Michigan

A Dvxtec man hav:ng busiuesa with .cae of bis dog-faneier-tenants, tok the prea ion to encase his legs in shect-iron banda bcfore setting out. On arriving at the dograneler's, the cautious landlord pauscd outstde tho high board fcncc to sec if any dogs were in sigM. Thinking the coast clear, the landlord entered, when the two cauines, valucd at f 150 eaeh, 6eized bis iron-clad legs. ïhere was a gratine sour.d, tben n.11 was still, and the dog feil back on thclr haunches, and begau to spit out thclr hroken teeth, while tbc lanalord made (racts for hme. The dog-fancler wlll sue the landlord for damages. Grand Rapids Leader: At :i meeting of the directora of the Kalamazoo, Lowoll & Nürthern railroad it was decided to abandon Bheold schtiuo altogpther. The división whieh resultad In the abandonment Qf the plan, wlll pcrhnps be the means of two roads beiug built, fho Kalamazoo interest, which withdraws, has aecepted a propoaition made by E. W. Aieddanjh and (t. W. Balch of Detroit, and M. D. Woodford of Tolodo, to irou, equip and opérate aroad f rom Kalamazooto nasjinge, as a part of the Grand Trunk Bjsteni The road, which wlll rnn from Kalamazoo to Haatings on the line of the old proposed road which is ncarly all urveycd andgraded,will be c.alledthe Chicago, Kalamazoo Saginaw railroad, and the expeetation of lts buïlders will be to extend it on altiinately Trom Hastings to Ionia, and thence on across the state to the Saglnaws. The Hastinga and Lowell intereets in the old enterprlse, which are very heaTy, will take the balance of the old road and organizo the Hastiags, J,owell & Northern raüroad to run from Hasting3, to Lowell at present, and ultlmatcly on to Bolding and Grepnvilje. Oscar Baker of Manie Rapids js the owner of a ehicken whicli haa four perfeetly formed legs and feet, olc eet just fornard of the other set. It uses the forward set to walk on. Will pclentists teil whether its a biped or uadrnped! The Homeopathie state eonvention at Lanslng ejected the followins; offleers for the ensuing year. President, K. B. House of Teaameeh ; Vle I're6idents, Phll Porter of Detroit and A. A. Allen of Ann Arbor; Seeretary, J. G. Gilehrist of Detroit; Trcasurer, G. A. Robert8On of Battle Creek. Before the adtournment quite an exciternent was occasioned öy the wlthdrawal of severa! of tho proptinent nïenibors, because of the refusal of the oonyention to expe.1 the president, Prof. E. C. Frankltn, who. eontrary to the code of cthies and Gonstitution of the society, had associated himself with "Drs. K. & K's""8urgical Institute." The doctor, ae president, oecupied the t&air, and declared the convention adjourned before they had time to "bounce" him. JLansing'sex-cit Treasureris '"short" in hts accounts about $5,000. An investigation wlll be held. The Howcll bilí, "to promota public health," has passed the House to the delight of the doctors. The bill makes it unlawful for anv person to practico medicine or surgery or any branch tUei'eof. exoept dentistry, without having registcred m tiie oilipe of the clerk of his county and without posseesing one of these qualificationa or evidences of merit (1) Five years pontinuous practice in some one county of this state ; or (3) a diploma from some Iegally authorized medical uollege. Uut studeuts and" undergraduates may practico with and under the gxiidance and instruction of some person legally qualified to praetice as above. All doctors who want to continue in practice must file statements on oath with the clerk of fceir respective countios showiDE how long they have been in practice, from what iustitution or institutions they graduated, and to wtiat school cf medicine they belong. Students also must swear to their professional status. The countv clerk gets 50 cents for liling cach statemept. SnperviRors must prepare lista of pbysicians and studonts praoti.iiug In their towuships, and the lists imíst bu reconied and kept by the local boards of health. Qualifled practjtioneri ihall receive 10 cents for eacli properly rcturuiid statomr.nt of bjrth, Bdeath and disease dancerous to the public helth ocenrrlng in thejr practice. Those whb practice without nualifli-atlons caunot