News Of The Week

A nre broke uut in the saw mili f Sanboru & liliss in Carrollt.m at 11 o cluck Wednesday forenoon. lt was Hrst discovered in the roof of the enaine house. The wind was blowing a ale and the whole mili was enveloped ïu fianies m five minutes after tho alarm was given. Frora tho mili the fire extended to the drill houae and thence to the large steam Balt biock, the boarding house, the barn, flvo dwellings and finally to the lumber docks. The docks nontained frora 8 000 000 to 9,000,000 feet of lumber. The mili was valued at $40,000, the Balt block at $12 000 and the other ïmprovements at $8,000 exclusive of the lumber on the docks, was worth $60,000. The fire got into the fields ad)oining and burned over 60 acres 01 meadow, gardens, fencee and crops. John Hyslop, a boy of 12, was run over and killed on the railroad near Hudson on the 20th. Michael Htt's barn in Wright, Ottawa county, was struok by lightning on the 13th and burned with all its contents, including l.OUU bushels of wheat and other produce. Loss $"2,000 with small insurance. Dr. A. P. C. Jones, an old resident and prominent citizen of üaranac, left that yillage July 20, and has not Bince been heard from. He stated to his f riends on leaving that he was going to ötu-gis for the purpose of purchasing a norse. Hon. George Brownell of ütica, Macomb oounty, one of the oldest pioneers of eastern Michigan, died on the 15th, aged 77. He settled in Farmington in 1825, In old territorial times, where he lived 81 years. He then removed to Utica, where he has since resided, The large barn on Senator Chandler's farm near Lansing was destroyed by fire on Weduesday evening. The greater part of the loss is coyered by insurance. Thursday forenoon during a thunder-Btorm the farm barn ot Calvin Watkins of Attica township, ten miles southeast of Lapeer, was Btruck by lightning and set on fire. Mr. Watkins and a hired man were standing in the barn door and the former was struck on the Deck, the current passing diagonally acroBS the body and tearing off his boot-heel. Both were knocked down, but the hired man Boon rallied and dragged his employer from the building, afterwards getting the horses and buggy out. it waa thought Mr. Watkins would recover. The planting of eels in Goguac Lake, Cathoun county, has proved a Buccess. Parties are taking them up nearly every night. This description of fish was introduced there in the spring of 1877 and each spring since. The eels measure on an average from 23 to 28 inches in length, and when put in were only two or three inohes in length. The burning of the mili and salt works at Carrolton, has thrown over one hundred men out of employment. The loases by the fire fooi up $137,000, on which there is an insuranee'of $70,100. Ten buildings in the village of Whitehall, were burned Thursday morning, consisting of stores, dwelling-houses and barns, soine of the occupants barely escaping with their Uves. The fire is supposed to be incendiary. The buildings were the saloon of Han3 Christie, grocery store of Michael Hanson, saloon adjoining building of Peter Cali, and furniture store of Christophorson. Loss $10,000; insured for f5,800. Earl D. Flint, a young man working for John Crissman, a farmer a few miles west of Grand lUpids, surrendered himself to the sheriff on Thursday and accused himself of having shot and killed a tramp aamed Lynch on Crissman's farm Tuesday of last week and hid his body behind a log. Officers have failed to find the body. The annual reunión of the Tenth Michigan infantry will be held at Bancroft, Shiawasse eounty, October 1. Kalamazoo county will vote next spring on the question of taxirtg itself $12,000 for the benent of its ogricultural society. Mr. L. Gorton, formerly of Paw Paw, but lately of Chestonia, Antrim county, was killed on the 20th by a falling limb. A meeting of the building committee of the regents was held at Ann Arbor, Friday. President Angelí, the secretary of the university museum, Prof. Jenney of Chicago, and Kcgent S. S. Walker were appointed a committee to modify the plans and specificatlons presented by Prof. Jenney tor building the museum, so as te come within the sum of thirty-four thousand dollars, including all work for the completion of the building, and to enter into