The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-07-14
The huckleberry bushes in Calhoun


Julius b. Kirby, of Gratiot county,
who has had the office of prosecuting
] attorney since Jan. 1, must turn over
the Office and its emoluments to Archie
Mccall because of irregularities in the
election in Elba township.
/ An order has been issued establish
ing postoffice at Bloomfield, Isabella
county, Frederick Platt, postmaster;
Federman, Monroe county, Jay Bates,
postmaster; West Holt, Ingham county,
Sam j. Haler, postmaster.
The dead body of John Dixon,
farm laborer, aged 81, was found in
log hut mile and half northeast of
Grand Ledge. He disappeared June
30. Poison was found by his side.
Cigarettes and disappointment in
love affair is the cause.
The wife of farmer living near
Chesaning, who had been separated
from her husband for several years,
died the other day. 1t is said that
while on his way to attend the funeral
the widower wired to Saginaw for
! LICENSE t9 marry wife NJ 2;
The Standard Novelty Co., Of Port
Huron, of which w. f. Davidson is the
head, has purchased So machines and
will commence the manufacture Of all
kinds Of working clothes for mechanics.
They will employ about so hands.
The saloons of Grand Rapids ran
wide open on the Fourth and now the
anti-saloon league has made complaint
against 145 saloonists for violation of
the state law. This Is the most sweep
, ing raid ever made on the liquor inter
est and there is much excitement
among them.
Three children in a copper country
family were lying in one bed during
recent thunderstorm when bolt of
lightning came into the room by way
of the chimney, struck one of the little
stantly. Neither of the other two was
injured in the least.
The body of James Bradt, of Mendon,
better known as the champion pie
eater and wood chopper of Michigan,
was found in an out-of-the-way place
recently. He was a typical down-east
Yankee, nearly 70 years old, and lived
! secluded life. He was toothless, but
held record of eating pie in "A
seconds. "".; q &c a:s W: ~ X a. 81, "a
A Hastings citizen who wanted to
make record in the matter of raising
early tomatoes thought of scheme
whereby he could make his neighbors
envious. The other day he bought
some beauties and tied them to his
vines. The scheme worked all right
until some curious person made an in
vestigation. ~.~sx.
A grand jury in Lapeer county has
begun an enquiry into the wrecking
of The Cross Roads Weekly Office in
Metamora last April. The judge in
charging the jury said: "The destruc-
ton of ones property in an attempt to
make one leave a community who is
following lawful pursuit is intoler.
able in Lapeer county"
Plainwell expects a boom in the
near future. The damming of the Kal.
amazoo river at that place is said to be
assured and Q, 200 horse power will be
developed. A large paper mill will be
built, it is said, and other factories are
| expected to follow. Electricity will
be supplied to nelghboring towns.
Eastern capitalists are interested.
Most persons when moving lawn
| aim to cut the grass as close to the
ground as possible. This is mistake.
The grass should be cut rather high,
so as to leave enough leaf service to
enable it to grow again. When crop
ped often the grass is consequently
compelled to make greater effort and
the shorter the grass and more diff
Guilty in it's way.
A lady of Riley township who does
not care to have her name mentioned
was told that cup of gasoline added
| to the water in which soiled garments
were to be boiled would prove a magi-
cal agent in the removal of dirt and
| stains. She tried it, and landed in an
adjoining room minus a portion of her
hair and eyebrows, and with numerous
burns upon her face and arms.
A large meteor fell near the north
western line of the village of Allegan
on Tue morning VI tlc lOJl IL WdS
mineral substance resembling light
gray sandstone, about 20 inches long,
and 10 inches through, and was red
hot. 1t made a hole two feet deep,
where it struck, and burst into many
pieces 1t was heard and seen by
many and hundreds have visited the
place.
The Mcleod law for the municipal
ownership of the street railway systems
in Detroit is declared void. The SUI
preme court says that the legislature
exceeded it's authority in creating the
street railway commission, and that
the constitution prohibits the state
from issuing bonds for internal i'm
provements, and the commonwealth
therefore connot delegate to cities
power that it does not itself possess
While out hunting last March Henry
Beebe, of near Crawford, Isabella
county, ran a silver gray fox into a
hollow log and shot her. When he
split the log open he found nine young
silver gray foxes, one of which had