oolU'üt pay for services rendered after tho aet, goos Into iLtcct - if it does go iuto effect. And whoever advertisi-n or holds himatlf out to the public as authorized to practice medicine or Biirgcry, wlieu he is not so authorized in fací, sliall be Hable to a line of from 5 to $50 for "eacD offense." It is made the duty of thesupervisor and Jicalth officer of the local board of health in cah township. village, ward or city to cnrorce tlie luw. The bll nafsed the House and was sect to the Senate, to join lts partnei'; the bilí to regúlate the practke of deutistrv. Win. Hicks pleailodgnilty to illetrallv supplyiuK Hquor to the prisoners in jail at rilnt, and was flneil fBO in the cu'cmt ieourt ft Flint. The bill providing for the gatlicring of Ibh statistics, which has passed the House, urovidea that all persons having a resideuce m this state, engagod ia Behing as a business for the whole or any portion of the year in any of the great lakes or in the Detroit river, are remilred to report, on or before tho 25th of Noïeinber, of each year, to thü supenutcnd:nt of flsherles at Lansing, the aniount n pounds ol all food fish caught by thtm during th yesr, toffcthcr with lbo average price received per pifiind Any yn-aon npglecting or refusmg to make such report, upon onvicton, is rcqmrcd to pav a iinc of $10 and tho eosts of suit, to be recovered by the superintendent of ikhcrlcs or anv member of the flsli comtnisaiou in an action before any justice of the pcaee in Michigan. The National Freo Tradfi, conferenco uuder the auspices of the American Free Trade Leocue, begins at the Detroit Opera House, Detroit on Thursday, May 81. This conference wlll be entirely uon-partlsau, and promlscs to be a very important event. The cominlttee announce that the object of the conference is to consider the best way and meaus to convert the wickcd." Hon. David A. Wells of Connecticut will preside, and Hev. llenry Ward Beecher, T. DeWitt Talniage, and other prominent lights will bethere as boaoons to uide the wandering proteetlonists into a safe harbor. Chauncy Gillham. who was injured in the evclbne near Sturgis, bas since died. He had ónc hip and several nbs broken ond was ..ternally injured. The sonof Peter Moak wbo was injured in the same storm, bas also ' Both house have agreed to the resolution for linal adjournmeut on June 9th. Cadilac is enjoyinga regular building koom this sprin , Bishop Hichter, tho nc-v Bishop of Grand Kapids, has isaued a genera: order to the effect that the children of all Cat holle families ehall be withdrawn from the public schools and sent to Cathollc schools. For several years a danghter of H. S. Bowen. of Kolin. Lenawee couuty, lias suffered terriblv from pain in her head and discharges f?on. the right ear. Dr. A. B. Smart of Hudeon "a Just discovered and removed the cause : a brass glove button which had got into the Iseper Lambers of the ear and been grown over. Pat Manion, one of the most notorieas burglars in this part of the country, was erualKd to a pulp under the whee Is of a frwght E'rJirD-etWe' Sutwi releasedon condition that he would U-ave the etate. In the dead man's pocket was ound a flask of powder, a botUe of glyrlne achiaelandadrill, showing that he evidently was in search of a "job.' James Flinker, head engineer of the Fruitport blast furnace at Grand Haven, had hls lelt hand torn from his armwhile fastening the BturMng box to his engme. The partios from New York who havo bee "doing" Muskegon with a view of teblishiiiK a cannery, are wcll plf.ase.1 with hcroi" ííiipping facilities, etc, exeept green con, They have ked farmer to plant some o7that,andyif it loom ?J, doubt trut that a cannery, with a capital ot í5,ü0, will be cstablished there. . Án áttenipt was made on the oveniug of the 7th inst. to assassinate the editor of the Schoolcraft County Pioneer, at Manistiqne. Ihe plstol ball struck under hi8 hand as he sat wrlting at his office table, about 10 p. m., and glaneedupwardintothe eelllng. He puraued his supposedassailants and flred at them twiee in the dirkness, tmt thej have not been discorered. He eannot account for the attempt unless it was mp.do by eome of the liqnor party