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29
Month
June
Year
1882
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Rsv. W. H. Brockway applies for Michigan Indian ARency, and is endorsed by lay and elerical frlends ia the Methodist Eylscopal church. A valuable horse belonglng to deputy sheriff Qetchell wasstolen and traced to Lapeer, wuere the track was lost. The niuth annual reunión of the Cass coanty pioneers was held in Cassopolis this week, Hon. Thoe. W. Palmer and other deliverinu addresses. There was a fine attendance. The HiUBdale erew have arrived at Queenstown. J„hn Field who wove a oarpet for President Polkwhileresiding in Conaecticut; and has been in this country sídcí 1345 engaged in various sucoesef ui enterprises, died in Ann Arbor on the 22d. A collision on the Grand Trunk at the csossing of the Bay City road demoltohed two englues ind delayed trains sevsral hours. Hugh Peoples is putting forth a vigorous efifortto provean alibi in the Whitla murder case. Rív. Dr. Pierson of Detroit has been callea to the pastorate ot the Secnnd Freshyterian Cburcb, Indianapolis, at a salary of f 6,000 pr year. He will not probably accept. Burglara entered the house of B. S. Williams K .lam -.zoo, and stole two valuable oíd ehains and watches. Mr. Williams discovered them as they were remoyine hU dothes from the bedroom and gave chase, bnt was unaöle to overhaul them. They also entered the residence of Chornos W. Fletcher, city editor of the öaz'tte, and Btole $8 íq oih aad a orti Cftte of daposit. The certifícate was foucd in the yard. The first, of the Reed patent cases for infringement of patents on spring tooth har rows has beeu tried with a decisión sustaining Reed's patentó and entsrlng decrees as prayed. norace Yates, arreeted a lew days niñee for robbery in Albiou turas out to be Frank Glllon a Ufe convict escaped from Slon Sing, N.ï He was Berviag for niurder and nis own contessions wbile uader the icflaence of liquor led tohisidentification. The Harbor Sprlngs Ice House with 2,000 tons of ice has burst from the expansión of sawdust. The. meteor eeen by renidents of Allegan is repnrted te have falleu near Menominee with an immense explosión. Detroit repons a fatal sunstroke on the 2M. The spire of the Methodist church in Ovid was struck by lightning on the 2Sd, shattering the church front. Isaac Hewitt, a wealtby farmer near Mar shall, has just died. Frank A. WordeU, special agent of the United States pension bureau, hasreceived froin Oscar C. Treat, recently convioied of uiakiog fraudu lent pension claims, a chofession which impli cateB Oakland county parties. C. C. Bntly of Monroe, traveling salesman íor a St. PhuI houFe, died at Pipestone, Mian., BUddenlj", of ppinal meningitis. The new bank of O. F. Bills & Co., Tecumeeb, bee; ,n doing basiness on the 23d. Allogan will rúa a fruit evaporating and canning faotory daring the eeason. A remaikable meteor feil ín f all "iew of wide awake citizens at 1O:SJ o'olock on the eveniag of the 21t. Burglars euttred the hou8of B. S. Willlama Kalamaïoo and stole two valuable gol chaius and vwches. Mr. Williams dieeovered them as t'iey were removing his clothes fiom the bed ioom and gave chase, but was unab! to overh:iul thim. They alan entered tb resi dence of íhos. W. Fletcher, city editor of th Gazette, aüp ft le 8 iacasbaoda certifícate of deposit, Thö certifícate was lound iu the yard. The first of the Reed patent cases forinfringment of atenta od spriug tooth bnrrows has been tried with a decition subtainiDg Eeed's patenta and entering decrees as piayed. Hasticgs boagbt 100,000 pounds of wool in Ihifie daíB last wselr, vaying trom 85 to 40 cents. August Hosenhurg and W. S. Of rpenter of Bis; Bapirte, while in swimmins were drowned Carpenter'B body was recovered on Saturday and shippad to nis pareu ts in Newaygo. 0. C. Arnold, a pioneer Citizen of Dexter, on Saturáay. ia Detreif, ou Saturday, several buildings were struck uy lightning. Ia the northeru part of tbe city Mi-s. Seliaekl was killed, aud several of her persons in the same room saocked, bat oot seriously. The Three Rivera cannin? factory ia approaching completion. The compaoy have already ordered 130,000 cans for this yiar's i'se, and b -veral car loads have already arrived. The bui dlngB erected, and machinery put in, will coat not lesa than f3J,000. Dan Lapcirte of Herssy was shot in the act of burglariziug H. F. Snjdet's store. The wonnd may prove fata!. Ure. O3car Moore of Corunna was seriously hurt by a runaway team. Goff Paul eücaped froni the state prlson at Jacksun on Sunday. He was aitending to the boiler in the paiut, Bhop, aud got into the yard and out unseen; f5J is offered for hls capture and return. A 8 year oíd son of Ed. A. Laurence, neer on the Flint and Pere Maquette railroad, feil iato a cistern and was drowned on Monday. G.H. Sheweyof Hlllsdale, deputy collector of Internat revenue, Bhot himsalf fatally through the head Wonday aftrnoonat2o'clock. Cause, probable insauity. He leaves a wife and two childreB. Ainong tbe noininations sent to the Senate by tbe President was that of Majnr Godf ey Weitzul, Detroit, corps of enjineers, to be lleutenant colonel. . On Monday atternoon a boiler exploded at ! the Jackson fire clay coinpany's works, demolIsbing the building, killing one man, and in j uring five otbere, one of whom is not expected to recover. Leonard Fisher, a pioneer resident of Three Bivere, died on Saturday. Mr FiBher has been proprietor of the hotel bearing his name, for the past half ceatury, and was a genial landlord. At one perioi of bis Ufe be became sadly dissipated, bat he reformad a nntnber of years prior to hU death, and has since been prominent among our temperance workers. Win. Edwards, an employé in Dunton's axe faetory, Hillsdale, wbb fatalty hnrt. Heran against an iron heated to a white heat, wbich another workman had and was turning around to place on an anvil. The iron entered jut below the collar boiie, curvcd up and touche d a large artery very near the heai t. He bied to death. He was a youug man and leaves a wif e and two cbildren. Thives entered Sirmeyer & Edwards store, Bay City, by gaining access to the cellar, and tben golng to the top ot tbe stairway leading to the maln room, cut throngh the panel of the door, and drew the bolt. Tbey nsed a razor ia makiog the hole, leaviag tberazorand leatber case on tbe steps. Tbey Btole some $600 worth of goode, two f uil cnstom-made snits, four paire of pauta, Unen shirts, slik handkerchiefs, kid gloves, etc. Wheaton's livery etable in Muskegon burned at a $1,000 loss. Mo' tgomery, of Muekegon, has pnrchased tor 465,oüO the sawmill in which previoaely he bad bat a part Interest. David Harst in b?thinï at Coldwater was drowned. He leaves a wife. Ihe MarBhall fire department had a grand review on tbe 27tb. Ohlef Eugineer Barke was presentad with an elegant gold badge. He has been 22 jeara conuectei wltb the service. A 10 year oíd son of John Schurer ef Ionia, lead a cow to a creek to drink. Half au hour later tbe boj's mnngled remains were brought back home. -He bad made a slip noofe of the rope and drawD it around his wiist The cow beoame fiightened and rn, dragging the boy utiiagthe body half In twain at the walst, 'he cow mnst have run sewral Wocks befoie he was seen and stopped by some ladiep, who elessed the boy who breathed but a few mei. ________-

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