Talk of the Town

May 5, 1899, Friday
Bay City Times-Press, Bay City and West Bay City, Michigan

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TALK OF THE TOWN

Real estate and insurance. G. W. Ames

Money to loan. R. G. Carney.

Banner work at the Banner laundry.

Music at Keister’s Saturday nights.

Refrigerators at Rosenbury & Son’s.

Try a Turkish bath.

Smoke Mangold’s Regalia 5-cent cigar.

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Pinafore tonight.

Dandelions are blooming.

Law library association meets to-night.

Trailing arbutes is being marketed in the city.

The joint school committee of the board of education meet tonight.

Miss Sybil Wright returned last night from a visit to her sister in Kane, Pa.

Prof. Allan has been elected organist of the First Presbyterian church for the ensuing year.

The carpet cleaning works are rushed beyond their capacity. They are working day and night.

First cat—You appear to be rather musical tonight. Second cat—Yes; I caught a nice Jenny Wren for dinner.

The residence of C. M. Bump on Eighth street which was recently badly damaged by fire, is being rebuilt.

The board of assessors finished about one-third of the city. It has until the first week in July in which to finish.

The improvements to be made to the Michigan sugar factory will increase its capacity and make it easier to refine the brown sugar.

“If I ever marry it shall be to a woman of fine intellect.” “Huh! Wouldn’t you rather have a wife who thought you a great man?”

The main trolley wire at the corner of Center and Washington avenues snapped in two this morning, obstructing traffic until it could be reunited.

The board of health will meet this afternoon. The appointment of a milk inspector will come up. The board has authority under the ordinance to fill the vacancy.

Again it is announced that the case of Herbert G. Reilly, the Inter-Urban motorman, who is charged with manslaughter, will not be tried. The Times-Press gave this information six months ago.

A burning shed on Saginaw steet [sic] between First and Woodside at 6:15 last evening called out the department. At 10:50 another burning shed at 911 Polk street caused an alarm from box 76.

Enraptured youth—We are ready to announce our engagement now, darling, aren’t we? Object of his affections—You stupid fellow, I’ve been ready to have it announced any time within the last year, if you had only spunked up.

The Welsh & Kerry Manufacturing company will not rebuild its plant in Saginaw which was burned some weeks ago. The site, together with the large store house, boiler and engine house, blacksmith shop and the remains of the big main building, with all of its machinery, has been purchased by Wickes Bros.

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Pinafore matinee tomorrow afternoon.

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The best hosiery for ladies.

The best hosiery for men.

The best hosiery for girls.

The best hosiery for boys

can always be found at

          ROMER, LOVELL & CO.

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Special hat day tomorrow at C. D. Vail & Co’s.

Talk of the Town

March 2, 1899, Thursday
Bay City Times-Press, Bay City and West Bay City, Michigan

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TALK OF THE TOWN

Real estate and insurance. G. W. Ames

Meakin’s Model laundry, best on earth

Money to loan. R. G. Carney.

Smoke the “Cooney M” cigar.

Banner work at the Banner laundry.

Fine watch repairing at John Leith’s.

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Twenty-one fire alarms in February.

Peter Tierney is home from London, Ont.

James Madden, of Menominee, is in the city.

Miss Nora Irons has returned from an extended visit to Frankfort, Inc.

Mrs. Harry Tierney returns this evening from a visit in London, Ont.

Mrs. M. R. Hartwell and Miss Ella Swaby have returned from Grand Rapids.

A dark seal brown horse and carriage were stolen from Flint last night.

Patrolman Goulding has returned from Harrison where he was called by his father’s sickness.

Mrs. Chris Swindell, wife of Conductor Swindell, of the D. & M., is very seriously ill at her home on Fourth avenue.

A car on the Water street transfer track jumped the rails at the foot of 29th street last last night and broke down a hydrant.

The regular monthly business meeting of the W. C. T. U. will be held tomorrow afternoon at Y. W. C. A. parlors at 3 o’clock sharp.

