News Of The Week

In the CurtiBS-Barnatd case now ia progresa at Charlotte, the witnesses from Lapeer were examined on Wednesday last. Among the number on the stand were Dr. and I Mrs Donglaes Mr and Mrs. H. Sweet, J. H. Hongh, Mrs. C Tut.'; C. W. Perkin.., Charles W. Morrison and Wm. W. Barber. The latter was the ]ubtlce befare whom the preliminary examination was held. Noibing especial ly new was developed beyond wbat was pubhshed atxmt U,e Urne of the tragedy, and the mam drift of the testimony was relative to the condUion of Mrs Curtiss and her ability to make a statement at the time her antemortem statement was taken, also relative tothe condition of the room, etó.. when the dying woman was found. Mre Douglass was the lonfjest on the stanD, and told her story in a clear and unequivocal manner whioh irapressed the audience wiih lts Geo. M. Coan, of Niles, an old, widelj-known and unWersally esteemed resident, died on Wednesday of Uüs week, of dropsy. Rattle Creek claims to have expended over $0,000 in new buildings and improvemems during the paBt year. Petflskey tac üMfSl i5000 bnshels of potatoes this season to'sóuthern Michigan. ' The story of a large araount of inoney be.oning to the late confedérate government remaining on deposit in the bank of Esgland Is denied by a letter from Judak P. BeDJamm. JameB Hay, a prominent Saginaw iumberman, and forseveral yeare superintendent of the Tittabawassee boom company, öe.i on Friday from typhoid pneumonía. The Methoiists of Jackson on tbanksgiving day raised the entire. balance due on their $87000 church debt Ihis was done In siuns varying from flto 5,000. Mrs Henry Ingham of BattleCreek, who had not taken a mouthful of f ood during the past foHrteen months, it is now filated has a fair chance tor recovery. Paraijsis of the stoinach was causea by a uervous shock, and for mor., thanayearshehas been sustained by m]cüons and baths. üuiing this time her weight bas been reduced from 176 to fitty pounüB. Her physicians gave herup Bome timeago, aad her death was thought to ba inevitable. A mutual insnrance company of which she was a member prepaid her policy of 500 to meet the needs of her family. A few days ago, however, her stomach recovered apparently and retained a smiUl amoust of food taken tbrough the moutb. Francis Marron, baggage master, was killed at Allegan, Saturday morniner, whlle ceupliug two lumber laden cars,byüie luinber onone oL them slipping at the shock of them coming together, and crusbiog hls head agalnst the other car. Tbe moTing car was without a brake, henee it could not be checked. The fiitieth annlversary of the organlzation of the Baptist Church of Adrián was celebrnted Sunday evening by a grand banquet at the Opera House. Ex-Gov. Croswell was oneof the principal speakers. The regular addresseB onWedne3day will be delivered by prominent clereymen from al.road, Rev. Dr. Faltón, of Brooklyn, boing one of the sptakew. PubUc schools at Kalkaska are closed because of dlphtherla. A case of small-pox is reporfed at Albion. There was an exciting episode in Charlotte growing out of the Curtís & Barnard murder trial on Monday. Eev. Mr. Curtís lmsband of the woman whom Mrs. Barnard is charged wlth having küled, oecupied the pulpit in the baptist church on Sunday and referred to the awyers employed ia Mrs. Barnard'8 defense in an uncomplimentary msnner. He aleo offered prayer for Mrs. Barnard. On Monday Mr. Curtís and Mr. Barnard had a collieion in the Sherwood house. Curtís was in the parlor when Sír. and Mrs. Barnard carne in and an altercation ensued, ín which Barnard usedsome strong language. Friends iuterfered. Hon. J. B. Moore, of Lapeer, who is one of the attorneys in tho case, poured oil on troubled waters. Tho secor.d englne of the pattorn invented by Mr. Eugene Fontaine, of Detroit, known as Kontaine engine No. 2, begine running on the N. Y. C. fc H. E. road this week, between New Tork and Poughkeepsie, and is to be afíorded every facility for a thorough test of speed, power and economy of f uel. Mayor B. 8. Tikbetts, of Coldwater, will will build an f 18,000 opera house in that city, lf the other citizens will give f8,000 toward It H, Egabroaa, of the Dnndee Reporter, is about to establish a weekly Repuhllcan news paper at Coldwater, hls son to have charge of tt The Barnard-Curtis case on Saturday wa3 opened by Mr. Clay of Grand Rapids, who stated to the jury the outline of the deteuse. He proposed to show that a kerosene explosión took place, thereby accounting for fifty small burnt holes in the carpet. He further proposed to show that Mrs. Barnard was not lu Lapeer at a time Mr. Curtís claims he met her. Thefiret witness, Fred Baroard, clearod up some pointe which refltcted upon Ma mother while at Charlevoix. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson ol Lapeer, swore that Mre. Barnai d appeaied cheerful during the day of the tragedy and played on the organ and sang, etc The court room was fllled. The purport of the testimony on the eixth and serenth dflys of the trial of Mrs. Barnard. glYen by some twenty-five witaesses, wa farorable to her genral good character and Chrlstian womanhood. Several swore to being at the Lapeer Baptist church on the nlght of the tragedy, who did not smell the kerosene oil of which others have speken, nor dld theturnkey of the jall who locked her in. The husband f the defendent gaye hls wife a flrst class certifícate for wilely devotion, and swore that at the ütne Mr. Curtis says she was (ollowing him aroaud, she was on a visit to Detroit and Ionia. The question about allow Ing testimony relating to the health of Mrs. Curtís was ehavply debated by counsel. The defense relies upon this testimony to establish the laot that Mrs. Curtís labored under a halIncination, and only imajfined that Mrs. Bar. aard had assaulted het. The eourt decided to admit. Besides the other witnesses who testified in this oase Xaesday, the defendent was called to the stand, who told a vry impressive story. Prof. B. C. Kedzie and Foster Pratt otfered expert testimony regarding lamp explogions and peouliarities of breaking glass. Both( trom experimenta were convinced tbat the lamp in queslion was brokea by a torce from the ioslde of the lamp. Three witnesses swore that the door of the barn of the parsonage at GreenylUe conld not be seen from any wiadow in the house. Defense rest their oase. Bebutting testimony by the people will follow.