Michigan

A match factorj is in full blast at Big Rapids. Bay City streets are to be illuminated with the Swift clectric light. Bay City boasts of one of the best agrieultural socletics in the state. Work has been comnienced on the Detroit, Bay City and Alpena railroad. Reed City people want the G. R. & I. railroad company to build an office there. Frank Mognet, aged 18,of Muskegon, shot himselí in the ncckaccidently, and he raay die. Edward Russeli of Manistee, lost f 14,000 the other day His sbingle mili burned dowD. County treasurers are now, ex-otticio, members of boarde of jaíl examiners in place of circuit judges. Rev. W. R. Claney and wife of Prairievillc, Kalamazoo county, have sailed for India as mieeionaries. Osceola county officials are making public the many reasons why agriculturists should settle there. ïhe dead body of Frank Deveraux has been found in the woods near Cheboygan. He was killed by a bear. Bdlievue, in Eaton county, is to have a new hotel. There has beon none in the place since the fire of two ycars ago. Two Kalkaska families are on their way to Tallahasso, Florida, in eovered wagons. They propose to drive all the way. Welcome Aldrich, one o the olile,t pioneers of Lenawee county, dled at his home in Rome, near Adrain, a few days ago. The liltle ville of Northville has n uationai reputatiou because of the superior qua'.ity of school furniturc made there. Cornelius Pross, of Grand Kapids, was accidently killed by being thrown from his wagon, his head etrikingupon the curb-stone. The telephone lines are being extended iu the Upper Península, and conversations eau be carried on with all the principal places. Capt. John Furiong, formovly of Grand Haven, and a well-known irarine man, died in Chicago a few days ago of consumption. Take your ehoice: Some persons say earlv frosts indícate hot weather further along in the fall. Others say they betoken a long hard winter. Frank Walters, forrr.erly of Bay City. is in the hands of the United States authorities at St. Paul, Minn., eharged with passing coun terfeit money. One-fourth interest in 60,000 head of cattle in Texas and the rental of the ranch has been bought by B. A. üiney of Hartford, Van Buren eounty. The We6tern Michigan agrieultural and industrial 6ociety announees that its flfth annual fair will be held at Grand Rapids September 24-28 inclusive. A revvard of $100 is offered by the sheriff of Genesee county, for the arrest of the person who assaulted Damon Stewart in Flint a few days ago. John Barnes of Pontiac, beeame despondent, went to the Irving House in that city, took poison, and the r.ext niorning was found dead in his room. Pickney wants it understood that it bas taken advantage of the local option law. They have no saloons at present, aeither do they iutend to have any. Alvin Upson of Lansiog, the tireless workcr in the Sunday school cause, is dead. In his missiouary tours h! haa traveled, driying a horse, over 75,000 miles. The Marshall mutual aid association has received its new license from the insurancu commissioner, having made a satisfaetory report under the new law. Pupils in the Lansing schools get their books at wholesaïe r&tes, the board of edueation having made tke necessary arrangements with the booksellers. Giles Dennis, of Flint, was fined $55 and sentenced to ten days in jall for violating the liquor law. The temperance workers took an active part in the prosecution. Wm. Carroll, of Tecumseh, who was pardoned dt Got. Begole in July last, got on a spree the other day, and has beengiven 20 days in the county iail for meditatlon. Wm. R. McCall, one of Marshall's oldcet settlore, and one of the beet known Odd Fellows in Michigan, is dead. He has been a resident of Michigan Btoce 1S33. Peter B Ad;uns, a resident of Teeumseh, Lenawee couuty Bince 1825, and a membTOÍthe constilutional convention oí 1850, dtcd in that village a few days ago. Gov. Begolo became satisfled tbat Louis (ale, of Grand Raplds, was not guilty of the forgery for which he was in priton, and has issued an order that a pardon be granted him On and after October 1, Jokn G. Lee, of the Grand Haven News-.Iournal will fiU th positionof oil inspector for the dietrict com posed of Muskegon, Ottawa and Allegan coun tles. The specially arranged and equipped car for the exhibit of the West Michigan farm er's club will leavc Gracd RapidsforLouisvill on the M of October, arrivlng at lts destina tiou on the 5th. Hastings is niaking a strong eñort t secure the new railroad promised her eer tain conditions as heretoforc noted Back o the road she see8 eeveral important manufact uring enterprlses. At Stelman'8 mili near Stauton Charles Coon had his hand badly cut on a shm g!e saw. He was relieved by Charles Moshe whoa ícw minutes later, had his arm badl sawcd on the same machine. SuptLedyardof the Arichigan Central ha seuedan