members of which have threatened to shoot Mm on account of his periitent efforts, botli as an editor and member of the township board against them. Pino logs have been floating down the river at St Louis, Gratiot county, at the rate of 1,500 an hour for weeks past, and will continue to da far weeks to pome. As the loss are worth from il to 5 cach, the wealth they represnt is enourmous, lf tho petitions alrcady filed socure what is asked for, Presque Isle county wül soon have some 900 miles of new wagon roans. A two year old child of Miehael Heerver, liyjug in Rlley. Clinton county. was drowncdrecentlv by in.to a ditch near his home. The motherwas in the barn at the time doing chores. ïhe Battlo Creek milkmen sell over 15,000 quarts of mille in that city dally. The Junior boat olub ol Battlo Creek will row at the Michigan Center regatta, Jnuc 14, at the Pullman, (111.) regatta, Julv 84tÜ, and at the Saginaw regatta. John Seannon, who was recently killed in New Mexico by militiamen who had "arrested" him on "charges" which they refused t& make known, was formerly engaged in mining at Ontonagon, this state. He left Ontonagon in lSt4. A passenger on the Michigan Central road was robbed of a poeketbook eontaining tïijQ and a dratt, and a gold watch, between Kalamazoo and Shepard's crossing, supposedly two men who got off at the latter place. The empty poeketbook, draft and watch were found under a seat. Gov. Begole bas vetocd the bill coneerning co-operative associations, believing that greater evils would arise if the bill becarne a law, than would be prevented by its passage. Mrs, Charlotte Cumings of Grand Rapids dicd recently, aged 71. She wae the wife of the late Rev. Francia D. Cumings, who went to that city in 1843. and had lived there ever sinoe. In 1831 he was chaplatn of a Masonic lodge at Roche6ter, N. Y., and while in thatposition became involvediu the celebrated Morgan affair. In 1889 he moved to Ann Arbor, and four years later went to Grand RaptdB, where he took charge of and built np St. Marks church, the Jargest Episcopal eliurch in the state. He died in 1863, after being rector nearly 30 years. Mrs. Cumings was much respected and a good business woman, having charge of a large estáte sinee her husband's dcath. She leaves many friends. Whitehall has approyed bonds for six liquor dealers; $1,S001 At the convention ofcitysuperinlend ents of schools held at the Hibbard house, Jackson, May 19, Prof. VV. T. Gass of Flint presented the followiug resolution, which was unanimously adopted ; Resolved, That house bill No. 385, entitled "a bill to piwide for the compulsory education of children," has reeeived the hearty and unanimous endorsement of the association of city superlntendents asaombled, and that we especlally urge the enactment of that part of it pertaiuing-to the organization and maintenance of ungraded schools for truant and incorrigible children. A two year old colt belonging to D. Lavcrc of East Tawas, grabbed lus year old child by the clothing, pulling it, throiigh an aperture in the fence, and carried it in his tceth around the barn yard until Mrs. Laverc, liearing the cries of the child, ran and took it froin the colt. Though the child is badly bruis('d by the colt's blting, he will probably live. jjewing & Sons of Kalamazoo have all preparatjons made to crect a 6aw mili at that place yhjeh will saw at least 30,000 feet per 3ay, tobe run by stcam. They will bring the logs to the river above bv a 6team vailroad. It in said they have from '.0,000,000 to 30,000,000 feet of plne, etc, near there. It is probable that a railroad will be built from Kalamazoo to Saugatuck in time, as a result of the laying of theï)e,wing"s railroad, which will txteud a juarter of the distauce to that place in a direct [iue. Prospects are also good for briaging the Toledo & Milwaukee railroad down to the flats and near the milling business. One of the most disheartening and uni$pef.ted s(,onn,s struck Michigan on the mornjng of the 2lst iut, r.u4 carried terror to the hearts of all. Froin all parts of the state eome reports of the sevtirlty of the storm. The wind blew a imrricane, the mercury feil below freezing poiut in