a contract subject to the instrnctions given by the board. William Beaty of Adrián was awarded the contract for the building of the amphitheater of the medical department at $2,425. He was fr :ther awsrded the contract for constructing the homeopathie hospital and amphitheater, subject to such modifications of plans as will bring them within the appropriations. Reuben Coe's dweiling near Ionia was burned on the 17th. Loss $2,200, insured 9875. It isestimated that from fifteen to twenty million feet of ash lumber will go out of the Sagiaaws this Beason. The price in that market at present is from $16 to $18 per thounand. Geo. Clark was fatally shot at Tuscola, 111., by his atep-son, Hugh McGuire, who met Clark in the street and told him he had come all the way from Kansas to Kill him for deserting his (McGuire's) mother. McGuire gave himself up to the authorities. The Chicago and Lake Hurón freight depot at Flint was burned on Friday ; loss $2,000. A lire was discovered in the roof of the University building Friday, and did about four tbousand dollars worth of damage before it was subdued . Help was sent from Ypsilanti, arriving in thirty minutes after being telegraphed, but it was not needed. A large barn belonging to the estáte of Jas. Brown, in Clayton, Genesee county, was burned Friday night, together with hay, wheat, farm machinery, etc, making a total loss of over $1,000; inBUred for $400. John Wivell, employed at the Quincy copper mine, Hancock, feil down a shaft 100 feet un the 20th and was killed. Off Stannard Rock, Lake Superior, the other day, Mra. Jay A. Hubbell and Miss Mary Harris of Houghton, and Miss Carrie Emmom of Washington, D. C, in the course of three hours fishing, hauled out over 1,800 pounds of lake trout, some of which weighed 25 pounds. The Rhode Island locomotiTe works have recently shipped the Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee railroad company eight new heavy freight locomotives. The Chicago Tribune thinks the writer of a series of articles in the North American Review, "The Diary of a Public Man," is theHon. Charles E. Stuart of Kalamazoo. Mr. Stuart is about 80 years of age, ind has been out ot public life for twenty years. William Oreen, who lives at Addir, eight miles from Bt. Clair, started f rom home Monday morning about 3 o'olock to go to New Baltimore, and when abont a mile and a half from his home he was waylaid by some man, who attempted to catch his norse by the bit, and as Green pasBed the miscr -nt fired at him with a pistol, the bullet striking him in the back near the left kidney. Green then drove on to New Baltimore, where the wound was examined by a physician, who pronounced it dangerous. Mr. P. C. Terry of Augusta was fatally injured in a runaway accident at Battle Creek, Monday eyening. A. F. Rnmpe, a laborer on the Grand Rapids and Indiana Raiiroad, died at Shelby ville Monday afternoon from injuries received by falling from a hand car on Saturday. He was a 80 years oíd and leaves a widow. The directors of the new company organized in Detroit to take the contract from the State to build the Marquette and Mackinac railroad held a meeting Monday, when Communications from the existing Marquette company were submitted and discusBed. It is understood that the Communications were favorable in character, and that the Marquette company propose to turn over the surveys and proeles to the new company on terms that the latter may deern just under all the circumBtances. John M. Gyer, a prominent and well-to-do farmer of Niles townEhip, committed suicide by banking Tuesday. A man named Koach waa drowned at Argentine, Genesee county, on the 24ta. Neleon Miles, a highly respected farmer near Lapeer, was fatally injured on the 23d by a kick on the side of his head given by a norse. The State Board of Educación has tendercd to Prof. Austin George, superintendent of the Kalamazro schools, the new chair of Enfrlish literature and bistory in the state Normal School at Ypsilanti. Monday nigbt as two brothers named Delloder and a lad named Smith were returnng from a nutting expedition up the Clinton river in a skiff, they irot into play in the boat and it capsized. Smith got ashore, but the other two brothers were drowned, Their bodie were found, and an inqnest was