He—He that courts and runs away will live to court another day. She—But he that courts and does not wed may find himself in court instead.

The alarm at 7 o’clock last evening was caused by a lounge in the the residence of Mrs. Cole, on Jefferson street opposite the county jail, catching fire.

“Why are brides always led to the altar?” “Because they are so busy looking at their bridal fixings that they can’t see where they are going.”

The legislative junketing committee will visit Bay City tomorrow and remain till Monday. It comes here to inspect the sugar factory and investigate the sugar business and prospects.

The reproduction of “Si Plunkard” by little Martin Schindehette and Louis Bartling at the Republic hotel last night was well attended. The little ones proved themselves good actors.

The January term of the circuit court has adjourned sine die. The March term begins next Monday. The criminal docket shows only nine cases. The Inter-Urban and Pelinski cases are not on it.

The funeral of Bion H. Miller occurred today. He was well known in this city, having worked at McGraw’s as a machinists for several years. He was an engineer and inventor of no mean order, as several valuable patents attest his ability, among which is the Miller band saw swage. For several years he devoted his time to mining, being an assayist as well. He was a brother of Mrs. J. A. Kelly, wife of Drain Commissioner Kelly, Mrs. Jno. Reader, of Saginaw, and Mrs. M. M. Pratt, whose husband is superintendent of schools at Jefferson, Ohio.

The annual contest of the Peninsular Oratorical league, which comprises the high schools of Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids Central, Kalamazoo, Bay City, Saginaw and Detroit, will be held some time in May in Bay City. The Saginaw east side high school elected Arthur Treanor a vice-president for the league.

C. H. Freeman, of 1019 north Madison avenue, celebrated his seventy-seventh birthday yesterday. Mr. Freeman is the oldest living attorney in Bay City, having come here in 1854 and practiced until about ten years ago, since which time his health has not permitted him to do much business. Here’s wishing him many returns of the day.

A letter came to Baumgarten Bros. this morning postmarked Jerusalem. Charlie looked at it a second time and wondered what friend he had off in that far distant land. Then he carefully opened it and found it to contain a circular from the alleged widow of Rabbi Nachman Kirschenbaum, who pleaded in English and Hebrew for financial assistance for herself and orphan children whom she says are starving and without clothes sufficient to cover them that they may go on the street.

The Criminal Cases

October 6, 1898, Thursday
Bay City Times-Press, Bay City and West Bay City, Michigan

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THE CRIMINAL CASES

Circuit Court Will Start on Others To-Morrow.

Three More Indictments Remain—Dubeau, Clark, Englehardt and Pelinski.

The circuit court this morning adjourned until to-morrow morning when the case of Napoleon Dubeau, the Linwood druggist who has worried the officers a good deal by running away, will be taken up. Following this will come that of Norman Clark, accused of stabbing a man on the middleground, then Peter St. Peter, for driving Robert Atkinson’s horse away.

Monday the postponed liquor cases will heard, and Tuesday the case of George Englehardt, of Essexville, who is charged with shooting Dr. Northcotte.

Wednesday one of three indictments against public officers will be heard. These finished, will leave the Pelinski murder case, the Inter-Urban manslaughter case and the forgery case of young Walther.

Criminal Calendar

September 12, 1898, Monday
Bay City Times-Press, Bay City and West Bay City, Michigan

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CRIMINAL CALENDAR.

Prosecutor Preparing It for the September Term of the Circuit Court.

Prosecuting Attorney Gilbert is preparing the calendar of the criminal cases to be tried in the circuit court at the September term, which opens on the 19th. It already shows 27 cases, but it will be increased to about 35 before court opens. It includes 14 cases for alleged violations of the liquor law, the trial of Peter Pelinski, on the charge of murdering his wife, and that of Herbert Reilly, motorman of the ill-fated Inter-Urban car.

