The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-07-12
MICHIGAN BRIEFS.

The town of Plymouth has paid its
last 81 600 waterworks note.
Hon. Peter White has purchased 400
acres of land on Grand Island for park
purposes.
ueo. Niled George Whiteman, an
old soldier of Carson City at South
benz, ma.
David Kaercher of Bad Axe has been
appointed commissioner o. schools for
Huron county.
A cloudburst turned loose two and
half inches of water at Muir, damag-
ing crops in surrounding country.
In fight at Birch Run Thursday
night several young men were badly
pounded and one had his jaw broken.
E. M. Ledyard, principal of the Ster-
ling schools, has been appointed a dep
uty state factory inspector.
George r. Reed, a Western Union
lineman from Grand Rapids, died
from sunstroke on a telegraph pole at
South Bend, Ind.
Mrs. Thomas Clapie's house at Lud-
ington was robbed of $3.50 and guam
tity of jewelry while the family were
busy in another part of the house.
VIM. III. Freeman of Leslie who was
married to young lady while he was
in Jail, is now seeking a divorce on
the grounds of minority and intimida-
ton.
The body found in the river at
Menominee Sunday has been identified
as that of Edward Lindsburg, a wood
man, who has been working in that
country for the past 10 years.
DR.. w. S. Bell, formerly of Bellaire,
was arrested at Chaplin on a charge of
seduction and released on bail after
being bound over to the circuit court.
Miss Lille Dewey is complainant.
In a dense fog the Calumet express
on the South Shore road at Houghton
struck team and covered carriage
and demolished the outfit, killing one
horse. The occupants escaped.
The unwilling Of the picture of the
dead heroes of the Spanish war;.
Charles Phillips, Herbert Darr, Clark
Washburn. VIM. Ross and Fred C.
ykendall-occurred at the armory
in Port Huron Thursday night.
Clarence Briggs of Kalamazoo, aged
years, disappeared mysteriously on
the night of July 4, and diligent search
on the part of parents and officers has
failed to reveal his whereabouts.
James Morn, lumber dealer and mill
owner at Standish, has Just met with
loss of $4,000 feet of Number by the
burning of George Lutz's mill, north
west of here. No insurance.
Miss Carrie White, aged 16 years.
daughter of Joe White, baggageman
on the M. c. r. r. here, was terribly
burned by turning some boiling wa
ter over herself. She may not re-
cover
Burglars made an attempt to rob
the bank of G.. j. Baetcke Sunday
night, but were scared away by the
Waterman. This same bank was dy-
namited six weeks ago and $4,000
stolen.
A cave-in from the surface at the
Negaunee mine endangered the lives
of 300 men, but all escaped safely. The
pulley stands went down, and it will
be impossible to hoist from the mine
until the machinery is adjusted.
The new beacon lighthouse on Mus
kegon lake burned to the waters edge.
The government ordered it built sew
eral weeks ago and a government
lighthouse boat has been at Muskegon
building it. 1t was just finished 1t
was to be filled with oil every seven
days, furnishing light day and night.
1t is supposed the machinery being
new it failed to work properly and
caused the fire. Another lighthouse
will probably be built at once.
r. e. Mclean, general superintend-
ent of the |. Stephenson Co.'s plant at
Wells, says that his company has suf-
ficient timber to last for so years at
the lowest estimate, and probably
longer. This seems a strong assertion,
yet Mr.. Mclean knows what he is talk
ing about, as he has the reputation of
being n very careful and conservative
lumberman and manager. Wells is a
suburb of Escanaba, reached by elec-
trio cars.
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