held at Mt. Ciemens, Tucsdny. Tiieywere aged 10 and 12 years, A few days ago John Shuh, saloon-keeper, and John Belknap, teamster, had a fight at Weirich's brewery. ín Grand Bapids, the fermer receivmg injuries from which he died on Tueeday. üelknap is under arrest. A farmer at Elizabeth, O., who had a little piece cut out from his boot to make it fit easier, was bitten at that spot by a copperhead snake that he stepped upon, and died after a terrible uffering. Detroit in Brief. The Wayne Circuit Oourt has adjourned till September 6. Edward K. and Robert, two sons of Prof. Bela Hubbard, aged respectiycly 23 and 21 years, left the city oa the 16th for a boat excursión on the St. Clair fiatB, have not since been heard froni and it is believed they were drowned. There is a strong probability that President Hayes will visit Detroit during State Fair week. Mr. James F. Joy returned from hia eastward trip Friday, and waa interviewed for information concerning the Wabash projects. Mr. Joy said he 'aad none to impart. The bodiea of Edward K. and Robert Hubbard, the young men who were drowned in Lake St. Olair some days ago, were discovered Saturday afternoon near the Basset chanuel about two miles from the boat house where they were last seen alive. Ransom Saulsbury, a well known Detroit contidence man and gambler, waa shot and killed in Toledo, on Saturday, by a policeman named Nohl, who afterwards shot and killed himselt. General passenger agent Snow of the Canada Southern has received instructionB to remove his headquarters to Buffalo. The ohange will be made inside of two months. The Michigan Car company of this city has just finished 250 cars for the Chicago and Alton, and is building 800 box cars for the Michigan Central and 300 for the Chicago and Northwestern. Judge Reilly of the Wayne Circuit Court will resign September 15, and resume practice at the bar. Smallness of the Balary is the assiged cause. Senator Chandler ïeiched home Saturday evening from the east. An important meeting of railroad officials reprosenting the Grand Trunk, the Great Western and the Wabash roads was held at the ltussell House Tuesday afternoon. The reBult of the conference bas not yet been made public, but it is understood that the Wabash extention from Toledo to Detroit is to be built this neason, the Grand Trunk, Great Western and Wabash each to f urnish the usual quota of the necessary means - not in the shape of bonds or guarantees, but in actual f unds. The three roads will oecupy a unión depot in thiB city - probably that of the Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee company. The work of constructing the road is to be commence at the earliest possible day. A fire at the Grand Trunk Junction Tuesday night destroyed C. K. Brandon's stave ïnanufac ory. The loss íb estimated at $15,000; msured one-half. Fifty men are thrown out of employment. MISCELLANEOUS. The Yazoo county, Miss., diffioulty, growing out of Dixon running as Independent candidate for sheriff, culminated in the fatal shooting of Dixon, on the 20th, by Jas. H. Barksdale, candidate for chaucery clerk. Dixon was shot three times. Walter Paine, of Fall River, Mass., the defaulting treasurer, hos gone to Cuba. The American linen company lose $159,000 by the defalcation of Paine, their third treasurer. It appears, from 1S60 to the present time Paine has been indebted to the mili in ainounts varving from $1,000 to $34,000, and of this the directors were entirely ignorant, their excuse being that Paine in his statements includedall his accounts in the item of "account receivable.' The soldiers' reunión at Madison, Ind., Wednesday was attended by 8,000 to 15,000 persons. The survivors of 40 regiments wero in line. Speeches were made by Gen. Morton, C. Hunter, Judge Cravens and others. The strike ot driver boys at Exeter colliery, near Pittsburg, inakes 500 men idle. Twenty-seven new cases of yellow fever were reported to tbe Board of Health at Memphis Wednesday. At Waldron, Scott county, Ark., on the afternoon of the 16th inst., Sheriff Samuel Leming, while attempting to arrest Walter Me lone for brutally assaulting his wife, was shot and mortally wounded. Malone attemptcd to escape, but was followed by a large crowd and overtaken a short aistance from town. lle