Saturday's Daily Argus

The head of a large pickeral was exhibited in the window of the Carpenter hardware store Friday. The fish was caught by by Ned Slayton at South Lyon and weighed 15 pounds before it was dressed and 10 pounds 2 ounces after. He had to be shot with a revolver before he could be landed.

John Howard, assistant road master on the Michigan Central, met with a distressing accident Friday. He was cutting a rail and at some part of the work the spike maul came off and struck Mr. Howard on the head hurting him seriously. He was carried to a nearby house but remained unconscious for two hours. He will recover.