The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-09-22
STATE GOSSIP.
Late crops in Lake county were badly
frozen last week.

Late crops in Lake county were badly
frozen last week.
South Haven is experiencing regu-
lar building boom.
Heavy rain in Calhoun county on the
18th did much good.
Clare was visited by s14, 900 fire on
the the night of the 14th.
On the 18th 81 couples from Chicago
were married at st. Joseph.
Last weeks frosts destroyed the
pickle crops in Allegan county.
Work has been begun on Houghton's
$35, 900 brownstone postoffice block.
The manufacture of sugar at the
Bay City factories will begin on 25th.
Three Rivers expended $12, 900 in the
running of her public schools last year.
The Armada Agricultural society
will hold it's annual fair at Armada on
Oct. As.
1t Is said that the last weeks frost
has caused loss of 100000 bushels
of potatoes throughout the state.
The Detroit, Rochester, Romeo &
Lake Orion railway will begin run
ming cars over their road Sept. 20.
The annual meeting of the Sunday
schools of Macomb county will be held
at New Baltimore on October IL and 10.
The total number who have patron
lied st. Joseph as the Gretna Green
of Chicago since June is 752 couples.
The 10th annual fair of the st. JOS
eph County Agricultural society will
be held at Centerville, Oct. 8, 4, s and 9.
In the arbor of Samuel Gardner, Of
Owosso, is a grape vine which has pro-
duced one crop this season and is now
maturing a second one.
Kalamazoo's city council has ordered
that signs be placed at the corners Of
the principal streets warning the pc
destrains not to spit on on the sidewalk.
Projectors of the good roads scheme
in Saginaw county, although discom-
fited by the recent defeat at the polls,
are not disheartened, and may ask for
state aid.
The Maccabees of Kalamazoo dedi-
Gated their new temple on the 14th.
The hall is to be occupied jointly by
three tents, two hives and the uni
form rank.
Ground has been broken for the Ann
Arbor railways grain elevator at
Frankfort. The building will be nine
stories high and have capacity Of
$50, 900 bushels.
A simple and practical sugar beet
puller, pronounced by experts who
have seen it operated, to be the best Of
its kind, has been invented by James
King, of Three Rivers.
Marquette is trying to suppress gam
bling by soaking convicted sports with
heavy fines. John Fletcher was given
a 500 dose and is in Jail waiting for
his friends to come to his rescue,
Every inch of show room in the state
fair buildings has been taken and late
corners will have to be content with
tent space. The exhibition promises
to be the best ever given by the society.
A heavy frost visited Ashley on the
hiBh VI OhC lfbht Milling CoIh "hhCh
had not been cut and destroying all
kinds OF vines. Ice as thick as pane
of glass formed on water in pals and
tubs.
Marshall has finally given fran.
chise bound in ironclad terms to the
Battle Creek, Albion, Marshall & jack
son Electric Railway Co. 1t runs for
30 years. Work will be commenced at
once.
Supt. Montgomery of the State Pub
lie school at Coldwater, announces that
he has number of unusually bright,
attractive boys, ranging from 1 to 10
years of age, for whom he is DESTROYS
of finding good homes.
1t is announced that Albion college
will receive gift of $40, 900 from Thos.
w. Palmer, of Detroit. The sum Is
given in memory of Mr.. Palmer's
mother and is to constitute the Mary
Palmer fund, the income of which
will be devoted to the physical educa-
tion of Young women.