The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-08-18

acres of land and have on hand $3.50
sheep, 2,620 head of cattle and 1,lo0
hogs.
The Postal Telegraph Co. will con-
struct lines along the route of the Col
umbus, Marshall & Northeastern rail-
road, which will run from Marshall to
Charlotte.
Nathan Tinker Draper, of Grand
Rapids, claims to be the oldest man in
Michigan. He shows documents which
prove that on Sept. next he will be
1o6 years old.
The Rapid Railway Co. have begun
laying steel between Chesterfield and
house at New Baltimore is progressing
as fast as possible.
The Detroit, Plymouth & Worthwhile
Electric railway will be in operation
to Worthwhile by Sept. /, and on that
date the town will hold a celebration
In honor of the event.
Although the strangling bug has
been denounced as a fake, an insect
which corresponds exactly with the
description of the famous bug, was
caught at Mason recently.
A special election which was held at
Cheboygan for the purpose of bonding
the city for s25, 900 for public improve
ments, resulted in 95 per cent ma
jority in favor of bonding.
N. w. Harris & Co., of Chicago, =
suing st. Joseph for $4,000 damages
because that city resoinded it's action
after accepting the firms offer for an
issue of $50, 900 worth of bonds.
Bicycle thieves are busy in Jackson.
Seven wheels have been stolen within
a week. One thief sold wheel to an
unsupported person while the owner
stood by with his back turned.
The Globe house, an old landmark
at Ionia, was destroyed by fire on the
18th. 1t has long been an eyesore to
the inhabitants of the city, and its de.
struction did not cause any weeping.
The farmers of Montmorency county
are turning their attention to sheep
raising, and it will soon be an IMPORT
ant industry in that cour They
will go into the business large
scale.
Mabel Misener, aged 10 years, while
riding on bicycle at Lapeer, rode be-
tween the front legs of horse. The
animal reared and the girl passed
safely under it. She escaped with q
slight scalp wound.
A thief recently stole pair of socks
from a clothesline at Muskegon and
later took the hammock. He became
conscience stricken and returned the
hammock, keeping the socks, saying
that he needed them.
Lars Atrup, ex-sheriff of Menominee
county, and his brother, Harold Atrup,
of Fisher, have been notified that they
have fallen heirs to a legacy of 400, 600
crowns, equivalent to over 500, 900, by
the death of a rich uncle in Norway.
Walter Bastedo, aged Is years, and
Myrtle Domain, aged Is years, were
married at Pontiac last week. Bastedo
gave his age as 90 and that of the girl
as 10. Bastedos father, who lives at
Seymour Lake, has had the couple ar
rested.
A Pipestone man tried to shoot dog
in the road recently, but his shot
struck little sou of neighbour. The
injury to the boy was slight, but it
cost the shooter $500 to square matters
with the youngsters father for his bad
Workmanship.
When residents of Worthwhile be-
come Disguised with the appearance Of
some rookery in the village, the peo-
pie living on the street upon which it
stands club together and purchase the
building. Then they have 1T torn
down and burn the lumber.
Hillsdale county people are congrat-
ulating themselves that they built
their new courthouse when they did
1t cost $45, 900, but now, it is estimated,
it couldn't be matched for less than
500, 900, owing to the great advance in
all kinds of building materials.
Rural mail delivery has been estab-
lished at Grass Lake and will go into
operation September 1. The postoffice
at Sharonville has been discontinued
and the mail will be distributed daily
to all residents within a radius of 10
miles east and south of Grass Lake,
While leading two cows to pasture
Rev. s. A. Bauer, living a mile north
of Monroe, became entangled in the
rope and was dragged by the fright
ened animals against barbed wire
fence. His right eye was nearly
gouged out and his left ear nearly
severed. He is 10 years of age, but his
recovery is hoped for.
Workmen in Bancroft lumber yard
while moving pile of lumber on the
10th made remarkable discovery.
Between two piles of lumber lay a sack
and on investigating they found a
newly-born dead babe. The men went
to the Office to report the same and
while absent the same was taken away
by some unknown party.
Branch county is having an epidemic
of wife and family desertion on the
part of worthless husbands. In the
past month four men have been jailed
on this charge, the last case being that