Talk of the Town

August 24, 1898, Wednesday
Bay City Times-Press, Bay City and West Bay City, Michigan

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TALK OF THE TOWN

Real estate and insurance G. W. Ames

Leading plumbers. Finn & Fischer.

Insurance and Bonds. E. Van Tuyl & Co

Eat Knorpp’s New England bread.

Meakin’s Model Laundry. Phone 1386.

Fourth ward republicans meet to-night.

The condition of Chas. E. Young is much improved.

Mrs. Fred A. Harper is confined to her residence by illness.

It is again reported the 11th ward hose hose [sic] walls are crumbling.

Another block of the Center avenue pavement is open to the public.

The directory of the Valley Telephone exchange has been issued.

Easton Fick, 8 months old, won first prize at the baby show last night.

Peninsulars’ benefit excursion to Point Lookout to-morrow morning.

Chief Murphy returned last night from a trip to Toledo and Kelly’s island.

McKinnon’s store on Sheridan street, recently damaged by fire, will be rebuilt.

“Gen. Shafter” had hard work to keep his whiskers on, at the theater last night.

Misses Josie Rouech and Edna Spier left at noon for Cheboygan to spend two weeks.

The laying of brick on the Center avenue pavement will be resumed Friday morning.

Miss Maggie Currey has returned from a two weeks’ trip to Canada and Niagara Falls.

A. M. Shillaire’s barn was not struck by lightning last night, and no horse was killed.

Peter Gapple, accused of interfering with the dog catcher, will be tried in the police court Friday.

The Saginaw & Frankenmuth Railway company has filed articles. The capital stock is $50,000.

An orchestration is being prepared of “Michigan Boys in Blue,” a war song composed by J. R. Draper, of Bay City.

The steambarge Nellie Torrent was discharging coal at Mitchell’s dock today. She goes to the Soo to load lumber for Bay City.

Miss Phillips, of Bay City, who has just returned from Nershfield, Mass., will lead the gospel service at the Saginaw Y. W. C. A. next Sunday.

Four tramps were sentenced to fifteen days each in the county jail by the police justice this morning. Two of the gentry were given two hours in which to leave the city.

William Miller went into the Republic house and smashed the telephone. Pleading guilty in the police court this morning, he was sentenced to pay a fine of $15 or go to the county jail for 30 days.

Sisters Lignora, Felicita and Mary Agnes, of St. Mary’s hospital in Saginaw, who when the war broke out, volunteered their services, have been called upon and have gone to Montauk Point to enter the army hospital.

The Peninsular veteran corps relief committee announces that a number of tickets still remain unsold on the wheel donated by the National Cycle company and to be raffled off for the benefit of the families of the soldiers of Company C.

The lightning which crept into the Bell telephone exchange last night burned out 32 cables of 40 lines each, of 1,280 lines. Electricians were summoned form [sic] Detroit last night, and all burned out services will be in running order to-morrow.

Mrs. Hattie Klumph, of Geneva, Ohio, secured a verdict of $4,000 against the Inter-Urban Railway company at Saginaw for the loss of her husband at the time of the bridge disaster, July 7, 1897. This is the first case that reached the courts, the others having been settled outside.

At an adjourned meeting of the official board of the Michigan avenue M. E. church in Saginaw, resolutions were adopted expressing their appreciation of the faithful and efficient work done by their pastor the Rev. M. C. Hawks and he was unanimously requested to return for the coming year.

It is about time, in the opinion of Secretary Baker, of the state board of health, that health officers and prosecuting attorneys in Michigan were more generally complying with the law requiring their action when physicians and householders do not report dangerous diseases. “Consumption,” says Dr. Baker, “is the most dangerous communicable disease in Michigan, and the law is being disregarded.

The Bay City Business college, Y. M. C. A. building, will reopen August 29. Office hours after August 15, 9 to 12; 1:30 to 5; 7 to 8:30. Make arrangements early.