The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-01-04
state Notes. :.


Rockford Ills, hac left tho heaven" and
proposes to sue the bogus Christ for 81, $40
for which no holds notes.
Marve ID. Eaton, who exactly ten wears
ago entered the newspaper field at Glare
as publisher OF the Clare News-Argus,
and for the past five years editor of Tho
Democratic Press, has sold out the bus.
mess of the latter to Palmer s. Jeffries,
publishers OF the Clare Sentinel.
A rig in which D. Waterman and j. M
Standfield of Athens were driving homo
from Battle Creek was struck by a Grand
Trunk engine IL ar Athens. One of the
horses was badly injured. and the buggy
was damaged, but both the occupants es
capped unhurt
| The friends of Albert Kimmer of Flint
are making efforts to have his sentence on
life imprisonment commuted to term of
| years. kimmer was convicted Of the
murder of his illogitimate child in 1880,
| which was one of che most cold blooded
crimes ever committed in Gcnesee county.
Sawmills at Thompsonvillcare all ready
to begin operations as soon as snow comes
so that logs can be hauled from the
| woods.
Some time ago ThompsonvilIe voted
| to bond itself to put in II system of water
works. A citizen of tho village took
the bonds at par, and now three artesian
wells to furnish the supply will be put
down as rapidly as possible.
| After most successful season the
Oval Wool Dish company one of Trav-
ersc City's most fourishing industries,
has closed down. Necessary repairs will
! be ladc and the works rcopcned in about
! three weeks
! Grand Rapids will now have to hustle
around TO find some one to light the city
after June 81 next. The cont act for the
job was awarded to the West Michigan
Electrical company, but they have decided
that they could not get their plant ready
to turn on the lght on that date, so have
/ give up the contract.
An old man name Warner, living in
Huron township, Wayne county, was bad
ly beaten by burglars who broke into his
house and took considerable amount of
! property and S25 in money. Help arrived
in response to the old mans cries before
his assailnnts escaped, and two of them
were captured and locked up.
John Hcadiy has brought suit aga nst
his two sons, Hiram and Frank, Mt Grand
Rapids, for $4,000, which he claims they
have defraudcd him of in business
ira lsactions he had with them. Headly is
one of the Koni county poor supcrintcnd
ents.
Joe Thompson pleaded guilty to u
charge OF larceny at Thompsonville and
has gone into retirement for sixty days.
Among the evidence offered was u chest
containing goods of every description al.
legged to have been stolen by HIM from diff
fcront aces in the Village.
Business ut Athens. Notwithstanding
the holidays, has been dull for some time
past, on account of the closing of all
schools and churches, and the suspension
of all public gatherings, which was made
necessary by the prevalence of scarlet fc-
vcr.
Fred Stevens of Grand Rapids, dressed
up Christmas eve TO play Santa Claus for
his little child He got too near tho
Christmas tree, however, and the cotton
batting in his costume caught fire. H.
was severely burned about the hanIs and
face.
a subscription list is being passed
around among the buSinc'' man OF = ain.
well for the purpose ot raisi g money to
fixup the race tra:k ~ the far grounds
1t is stated rs II solemn fact that one of
the city officials of Ann Arbor is SO poorly
stay in bed all day while his trousers were
being mondCd.
1t is being circulated among the bust
ness men that a project is on the taps to
establish Il new opera house at Ann Arbor.
This runor has gone the rounds every
year since 1870.
The large dwelling house and barns be-
longing to s. H. Walcott, in Moscow
township, were recently totally destroyed
by fire. The loss will approximate $4,000,
with an insurance of $500.
Professor j. Il. Kennedy of jackson,
the somewhat noted mcsmerist and hyp.
notist, is dead He came home two weeks
ago i'll and mover rallied He was 80
years of age and had lived here nearly all
his life.
Charles futile and Roscoe Burch, two
boys of Dowagiac, arc S. mp collectors.
Tuttle became tired OF it and Burch con-
tinucd on his own hook. He used tho
name of the bank at Hartford without
authority and was arrested. He was TO.
leased OH bail.
The churches and Salvation Army OF
Big Rapids fed all the poor OH Christmas
day.
Local option was failure in Alba
Antrim county. Where there was one
saloon before the law there are now two
The dwelling house owned by William
Hurlbut of Three Rivers was burned.
The family were away at the time attend
ing a wedding.
William Liederbach of Arcadia is In
Jail at Manistcc on the charge of stealing
cows. 1t is said that several animals
purloincd by him were killed and sold.
Emmett Burloy of Cedar Springs was
struck by n passenger train at the Child
sale bridge over the Rogue river and
thrown upon the ice, where nc died. The
accident was not discovered until Friday
morning, when his body was found upon
the river
Wire Workers flopping Together.
CLEVELAND Jan. = "A movement is on