The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-02-01
State Notes.

Mayor Pingree of Detroit has called o
massmeeting to protest against the at
tempt of the legislature to place control
of local affairs in tho hands of the gov
'ernor.
Postmaster Watson and Murray Bent
ley, u merchant, of Rhodes, Mich, are
under arrest for dcfrauding the govern
ment
Briley township, Montmorency county,
is agtating the question of bonding tho
township for $4,000 to boom the town
ship to build grlstmill, and to get tho
Alpena and Northern raildroad to con-
tinue the road to Atlanta, tho county
seat.
Branch county is a great horse breeding
district, but prices seem to be n triilo off.
A horse sold on the streets of Coldwater
for 50 cents.
A fire broke out in the Whitehall State
Savings Bank building at Whitehall, and
between the fire and watcr poured on it
considerable damage was done.
Eastern buyers are busy in the northern
counties Of the state, particularly Alpena,
Montmorcncy and Pressure Isle, buying
up hardwood lumber for eastern manu-.
facturers.
has agreed to canvass his townshipfor pro-
visions for the children's home in kala-
mazoo. One township will contribute
one week, another the next and so on.
Many prominent speakers will be pres.
sent at the annual banquet of the Lin
coin club of Grand Rapids on Feb. II.
W. M. Broadbent and FL Niles were
arrested at Ovid for setting fire to the
shanty of an old hermit near the place.
1t it said that the boys of Ovid have been
in the habit for long time Of annoying
the old man as much as was in their
power
The skeletons OF man and a woman
were uncarthcd near jacksonville rorcnt-
ly, many Indian implements of warfare
being found in the graves with them.
The people To whom the skeletons once
belonged We're probably giants from the
size OF the bones found.
At the hop to b. given in the gymna-
Stun at Ann Arbor on February 81 the
seniors viii "swing out" in gowns and
mortar boards
The citizens relief committee OF Quincy
have forwarded Co the Nebraska sufferers
q car loaded with -four wheat, corn, and
clothing.
Two Niles boys went out to Colorado
recently to make their fortune and from
letters received from them they seem TO
have done so. They have struck mine
which pays $94O in gold and S230 IN silver
to the ton.
Edward Van Orman, an employee Of tho
Ellsworth Lumber company, near Pc
toskey, Mich, fell into boiling water and
died IL few hours later
t. j. p. Bradley, ex-managcr of the
Pullman works in Detroit, who swindled
.. w. Shipmon with II bogus check,
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
twelve years in the Jackson penitentiary.
The local Salvation Army of Muskcgon
is rapidly growing in strength. During
the cold snap thirty of them bravod tho
inclement weather every night to stand in
two feet of snow and gather in the con.
verts.
Mike one of the valuable team OF
horses belonging to the fire department of
Mt. Clemens, died. The mayor and sew
eral prominent citizens made feeling
speeches at the engine house on the vir-
tues of the animal.
William Goodwin of Howell was struck
by falling limb and had his skull
cracked. Tho doctors say he cannot
live.
The Advance Courier of Saginaw is tho
name of new weekly paper which has
been started in the interests of the colored
people
Tho Union depot at Clare, used by tho
II. and p. NJ, r. and A. A., and the :.
and G. G. railroads, was burned, entailing
loss of about $1,000. Nothing was
saved