State Siftings

St. Clair is building a $5,000 ward school house. Brighton's census footsup 814. In 1870 it was but 440. A company of colorad troops has been fonncd at Flint. A wooden-watefaotoryhatibecn estaliIUUcd at Greenville. Sturgis girlsgo outiu the woods and play carda on Sunday. Tbc grasshopper is becoming a burden in Lcnawec county. An Alpena store is lighted with gas, the first in that place. . A fruit canninjc establishment in to bo built a Saugatuck. Grass Lake has but odc saloon and that one liasn't paid its t.ix. A bed of iron ore has been found in Fulton township, Gratiot county. A Montcalm county census taker found a woroan 80 years old hoeing corn. At Kalatuazoo people have actually been arrestad for stealing an umbrella. Joscpli Camburn, of Franklin, Lcnawee county, has a cow he has milked over 23 years. The part of Wisconein known aa the lake Superior portion, wants to bc attached to Michigan. The state archery association is to hold its annual meeting at Detroit next Tuesday and Wednesday. Jackson county issued 74 liquor lieonsfs this year, 60 of wbicu were for Jackeon city. They pay $13,758.24. Tho new Free Methodist church at Corunna is to be dedicated June 27th by Bishop E. I'. Hart, of Jackson. The regatta of the Northwestern rowing aseociation, coramences at Hay City on the 2'Jth inst., holding threo days. Edwin Stevens, a lawyor of Detroit, was found dead in bis chair recently. Apoplexy was what caused his sudden death. The case of the People vs. Mulligan, the man who shot Charles Howard at Port lluron, hasresulted in a jury disagreement. The Berrien Springs Era calis upon the officers of that place to rid the vicinity of tramps. The woods are lousy with them there. The foliage of sqme of the orchards near Ionia is being stripped from the trees by multitudes of black worms about an inch long. The Flint trottiog circuit, with a purse of $8,000 closes to-day, and the Ionia with $0,000 is to be held next week, June 22d to 25th. The M. R. cliurcli of I'lymouth, has cleared off its debt. Rev. F. A. Bladcs presided at the meeting which pledged the ncvo.-sary funds. ___. „ The annual convention of red ribbon clubs of the State is to be held at Jack-nn, on Wednesday and Thursday of next week, the l::d and 24th. From all portions of tho State eomos grand reports of thewheat, fruit, and Garüeld prospecta. This scenis to be a good season all around, so far. Port Iluron is soon to have unbroken mail connections with Chicago via. the Northwestern G. T. At present the route terminates t Valparaíso, Ind. Ephraim Johnson, an old settler of Venice, Shiawassee county, while plowing on Tbursday afternoon of last week, feil and died in a few moments of apoplexy. Mrs. Bordeaux, of Ottawa Lake, took a Ían of hot ashesto the barn to kill chicken ice. The ashes were too hot, and the barn, chicken lice, and Mrs. Bordeaux were burned up. O. D. Wilcox, of KMamazoo, had his right arm blown off and his face and breast tcrribly injurcd while firiög a cannon on Tuesday evcning. His recovery is yery doubtful. He has since dicd. Joseph Starr, engineer at Warner it n!.,!,1., ïuuibci mili, Knal Saglnaw, was killed Saturday afternoon by tho starting of the gang while he was oihng tho pitman rod beneath. A Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad brakeman named Royal George, was knocked from the top of the cars by a telegraph wire near Adrián a few days ago and i'atally injurcd. The Patrons of Husbandry of Allegan county have resolved to market their wool in Allegan on the I5th to the 22d of Juno. Buyers near and far have been DOtiüed, and aro expected to attend. A new fast train has been put on the M. C. K. R. which makes the time from N. Y. city to Chicago in 20 hours. The roads it runs over are the Hudson River, N. Y. Central, Canada Southern and Michigan Central. , Track layiug has commenced on tho Marquette & Mackinac road, at Carp river, two miles cast of Marquette. There are now on the ground some 400 tons of rails, which will be placed in position in a few days. Within three weeks 2,000 tons of rails will havo been delivered along the line. The house of Patrick Clark, inLakefield, Saginaw county, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday morning of last week, and the charred romains of two persons, supposed to be Clark and his wife, were found in the ruina. A brother with whoui he had had difficulty is suspected of the crime. One Pcrry A. Littlo, who has been in the jewelry business at Cedar Springs for the past year, ran away a few days ago, stcaling all the valuable-stook away from his partner, beating everybody who would uut hiiu, and taking also an 18 years old dauglitcr away from her home. He is but but 22 years old, yet would grace the prison bara nicely. The 46th anuual convention of tho dio; Michigan," commenced its session at Grace church, Detroit, last Wednesday, and held during the remainder of the week Bishop Harris prosiding. The followingis' a summary of tho Bishop 's work for tho past eight months : corner stones laid, 2 churohes consecrated, 2 ; clergy ordained to the priesthood, 1 ; clergy received, 7 : clerpy transferred, 7 ; visitation?, J2I ; serniiiriH and addro.s.sciü, L'liT ; eontiruiations, 56Ó. The state Sabbath school convention at Lanainf, last week, was well attended, a profitable meeting held, and the follöWtog offieers elccted : President, Rev. A. L Bikdger, of Homer ; v president, D. H. Alluu, of Covert ; corresponding and statistical secretary, Rev. Wui. Dawe ; treasurer, Alian Bourn, of Detroit ; exocutive comnkittee, W. II. Boyd, chairman ; Rev. . (Jrcnell. Rev. Thomas Wright, Rov. J. 8. Mailc, Rev. E. S. Pardipetou, W. L. Smitb, S. M. Miller, Rev. J. W. Ford, Rev. Wm. Dawe. It is a fact that tho little boys of this village are ripening for the jails ; within the pa-t weck hall' a dozen or more have been arrested for crimes and as many more have boon reported for crime. The way somc parenta care for their ohildren would seem to show that they were indifferent to their fatu. There is suiall choice botwocn the course of the inother who gives her children to the Street and to go-aa-you-please, and the llindoo who throws her children into the Ganges -the latter boing the lrast objcctionablo of the two.- Kalaniazoo Telegraph. Edward Leonard, of Venice, Sliiaw county, ia supposed to have been poreoned at Corunna ye:-terday afternoon. He was living a 9 o'clock last evening, but was suffering fearful spasias. Three physicians were in attendance. Leonard so far reoovered con9ciousness as to stato that he had draak drugged whisky ia the hotel barn i'roui a bottle given hiiu by a tall stranger with a black mustache. The syroptoms showed the drug to have been strychnine as reportcd. Later - Friday, 10 o'clock, a. m., dispatcu says : " Leonard is O. K. Many rumora as to the cause of his tickness." - Vernon Herald. Ahnon C. Brown and Jessee Parmr ( r, of Corunna wero arrested last week lor attempting to blackmail Otto Krell of Vernon, and for having the tools for muking counterfeit ruoney in thoir posscesiou. Krell was arrestod last Saturday night at 10 o'olock, at his home on a sham warrant, handcuffed, and locked up in Brown's office over night. Brown and his accomjilir.' pretended to find counterfeit uioney, dies, etc, in Krell's house, and offered to settle for a consideration. Brown will be held on three charges : Dies found in his possession, for falso imprisonuient of Krel), and for an attempt to blackmail. Th o re is abo two more men and a woman mixed up in the affair, and all have been arrnsted and held to bail. It looks like a dark traftsaotion, foolishly planncd.