The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-07-28
INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS.


Bits of News from Various Points in the
State.
There are 572 graded schools in Mich
igan.
Fruit piclsers are needed in. Oceana
county.
"a United States recruiting Office has
been established at ST. Louis.
Citizens of Ironwood pay five cents a
pail for pure spring water.
While temporarily insane Mrs.
Charles o. Burgess, of Utica, hanged
herself.
A barracks building to cost $1,000 is
to be erected by the Salvation Army at
Calumet
Benton Harbor's colored population
is preparing for grand celebration
August L.
Fred III. Harris, of Saginaw, has been
made general secretary of the Cold
water Y. M. G. A.
Frank Smith, colored boy aged IS
years, was drowned Saturday in Grand
river at Grand Haven.
Five hundred and seventy-fve dogs
make night hideous with their banks
and bowls at Kalamazoo. st.s
Miss Addie Jackson, of Ionia, has
been engaged as accompanist by the
Chicago Schubert quartette.
The first new wheat of this season
was marketed at Holland, Wednesday.
The quality was excellent.
A railroad to connect with the Grand
Rapids & Indiana at Elmira has been
started at Waters, Otsego county.
Herbert Bergen, Princeton college
student, was drowned while bathing at
the Har Dor Point resort Saturday.
The body of William Williams, who
disappeared from Benton Harbor Sat
urday, was found floating in the canal.
For period of fifteen days the
grange store at Allegan closed down to
allow employees to attend the worlds
fair
~ Rev. Ludwig Fuerbringer, of Frank
enmuth, has accepted a call to pro-
fessorship in Lutheran seminary at st.
Louis.
Near Holland Albert Dykhuis was
thrown from load of hay upon pitch
fork 1t is feared he will die of his in
juries.
A stock company with a capital of
$4,000 has been formed at Marshall
for the manufacture of road and farm
wagons.
Members of the Iron Hall at Bay
City have reorganized. They want to be
ready to resume business if the order is
revived.
Conductor A. p Fisher, in charge of
a gravel train on the Ann Arbor road,
fell under the wheels at Howell and
was killed.
While trying ito make a balloon as
cension at Wolf lake, near Jackson,
was drowned.
d. c. Thomas, for thirteen years head
of the state normal school at Mansfield,
Pa, has been elected president of
Adrian college.
MThe livery barn of James Krogen, at
Manistee, burned Saturday morning.
Nine horses were burned to death. The
loss is about 5000
Ida Moore was standing too close to Il
pen OF WIG pears aJ LlnWOOu, ana one
of the beasts thrust his paw into her
face and tore her eye out.
The National Wholesale Druggists
association, comprising about 500 of the
leading drug firms of the United States
and Canada, will hold its annual ses-
sion in Detroit, September II to IA.
A gasoline explosion set fire to u
Battle Creek laundry and Eugene and
Charles Stewart were badly burned.
They were obliged to jump from win
dow into the river to save their lives.
Cornelius Ryan was convicted in the
superior court at Grand Rapids Of high
way robbery and sentenced to the Jack
son prison for ten years While being
led from the courtroom Ryan cursed
the judge, jury and detectives in the
most vigorous manner
Michigan has been honored by the
appointment of two of her residents as
judges of awards at the worlds fair
Prof. A. Il. Prescott, of Ann Arbor, in
the Liberal Arts building and DR..
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