State News Brevities

At Kalamazoo on baturday last a verdict of $6,000 was giveu in the Circuit Court against Suit. Van Deuseu, of the Insano Asylum, at the suit of a Mrs. Newcoruer, of Chicago : alleged illegal iiuprisonruunt and oialpractico. Au appoal will ba made to the Supremo Court. Charles Woodman, convicted in Berrien County in 1875, on a charge of polygainy, and sontenced to the Btate Prison at Jackson for five years, has been pardoned by Gov. Croswell. Keason : nearly doad with consumption. Grand Kapids garroters waylaid a young man namod Judson L. Colby at au eaily hour on Sunday morning last, stuffed handkorchiefs saturated with chloroform in his mouth, robbed him of $4r, a guld watch, and a revolver, and throw hiin under a freight train. He was fortunately discovored and removed before the train started. Mrs. A. E. Newell shot and killed herself on Friday morning last, having tried chloroform unsuccessfully. Verdict of coronor's jury : temporary insanity. Judgo Amos E. Steel,{aged 72, died at his residence in Mason Friday. He was one of the pioneers of Ingham County, and at au early day was an associate judge of the county court. The Cadillac JVcs says the warm weathor has left the ica company with a largo contract to fill. About 300 cars and two mammoth houses ure left empty that should have been filled with ice. The oioven year old daughtor of James Phelps, of Napoleon, feil Friday from the platform of a windmill, breaking both arms. Sho died Saturday. Lyraan K. Holmes, tomnship treasurer of lUoouiingdale, Van Buren County, was robbod Friday nigh t of $800 by highwaymen, who found him in his stable, and gagged and relieved him of tho abüve sum. The convict who has boen the longest imprisoned at the State Priaon in Jaeksou is Johu Marsh, a Detroit murderer, who was sentenced for Hfe in 1848. He has been an inmate of the prison insano asylum for 6everal yoars past. The Traverse Bay Etujle says the prospect for a full erop of fruit of all kinds was uever botter thau now in the Grand Traverse región. Sliould the season continue good,thero will bo an abundant erop. Workmen are busily engaged laying the ïnurblo tloois of the nnw Capítol at Lansing.