State News Brevities

- $200 fine and three months in j.ii] that is what it eost Thomas K. Coinle; treasurer of' the May Fisk Blonde Coii pany, for shooting at an adniirur of on of the bloudes in a Jachson hotel. - Capt. Jonathan Walker, kaown a "The Man with the Branded Hand, was buriod at Muskegon on the 2d ing - The Rockwell murder trial wa concluded at Midland on the evenin, of May 2, by a verdict of inanslaughtei It is to be appealed to the Suprem Court. - The Monroe Reform Club has deci ded, instead of building an opera house to purchaae the Baptist Church anc chungo it into a concert hall with a seatiñg capacity of from 900 to 1,000 The entire cost will be about $6,200. - Wheat is so advanced in St. Josepl County that it is expected that in somt soctions it will be headed out by the middle of this tuonth. - Mr. Oscar Chatfield, of Albion, publishes the followiüg notice in the Albion Recorder addressed " To saloonists, druggists and all concerned : I hereby forbid you, under penalty of the law, to either give or sell me any spirituons or malt liquors, as I feel and know my weakness, and warn you that 1 shall enter complaint against you in case you fail to heed this notice." - There is now very little dry lamber for sale in the Saginaw Valloy, and what little there is is in such (Iemand that the owners do not caro to part with it. With the prospect for a sbarp advanoe in price during the season, no lamber dealer is auxious to inake any contracta abead at present prioeu. Thia is the iirst time in several years that this could be said, and shows a highly satisfactory condition of the market, so far as the interest of our dealen ar concerned - Bay City Tribune. -The wife of Rev. W. K. Bigelow, pastor of the M. E. Churoh at Lapeer, died on May 3. -The Board of State Auditors has, by unanimous vote, disallnwed the claim of Friend Puliner for $101,538.18 for extra services while acting as Quarterinaster General of the State. - Mr. Hiram Squires, of Utica, hi een a resident of Shelby township for 1 years, and ate of the tirst meal cooked )y a white woman, which was prepared y Mrs. Lester, of Utica, who is still alive - llichmond, Macomb Co., lïenieic. - "Walter H. Lovejoy, of Flint, a vetran of the Mexican war, died May .), of congestión of the brain. - Blanche Davis, daughter of Abner )avis, living near Olivet, Eaton Co., ommitted suicide on the night of May , by taking poison. - Enocb J. White, ono of the oldest resident of Lapeer, died May o, aged 64. He haa been a prominent business man, and was probably the wealthiest person in the county. - Walter, only son of Hon. Byron O. Stoet, of Pontiao, died May 7, of gungrenouH ulcerations. - The fourth social reunión of the State Pioneer Society is to be held at Tecumseh, June 12, the tifty-fourth anniversary of the first settleineut in Lonawee County. - The six young men arrested at Detroit, charged with the murder of Anthony Miller, have been discharged ou ezamination. The confessions made by two of the party were false, and one of the confessing parties - Aldous - and detective Moore have been arrested on a charge of conspiracy. - At a late hour on Monday night last, Hon. John N. Ingersoll, of the Üorrunna American, wasassaulted by J. D. Kergan, mayor of that city. A poor way to pay off political scores.