order th,t no freight trP „uch as have perishablo freigh ,j hall taw their respective divisions af ter 12 o'clock Satu 1 day nightuntil Snnday night. Eider Latham Kassick, of Jackson, who was accused of larceny from the store oi Z. 8. Moore, was acquitted. As Kassick had for a long time been actlng as clerk for Moore, the judgu called bis crime cmbezzlement, and not larcenv. Charles Johnson, of Grand Kapids, died the other day from the cffects of a sunstroke reccived three weeks bcfore, whtle Iaboring on the Detroit, Grand Haven and Mil waukee railroad. He leaves .1 wife and family. More frequent services have been es tablished on star mail routes 34,101 and 24,295, the former running from VVlilteford Center, in Monroe county, to Sylvania, just over the Ohioline, and the latter from Peck to ümard, !n Sanilac county. In the closing hours of the 48th Bes6ion of the Michigan M. E. church conference at Albion, the cmmiUee c temperance rc ommended the advocacy and enforcement of prohibition in the strongest term, which view the conference indoreed. In cortain parta of Kalamazoo county the farmers are gelting an average of 11.08 bushels of n-heat and 28.47 bushels of oats per acre. The hlghesc yieldof wheat reported is 30 bushols from one acre aad the lowest 14 bushels from cight acres. Both plaintiff and deitmdants in the $50,000 suit growing out of the Garwood tarriug and feathering case at Lexington express determiuation to "flght it out." Plaintiff Gar wood has the services of Judge Isaac Morton and Gul. John Atkinson. A. Domito & Co. 's planing mili, three miles south of Stanton on the Detroit, Lansing and Northern railroad, was burned, togelher with contents, the othcr afternoon. It ispresumed the flre orizinated from the arch. Loss about $3,000; insured for $2,000. Deacon Lonson Wilcox, for 40 years a resident of Jaekson, dicd on tne 16th inst. agcdSl. He was in business there for a long period, and carried on the sbos contract at the prison for 12 years. He was an enterprising, sseful and higbly respectad cltinen. Some Coldwater peoplc were terribly frightened because a Detroit paper thrcatcned to publish the names of those who signed the petition for the pardon of Hemmingway, the "ñrc bug." A number have repeuted and say the wish they had not signed the petition. An old villain in Grand Kapids named John M. Tandy has been arrested charged with outraging the person of a 13-yearoïd girl named Maggie Johnson of Tyrjne townsbip" 'andy is over 50 years of agc, and has served our years at Jackson for eommitting a similar rime. Postoffices havo been estabhshed at iall in Cheboygan county, with special service om Cheboygan on route 21.432, and at Fairew in Oscoda countv, with special service om Mioe on route 24,3S5. Melson II. Ball is aster of the first named ofHee and Alexander . Scott of the secoud. Benjamin May, a laboving man of bree Rlvers, was soriously iujured the other ay. He was at work on the flouiing mili at lat p'.ace, when alarge timber feil soine 12 feet, riking him on the side of his hcad, back and lips, breaking one of his pelvis bones, and therwise injuring him. There is at present piled up on docks t Eist Tawas aVmi 15,000,000 feet of lumber, Mie at Tawas City abor.t 10,000,000. One rm of lumb'T inspectors hnve 6,000,000 ready or shipment, and complains of scarcitv of vesls. Freights are the same as from Bay City, nd vessels can load to a depth of 15 feet at ie docks. "Oakside school" is the name of a oarding school for young ladies whieh was pened in Osrosso Sept. 20 by Mrs. L. E. ould. A day school for botb sexes was opened n connection with it. Good instructors in the rts, sciences and literature have been enaged, and there are bright prospecte of succe;s for the seminary. A horrible accident occurred at Quin cy, Branch county, when ltjbert Crawford's horse ran away and dragged him over flfty rods, when it was found thatonc e] e was put out, his tongue was torn out and he was bruised so generally that he dicd in great pain in a few hours. His daugbter was with him, but escaped with slight injuries. Judging from a noto receivoa oy one f the teachers ia the Eaton Rapids schoola, here are a few párente in that place who need o go to schoei. Here is the note : "teacher lattle has gut the erop, mi her throte is so bad she can not coine to school and as soon as She gits Better I am going to take her to new York f or the winter." The woman's Christian temperance union convention of the Saginaw valley, which met at Bay City, adopted resolutions laying peclal stress on the duty of the women of ilichigan to use the school ballot, whicu the aws of the state give to all women holding axable property, or who have or are guardias of children of school age. Mt. Clement gossips are all agog over the atest scandal in that place. Bruuo VanLandegghem, Jr., cicy tredsurcranl a prominent stave nanufaeturer, membïr of the flraiof VanLandegbetn & Son, ha left town in conseqsence of the outbreak of a scandal involving himself and a young girl. He leaves a hi-art broken wife and bis father dlsowns him. The cigarmakevs, of Coldwater, me a lockout at the shops on the morning of Sep tember 17. It seems that a union has existed for some months unknown to the manufacturera. When they learned of it they imm.