The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-08-25
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Durand at once.
The drought is doing great damage
In Eaton county
Twenty-eight Chicago couples were
married at st. Joseph on the Goth.
Cattle thieves are yet working il
Lapeer county, and farmers are losing
considerable stock.
Livingston county has had no rain
since April and crops and all kinds of
vegetation are drying up.
Ovid's new Touring mill has been
completed and put into operation. Its
capacity is rs barrels per day.
Chas. Detros, aged 40, of Mt. Clemens,
committed suicide by hanging on the
10th. He was slightly demented.
Much grain has been raised around
Roscommon this season. and a grist-
mill will be built in the village this
fall SO it is said.
Alfred w. Dwight, one Of Michigan's
oldest and most respected citizens, died
at the family residence, Detroit, on
the 10th, aged IS.
The 18th Michigan volunteer infan-
try, known as the stonewall regiment,
will hold it's annual reunion at Cold
water on Sept. IA.
Farwell business men want some one
to start bank in that village. The
village will have saloon after being
"dry" for some years.
The Gath conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church of Michigan will
be held at Ionia for six days begin
ming Tuesday, Sept ~.
Fenton Presbyterians have decided
to wait until next year to build their
new church, which it was announced
would be erected this year.
A Coldwater firm has commenced the
manufacture of automobiles of their
own invention. The weight of the
carriage will be 500 pounds.
1t is probably that street fair will
be held at Lapeer this fall, taking the
place of the county fair, which was
discontinued some years ago.
The good roads project in Saginaw
was defeated at the special election.
The city gave 400 majority, but the
country districts wiped this out.
A heavy wind recently ruined sew
eral fine apple orchards in the vicinity
of Hartford, shaking 1000 bushels of
fine winter apples to the ground.
The first case to be heard in the
courtroom of the new court house at
Hillsdale was a divorce suit, as was
also the last case in the old court
house.
Dawson village has a very complete
system of sewers in course of construc-
ton, and will commence paving the
principal streets of the village in few
weeks.
they have granted bicycle riders the
use of all sidewalks except on two
streets. The mayor has not had his
say yet.
The state fair will be held at Grand
Rapids, Sept. $500. Elaborate prepa-
rations are being made by the associa-
ton, this being the 'semi-centennial
meeting.
The sixth annual encampment of the
Lapeer, Sanilac, Genesee and Tuscola
County Veterans association will be
held at Dawson, Genesee county, Oct.
4, 8 and 6.
A deposit of quartz sand which is
used in the manufacture of glass has
been found seven miles northwest of
Monroe, and will doubtless be made
use of shortly.
Silas A. Scofield, the veteran furni-
ture dealer and undertaken, of Morenci,
claims he holds the record in the un-
dertaking line. In AZ years he has
buried ATT people
There are so many thugs and hoboes
at Houghton that the authorities have
authorized the sheriff to organize
ball and chain gang and set prisoners
at work on the rock piles.
Although the Lawton grape crop
this year will be smaller than last, the
local paper estimates its value will not
be less than $15O,O0O. Last year the
crop exceeded 700 carloads.
Harrison will get that heading mill
she was after, the deal having been
closed and a stock company now in
process of formation. The plant is to
be running within 90 days.
stabbing ARRAY in which one man
was probably fatally cut occurred at
Bay City early on the morning of the
22d. A dispute over the payment of
hack fare led to the trouble.
In 10 hours on the 21st so, 600 pack
ages of fruit were shipped from St.
Joseph to Chicago. 1t is the largest
invoice ever shipped in the same length
of time between the two ports.
Notwithstanding farmers are offer
ing SEQ to $25 per month and board for
farm help, and are unable to secure it,
Battle Creek Is still overrun with ho-
boes who beg from door to door.
A great amount of damage has al
ready been done in lower Michigan for
the lack of rain. About the only
county where crops have not been
damaged by the drouth is Lenawee:
Citizens of Kalamazoo have made a