The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-02-03
NEWS OF THE STATE.


Short Stories OF Events and Breezy Bits Of
Gossip.
1t required several hours for gang Of
men and horses TO remove huge snow
bank which blockaded a Manistee street
Owosso's fire department cost the city
taxpayers but $245 the past year
There are nine cases Of typhoid fever at
the jackson penitentiary
May White, the Stock bridge school ma'am
whoss sleeping antics have attracted the at
tention Of the medical fraternity the world
over, is gaining in flesh and strength, but
continues to sleep much of the time.
Dundee people are still agitating the
question of free postal delivery, but as
yet haven't made the proper impression on
the Washington authorities.
Blssfield henroosts continue to be visit
ed by chicken thieves at night.
Hhe total deposits in all the banks of
the state at the time Of the December
people are not entirely destitute of the
needful.
Negaunee has a saloon for every 165
inhabitants, including women and chill
dren.
mortgages were filed in Bay county, and
81, 9Ss worth of real estate changed
hands.
Hudson has Ill widows who are by no
neans penniless, their assessed wealth
amounting to S277,0O0
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The Encorse K o. Il. NJ lodge has in
creased its membership from fifteen to 1875
within the last three weeks
Blissfield dancers are somewhat out of
sorts because the only hotel in the town
rant be had for dancing purposes.
Toothache has been prevalent at the
state industrial home, and the girls at
that institution were relieved of seventy
five defective teeth in one day by an Adrian
dentist.
Adrian may have the privilege of pay
ing damages to some of her citizens for
cutting down their shade trees
Among the improvements to be made
ut the Bay county poor farm will be
hospital that will accommodate thirty
people.
About one-fourth of the pupils in the
Flint school for deaf and dumb were born
without the sense of hearing.
Belongs big revival has already gath
cred slXty-flve sinners.
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Owosso people are waxing fat since a
butchers war has greatly reduced the
price of meat.
Charles Matthews is comforted in the
death of an English relative by a month
ly allowance of $3.50. He lives at Ishpem-
ing.
With the growing scarcity of pine, hem
lock lumber is coming into demand, and
one Ludington mill will slice up 100000
feet of the sliVery stuff next season.
Engineer Shorter was pinioned beneath
IN overturned locomotive near MANS
tique, his clothing being torn off, and yet
he escaped serious injury.
An Iona young man has quit his best
girl because the mother insisted upon ac-
complaining them to parties and entertain
ments.
John Peterson, a Manistee man, found
gold coin of the vintage of 1913 while cut
ting open q sawlog, in which it had been
Embedded for many decades
The Coldwater NJ. L. church has set the
excellent example of making the Gospel
really free by abolishing pew rent.
! Charles Darling is the proud owner of a
Branch county calf which weighed 116
pounds at the age OF 10 days.
Escanaba proposes to clean out its dis
reputable dives if it takes all winter
The Omaha convention of the Danish
brotherhood of America held the past
week decided to hold the next national
convention at Manistee in 1885,
A Portland (Ore.) lassie of s years is Wis
ting Mapleton aunt, she having travelled
the entire distance alone.
E. E. Chaifee an Ishpeming gentleman,
has received $500 as compensation for in
juries received in railway mishap at that
place.
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Not far from Big Rapids there dwelt an
evangelist who forsook his wife and fami-
ly a few days ago, and fed with the wife
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