State News

A lad about ten years oíd, a son o Rev. E. W. Childs, of Jouesville, wa drowned at that place 011 Mondivi wbile skating. A hurglar entered the postoffioe a Hagar, Berrien County, at abont 9 o'clock Sunday night and took about five dollars worth of postage stampa and envelopes and mail key. Tbe office was also entered last Friday but nothing stolen. Xwo different attempts were inade Sftturday night to burn the distiller; of M. N. Joy.at Kalmazoo but the fire waë diacovered aud extinguished witl light loss. There was a fire in New York Tuesday ovening, burning about thirty DusinesB buildings on tho block bounded by Grand, Howard, Broadway. and Croaby streets. Lnsses estitnated at over $3,000,000, with $2,000,000 insurance. One day last week an eight-year oíd son of Henry Miller, of Dundee, was playing on a stiaw staok with a boy of Lis own age when the Une of a pitchfork his playinate beid in his hand penutrated bU skull to a deptb of three inches. Tbe following day lock jaw set in, wbich resulted in his death. The type, presaos, &c, of a Detroit daily paper was set out in the street the other day, for soms one to take in and care for and yet Moses W. Field continúes to teil the people about tbe State, that the people of Detroit will not allow biiu to control a newspaper. If Mr. F. wanted to publish his financial tneones to the world as he profesaos be dous, he would have establisbed a paper long ago. Demago&rue talk strvos little purposes better than print. - JlUltdale Standard. Dr. O. W. Curtiss was run over by the cars at Holly Monday forenoon, and died within a few minutes afterward. He was walking on the sido track of tbe Flint & Pere Marquette Kailroud, and an engine belonging to the Detroit & Milwaukee Kailroad was switching cars upon the same track. Dr. Curtiss not observing thein, was ruu over and mangled in a fearful manner. Dr. Curtiss was about forty years of age, and leaves a wife and fainily. JIo was highly respocted. A ooroner's jury was sumoioned and rendered a verdict in accordiug with the above facts. - Fret Pre.