The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-08-25
STATE NEWS hottest

Four thousand visitors were in Jack
son Thursday celebrating German
American day of Jackson and Washte'
nav counties.
Under the auspices of Marquette
council No. 1856, a reunion began Fri.
day in Marquette of the commercial
travellers OF the upper peninsula.
Because Of some domestic trouble
Mrs. Sibel Crisher of Diamondale swal
lowed an ounce Of carbolic acid in q
fit of anger and is not expected to live
Mrs. Charles C. Haynes, aged 81, OF
Alpena, died suddenly Sunday morning
OF commissions. Her husband found
her on the floor when he returned
home.
Charles Flick Of Deerfeld, who Is al
legged to have paid John Gerber rs
cents for punching the head Of Will
lam Kronke CT Riga, paid a fine o.
$1S.75 when arraigned in court ct
Adrian.
George Paulson Of Pinconning, ar.
rested week ago on a serious charge
preferred by his 16-year-old daughter
has broken Jail. Outside parties filed
the lock from the cell door.
William H. Smith of Muskegon. ex.
sheriff a wealthy contractor and chair.
man OF the Republican county commit
tee, has commenced proceedings ask.
Ing for a divorce from his wife, lisa.
belle @. Smith, because she refused
to cook.
William A. Borden. Post No 211,
G. A. R., Of Ionia, has raised $4,000 for
a soldiers monument. 1t will be a
granite shaft twenty-four feet high and
will be set on Courthouse square. The
contract has been awarded.
Harry WITT, y years old, Jewish
lad Of Benton Harbor, has been ar.
rested for robbing Wallace Bros.
store in that city of a watch and cut.
lery. The goods were found on the
boy.
The fifteenth annual reunion of the
Calhoun county battalion was held at
Marshall Thursday, attended by at
least 100 visiting comrades, who gath.
cred to touch elbows once more and
live over the stirring times Of the six.
ties.
A stack of grain on the farm OF VIII
Richie, near Gagetown, was set afire
by the sparks OF a threshing machine,
and within few minutes the barn and
stable, containing 1000 bushels OF
grain and eight tons of hay, were de.
stroyed.
John G. Shriver, who was arrested
at Benton Harbor on charge of for
gerry preferred by Alvah w. Brown OF
Grand Rapids, was making easy mon
ey Facts have come to light showing
that all of his prey were undertakers.
Frederick r. Kuschling. 62 years
Old, sos Forest avenue, Detroit, be-
came involved in a quarrel over a
game Of pool and was so badly beaten
that his life Is in danger. Joseph
kaszmireski and Albert Gustach are
held by the police.
John Swat, the wild man, who has
been in trouble several times for
frightening resGrters at Long Lake
and women at farm houses, has been
sentenced from Alpena to a term in
the house Of correction. He can't
speak English.
Cows milk is one of the vilest
h n nc thct hA 90 f,,t -,
man system" said DR. j. H. Kellogg,
head of the sanitarium al Battle Creek.
After long study the doctor has come
to this conclusion and does not hest
tate to make the announcement.
Ernest MuldOon, aged nine years, a
resorter who, with his parents was at
Benton Harbor from Chicago, ran into
the road to catch ride, when he fell
wheels Of the wagon, dying almost in
stantly.
During an electric storm a large
barn on the farm of John G. Weiss,
Keswick, one of the best in Leelanau
county, was struck by lightning. and
both barn and contents of hay and
grain were totally destroyed. Loss,
$4,000.
John F. Katler hanged himself in
the cellar OF HIS home at Bay City
Thursday, his body, still warm, being
discovered by his daughter. Katler
was a baker, had been Ill for some
time and was Respondent, believing
he would never recover his health
Memo B. Montney, Company B, U.
8. marines, has arrived home st Yale
after five years service for Uncle
Sam. He was greeted at the depot by
q crowd of Yale people. Montney saw
service in the Philippines and at
Seoul.
Sunday witnessed another record
breaking crowd in the Twin Cities.
County Clerk Miners of st. Joseph re-
ports the best Sunday for several
weeks. with thirteen weddings and a
total of about eighty for the past
week.
Sheriff Cook OF Gaylord has arrested
Charles Quartermass, a photographer
of Detroit, on the charge Of
The couple have been
for some time. They have
four children. He CLAIMS his arrest