several places, and snow feil steadily. Much daniüge lias boen done to the Iruifc erop An explosión at the Wolvcrine car rcofing and paper eompany's mili, corner of Guoin street, and Joseph Campau avenue, Uetroit, killed one man and fatally injured anothcr. ï'our livemeu were seriously hurt by a falling wall. Uamage to building $30,000. Henry liremer, ex-city controller, of Grand ]}pW8 who was injured iu a runaway accident a couple of weeks ago, ha3 since dicd, gcd 09 years. He was teacher of Cïennan in Detroit a number of years ago The St. Josoph reincorporation bill passed the House by ahandsome vote, and the senate saaetloued it. It will not plea60 the liquor league to know tha' this bill contains a provisión that the council may prohibit absolutely the gift or sale of liquors i St. Joteph, and that tliosc representatives on whom the league depends for care of its interestsin lcglslafive halls voted aye. Unlike the House, the Scnato passed the bill with its eyes open. Devliu's compulsory oiiucation bill has pasted the House. Wheji a citiy,en of Sault Ste. Mane v, ishes to send s letter to a friend in the opposlto village on the Canadiin side of the river, ho directs it, prepays the postage, and puts it in th! postofliceon the American side ; then in order to reach the postofflee on the Canadiau side, whieh is about one mile distant. the letter goes to Detroit through the U. 8. mails, crosses Detroit to Windsor, where it enters the Canadian mails, and is sent over Canadiau routes back to the Sault, reaching the Cauadian oflicc there in about ten days from the time it started- 10 days to go one mile. tf the fellow on the Canadian side is prompt iu replying, the Sault Ste. Marie citlzen may possibly get an answer in 0 days. But when one 3 in a hurry he goes aeross the rier hiiiiself and talks to the other fpllctw ; he doesn't wrjtfi. Harvey W. Cool was jnstantly killed at E. K. Pliiuny's mili iu Carrollton by bcing thrown upon the large circular saw whieh was in full motion, severing his body in two at the waist. He was 38 years old, and had been married only a month. His pareuts reside at Wccdyport, N. Y. McMahan's temperance bill increasiug the fines for violation of the taltfon laws, and adding in other ways to the stringency of the exBtiug temparauce laws, has paisaed the Senate. Tlic WInd' Work. Á cyclona passed oTer various parts of Michgan on Saturday, the 19Ui inst., dolng grtat damage to property, but so far as learned no lives wero lost. At Charlotte it blew a uw house owned by Mr. Hood, off its foundation and damaged it beyond repairs. It next strnck the house of the Rev. O. H. Spoor, tearlngoff part of the roof, and a little further struck the Arcade block owned by Munson and Sagendoruh iloing damage to the roof and Windows to the amouut of $500 or more At the new Ilnitarian ehurch it completely dcmollshed the tower, which was nearly flnislatd. Nnmerous chimnVvs ad the city windmill used for illling tire reservoirs were blown down. The hoayy part of the storm passed tothe northcast of the citv as it is the damage is estimated at Í3.0Ü0 at the laast. At Fenton the steeple of tie Cathollc cliurch was blown down. Numerous gla66ee on Main strcct were demolished. The sidewalks, fences and trees were uptnrned and several chimneys blowu down. The force of the wind was spent in ten minutos. It was the most severo storm ever cxperienced in that place. At Newaygo, Hudson, Holland and numorous othcr places, considerable damaere waa doue. " DETROIT MARKETS. Whoat-No. 1, whttc $100 @ 1 09 }ur 5 25 @ 6 50 V' 54 $ 57 Oats 43 fo 47 Clover Seed, $ bu 700 @ 8 25 Apples, f bW 2 25 tö 3 50 Drled Appies, $ tt 8 (S 8i. Peaches 15 @ 16xa Chcrries 23 @ 24 Butter, lb !8 ( 20 EggB 15 @' 18 Dressed Chiekens 14 (S 15 DressedTurkeys ie @ 18 öcose 11 ( is iJUcks 13 @ 14 Cheeso 15 @ 10 Potatoes, V lu 45 @ 50 Honey 18 @ 20 Beans, pieked 2 10 @ 2 15 Beanp, unpicked 1 40 @ 1 60 Hay 9 00 @14 00 Straw 750 @00 Pork, dressed, fl 100 9 00 @ 9 35 Pork, mess 18 50 @18 75 Pork, family 19 00 @19 50 Beef extra mess 12 00 gl2 50 Wood, Beech and Maple .... 8 45 Wnod, Maple i 00 Wood, Hickory 8 00 Coal, Egg 25 Coal, Stove 6 50 Coal, Chestnut 6 75