The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-10-19
State NEWS NOTES
Cleaned From the Latest Michigan
happenings.

born In Cincinnati in 1914, came to
Michigan in 1927.
There will be no democratic con.
gressional convention in the eighth
district. this year, and no candidate
In the field against Congressman 10
seph w. Fordney.
1t Is now stated that the apportion,
ment Of the primary school money will
be made at the rate of $12 per capita
instead of $40. There are ALTA
children of school age, and the appor.
tionment@ will amount to $S.9O0,6SS.
1--WE shook dice to see who would
rob Jacob j. Dykema's drug store"
said Arthur Peacock in police court
Mt Grand Rapids. 1.-THE, lot fell to me
and broke in and took some cigars
and candy" The lads who are said
to have thus planned a burglary are
school boys.
Arrangements have been made by
the Pontiac Poultry, Pigeon and Pet
Stock club to hold show Jan. Is. A
big meeting of members of this club
was held Thursday night, and was en-
tertained by practical discourse on
the breeding of fine fowl, by Frank
Traviss, Of Jackson.
Robert Ball, elevator attendant in
the court house, of Grand Rapids,
Mrs. Ball and daughter, Nellie, are in
very critical condition, the result
Of being overcome by escaping coal
gas Mr. Ball endeavored to get out
of bed but fell unconscious to the
floor. After a time he managed to
open a window and phone for a doc
tor. When the physician arrived he
found mother and daughter uncon-
scious and revived them with diff
Guilty.
old daughter of julius Kochansky, 415
Wesson avenue, Detroit, was sufro-
Gated to death Saturday night by
smoke from a fire that started in the
house.
Capt Hiram L. Brown, the well
known vessel man and former hotel
proprietor, died at his residence, IS
Lincoln avenue, Detroit, Saturday ar
ternoon, after an illness of five
months.
The board of supervisors has offered
81 900 reward for the delivery of
Frank G.. Mobiles alleged abscondIng
treasurer of Oscoda county, into the
hands of the sheriff in Milo. a war
rant has been issued for him on a
charge of embezzling county funds
His whereabouts are unknown.
McKinstry Burt, owner of the Pom
tiac flats, Detroit, is being sued for
$1,000 by Mrs. Jennie Tucker, a wild
ow, because she was required to va
cate on account of an attack Of cry
sipelas. Mr.. Burt says that
ne ordered her to leave because the
occupants of the fiat threatened to
go in a body unless she went some
where else. She was staying with the
ianitor Of the fiat, her brother-in-law
at the time, and her removal caused
her to suffer a relapse from which she
claims she will never recover.
Saturday at 1 o'clock when the
thousand men and women working for
the American Cigar Co., State street
and Park place, Detroit, were hand
ed their pay envelopes they found that
4 mistake had been made In their
favor. But what seemed an error was
only a 10 per cent Increase which
went into effect at the beginning Of
the week and about which the EN-
ployes were not told.
State Game Warden Charles II.
Chapman received word from deputies
ere from the southern peninsula, Wis
consin and Minnesota are invading
northern Michigan with dogs a month
before the opening OF the deer season.
His department recently discovered
the wholesale slaughter of deer for
market. Every available officer has
been ordered into the woods to watch
for violations of the game laws.
Marcus Childs, of Wilmington, has
received word from the navy depart
ment that his son, Harry, was acc!-
dentally drowned at Sancti Spiritus,
tuDd, Ott. w. Ildily Wdo 10 ycii .
old, and enlisted at Toledo, o., one
year ago. He was a private In the
United States marine corps.
Struck by an oar loosened from the
oarlock as he was rowing on Mike
Herey's lake, eight miles north OF Ann
Arbor, George Horn, aged ~, very
wealthy farmer of Redcliffe, was rem
dered unconscious and drowned as he
fell across the side of his boat. When
found his head was submerged in the
water. He had been visiting nieces
in Mortified township.
Losing control of his horse in a rum
ming race at a carnival in Martin, six
miles from Plainwell, Charles Arehart,
aged % years, son of Robert Arehart,
a well-to-do farmer, was dashed
against telephone pole, and received
injuries which will probably result
fatally.
Charles Henry Shoeman, the color
I'd poet, who showed signs or insanity
and for whom his father filed petit
zion 10 have him declared insane, has
been pronounced so by the commits
sion. and is now confined in the Jail
at Ann Arbor, violently crazy, await
ing an order to take him to Pontiac
Timothy Ferris, aged 10, crossing
q. A. Gropd nopidc q, Ind.