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Day
25
Month
June
Year
1875
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Public Domain
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Jennie Hatch, of Bt. Joseph, caught eventy whitefish in abont an hoiir. Pnor. OsBAND, of the Department of Natural Sciences at Albion Collogo, and lis wife, the Preceptrihs, vill withdraw o gpend a yete in siridy aml travel. A bailhoad einployo iianu-d KmlclilV, of FHnt, has beéá irrosted in that city, nul a lnrge quantity of stolen goods bund in his possession. In dcfonlt of H00 bail ho was oommitted te jail. Chanqes have recently been mado in Michigan postal affairs as follows : Difcontiniied - 'Wakeshma)Kalani!ii',)o coun;y. jPoslmasters Appbinted - Dimonclalo, Eaton coutity, H. A. French ; Indian Oreck, Kont county, Joseph Wilder ; Pinconnings, Bay county, C. H. Iihodes. St. Josei'H is in a fertnent bu causo o the killing of Jolui PaKHcoimki, a Polander, by two young men uamed Miohael Vnsel and John Sicber. The quarïel Originated in a dispute as to the ownership of a dog. Sieber ia the aKíU. Wl tilt! UOUt3tMM7U UIHl UUÍIW iuvt.1 wvu a family feud fur some yeafS. Georoe Amidon was shot by bis stepson noav Six Lakes, in the tmvii oí Belvirtore, a ivvr days since. Tho randed man walked onc-half a milo aíter beÍDg shot, and lived about bíx hours. Bofore liis iliath lie deolared thut tlie shooting was iutentional, while the son, a young man 19 yeiu-s of age, claims tliat it was accidental. A Mb, Haedino, of Kalkajikn, was lost in the Manistoc swainp, and wandcred arovind for six days wilh nothing to eat but a lunch which hc took from home and ate on the lirst day. He did not see a human being until tho sixth day, when he carne to a house. He was weak and emaciated, and liis reason, upon discovering the house, nearly deserted him. The forty-ürst annual convuntion of the Episcopal Diocese, of Michigan was in ession at Flint last week. A lai-ge mimer of olorgymen and lay delcgatcs ware a attendance. The servico was opened y tlie llev. lr. Sohetky, of Marshall; onding of the psalter by the Kev. "W. iV. Baynionds, of Hülsdale. The lesiona wero pronounced by the Bev. G. SI. Skinoer, of Mt. Clemeus; creed and itany by the Kevs. Lewis, óf Port Huaa, and Brown, of Detroit. The Bishjp, with aaeistants, admiuistered the rite ji commiinion to a large mimber of sommunicants. The Bishop aimouncfd ïhat under tho amendment to Sec. 1, Canon 61, he Would divide the diocese into three convocations, to be known as Southern, Central, and Northern Convocations, and committoes were appointed for the same. A singular discovery was made at Nïles, a few days ago. The firm of D. & W. K. Lacey pixrchased some waste paper of a rag peddler, among the lot being a paper bag, with the following writteu on the back: Emotional iuaanity lias boen iacreasing on me f or about eight montha, and I don't want to go to an insano asylum. No Goroner' inquest. riain coftin, no casket. Lay me out and bury me in the clothen I liave 011. Don't remove them. Banket of books and papers are Treasurer's impera, except one package, which belougs to the eatate of Thos. G'. Wickliam. Give tliia to BenjamiH F. Fish. In tho pocket-book is $57.50, which give to AUan as directed on paekage. (SiRllcd) GeO. N. BOK. The hanclwriting on tho bag was comparecí and foiincl to be ëxactly Bke that of Mr. Bond on several oflicial papers. If true, the above will explain the defaulter's sudden departuro. The Erart lïcvicw has the following : ' Tho Sheboygan express going east on ;he Flint and Pero Marquettu railway last evening had a narrow escape iïom a terrible accident at the Hagadoue railway, about four railes west of Evart. Some lumbormen had placed skids down ou tho track for the purpose of getting loga into the r.ver, and had gono away and forgotten to remove thsrn. At that point, tlwre is a very high enibankment, and the track npproaehes close to it, and had the train juinped the track it would have nndoubtedly been thrown down the embankmont into tho river. Fortunatoly, however, the skids were soft wóod, and when tho train camo rushing along and struck them they were ent by the wheels, and the train, though greatly jarréd, was not thrown from the track. AVith the exception of damnging the engite a little the train passed on all right.

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