice will be held at the Baptist church in
the village of Laingsburg on Sunday, May
2Sth, at 1890 a. m. Post, Corps and Sons
will meet at post hall at $3.50 a. M, Sunday
next, there to arrange order of march.
BY order of Post,
l.. A. SKINNER, Com.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-05-26
Probate Order.

Bananas and oranges, the finest, freshest,
found always at Hunts.
Passaic City record., 1893-04-01
A Snails Pace.

ga snail's pace need no longer be
used as term more or less indefinite;
those skilled in the science Of sssnail-
ology" can tell you just to q dot the
snaii's rate Of travel. These interesting
facts were ascertained by some wonder
full experiments at the Florence, Italy,
Polytechnic Institution; In 1889, and
those inclined to be exact can now use
figures to support their arguments.
It was all done in this way: A half
dozen of the mollusks were permitted to
crawl between two points ten feet apart.
Exact time was kept from the start to
the finish, and thus the average s4pace"
was ascertained. The experimenters re-
duced their figures into tables OF feet
yards, rods, furlongs, etc., and thus
found that it would take snail exactly
fourteen days to travel mile. -Phila-
delphia Press.
Passaic City record., 1893-04-01
A Greyhoand's Queer Pet.

-..-.
We have in our town striking and
peculiar illustration OF tine mothefly love
that exists in the animal world. Mr.. G.
W. Start, one Of our leading merchants,
besides being great horse fancier, is
lover of fine dogs, says an Aurora (Texas),
correspondent. He has favorite grey
hound that few days ago gave birth to
litter Of pups, but not wishing to be-
bothered with them Mr.. Start had them
killed
The poor mother WAS broken hearted
at the loss of her little family and yearned
for something upon which she could law
ish her love and care. Among litter OF
Berkshire pigs, in a sty hard BY, was
little runt, whose forlorn condition APP
pealed to the sympathies of the heart
broken mother, and she readily adopted
bis little pigship as her own, aud to-day
is as devoted mother as little pig ever
had.
The change in his diet came very near
killing the pig for few days, but he
soon became accustomed TO it, snd he is
now thriving finely. He has entirely
forsaken his kin, and spends all his time
with his new mother, only kicking when
she picks him up in her mouth to carry
him from place to place, as was her GUS
tom with her pups.
Passaic City record., 1893-04-01

point of the peninsula belongs to Vir-
ginia. Chincoteague Island is part Of
Maryland, although it is little south of
the southern boundary of that State.
The island is withina bar, and is 'one<of
number of low, sandy islands. But,
strange to say, it is the only one upon
which the pennies have ever been siounds
in a. state OF nature..
:. From earlieststifnes the breed has been
kept pure. <As in the case of the cattle
in the Channel Islands isolation favors
this. The owners of the ponies allow
them to run wild the greater part of the
year. Every autumn comes the annual
.spenning." Detachments of men go
eat, and, beginning at the seashore,
gradually drive all the animals to the
centre Of the islxhd. There they are
penaed up for the yearly sale. This is
great event on the islands. It lasts sew
eral weeks, during which time Chin
colleague is visited by hundreds from the
mainland. The owners divide the pro-
ceeds after the sale.
The Chincotesgue pony is valued
chiefly as family horse or child's
pet. Strange TO say, it is not much
known outside of limited area includ-
ing the States Of Delaware, Maryland
md Virginia. It is known In Europe,
however, as it has been placed on ex-
hi5ition at the horse shows.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Passaic City record., 1893-04-01

