The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-01-20
NEWS OF THE STATE.
Short Stories of Events nd Breezy Bits q
Gossip.


Muskegon proposes 10 have furnished
room of her own at the Worlds fair,
and e. 800 will be expended for that pur-
pose.
Bay City's fire loss for the past year
extended 100000, the bulk of which was
consumed by the great holocaust of last
July.
William Mcdonald alleges that he was
injured $4,000 worth by defective AL
pena sidewalk, and sues for that amount
Of the city's cash.
Mrs. Jane Gage, a Gagetown woman,
asks for $4,000 damage cash to heal al
legged injuries received while crossing the
p. ID. and o. railway tracks near her
home.
tor who was offered the bishopric of the
Episcopal church Of the upper peninsula.
has declined the pvoffered honor.
Jackson county's board Of supervisors
has Endorsed the scheme 10 raise $50, 900 for
better and safer bastile.
Collins Fenner and wife celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary the past week
at their farm near Coldwater, upon which
they have lived for nearly half cen
fury.
The most extensive pumping plant in
America has just been set in motion at
the Chaplin mine near Iron Mountain. The
plant cost S350,o00 and can squirt 1900, 900
gallons of watc lily.
500 people ,ss great confidence that
the new shipySrd scheme will be a go.
The outfit will include big machine shop,
drydocks, etc.
As Mrs. Knight. Bancroft lady, was
making preparations to visit a daughter,
q telegram announced her sudden and
wholly unexpected death. The shock was
too great for Mrs. knight and she fell
dead herself.
Chinese residents of Canada are said to
be crossing the st. Clair river on the ice
and making their way into the interior of
the country in violation of the exclusion
act.
The estate of the late Ex-Governor Bald
win of Detroit foots up little in excess
of 100000.
A Fallassburg baby had the sight of one
eye destroyed by a dove, the bird attack
ing il while it was asleep in q cradle.
Ii. III. and Mrs. Pinney, Ithaca people,
had family reunion the other day at
which every member was present for the
first time in nearly thirty-seven long
years The elder Pinneys celebrated
their 59th wedding anniversary at the
same time.
The fellow who stole a polecat from
Reading skunkery is now willing to ad-
NIT that he made mistake.
Albion factories claim to have turned
out 81, 500 600 worth of manufactured goods
during 1892.
Farmington's village council insists
upon keeping pump right plump in the
middle of the sidewalk, despite the vigor-
Gus kicking Of the populace.
Van Buren, county's circuit court dealt
with thirty-eight criminal cases the past
year. In point of numbers the violators
of the local option law took the lead by
great big majority.
Allegan county's board of supervisors
has refused to call local option election.
albeit enough signatures had been OBJ
tanned on the petitions for that purpose
Irregularities in the petitions are al
legged.
Mrs. George Allenman and Mrs Cora
Van Harger were killed by a ID. l.. & n.
train near Sunfeld while crossing the
tracks in sleigh. Mr. Allenman and
young son were seriously injured.
People who were prophecying another
mild winter a month ago, now have a
chance of revising their predictions.
Owosso merchants will try their hands at
the early closing problem. Like the truly
good, this scheme almost always dies
very early death
A couple of married women of Grand
Rapids became weary of life and tried to go
hence via the morphine route. A doctor
and his stomach pump prolonged their res
idence at the Rapids.
H. w. and Mrs. Conkling, Tecumseh
people, have been man and wife for full
half century and the golden event has been
duly celebrated.
Two occupants of the Hersey bastile set
fire to their beds and when the flames had
been subdued the twain were not to be
found. They had skipped during the eX-
citen.ent and are still at large.
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St. Joe has local theatrical company
and of course every member is a star per-
former.
One Ionia man is in Jail because he
chewed the cheek Of a neighbor. 1t was
altogether cheeky performances.
The Grand Trunk Railway company is
harvesting it's Michigan ice crop of 140, 900
tons at Sunset lake, near Vicksburg.
One of the leading BARRIERS at Republic is
lady.
Adrian proudly steps into the ring with
another phenomenon praying Cat. The
feline isn't yet known by its works, for it
hasn't learned to pay pew rent
Harris is the name of a Western Union
operator at Jackson who was recently
horsewhipped by a woman. Harris claims
he does not know the whipper nor why
she whipped him. She was closely yelled
at the time.1
The parents of child of 2 years left it
in Grand Rapids alley where it was found
by the police, partly covered with snow.
Diphtheria and scarlet fever have both
obtained foothold among the young peo-
pie of Benton Harbor
The total deposits of banks doing bust
ness under the state banking laws, includ-
ing savings deposits, is S64, 400, 1921.
Michigan has more broom factories than
any other state in the Union, the total now
reaching 1880.