ref used to surrender and was shot by some one of the crowd, and, it is belieyed, will die. Later advices report the death of Sheriff Leming. Twenty-six new cases were reported to the board of health at Memphis, Thursday, 7 white and 19 colored. The national board of health haa decided not to f urnish rations to those who reman in Memphis or other infected cities, and to furnish rationB to persons in camps under their supervisión only for a limited time, and under exeeptional cirenmstances. Deaths from yellow fever in Havana during July 475, cholera 1. Dispatches from Port Dalhousie report an earthquake between two and three Thursday morning, attended by a loud clap resembling a discharge of cannon. Solid brick buildings were shaken. At Thorold the shock ws violent, at Weiland aevere. At Allaburg, Beansville and Port Robinson a rumbJing noisc accompanied the earthquake, which was also feit distinctly at Port Robinson, St. Catherines and Niágara. J. W. Cotton, station agent and grocerer at Williamsburg station, on the Kansas Pacific road, near Topeka, was murdered Thursday by a tramp. The tramp t.illed for cheese and crackers, and while Cotton was reaching into a barrel to get the crackers the tramp struck him in the back of the neck with an axe, nearly seyering his head from his shoulders. A man has been arrested on suspicion. On Thursday the steamer Franco, froai Havre, brought $800,000 in eold bars and the steamship Abysinia, from Liveroool, brought $250,000 in gold bars. It is estimated that nearly 40,000 people were in Aurora, 111., Friday, witnessing the scènes attendmg the reunión of the war yeterans. Every train was crowded, and the aitillery and bands of music rendered the city a complete camp. DecorationB were more lavishly distributed than ever. Among the arrivals were Lieutenant Gen. P. H. Sheridan, whose coming created great enthusiafcm, and who was escorted to headquarters by a forcé of six hundred men with martial music and flying eolors, and welcomed at camp Dick Yates with nngmg cheers and a flalute of nfty guns. The great event of the meeting was the storming in the afternoon, of the so-called rebel fort Wade, over which the confedérate emblem had been waving for three days. Gen. T. J. Henderson commanded, and made a gallant defense of the fort. The attack was made by Gena, Mann, Bwain, Hilliard and Torrance with nve pieceB of heavy ordnance. Nine cases were reported to the board of health at Memphis Friday, four of whom are colred. Private advices from Starkville, Miss., report four cases of yellow fever there, beingattributed to refugees from Memphis. The national board of health have Rent an agent to investígate. Two hundred laborera of the Chicago dock laborera' unión are on a strike for twcntyfive cents an hour. They now receive twenty centB. A dispatch from Santa Kosa, Gal., says that at Fisk's Mili, Sonoma, county , Monday , a tidal wavo washed three men and une woman into the ocean. All were drowned. A Bpecial from Austin, Texas, Bays that Taylor Ake, convicted of rape was hanged Friday in the preseace of four hundred spectators, mostly negrees. He declarad his innocence in a speech to the crowd, and maintained composure until the black cap was drawn, when he deferred the hanging by various pretexta. The drop feil while he sung "John Brown's Body." W. R. Bell, cashier of the American'express company at Kansas City, is missing, and so is ten thousand dollars of the company's money. He has been absent from his post since the 20th inst., and was last Been in Bt. Louis on Wednesday. A terrific nyclone struck Orange, Texas, from the east Friday. The wind rapidly increased in velocity till 7 when there was a short lull and the wind Buddenly veered to the south, blowing down fences, unroofing houBes, uprooting trees, and doing other damage. Ñearly all the saw milis were damaged, and scveral million f eet of lumber blown or floated away. Seventeen new cases were reported to the board of health at Memphis Baturday, 7 whites and 10 colored. MrR. Van Buren, a Memphis rerugee, was lound suliering irom what was nupposed to be an attack of yellow fever in the Pennsylvania railroad depot, Jersey City, Friday night, and was taken in one of the city ambulances to the Jersey City charity hospital. Friday