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On account of the reeent dry weather the hay erop in the vjcinity of Leónidas will be light. Tlie commeucement exercises of the Chesaning unioii schools wïll be held Friday evening. Georife Millard, proprietorof thesawmill at Leónidas, had his leg fractured by being caught in a belt. - j A meeting of the state central committpe of the People's party will be held at the Hudson House, 'Lansing, July 3. Henry Visnifoky of Traverse City played with a dynamite cartridge in liis [)ocket and his hand was blown to pieces. The late rains at Belleville have" greatly improved the looks of crops, and now everything points to a bountiful harvest. The petition of V. H. Thacker, the , leged wit'e murderer of Benzonia, for a writ of babeas corpus, has been denied by Judge Corbeti. Lon Gilbert and Miss Mabel Wilson of Chesaning were thrown from a buggy by a runaway horse and both were injured, not seriously. however. The contract for the building of the clubhouse of the Wequetting club at Traverse ' City has been let, and the building will be finished the latter part of July. The oldest son of William Babcock of I Maple Grove, Saginaw county, j ly shot himself in the hand and side while hunting crows. He is not seriously injured. The comraon council at Battle Creek j voted to bond the city for L10,000 for the building of sewers to give the unemployed of the city work. No one will be employed on the work exeept residents.