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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1888
Page
5
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The holiday opera house attraction Living Lie receives praise as a strong company led by Seattle talent. Burke is appointed Chief Justice of the Territorial Supreme Court after Hoyle's death. A Battle Creek robbery, jury room wagering, and a city ordinance raising tariffs for transient merchants are reported amid local social events and church fairs.
The Flint era jury convicts Frank House of murder in the first degree after a charge defining reasonable doubt and circumstantial proof. He is sentenced to five years in Jackson prison and sent to the state pen, with Sheriff Bar ber and deputies escorting him. House, a prior offender for burglary, remains silent as the court and jurors express their conclusion.
In a Monday session of the circuit court, Gilbert of Litchfield versus Townsend of Albion concluded with a verdict in Gilbert’s favor for 1520 plus interest, amid unrecorded mortgages on 240 acres. Earlier, Burglar Williams and accomplice Sommers faced trials, with Sommers sentenced to prison and Williams found guilty in a related case. Fay Strong received eight months for assault with attempt to commit rape.
County reports show Calhoun area has more and better newspapers than most Michigan counties. The StaTEsMAN leads in circulation, with rivals far behind. The Times-Star praises a living lie production and notes strong theater engagement at the opera house and VanWicka Academy minstrels drawing refined audiences including Robert Lincoln.
A westbound coal freight broke through a trestle two miles east of Augusta around 7 AM Tuesday. Four loaded cars and a caboose fell 20 feet, with the caboose burning. Conductor Harry Lincoln and brakeman Frank Penniman were injured. Lincoln thrown from the caboose and badly hurt. The accident halted traffic briefly as the M.C. Accommodation aided the injured to Battle Creek for care. The bridge, a wooden structure over half a mile long, had long been suspected as unsafe with some blaming a break in the first car and others a track defect.
Cowley's auction in Suecede-Good Attendation drew lively bidding for Short Tuen and Hereford cattle at Miller's barn. Prices ranged from 40 to 130 dollars with numerous consignments listed including Elvira Will and Kathleen by Carnes, plus Royal George and Marengo offspring. Shropshire sheep receipts were light as Milton Brow withdrew remaining stock. Shetland ponies also retained by Milton Bros.
Minstrels and Van Scoier's Elite Minstrels headline at the opera house tomorrow night with a town full of skaters and social events scheduled. A Christmas social is planned by the Baptist Sunday school on Christmas Eve, while naturalization papers are issued to Benjamin and Theodore Boehmer of Convns. House leaves for Jackson, and Chas. P. Cook buys H. J. Coleman’s grocery stock. the AJ, & M wreck remains a notable local memory.
A man near died in an Albion saloon last week from whisky induced heart pain. A baggage truck theft at Battle Creek depot left large trunks. the thief, if any, must have been small. Tremors hit coal as the C J M trestle failed Tuesday, marking a rare decline this season.
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