The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-11-03
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| took toll of seven lives and sent two
ships to the bottom of Lake Erie.
An Iron Mountain lad, Gustai
BURNER, was warded $25 bounty for a
wolf he killed within the city limits
of Norway.
Mrs. w. Kapellar, 78, Mason, Is
dead. She was born near Hesse Cas-
sci, Germany, but had lived in Ameri
ca siXty-siX years.
Charged by st. Joseph officers with
repeated assaults by his fifteen-year
old 'stepdaughter. Wilbur WEIGH, fifty
years old, was arrested.
Dona Nartineau, druggist, of Area
dia, drove his auto entirely through
the front of the drug store operated
by Mrs. Lena Heine at Manistee.
Mrs. o. w. Olson, 55, was killed
when she was struck by a street car
while crossing from the University OF
Michigan campus to Hill auditorium
Captain John Madison of Muskegon
was the sole survivor of the crew OF
seven aboard the barge Filler. He was
rescued after a thrilling two hour
battle with the waves.
Worcester Lumber Co. gave acres
of land to the Chassell high school, to
be used for a playground. The work
necessary to put the ground in shape
will be done by the pupils.
All present officers of the Mich.
igan State Daughters of the Revolu.
ton were retained in Office for an
other term, at the session of the Six
teenth annual conference of the or
ganization.
Fire at Pontiac believed to
have been caused by spontaneous
combustion, destroyed a barn owned
by the Crystal Lake Realty company
and valued at $1,000. Three horses
were burned.
A coroner's jury sitting at Detroit
held the Grand T"unk railroad respon.
sible for the grade crossing accident
on the night of October /, in which
ten persons were killed and more than
two score injured
Joseph Canfora, tried for murder of
Charles Payne of Jonesville, was
found guilty of n urder in the second
degree in Judge Chester's court. The
verdict was accompanied by a recon-
mendation for lehiency. Sentence has
not yet been pronounced.
County after county, according to
telegraphic reports received at Ian.
sing, is refusing to take the names of
the Bull Moose candidates off the
state ticket, despite the fact that
State Chairman John s. Smith insists
they ought to be taken off.
His left eye rendered in a very
serious condition from similar in
jury, Benjamin Norton, of Muskegon
Heights, lost the sight of his right
eye when chisel flew out of his
hand as he was working on lathe
and cut the eye piercing the optic.
At Grand Rapids James X.
Johnston, eighty eight, veteran hotel
proprietor, is dead He was one of
the first men in Michigan to vote a
straight Prohibitionist ticket and his
hotel, the Eagle, was famous as
one of the states first dry hostel.
ries.
William Arthur Ewing, of Bay City,
a son of Professor and Mrs.
Ewing, of Alma college, and Miss Mar
guerite O'Neil, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry O'Neil, of Sault Ste.
Marie, were married at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. N. w. Carl. They will
reside in Alma.
James Walton, alias James Gordon,
arrested at Dallas, confessed, the po-
lice say, that he fired the shot that
resulted in the wounding of guard
accompanying the paymaster of the
Burroughs Adding Machine company
when the latter was held up and rob-
bed of $4,000 in Detroit on Aug. 4.
Clarence Briggs, eight year old
boy of Grand Rapids was kidnapped
by stranger from the Henry Street
school. The boys parents were di.
vorced five years ago and the mother
was given custody of the child. She
died four weeks ago and Clarence was
given into custody of his aunt, Mrs.
M. J. Hill.
Recently there was published a
report that the attorney general had
ruled that registration boards, when
they knew a man was qualified
voter, could place his name on the
registry list, even though he were out
of the city and unable to appear. The
trouble is that no such ruling was
made.
The California market department
asks for information as to the cost Of
producing eggs in Michigan, stating
that eggs in that state are now being
produced at an average cost of twen-
ty~one cents dozen. This is figuring
on an output of 10000 dozen eggs. The
price of production in Michigan is
estimated at twelve and one-half cents
a dozen.
The experiment station, at Michi-
gan Agricultural college, after two
years, has perfected a variety of bar
ley that will stand the Michigan win
tiers, and produce a yield of 500
bushels an acre, although the aver
age yield of other types of barley dur
ing the same period. as given by the
United States department of agricul-
ture is rs bushels an acre.
DR.. Fleming, well known resident OF