State News Brevities

The total loss by firo in Marshall in 1S77 was only $2,100. Gov. Croswoll grunted 10 pardons during the first year of his ofiioo - 1877. The next term and college year of the Agricultural College will open l('ebruary 26. The Michigan Salt Association shipped from the Sagina w Valloy nearly 000 carloads of salt during the uionth of January. Tho State Association of Spiritualists will hold its annual meeting in Kalamazoo, beginning March 22, and continuing throo days. At Adrián last week a man named Harrison was couvicted of urson (buruing a barn insured in the Farmers' Mutual), and Joseph Bcunett of adultery. February 9, C. B. Jonea.of East Saginaw, filod a voluntary petitiou iu baukruptcy ; individual liabilities, $40,000, of which $13,000 is secured ; assets supposed to be $30,000. Owos8o is fortúnate iu being rich and in having a charter liberal onough (r) to pormit it to spend its money: and so its council has resolved to spenJ $300 in prospecting for coal. Tho annual session of the Grand Encaiiiptnent of I. O. ü. T. coinmenced at Grand Hapids February 13, ana the Grand Lodgo will couimence its anuuul session at the same .placo Fobruary 19. Superintendent Tarbell is reportad as saying, in un address at a teachers' meeting at Waeousta, Januery 19, " I went through the wards iu the city of East Saginuw and found only one votor iu three could ruad. ' An attempt was uiado to throw a passenger train frorn the track of the Detroit and Bay City rond, near Vassur, on Friday night, by placing a tie on a bridge. Luckily the obstruotion wbb discovered in time to prevent an accident which must havo cost several lives. In Bienua, Genesee County, Saturday night, February 'J, tho large buni aud granary of Arthur Morris was set on Rre by the upsetting of a lantern. Over 500 bushels of wheat and $000 worth of furin implements were destroyod; no insurance. Tho Ithaca Journal says Abraham Sebring, of Elba, was attacked by a borso a few days ago, and would undoubtedly have been killed had not sotne neighbors come to his rescue with clubs. Mr. Sebring was earried to his aouse sri()iisly injurod. The Lake City Ileruld confidently asserts that the cars will be running to that village before next New Year'sday. Xt ia the county seat of Missauken county, and has a court house and jail, one steam srw mili, one drug and grocery store, one general store, a schoolïouso and a blacksmith sfaOp. About 300 men are now ongaged in isbing on tho ice, against some 2,000 at his time last year. Tho fishing ground s east of the light house. Tho ice is ibout a foot thiek on an average. The sbantics as a rule do not extend far rom the shore, as the fishermen see the necessity for a line of retreat in case of a sudden crackiug or breaking up of he ice. Suckers, which last year woro nnsalablo and left by thousands to rot on the ice, now fetch 7 cents por pound, or within 2 cents of the price of