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Day
24
Month
March
Year
1893
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Public Domain
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The late Ur. Charles Shepanl lelt an , estáte oí $300,000. Triplets have come to the fainily of Charles Shooter, of Mount Clcmens. There are thirteen cases of winter : cholera at the poor farm in Lew anee county. The Cleveland Cliff company will build a furnaee at Presque Isle, to oost I 8250,000. An old folks' home will be erected neai Monroe this spring by Michigan Lntherans. Burglars secnred $245 by drilling open the safe in Tucker's meat market at St Joseph. Detroit Post No. 384 CJ. A. R. will attend tho annual encampment, at Indianapolis in September. While skating at Baranac Paul Iluntley, aed 9 years, broke throuh the ice and was drowned. A free dispensary for women and children has been founded by the women doctors of Detroit. April 4 and 5 occurs the meeting of the Northern Michigan Schoolmasters' club at Traverse City. Dispatches from varioua points indícate a ffeneral observance of St. Patrick's day in Michigan. The Odd Fellows' Mutual Benefit association will move its headquarters from Lansing to Williamston. George Benziner, held in bonds ol 8500 at Grand Rapids on a charge of counterfeitiug1, has forfeited his bond. J. M. Young, of Caro, was f o and dead in bed at the Naegely house in Saginaw. He had been dek ior several days. The Northern line steamers Minnie M. Faxton and West are being titted out ior the lake season at Grand Haven. Wife-beater Albert. of Newaygo, was punished for his brutality by reeeiving a sentence of five years in the prison at Jackson. The refusal of bis brother's widow to marry him is said to be the cause of the suicide by hanging of Rufus Curtis, of Webberville. Fire in the depository and dry-room of the Waddell Manufacturing corapany's bxiilding at Grand Rapids caused a loss of $12,000. Grand Rapids prohibitionists have nominated Hon. E. L, Briggs as their candidate for mayor. A full ticket of city officers and aldermen was named. Telephonic communication is to be established between Mancelona, Bellaire, Traverse City, Charlevoix, Petoskey, Elk Iiapids and intermcdiate towns. Suit has been begun by William Merson against John Witz, a lumber contractor, for $-.20,000 for alieuating his wife's affeetions. The parties live at Saginaw. Among the applicants for the place of statistician of the agricultural department at Washington, is Charles V. Bryan, formerly president of the Detroit board of trade. Henry Sikes, a resident of Grand Rapids for forty years, died there recently, aged 87. For years he had been a Tender of fruit and candies on the streets and around the hotels. A mili capable of manufacturing from 5,000,000 lo 10,000.000 feet oi maple flooring per year is tobe erectec at Petoskey, the citizens having votec to gire a bonus to Hankey & Forman. In the United States courtin Detroit, Judge Taft denied the raotion to dismiss the case of the city a?ainst the Detroit Citizens' Street Railway com pany to test the validity of the latter's franehises.

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News