From Many Points

The children of school ag-e in Berrien county number 13,197. Ex-Alderman Matran, of Holland, lias been elected mayor of Norfolk, Neb. The citizens of Holland contributed $600 in cash to aid the sufferers by the Lake tire. A civil service examination for postal clerks, messeng-ers and carriers occurs at Kalamazoo June 10. Miss Violet Pooler, of St. Joseph, has fallen heir to $10,000 through the death of a velative in Wyoming-. The death is announeed of John Cordes, who enjoyed the distinction of being Grand Rapids' oldest grocer. A1 sentence of three years in prison was passed upon Mrs. Sarah Spaulding, of Detroit, convicted of shop-lifting-. Neg-otiations are in progress for a tournament between Ohio and Michigan bands to be held at Hudson in August. Lawson Billings, a pioneer farmer near Comstock, was thrown from his wagon Thursday and instantly killed. A mare worth $1,000, at the Zeeland breeding stables near Holland, stumbled and feil reeently, breaking her neck. The metnbers of the Big Rapids ministerial conference at a recent meetingvoted to boycott the world's fair if it is opened on Sunday. The of the new stone quarry at Maybee has caused an advance of from 25 to 50 per cent. in the price of farms in the vicinity. O'Neil K. Whitmore died in Adrián Monday, aged 08 years. He had been in the detective service of the Lake Shore railroad tvventy years. At a salary of $300 a year Miss Clara Graeeen, of Kalainazoo, has been given a position as one of the official stenographers of the patent office at Washington. A company eomposed of West Bay City capitalists purposes shops for the construction of freight cars there. It will have a capital of Í150.000. An 8-year-old child, Michael Lupek, vvhile iishing off the doek of the Detroit Lumber company at Menominee Monday, feil into the, bay and was drowncd. James Harris, of Adrián, was elected president of the Loomis Battery assosiation at its recent reunión at Coldwater. Twenty-five of the veterans iveiv present. Ncxt yVar's of the State Farmers' assocïatioü will be held at BastingS. W. F. Sterling, of Eaton Rapids, was chosen president at th 1 lut:; session in Graad Havea.