night Rev. 1. S. Kalloch, the Workingmen's candidate for Mayor of San Francisco, defended himself before an immenBe auriience againet the charges thiity yeara old of immorality preferred against him by the Chronicle. He said these charges were revived by Charles and Mike DeYoung, two bastard sons of a prostitute. Saturday morning Chas. DeYoung drove in a covered coupe in front of the private entrance of the Metropolitan Temple, where Kalloch has a room, and sent a messenger boy asKing him to come out. Kalloch immedïately appeared on the sidewalk, when DeYoung shot him in the breast. Kalloch turned to retreat indoors, when DeYoung shot him in the back. A crowdimmediately seized the carriage in which was DeYoung, turned it over, and tore him out. He was dreadf ully kick e. i and bruised, and no doubt would have been killed on the spot had not an unusual number of policemen come suddenly to the rescue and hurried him to jaii. The affair creatcd intense excitment. The workingmen collected by the thousand and ddmanded that DeYoung be delivered up. The military were called out, and bloodshed eemed to be inevitable. It was thought Kalloch's wounds would not prove fatal. About 50 truckmen and f reight handlers of the Michigan Seiitheru railroad at Chicago Htruck in one of the housen Monday for a rain of wages. They havo been receiving $1 05 per day and want 9 1 25. They "also claim that they are required to work 13 hours daily, or more. Home of their friends in another house being orderpd to take tbeir place refused, and were diücnarged. Niueteen new cases were reortcd to the board of health at Memphis, Sunday, seven whites, twelve colored, and on Monday 84 cases were reported, 20 whites and 14 colored. The fever bas apparently taken a iresh start, especially in the northern portion of the city an i Chelsea. Anna Marie, wife of Gen. J. B. Hood, died at their residcnce, on Third street, New Orleans, of yellow fever on Monday. Charlie Grider, but 11 years ot age, was arrented atLouisyille, charged with the murder of James Fernie, a playmate of the same age, Friday afternoen. Upto Monday cyening there had been no further disturbances in Ban Francisco. It was thought Kalloch would recover though he still lay in a critical condition. A man entered S. 8. Rickley's bank, Columbus, O., on Tuesday and entered into oonversation with the proprietor, who was the only person in the bank, concerning negotiations for some bonds. While the two were thus engaged, a pal of the stranger's gained entrancc t the bank by a rear window and carried off Í5.000 in currency and $15,000 in registered bonds. Twenty-nine new cases of yellow fever were reported to the board of health at Memphis Tuesday. 18 of whom are colored. At a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the Attorney General read his opinión to the effect that the arrears of pensions under the late law went to the inmates of homes for disabled volunteer soldiers, and not to the homes as claimed by the managers. The soldiers' reunión at Cambridge, O., on Tuesday was attcnded by very large ciowdsIn the evening Gen. Garfield delivered the opening address in the Court House park, which was hung with Chinese lanterns, and was closely fllled with people. The attendance numbered probably 5,000 or 6,000. POLITICAL. The campaign in Ohio was opened on the 20th, öecretary Sherman speaking at Steubenville, becretary Schurtz at Cincinnati, Judge Taft at Cleveland and the Hon. Charles Foster at Akron. The congressional hard times committee has finished taking eyidence at San Francisco. Several of the party left for the Yosemitfc that day. The inqulry is generally looked upon a farcical. as far as accomplishing any useful purpose is concerned. Henry L. Pierce will be a candidate for the Bepublican nomination of Massachusetts. AsBistant Attorney General Free man advises the post-master general, that postmasters should not be xcquired to testify in judicial proceedings who rents a box in his office, who took letters from it, etc, tending to show what became of certain correspondence. The Atchinson, Ks., Champion publishes a letter written by H. M. Dixon, the victim of the Yazoo assassin, to a f riend in that city, dated only a week bef ore his death. In it he said he would gladly