-diate ly notined the hands that all who persisted in holding tickets in the union must quit, an now not over a dozen hands are employed i the shops. A 10-year old youtU nanied Georg Green, son of a farmer in Portsmointh Town ship, Bay Co., was shot by the accidental dis charge of a smooth-bore i ifle. The ball passé through the windpipe and lodged in the bae of the spinal cord, producing paralysis of th entire lower portion of the body. Green's con dition is sueh that there is hardly any clianc for his recoven-. Citizens of Coldwater are cireulatin a petition ior the pardon of Hathaway an Perk, bow servini; sentences in thelonia hous of correction for complicity in the incendiar tires i that place two years ago. Hemmingwaj the worst villaln among them, sentenced fo nine years, has been pardoned, and is now i that city a free man, while Hathaway and Perk, his accomplices, are still in prlson. The dead body of John Dohorty was found in an uufreqaented place in Grand Rapids, and near were his horse and buggy with whieh he lef t the barn oí his employer about 10 o'clock the night before, with instiuctions to go to the depot to meet members of the family who were expceted home. The buggy was badly wrcckcd and the horse eotangled In the harness. Doherty's net-K n-as broken. The night express going north on the Detroit fc Biy City road ran over and killed a brakeman uamed E. II. Johnson, at Lapeer, a few dys ago. He was an unmarried man whose home is in West Bay City. . He was employee! on the train, and the flrst knowledge anybodj had of bis death was the discoyery of bloodon tbecar wbeels. He was decapitated and his bady so horribly mangled that it was gathercd up in two baskets. In Juiy, Albert Page got on a train at Evenwood, on the Chicago and West Michi gan railroad, to ride to Muskegon and return. The company was selüng exeursions ticket e at ticket stations, but not at that place. He paid excursión ratcs of f are and the conductor gave hlm a reiurn check, but on the return trip it was refused and he was put off the train. He bas just recovered $750 damages from the company in the circuit court. ¦ II. B. Ckurch, of Grand Rapids has patented a fire escape which is described thus : The canvas is stretched upon the hinged folding frame at the top of the standards and extensions at each end from inellned aprons having hand-holes at the bottoms. The siandards are telescopic and have coiled springs placd on them under the top frame. Chains connect the lower ends ol standards and the legs are piveted to fo!d when not in use. Miss Kate d'Arcambal of Kalainazoo has gone to CiDciuuati to enter a convent. She is the daughler of Mrs. Agnes d'Arcambal, 60 well known throughout Michigan íor her cfforts in behalf of reform and in charitable work. She enters the training school at Cincinnati first to prepare herself to soon enter the convent. Everything has been attampted o induce her to give up tbc purpese to enter upon thelife of a sister but without avail. Shelby, in Oceana county, reports the llowjing accessions to its industrial enterpris: One large wagon and wood vrorking malilne stiop, just reuay lo begin operatlous; two andle factories, capable of turning out 10,000 anules per day ; a sawmill, nearly new;agrist ill and a shingle mili. There are two large ïotels now in process of erection, which will mply accommodate the traveling public. A aarlotte gentleman also talks of establishing wheelbarrow factnry. If anybody doubts the present aud irospective prosperitj of Elk Rapids in Antrim ounty let him read the statement the situation s given by Progre-ss : Elk Ilapids has a char oal blast furnaoe which is averaging 50 tons irou a day ; chemical works making 10,500 ounds of acétate oí lime and 180 gallons of ood alcohol a day ; a griet-mill whieh will urn out 11 barrels of flour a daj ; om: of the argest machine 6hops in northern Michigan ; a anniag mili and will soon probablv have a ash and blind factory and wagen shop. The deer hunting season will soon jen in the vicinity ofEast Tawas, and as each ear large nurnbers of hunters arrive fromthis nd other states with valuable hounds, they ill probably leave some behind on returning lome, as there is a determination on the part ! "still bunters" to shoot cvery houud in rifle ange. The practice oí driving deer into the manylakesaud streams by the aid of hounds nd then fhooting the deer is now a crime in his state, and