The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-05-24

places have been closed on account
of an epidemic of scarlet fever.
Prattville.-Joseph Harrington, so.
shot and killed himself at his farm
here. His act is attributed to i'll
health. He is survived by a widow.
Ann Arbor.-Prof. Otto CHASER of til.
zoology department of the University
or Michigan, has resigned to accept
the chair OF zoology at Amherst col
lege.
Monroe.-Geo. Palencher, farmer
| residing near Flat Rock, was arrested
by Deputy Sheriff Sparkling, charged
with serious offense against 10.
year-old girl
Cheboygan-The Walkers point
coastguard station Is to have telephone
connection with Cheboygan this sea-
/ son. A submarine cable Is being laid
| between the station and Lighthouse
point on the main land.
Albion.-Maj. r. J. Bennett Of the
Canadian army, who was given per-
| mission last fall to come to Albion
college and take charge OF the mill
tary training, has completed his work
and will now go into active service.
Cheboygan.-Cyrus Waite, Inverness
township farmer, is in jail awaiting
trial on charge Of having misused the
mails. He is alleged to have beer
responsible for anonymous letters OF
abuse directed to city and county Off
Gals.
Harbor Springs.-Valma Ferguson
and Rose Crawford, Harbor Springs
girls, have been ordered to Ann Arbor
for Pasteur treatment. They recently
were bitten by dog owned by Carl
Crawford, which is believed to have
been suffering from rabies.
Port Huron.-The Port Huron draft
board is receiving many requests for
passports from young men OF other
cities desiring to enter Canada. 1t Is
necessary to have permission OF the
draft board in their home cities be-
fore passports can be issued.
Bay City.-Orvin Blackburne, 19
years old, of Flint, was sentenced to
13 months at Leavenworth In federal
court for stealing a mail pouch. Earl
Chapman, also of Flint, must serve
four months in the Detroit house of
correction for trying to evade the
draft.
Flint.-Frank McMurphy and Will
lard Flick, messengers employed In a
local telegraph Office, are In jail bound
over to the circuit court on charge
Of grand larcency. II Is alleged the
boys took $50 from the Office and going
to Detroit spent the money, being
arrested on their return here.
Cadillac.-Sheriff Christoffersen and
Deputy Paquette discovered a cache
Of "a barrels of bottled beer belonging
to a number Of Toledo parties, which
was slowed in a club house on Slagle
creek. The officers spent nearly day
pulling off the caps of 2,400 pints and
pouring the brew into the creek.
Traverse City.-New legislation to
do away with the dog nuisance was
advocated by the Northwestern Mich
igan Bankers association recently in
convention here, in view of the COM
ing of great sheep interests. The dog
law enacted last year by legislature
was branded failure to cope with
new conditions.
Traverse City.-Martha Rice, IS, of
Bingham, has been missing from home
for two months Following a quarrel
with her sweetheart, she came to
Traverse City and told her friends
they would never see her again. She
then disappeared. 1t Is thought she
may have attempted to cross Carp
lake on the thin ice and was drowned.
Detroit.-Detroit and Michigan rats
will have an opportunity to eat wheat
-four even IL you do have to serve war
bread on your own table. David K.
Heineman. food administrator, grant
ed permission to a manufacturer to
uSe 100 pounds Of wheat -four a week
for rat food-but as It is q poisoned
food there will be no cause for jeal-
ousy.
Chicago.-Total Liberty bond sub
scriptions in the seventh federal re-
serve district amounted to $605, $685.
450, Governor ]. B. McDougal, of the
Chicago Federal Reserve bank, an.
nounces. The district quota OF $425,-
100000 was over-subscribed 33 1.3 per
cent. Michigan, with a subscription
total Of s97,923, 900, was 295 per cent
above its quota of $75,60O, 900.
Houghton.-The jury investigating
the death of Mrs. Absolom Harry,
whose body was found a week ago
after she had been missing for four
months, returned verdict that death
came from broken leg and exposure.
This virtually exonerates the husband,
a wealthy farmer and land owner, now
in Jail charged with her murder. He
has been admitted to $4,000 bail.
Benton Harbor.-The Anderson Eng
lish case. heard In circuit court at
cost to the county of 5000, was COM
pleted, the Jury returning a verdict of
6 cents damage against d. English.
proprietor OF the Harbor lunch room