The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-09-14
State Notes.

A $1,000 corporation tax is being col
lected by Vicksburg's marshal.
DIR. w. A. Cronin has been appointed a
pension examining surgeon at Hartford.
The annual fair of the Capac Agricul-
tural society will be held Oct. Q, 8 and4.
u. S. Patterson and r. L. Foote have
started newspapers at Delton and Rich
land.
A good deal of petty thieving is going on
in Homer, much to the annoyance Of
merchants.
Moses Allen was arrested at Vicksburg
for begging, but was released on his prom
Use to leave town.
After successful three weeks session
the Vicksburg Spiritualists have closed
their campmeeting
The Augusta Times succeeds The News,
being changed from five-column quarto
to a six column folio.
Marshall has ,232 children Of school age
according to the present school census-a
gain of fifty-two over last year.
Alpena expects to get big tannery
plant. Citizens are Offering big firm a
number of inducements to build there.
Roswell p. Bishop, who has been nomi-
mated for congress in General Cutcheon's
old district in Michigan, was a policeman
on the Capitol force at Washington few
years ago.
Seven prisoners escaped rom the county
Jail at Hillsdale, Mich, by cutting
through twenty-inch wall.
Benjamin Powers barn, near Berrien
Springs, was burned, together with its
contents, which included five horses.
Loss $4,000, no insurance.
Mrs. Caroline Purdy, aged 80 years,
died at her home in Dearborn. She was
one of the first settlers of Dearborn.
Circuit court convened at Stanton with
Judge Dodge of Mt. Pleasant on the
bench. All of the civil cases resulting
from the Chaplin bank failure will be
tried.
The Lansing hives of the Lady Macca-
bees are making ample preparations or
the entertainment of the delegates who
will attend the coming convention in that
city.
Lewis Townsend of Marshall is dead at
the age of II years. Mr.. Townsend has
been prominent resident of the county
for over forty years. His estate is valued
at $3.50, 900.
The third annual fair of the Flushing
Exposition and Fair association will be
held at Flushing Sept. 20, %, and %.
1t is now thought by the people of Cas-
opolis, Mich, that Dr.. Conkling, the
missing man, wandered away while in
sane.
David Hampton, who is in Jail at Sagi-
nav charged with having broken open
the safe in the store Of Stoeble g. Bren-
ner, has adopted the latest fad and is
playing up crazy.
Some bold, bad burglar recently en-
tered the store of Smith g. Young Of
Charlotte, but aside from making great
confusion among the firms papers, the
thieves got nothing for their trouble
William Rafter, one of the oldest pion-
GERS of Monroe county, is dead. He was
81 years of age. He was we'll known and
had resided here for sixty seven years.
Mrs. John Wallace of st. Joseph has
sued the st. Joseph and Benton Harbor
Street railway for $1,000 damages for al
legged injuries. The president and super
intendent were recently arrested for at
tempted murder.
Several mysterious fires have recently
occurred at Grayling and it is suspected
that fire bug is in town. They have oil
taken place at o'clock in the morning.
The rain storms at st. Joseph Saturday
night blew hundreds of bushels OF peaches
off the trees in this vicinity, and the
owners have turned their hogs in to eat
them up.
During recent thunder storm at Port
Huron the horse of w. s. Shankland
became frightened and ran away. He
was thrown out and had five ribs broken.
Lloyd Garrison, years old, was
drowned at Greenville, Mich.