The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-08-25


drouth, the dry weather and high
winds having dried up things so badly
that all crops are looking in poor con-
dition.
Oakland county expended SIS, 1872. 70
for its poor people last year. There
were 70 inmates In the county house,
and the average number was 4s. OF
this number, 3s were men and "a
women.
There is said to be great scarcity
of teachers in Mason county this year
for the district school work, barely
! half enough experienced teachers to
I'LL the schools holding certificates In
the county.
The boiler of threshing machine
engine which was being operated on
the farm of Michael Kerns, five miles
from Empire, exploded on the 10th,
killing three persons outright and in
juring three more.
The clerk of Montcalm county the
other day issued marriage license to
a man and woman who had previously
been married six and three times re-
spectively. The groom was IS and the
bride So years old.
Martin Koch, aged 16, of near Ann
Arbor, was struck on the head by
heavy block of wood wherein spike
was contained. The spike penetrated
his skull, and yet the boy will live, al
though he is partially paralyzed.
Wesley Chapman, of Mt. Pleasant,
had his head crushed at the basket fac
tory on the 21st He was fixing
veneer cutting machine and had his
head between the frame of the machine
and the knive His foot moved lever,
starting the machinery, and bolt was
thrust into his head. He will doubt
| less die.
The new steel bridge over Sucker
creek, two miles west of East Dayton,
collapsed as traction engine and
grain separator were passing over it.
The bridge was a new one and the
cause of it's collapse will not be known
until the debris is raised out of the
mud. The engineer saved his life by
jumping into the water.
Burglars terrorized the family of ].
B. Schlicht, of Dentons, early on the
morning of the Goth, by pointing re-
volvers at them and threatening to
shoot different members if they did
not reveal the whereabouts of their
valuables. The thieves secured about
$50 worth of plumber. They then
| helped themselves to lunch before
leaving.
Fire is destroying much property
throughout the country owing to the
drought. On the Goth big gang Of
men were at work fighting fire east of
Attica. Several buildings belonging
to Charles Burlington, together with
his pear orchard and grape arbor, have
been destroyed near that place. Fences
are being burned by the ,'holesale.
A warrant has been issued for the
arrest of George Boucher. and the
sheriff of st. Joseph county is after
him. 1t is alleged that Boucher 10
wanted in connection with the finding
of the body of an unknown man at the
mouth of the Paw Paw river recently.
1t is said the officers are convinced that
the man was dead before his body was
thrown into the river
On the evening of the 18th James f.
Cook, living near Clio, was awakened
by the stamping of horses. He investi-
gated, and his son did likewise, but by
another door. The son mistook the
father for burglar and cut him up
badly with an AK. The Mortified son,
on discovering his mistake, drove with
his father several miles to Clio for a
surgeon. The father may recover.
Special Deputy Collectors Bailey and
Beattle and Marshal Butler made an
important arrest and seizure at Recor's
Point, 21S miles north of Marine city,
on the 18th. The men arrested gave
their names as James Merlines and
Moses Dover, of Sombra, Ont. The of
ficers secured 900 pounds of wool and
sail boat. A couple of men who were
evidently waiting for the wool, escaped
with their rig.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl f. Wilson, of Har-
rison, went to Flint on the 18th to at
tend family reunion. While being
driven from the depot to the family
residence the horse became frightened
and ran away. Mrs. Wilson jumped,
or was thrown out of the rig, rece;v-
ing injuries from which she died 10
minutes later. The homestead, where
gaiety was to have held sway, was
turned into mourning.
singular case of prostration or
catalepsy has been attracting the at
tention of physicians at Coldwater for
the past three weeks. Miss Mary
Clennesmith, aged 1s, is the victim.
On Aug. 4 she became unconscious and
remained in that condition until Aug.
16, during which time she appeared
like a person in deep sleep. She Is
perfectly conscious now and is able to
converse, but is unable to open her
eyes.
Flint's tramp ordinance is . success
in every particular. The keynote Of
the success Of the ordinance is that IL
prescribes manual labor as the penalty
to be imposed upon its transgressors,
who are required to work out the
amount of their fine on the streets at
the rate of so cents q day. Before the