of the Prince OF Wales to this country
in 1850. He had been invited to spend
five days at the White House. Buchan-
ans family was one of the smallest that
ever dwelt in the White House. It con-
sisted only of him and his niece, Miss
Harriet Lane. Yet he was chagrined to
find that he would have to divide the
Princes suite with the British Minister.
The Prince himself was slowed away in
the little room occupied by Mrs. Cleve-
land as boudoir and more recently as
bedroom by Mrs. Mckee and her chill
dren. The President gave up bis own
room to- the Duke of Newcastle and
found extemporized quarters in one of
the ante.rooms.
Every succeeding President has suf-
fered in something the same way,
though his sufferings have not been so
publicly displayed. II was only by
crowding several members of the house
hold into one room that families like the
Grants and the Garfelds could find any
accommodation whatever for guests.
Even President Arthur found himself
uncomfortably crowded when exercising
hospitality. 1t ives great annoyance
to Mrs. Cleveland, young bride fond OF
company, that. she could not entertain
more than two guests at time. What
was an annoyance to Mrs. Cleveland was
positive discomfort to Mrs. Harrison,
whose family occupied every available
room in the building.
One Of Mrs Harrison's first thoughts
when she came to the White House was
to devise some remedy that might re-
lieye her successors from the trials which
she had to undergo. She poured out her
mind to AIr. Blaine, who agreed that it
was an outrage and disgrace, that
Passaic City record., 1893-04-01

out of the Civil War, seventy three natur-
ally exempted 1im from service. Mr..
EmbFy was married in 1924 to Miss
Harriet E. Embry, and by this union
had ten children, seven of whom are
still living. The oldest SON is now sixty
five, and the youngest forty five. The
old veteran makes his home with his
two youngest children. Besides the
seven children there are sixteen grand
children and twenty y-seven great grand
children, and if the old gentleman ever
gathers his descendants about the family
hearthstone tie house must be of good
size to accommodate them all. Until
within few years the family has made
their own clothing, weaving the cloth
on hand looms; and the eounterpanes
now in use in the family home are home
woven. The clothing worn by the old
gentleman as shown in the picture Is
homespun. During bis active life be
was a hard worker, eating plain food
and being SIMPLE in his habits. His
life. has been quiet and peaceful. He
has hardly been outside his native
county. During all his life he never
rode on. tram of cars
Z He is below the medium size and his
hair is comparatively blaek, even It his
advanced age. His memory Of cid times
is still good. Boston Globe.
Passaic City record., 1893-04-01
Maple syrup.

The particular point in making maple
syrup is to get it as thick as possible
without having it granuiate on standing
The ordinary rule of the maker is to
make syrup that shall weigh eleven
pounds to the gallon, and it has been
found al the Vermont Experiment Sta
ton that Ghis custom is exactly right and
that the temperature corresponding to
this weight is 2l9 degrees. That is, if
the syrup is taken off from the fire as soon
as it shows temperature of 2l9 degrees.
it will weigh exactly eleven pounds to
the gallon and wall not grain on stand-
ing.
This is, however, the extreme limit; 4
the temperature is allowed to get single
degree higher the syrup will granulate-
In practice not much of the syrup that =
on the market is quite up to this point
most Of it being taken off just before IS
reaches 219 degrees, and large quantities
were on the market last spring which
boiled at 2I6 degrees or even less. t
becomes q matter of some commercint
value to know the relative amount q
sugar in syrups OF these different qual1-
ties. 81 New York World.
Passaic City record., 1893-04-01
A Camel Shaped Granite Rock

Curious rock formations are to be
found all over the world. but most of
them require long stretch of the i'm
agination before the objects they are
said to represent caa be seen. In Arizona
there is one that is deserving of first
place. It is short distance east of the
stage road between Tucson and Oracle,
and stands on knoll several feet above
the surrounding sandhilIs. When first
seen the effect is startling, and the mind
has to get over shock before the pecu-
liar object can be comprehended. AS
described by the San Francisco Call it is
a most perfect representation of camel,
and is formed of one piece of granite.
No effort of the Imagination is required
to perceive the 'sship of the DESERT
standing like sentinel in the midst of
the sand and almost verdureless hills.
This curiosity is of the colossal size,
but perfectly proportioned- It is about
sixty feet high, and is very white and
smooth. There are very few assures on
the surface, and they, strangely, are in
the proper places to form features. The
only real projection from the surface is
exactly placed for an eyebrow. The two
humps are plainly to be seen and the neck
is curved beautifully. The rock is really
solid piece rising from the ground, but
the effect of legs is produced by clump
of dark colored brush that grows beside
the stone. The white stone shows plainly
at both sides of the brush an the effect
of legs is Enthusiastically prod uced. The
Passaic City record., 1893-04-01

ton OF the comparatively light and airy
structures which the Itslians learned to
build when the rest OF Europe was iiv-
ing in massive piles of brick or gloomy
fortified castles. An American Irish
imitation of an Irish imitation OF
smediaval Italian villa-such is the IN
tellectual genesis of our Presidential
mansion.
For, as fate willed it, Mr.. Hoban won
the prize, This was attested by the
following certificate published IN tne
city Of washington on July 18, 1872;
ssJames Hohan's plan OF the palace
being approved by the President, he is
entitled to the reward promised and
chooses gold medal Of eight or ten
,guineas value and the balance in money.
James Hoban is hereby retained IN the
public service. He is to make the draw
ings and superintend the execution OF
Passaic City record., 1893-04-01
Scholastic Canteens.

