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Professor Rieman has been engaged for I the Elk Rapids schools for next year at an lacrease of salary. The Woman's Christian Temperance union of Sanilac county will hold their third annual convention at Downington April 3 and 4. According to the voters registered and the number of school children, Elk Rapids has oveí; 2,000 population. Numerous sportsmen are writing to Elk Rapids for quarters during the bass fisbing season, which commences in June. Only 2S of the 72 applicants for third grade certificates passed a successful examination in Sanilac county. A sad accident occurred at Milan recently while William Briggs was moving house. His daughter Gracie, while riding on the top of a load of goods, feil off and was instantly killed. Alpena will receive about 40,000,000 feet of logs from Canada the ensuiug summer. ïhere are in Thnnder bay waters about 75,000,000 feet of old logs, and nearly as many uew ones have been put in thiw winter. C. Crank of Mio, Oscoda county, has lost over half his bees throngh a peculiar accident. He fed them witn sugar which was made too soft, and luring the recent warm spell it melted in the hie and ran down on the bees. Konian Kovkowski, the acknowledged leader of the gang of boys who recently broke into a number of business places at Bay City, was sentenced Monday morning to ne year in the Detroit house of correction.