violators, if caught, will be irosecuted to the full extent of ;he law. Farmers of the state will do well to ear in intnd the provisions of sccfion 1 of act 79 of the êession lawe of 1883 which provides ïat "all persons who shall have usod lumber agous on the public highways of the state, ith runs not less than three and one-half nches in widtb, for hauliDgloadsexceedingSOO ounds in weight, for the year ending the first ay of June. 1884, and each 6ucceeding year ïereafter, shall receive a rebate of one-fourth Í their assessed highway tax for the year 1884, nd in like manner for each succeeding year thureafter. John E. Putney,a mason of Ypsilanti, fel from a écaffold while laying brick on a building owned by Chas. Reinhart. The scaffold was only eigbt f eet high and was built by Putney himself and was very rickety, being built of tuin boards, boxes and brick. He stubbed his heel while stepcing back wards and feil striking on hie hould ra ' l ad, break ing his neck and making a big hole in his head cau6ing death instautly. Decea6ed has been a resident of Ypsilanti some 25 years and was of steady habits. He leaves a wife and son Hls age was about 65 years. Muskegon News: For a weck ortwo m6t an agcd Holland couplc, Mr and Mrs. ,ebbert DcWcrk, have been quite 111, and hey both looked npon the approach of death complaccnüy, only hoping that they might pass away together, the one not desiring to leave the other behind. The husbaud was nearly 80 years old while the wifo wae 70. Saturday Urs. DeWerk diod and ten minutes beiore the remoTal of the remaius oí nis wife to the iear6c, the spirit of the hustand also passed across the mysteiious bourne. Their wish to die together was nearly gratifled. Lansing News: A singular and unexpeetcd visit from a man whom his friends supposed was dead, occurred in this city. Mrs. A. McMaster had a brother, B. F. Coy, who went to the Far Weet in ths year 1859 and ior the term of twelve jears she heardfrom hlm frequently, but from that time to the present season he had not been heard from, and bis relatives supposed him dead. The laat of July he stepped into the room of Mr. MoMaster, mueh to the joy of the household. Mr. Coy had been uccessful in the West and has aiad his father and others yaluable presenta in tes timony of his loTe and respect. Proceedings in the Ve Cunick wi case which created such a furo in thls state about a year ago have been abandoned. The substanc of the case is as follows : Father DeCunick, a Catholic priest, dted in Bie Rapids, leaving th bulk of his property to his hougekeeper, Mrs Catherine De Maria, and after her to her son It had been charged for some ycara previous t his death that the reverend father had been living In open adultery with bis hosekeeper. The bousekeeper left Father De Cunick's erapluy, and remained away two years, when 6he returned, bringing with her an infant son, claiming that ehe had been married, and that her husband had died. She resumed her rcla tions with the priest. The scandal finally reaching the ears of theBishop, the priest was removed from Flint, (where he had been sta tioned) to Cbeboygan,thence to MuskegoD,and eubsequently to Big Rapids, whero be died. The 6candal and the statement that Mrs. De Maria's son was the illegitimate child of tbc ' priest created considerable excitement, and i when the will was read, it seemed that tbc : facts were confirmed. Mrs. De Maria strenuously deuied these charges and algo the charge that she had aided or abetted him in making his will. She produced her marriage ' cerlificatc and other iudisputable evidenee as to her cbaracter, and the case was flnallv compromi6ed. Mrs. De Maria has many friends ! n Ypeüanti, Flint, Big Rapids and Cheboygan who will be glad to knpw tbat her honor is i vindicated. . i A Gratif'ying Report. The Chippewa County News statcs that the ' month of Aup ust just past has been the most ' active one in i"ie whole history of the canal, a ' greater freigW tonnane and more passengers ' having gone tbrough the locks tuan during any ' previous month. The items of the report are as f ollows : Passages 705 Registered tonnage 353,755 1 reigbt tonnage 418 943 'assengers 90OO 1 Coal, tonsup 121,469 , Iron ore, tons down 178,828 OETKU1T MAKKKTS. Wheat- No. ,wnite $ T5 @ 1 02 Flour 4 50 ( 5 00 om 51 @ r4 Oats 30 @ 32 llover Seed, bu 5 00 (a 5 10 s Apples, f bbl 2 25 (3 3 50 )ried Apples, % 8 @ 8k . 'eaches 1.4 @ 15 Cberries 15 ig i Butter, & 16 @ 17 ïggs is (a ]9 'otatocs new bu 1 50 @ 1 65 - Honey 18 @ 20 1 Jeans, picked 2 10 @ 2 15 Beaiic. unpicked 125 @ -1 50 Hay 9 00 @14 00 Straw 7 00 @ 7 55 f 'ork, dressed, f 100 9 00 @9 25 'ork, mess ..13 00 @13 50 'ork, family 17 00 @17 50 c ams 14 @ 15 1 Oliuuixlci a o (w Oi 9 Lard 10}í@ 10í Jeei extra mess 11 75 12 00 Wood, Beech and Maple ... 8 40 Wood, Maple 8 00 Wood Hickory 8 00 S ¦M- - - - t