leave' the country if he could get away, and intended to do so as soon as poasible. The Champion aserts in an editorial article that a letter was received there seyeral days before Dixon's murder and written not by Dixon, but by a citizen of Yazoo, which asserted that Barksdale agreed that if nominated for chancery clerk, to drive Dixon from the country, and Barksdale's nomination was made with this understanduig. The liepublican state central committee of Louisiana have resolved to cali a convention at New Orleans on October 2üth. A resolution indorsing Grant for the Presidency provoked a lively discussion and was withdrawn. The National Greenback labor partv committee met in New York Tuesday night and adopted resolutions congratulatory to the workingmen of California on their victory and denouncing DeYoung as an assassin in the interest of thiewng capitalists' rings, and approving of the San Francisco workingmen's resolve to adrainister to him speedy justice. PERSONAL. It is reported that M. Gambetta will visit England during the recess of the AEsembly, where he will be the guest of Sir Charles Dilke. Count Karjleji will probably succeed Andrassy as Austro-Hungarian Premier. Sir Bowland Hill founder of the penny postage system, is dead aged 85. 8ir John George Shaw Lefover, vice chancellor of the university of London is dead. Prof. E. Shelton of the Kansas Agricultural College has declined the profesaorship tendered him by the Lansing Agricultural College. The Hon. Peter White and wife of Marquette, are off for Europe and several months' absence. They have a daughter at school in öwitzerland. Lord Dufferin, it is said, will succeed Lord Lytton as viceroy of India. The resignation of Mr. Childers from the direction of the Great Western Bailway is rcgarded as an accomplished fact. Prof. Budolfo Faib, the distineuished arch seologist, has arrived at San Francisco from Peru. He was convinced from his researchee in South America that Pera was settled by voyagers from Tyre. On July 17 Gen. Grant and party went to the shrines of Ijeyasa, founder of the great Toltugaiva family, at Nikko, a famous and sacred resort one hundred miles in the interior. They retured early in August. Their future movements are undetermined, but it is supposed that Grant will visit the Hakone mountains and baths of Fujiyama, Japan's higheet mountain, ftmikura, the ancient capítol, and sail for home at the end of August. Secretary Schurz left Chicago Saturday evening for Dakota via the Illinois Central railroad. The secretary will spend between three and four weeks west, inspecting the Indian agencies and the management of affairB there in his department. Gen. Stewart L. Woodford left New York Monday for Harrison to join ilrs. Cbisholm as her personal counsel in the suits in Kern per county, Miss. Mr. A. T. Soule, of Bochester, offers a $5,000 prize for a single scull race for the championship of the world, open to everybody, provided Hanlan and Courtney will row. FOSEIGN. The Grand Hotel at Paris wan sold by auo tion Wednesday for L854,400. The Bussian Government is on the point of nigning contract with American firms for the construction of a number of cruisers at an aggregate cost ot 25,000,000 roubles. The Edison company have obtained permisBion from the French government to establish telenhonic communication between various quarters of Paris. The Times Berlin correspondent reports the loas of property in Russia by fires in July alone at 8,003,336 roubles. An enormous fire occarred at Batoum on the 6th inst. Cholera is reported at Ostend, Brussels and western Jb'landem. Almost a famine prevails among the tenant farmers in the west of Ireland. 8ix hundred more colliers have sti-uck in North Staffordshire. The fïfe and Clackmanna collierR, Saturdf v, r solved to ask an advance of 12% Per cent. in wages, which the masters declare they are not able to grant. The workingmen of Sheffield, in mass meeting Monday night, resolved tliat, considering the prospects of trade in Ëgland, emmigration is absolutely necessary. Anothev meeting is to be held to carry the resolution into effect. The Spanish government announces that all vessels arriving at Spanish ports af ter the 23d of August, trom the United States of North America, must undergo a quarantine.