State News Brevities

On Monday last Kast Saginaw gavu a 1 ,300 majurity iu favor of a free bridg aoross the Saginaw River. A son of Stephen Pratt was founc drowned at the mouth of Pine Creek Allegan County, April 26. The exainination of Morrison, the Ode Fellow defaulting treasurer, was com menced at Lansing on Tuesday. Clara Hestie, ago 19, suicided in Ridgeway, Macouib County, April 2b Disappointment in a love affair. Sterne Bronson, the first settler anc fouuder of tho village of Beuton Har bor, died April 20, aged 72 years. A J. Hamilton, of Delta, Eaton County, has a 14 year oíd son who is feet and 1 inch tall and weighs 200 U The fourth spring exhibition of the St. Joseph County Agricultural Society takes place at Centerville May 22 - 24 J. J. Sbearer, of Stanton, who com mitted an assault on Congressinan KUs wortb, has heen held for trial in $ó,OOf bail. Hon Stephen K. Warren, of Mout calm County, and once a ineinborof the Legislature, died April 29, aged 72 years. Mr. John Scott, of Byron, Shiawassee County, has fallen heir to $60,000 by the death of his grandfather aud an unele in England. The Germán Workingraen's Association will hold its annual Stat convention this year at Kalamazoo, on the 1 1 th of June iirat. Six men have been arrested at Detroi: on 8U8picion of being the parties who oommitted the Anthony Miller murder on the night of April 21. Judge Hawes has deuied the apphcation for a new trial in the NoweomerVan Deusen case, and it will now be taken to the Supremo Court. Alex. Shield tried to jump on to a switch engine at Jackson on Tuesday morning, missed his footing, was run over, and died in tho aftornoon. The wife of Joab Polhemus.of Lansing. haviug decamped with another man, Joab says " good riddance to bad rubbish ; " or somethiug to that effect. The Chicage and Lake Huron Railrond expenses during March weie 7fi per cent. of the receipts This is the best showing ever made says the Port Huron Times. Tho Union school house at Cassopolis was burned Monday night, - the organ, most of the books, and a portion of the fornitura being saved. Loss about $0,000, insurance $3,000. The trial of Ezra Walworth, charged with tho murder of Mrs. Debnrah Green noar Jackson, resultad in a disagruement of the jury: seven for acquittal and fivo for conviction. lt is predictod at Houghton that the Chicago and Northwestern Railway, bejefore 1880, will own the M. H. & O Sailroad, and havo a line in operation jetween Portage Lake and L'Anse. The log cut of Otsego County the last wintor foots up 42,000,000 feet, and ;he southern part of Chebogan County 47,000,000 feet. In addition, there was cut 485,000 cubic feet of square timbor n the latter district. Sylvester Uber, who with f uur others irokii i'rom Oceana County jail eome ;hree years ago, was retaken and sent o the House of Correction for one year, las been arrested again at Pentwater or stealing clothing, etc, from Baldwin Jity, Lake County. At Howell, April 26, Judge Turner entenced Win. Libby and Joseph Sluier to State Prison for thrne years and 'our monthseach, the former for stealing heep, the latter clover seed. Win. tl ullmluml was sentenced one year for aking goods under false pretenses. Henry Sherman, of Charlotte, the newly appointed cadet for the Third üongressional District, bas just left for Vent Point. He is a descendant of loger Sherman, one of tho authors ot he Declaration of Independenoe, and a listant rolation of Gen. Wm. T. Sherman. Port Huron Times : Mr. A. H. Howe, of Detroit, who had his ankle smashed n December last at Hamilton, caused iy his horse taking frigbt at an engine standing on the I Imnilton and Northwestern Kuil wn y track, entered an action for dauiages agaiust the company, and has just obtained a verdict of $1,700. Lansing RejmbUcan : Prof. Cook has beeu examining the wheat erop for sotne time past, and lio reporta that he iinds the Hessian fly constautly on the increase, and that they exiat aluiost by the million. He also reports that a great nuinber of parasites are preying en the fly, and the prospects are good that they will destroy the fly bofore it does much damage. On Monday last, in a teiuporary fit of insanity from gestative fever. Mts. Dost, of No. 462, 17ih street, Detroit, took laudanum herself and gave n large portion to a six year old dnghter. The giil died but the mother wus suved by the strenuous exertion of the physiriims who were oalled in. The oennention track at Monroo is being completad botweon the Canada Southern and Flint and Pere Marquette railways, crossing the Lake Shore aud Michigan Southern track about one Miilo north of Monroe. This will give the Flint and Pere Marquette two connections to Toledo.