The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-12-22

board of public works, of Ann Arbor.
died at his home.
More than $4,000 was realized from
the three-day carnival given by the
Monroe Yacht club.
The Michigan State Threshers' as.
sociation will meet in Lapeer the first
week in March, 1917.
The plurality of Governor-elect Al
bert E. Sleeper (R) was 99,2S4 over
Edwin F. Sweet (D).
Burglars entered the v. s. Mosher
home at Jackson and stole silverware
and jewelry valued at 500.
United States Senator Charles e.
townsend was reelected by plur-
atty of 106,703 and has the honor OF
leading the ticket.
Mrs. w. Wiener, of San Francisco.
CAL. guest at the hotel Stetler, at
Detroit, was robbed of $500 within a
block of the hotel.
Eat a little alfalfa hay ground into
alfalfa -four is the advice of James w.
Helme. state dairy and food commits.
sioner. to boycotters of butter and
eggs.
The University of Michigan and the
Michigan Aggies have already been
booked by Coach Spaulding of West.
ern State Normal school. for the 1917
baseball schedule.
May Wood attempted suicide in the
city jail at Kalamazoo by ranging
herself from a cell with an improvised
rope made from her petticoat. Cap.
tain Putnam cut her down.
Angered by his three year old son,
Harry Trip, a well-to-do farmer resid.
ing near Richland, threw him into
freezing cold water in a stock tank,
according to sheriff's officers.
One out of every nine men In the
Michigan brigade on the Mexican
border Is marked "sick in quarters
with a reasonable percentage in ia.
vor of encountering pneumonia's raw.
ages.
Two hundred more tons Of coal ar.
rived at Kalamazoo, replenishing the
municipal docks which had been de.
pleted of its first shipment of 100 tons
during the first two days it was op-
Grated.
Burglars broke into Morrill,, Lam.
bic & Co.'s store at Hastings and stole
$40 in cash and a quantity of stock.
This is the third burglary within sew.
eral weeks, thieves getting a total of
about $40.
While Richard Peterson, a farmer
near Pine Creek, seven miles from
Iron Mountain. was bending over fix.
ing a trap, he was mistaken for deer
or some other animal and shot by an
unknown hunter.
According to the official canvass of
the November election, which was
completed by the board of state can
vassers, Charles E. Hughes had a
plurality in Michigan over President
Wilson of 1892.
Detroit's freight congestion Is grad
ually being relieved, according to fig
ures after a conference of officials of
all railroads entering Detroit. The
Michigan Central has 1000 less cars
than a week ago.
The increase in the cost of paper
threatens hardships for the poorer
students at Michigan Agricultural COL
lege and other colleges. Publishers
have announced that big increases
will be made in text book rates.
Frank Damico, a tailor, was ar
rested by Chicago authorities in
connection with the murder of Harr,
Pontorno, a private banker, who was
found shot on lonely road in the out
skirts of Benton Harbor. August 3.
While posing as subscription agents
for two trade publications George
Dyam and James Heard, both Detroit.
ers, are alleged to have piled shop.
lifting game in two Saline stores and
are now being held in the county Jail.
In an effort to aid in the move
ment to stamp out tuberculosis in
Michigan the city health department
Of Flint is utilizing the vacant spaces
In the lobby of the city hall by dis
playing a permanent tuberculosis ex.
hibit.
The official count changed the un.
official reports in one vital respect,
the local act amendment was not beat
en- as was supposed. and as was fig
ured from the unofficial reports. 1t
passed by bare margin Of 5000
votes.
DR.. Herman Ostrander. of the Kala-
mazoo State hospital, announces that
eleven cases of scarlet fever had
broken out at the hospital for the in.
sane and that one ward is under quar-
antine. Three attendants are among
hose under quarantine.
One quart of whisky, or one gallon
Of wine, or one case of beer or Of malt
liquor a month, will be the lagal por-
ion of Michiganders after June 1,
1918. IL the plans of the drys. as out
ined at a meeting of attorneys, go
through the legislature.
With potatoes at almost prohibitive
prices. 1t is alleged that Robert Gar
'ett, of Richland. gave L. d. Hobbs.
Battle Creek, seven bushels short
weight in a shipment of 1872. Garrett
'lames the railroad handling the ship
nent. A warrant for his arrest has
,een issued.
Raymond e. Waters, negro, twenty
hree years old, who has been work
ng as a temporary laborer at the
'ostoffice at Flint for the last six
months at a salary of $50 a month is
ocked up in the county Jail accused |
4 having conducted a systematic rob- |