The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-10-25
MICHIGAN BRIEFS.

Starkweather, society young people of
Romeo, were married Tuesday.
Brakeman Louis Skenck of Lapeer
was thrown from a Michigan Central
freight train near Reese and seriously
hurt
The barn OF Patrick Kerns, at EN-
pire, burned with IL tons OF hay, a
large quantity of straw and farm i'm.
plements.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arson A. Gorham, for
over SO years residents of Wayne
county, celebrated their golden we'd
ding anniversary at Denton.
Four serious fires have occurred
near Leslie within the past week, near
ly all of them being caused by sparks
from thresher
Mike Kane, a homesteader from
near Beechwood, was shot in a row.
He may die. The sheriff is looking for
man named McGraw, who is alleged
to have done the shooting.
A damage suit is pending at Leslie
against A. Stecker, an Onondaga sa-
loonist, who is charged with selling
liquor to l.. A. Russell's daughter, a
minor
The Woman's Hospital association
will hold a meeting soon at Pontiac
with view to making plans for the
erection OF a hospital there next
spring.
]. Greenberg of New York, who
wrote letter to the Kalamazoo cor
oner, stating his intention of immedi.
ate suicide, has been discovered. He
had a razor and told the officers that
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delayed to take one more look at the
pictures of his children. He was pro-
vided with funds sufficient to carry
him to his home.
Smallpox has been stamped out of
Williamsburg. Quarantine has been
raised.
Charles Dye of Clyde attempted to
board a Pere Marquette freight while
in motion and had foot cut off.
DR.. W. B. Town and wife of Geneva
were both seriously injured by the
overturning of their carriage on Sun
day.
The Port Huron Engine & Thresher
Co., capital $250,000, has filed articles
Of association with the secretary of
state.
oohh <hhuCio Sun, d HSutI man lTOUl
Mackinaw City, was drowned at Hog
island while on his way to Seul Cholx
for cargo of fish with his boat
The canning factory at Warren has
put up $4,000 cans Of tomatoes. Farm
ers received an average of 40 cents a
bushel for the product.
Although there are now seven
health food factories in Battle Creek,
the National Cereal Co. has purchased
size and will erect large factory.
Bert Wilbur, young man living
near Coldwater, took heavy dose Of
morphine with suicidal intent Sunday
night, and is dead. Domestic trouble
and dependency.
Edward Perica, a 19-year-old line
man in the employ Of the Owosso &
Corunna Electric Co., received 500
volts from a live wire. He cannot
recover.
Some nervy thief broke into the
Owosso lookup and distracted two fine
new blankets which had just been
placed there for the accommodation
Of expected criminals.
The express Office at Newport was
Saturday night, eight
boxes Of cigars being taken.
Charles Galloway, Will Anderson
and Milton Freeman, young farmers,
have been arrested at Owosso for pass
ing counterfeit money.
Receiver Joseph Selden says that
the First National bank of Niles will
pay depositors a 10 per cent dividend
within few days.
Tho cnparvicnrc ~ uorf houa y0tad
81 900 for the erection of a new jail.
The county will put up $4,000 and the
village of Hart SIS 5000.
A rumor is current among Saginaw
politicians to the effect that a special
session Of the legislature is soon to
be called.
Benjamin c. Cocker, son of the late
Regent Cocker of Adrian, has been ad-
judged insane and will be taken to a
private asylum at Flint.
John Wolcott, pioneer farmer of
Gaines, aged 80 years, went into the
sheep pasture and buck attacked
him. Mr.. Wolcott died Sunday from
the effects.
Chicago parties are said to be con-
an electric road from Flint
to Long Lake, Fenton and Linden.
Civil engineers have been going over
the proposed route.
Expert Bookkeeper Dresser has re-
ported to the Coldwater board of SUI
pervisors that the shortage Of the ac-
count of ex-Treasurer e. A. Miller Is
S697.
John McClear of Gregory this year
the eleventh successive crop
Of beans from the same piece of
ground and this year the crop was
larger than ever. L. X. Hadley Of
North Lake has just harvested his
fifth consecutive crop of corn from
the same piece of ground.