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24
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September
Year
1884
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Borneo has been enjoylng (?) a series of incencliary üres. Some $25,000 worth of property altogether was burned up. Dr. H. A. Hoyt, founder of Hoytville, Eaton Co, a highly respected citizen.died at that place of lieart disease a few days ago. The trip of Gen. Logan tlirough Michigan has been onejeoiitiuuous ovation. It don't look as it' Michigan was a doubtful state. A cali lias been ssued for the independent Hutier men wlio oppose fusión with the democratie party, to meet at Lansin" Sept. 30th. A concert "for the benefit of the Adrián city bank," is wliat the Record of that city announees. A deserving caiiie- for the depositors. The little village of Brouson, Branch county, was nearly swept off the face of the earth by fire Sunday, supposed work of an incendiary. The mili owners and Himbennen of the Saginaw Valley have all afreed to shut down their milis because of an over-production of lumber. Dr. C. P. Pengra of Ovid has been appointed professor of materia medica and botany in the Massachusetts school of pharmacy at Boston. The tire in Detroit, spoken of in our local columns last week, burned over two squares, the largest area burned over in that city for a long time. A straw vote at a state institution located in Jackson, revealed 028 votes for Cleveland, 20 for St. John, 12 for Ben Butler, and 5 for Belva Lockwood. Sand Lake, Kent county, had a bad scorch Saturday, caused by Itghtnlng striking a hardware store and setting file to it. Several business buildings were burned. The SevenUi Day Adventista have been holding a monstrous camp meeting at Jackson during the week. Thetentscovered 15 acre?, and 2,000 people were in attendance. An extremely large and enthusiastic re))ublican meeling at Blissfield Saturday - a pole 1515 ft. tall - streamer 32 ft. long raised - Capt. E. P. Allen addressed the multitude. The people of the northern counties have again been undergoin the terrible ordeal of forest fires. Pinconning, Arenao, Sterling, A Gres, etc.," have run extremely narrow risks of being creniated. The Three Rivers canning factory is running to its utmost capacity. They have near 15U hands in their employ and are running all day and a good part of the night. A dailv average of abnut 20,000 cans is turned out. Daniel Owens - four miles south of Blissfield - Thursday last - attended Cleveland pole raising - cannon"busted " - piece hit Owens leg - leg got the worst of it - field uot blias ufter uil. Moral - don't attend that kind of a pole raising. The Grand Trunk R. R. Co., whieh has taken from 100 to 150 tona of coal per day from the Corunna mines, has cancelled its contract, whieh is a bad blow for Corunna, throwing 150 men out of employment until a new contract can be obtained. Hon. Henry Montague, who Las been Steward of the Kalamazoo insane asylum slnee it was started, 25 years, has resigned, because of oíd age and failing healtli, very much to the regiet of all interested. S. G. Earl of Kalamazoo has been e'ected to lili h is place. The horseshoers held a convention at Kalamazoo last week and organized a state associalion, with Thos. Egan, of Detroit, president; Waker Beek with, of Kalamazoo, secretary ; and Win. McUarthy, of Detroit, treasurer. This is the fourth state in whlch an organization has been eftected. The democrats of the lOth congressionlá district have nominated a man with a barrel, Spencer O. Fisher, of West Bay City, who boasts of amassing a fortune of several hundred thousand dollars within a few years. He is nota kuight of labor, but a dispised "luniber baron," as the Free Press terms theni. At the soldiers' reunión held ut Newaygo, Sept. 5th, Daniel P. Van Liew was aceidentally killed by the discharge of a cinnon. And uow an eft'ort is being made to pay ofl" a mortgage of $425 whieh rests against the little home he owned. It will be a noble act to do. Seth S. "Watrous, Newaygo, Utah., will receive all ïnoney for that purpose. The State Commissioners for the Nevr Orleans Exposition, appointed by Gov. Begole, have been quarreling and lighting instead of attending to the business for whieh they were appointed. They had better stop playing little boy, or else resign and let someone have their places who wül look out for the people instead of thetnselves. A fellow who says he went to the residenceof Mayor Robinson, of Charlotte, a few nights ago to see the hired girl, rapped on the window of the house. Instead of the girl, Mr. Robinson went to the door, and it made the fellow so mad that he shot the mayor. And the offleers to save the precioüs neck of the yillain took him off to Marshall. A foolish move. The enraged citizens ought to have hung him. The Kalamazoo Telegraph goes crazy over Kiilamazoo, and puffs her up in this way : " Kalamazoo hasa splendid syslem of wnterworks, a most etl'ective lire department, a tire alarm telegraph, a telephone exchange with upwards of 100 subscribers, two maguetic telegraph Unes, a sewerage systeni, a ladie's librar}', a literary college, two feiuale seminaries and many schools, a dozen ormore excellent churches. an art school, a new and superbeourt house in process of erection, a recorder's court, a house for the friend less, an asylum unsurpassed in the unien, four railways and a street railvyay, the best of hotels, many manufactories, gas worki", the fioest pólice forcé in theworld, and a very industrious, happy and prosperoiis people." The first ivpnblican meeting in Duiulee of the campaign was held at the opera house last evening, and was addressed by Capt. E. P. Allen, of Ypsilanti, nominee for conress in this district. The house was crowded to overflowiiifr witli people, incluüm? a large number of ladies. The Captain gpoke In his usual forcible manDer for about an liour, beinjr listened to wlth the closest attention tliroughnut and was frcquently applauded. He devoted considerable uttenüon to the matten of temperance and taritf', detinins his views upon eacli. The former should be satifactory to the most ardent prohibitionisU whileupon the latter he stiongly declareiT for protectiiifi. The speech seemed to give general satisfaction to his audience. The Cantain lias reason to be pleased with his

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