Some time ago the Paris Municipal
Council ordered the creation of NUM-
Der of scholastic canteens, as they are
termed, which furnish food gratuitously
to children attending the elementary
schools, who are SO ill-fed that other
wise they would not be strong enough to
do the work required of then- A step
further in a similar direction has now
been taken. Representation having been
made to the Council that during the
wintry weather some Of the little ones
came to school in pitiable state for
want of proper clothing, it has been de-
eided to ascertain how many such chill
dren are to be found, and to provide
wooden material for them to be made up
into garments.-New York Post.
Passaic City record., 1893-04-01

On October /, 1892, the corner stone
of the manison was laid in bare field,
sloping to the Potomac. Washington
himself was present. It is q pity that
people il those days cared little for Gen.
tennial anniversaries. A postpohement
of'the ceremony just twelve days would
have given it certain historical appro-
priateness. The 18th of October, 1892,
would have marked the ter-centenary of
the discovery of America.
In 1914 the British army, under GEN
eral Ross and Admiral Cockburn, having
taken possession of Washington and
burned the Capitol, finally wound up by
setting fire to the Executive Mansion just
as they were about to retreat to their
ships. One memento of this fire sur
wives to-day-the so-cailed Gilbert
Stuart portrait of Washington still hang
ing in the East Room, now known to be
the work of an imitator of no special
fame. The story is still told of how Mrs.
Madison cut this picture out of its frame
with pair of shears to save it from the
enemy when she fled from the town. The
story is,a pretty one, but it is just as
apocryphal as the ascription of the pict-
ure to Gilbert Stuart. In her own let
ter describing the fight Mrs. Madison
saws that Mr.. Custis, Washington's
nephew, hastened over from Arlington
to rescue the precious portrait, and that
a servant cut the outer frame with an
axe. SO that the canvas could be removed
stretched on the inner frame.
When the Presidents family returned
to Washington they rented house to
live in while the White House itself was
being repaired and reconstructed. Ho-
ban, the original architect, was called In
to do the restoration. When everything
was finished the mansion was bigger aud
grander than before, but even yet it was
neither big enough nor grand enough
for the greatest official of the greatest Re-
public in the world. General Jackson,
in spite of-indeed, partly because Of
the very democracy of his tastes was dur
Passaic City record., 1893-04-01

A distinct breed Of wild ponies has
existed on Chincoteague Island for per-
haps hundreds of years past. Nobody
knows how they got there. All that can
be told is that they have been there ever
since the advent of civilized man. The
Indians knew nothing about theii
origin. Some old sea captains of Della
ware and Maryland say that pair might
have been washed there from a wreck
centuries ago, but this supposition does
not fully answer the question, as it is
believed that there are no such ponies
found wild in any part of the known
world.
The Chincoteague pony is generally
rather large for a diminutive horse
very much larger, in fact, than Shet-
land pony. The Chincoteague is more
slender In build and scarcely so shaggy.
His coat is a beautiful shade of red,
lighter than bay and almost sorrel.
The name and tail are strikingly con-
spicuous, being of soft, creamy white.
suggestive of silky Angora WOOL Name
and tail are both abundant, the tail
sometimes sweeping the ground and the
name falling to the knee. The contrast
in color is strangely pleasing and effec-
tive.
Chincoteague Island lies in the Allan
tic Ocean, off the coast of 'sthe penin-
sula'-that is, the area of country in
cluded between the Chesapeake and
Delaware Bays and the adjacent ocean,
The State of Delaware and the s.eastern
shore of Maryland" are within this ter
ritory. The narrow strip of land at the