State Items

The city fathers of Thompsonville have contracted for three artesian wells for waterworks. A Methodist Episcopal Sunday school has been organizad at Thompsonville with a goodly number of pupils in attendance. The cold weather of last week did notinjure the fruit in the vicinity of Thompsonville. There will be a béautiful erop. Sheep thieves are a great trouble to Lapeer county farmers, who, now at shearing time, are just discovering their losses. Lapeer eity used 132,550,000 gallons of water from her waterworks last year and it only took 950 cords of wood to pump it. The West Side Bay City postoffice fight has been decided by Congressman Weadock agreeing to recoinmend William H. Phillips for the position. Upwards of $500 lias been raised by the business people of St. Johns for the celebration of Independence day in a befitting manner. The Third regiment band of Bay City is goon to be mustered in as the regular band of the regiment, the Flint band having been mustered out. The aumiiü encampment of Michigan división Sons of Veterans, announoed to be held June 20, 21 and -Í at Three Kivers, has been postponed till June 27, 28 and 29. Bernartl Blust of Tawas City harvested 1,200 busbels of potatoes from four acres ofgrounc!. llrsuld the erop at 35 cents per bushel, realizing about $100. The board of education of Flint has received more tlian 20 applicationa from leading ednoators of the state asking that they may Qll fchevncancyot superintendent in the KÏint schools. The circuit court jury, bar and attaches at St. Johns have just presented Judge Daboli with á handsome gold-headed cane finely engravecí in honor of nis 50th birthday. Ge"neral O. Ij. Spaulding made the presen tation speech.