Michigan

Hutchinson & Co., leather dealers, of East Saginaw, have suspended. Debts f 5,000; assest very light. One of the largest ragway engines in tho United States has boen ran out of the Grana Trunk shops, Fort Hurón, for use on tho Chicago & Grand Trunk railroad. It la 59 foet long; bight from rail to top of emokestask, 15 feet 7 inches; diameter of drive whee'a,öfeet;cyiinder8, 18x21 inches. Nine more like It will be set up at once. The people at Sheridan are engaged in a quarrel alxmt bcüooI affaira. Two Bete of oflicera have been legaUy eiected, and bolü trying to act. Eich has engagcd a different principal for the schools, and i t now appears as if tho law will be icvoked to decide the dispute. Oatonagon couuty has within its boundaries and trilmtary to the Ontonagon river, according to the lowest estímate, between three and four billion eet of pina Artlmr Shay.who mysteriously disappeated froua Cadillac about a week aso, has been heard from in Dakota, whither he had gone withoat informing hls frienis. Matthews & Hood, of Carleton, Monroe, oounty, shipped 351 oars of charcoal to Wyandotte during tbe year endlng September 1. On Saturday the Peninsular car works of Adtian will shut down, and the men wil) visit Detroit on an excursión. Work has been commenced on the new town hall at E!k Rápida. When completed the building will be an ornament to tha viliage. Webster, the castrater, who escapea from a Calhoun county ofBoer a few days ago, has not yet been found. Tlie funeral of Judge Melendy, who died at Eaton Raptds, was held at Hillsdale wh6ie he forrnerly lived and whero ha graduatfd from college. W. S. Hul), who for three years has been city editor of tb Grand Rapidü Democrnt, has resigned, and becoincs manager of the Grand Rapids base ball club. There is a movement on foot to raise funda wltb whlcti to build a monument to the memory oí the late Rev. O. Wolfe, wellkuown in Hfe throushout nortnern Michigan as an unt.iring-, earnest mi?sionary. The new military organization at Grand Raplds is to be knowQ as the Península Zouaves. A nurnber of Republicana from all duarters cf the Btate aEsambled in Detroit Sept. lBth for the purpose of comparing note?, exchanging views and agreeing upon a concsrted plan of action for the campaign. A I meeting of the state catral committee was held at the sama time. The norainees for all state offices were present, and overy congrer,sional candidate in the stato sivetwo- Mesare. Horr and Hatch- who wore uaable to attend. Ssnator Ferry was preeeot. Chairman Laoey informcd the committee thathehad ehosan Schojler S. 01d3 of Lansiag secietary of tho central committee, and the selec'ionwasunanimonsly ratiüed. The followms oxecutive committoe was choseD: Chairman, Lacey of Charlotte; Wm. Liviügstone, jr., of Detroit, John C. Shaip of Jackson, James M. 8hepard of Cassopolis, Gen, Wm. Harteuft of l'ort Huron, and W H. Kilpatrick of üwosso. It was decided to opon the campaigo with meetings aboat the 2oth icst. Davie Jjauuei, ageu aix jea,i, auu ui. David Lauder, of Fort G:aüot, was so baály injuredby aUraai Tnirik Rrovel train ono nfternoon that ho died in tho eveüic He cliinbed on top cf a flat car, and when the train tacked up be feil off aud ander t'ue car. One leg was Cïushed f rom the knei dowc, and also one toot and aukle. Oao wriet wan also breken, and hia face ld shou!drs badly injured . Ïh8 barge City of the Straits, owned by Whittemore & BridKes, of Bay City, in tow of th9 eteam barge Potoinao, was wrecked in a recent gale. Sho lies waterioggwl off Sturgoon Point. Tbe crew git aühore in a sraaU boat, acd no livea were lost. It is reported that th barge B. N. jftice, formerly the well kno wn steainer of that namt, 8 in thetroughof tho S6a outeide aud her rudder gone. Two weeks ago J. T. McConnel!, of Bïnckmac, uiissed 100 o!d ehoep and half as mauy lamba fronrhis pasture, and, althonnh an extended search hasbsn made for theai, tuey are cowbare to ba found. He haa fmally cometo ti ie conclusión that tlwy wcre btolen and shipped to Dakota, and proposes to go to that territory and look for hls lost property. The valuable Norman stallion Moorted and owned by Captain D. F. Bïükï, of Oblo, wMch was brougtst to lonia a few woeka ago, has died of pneumonía. He waa a dappled grey, five years old, weigbed 2,300 pounde, and cost f 3,-)C0 in A grairi separator owned by Wm. Willetts was ïu:ned on the tarín of (ieo. McMthoxiwar Charlotte auü with it two barge stacks of wheat. Loss $1,800. Iludson and Adrián are to be lele,homealiv eonnected soon as tha neesfsary funda can b raiped. A $3,000 Dsh hatcbery la to be built at Aiyena. A pedler nained John Fanning was run ovar and killed at Mouroa recently while oackins? hie wason uy to th oars. Efíorts are being made to bond the village cL Ithaca for f ZO.tOO for EChool bous ! '"ïhefbest billiardist and chess player in Kaiamazoo couuty iaan mínate of the a9yI Um for ihe insane. The merchant tailoring establishment ot B. J. Zeylmar, of Grand Bapids, has been closed on a mortgaga held by Boston creditois. The Hillsdale rowing club have lelegraphed their Champion four in EDglaod, expressing thtir piído and confidenca in theui, and telling tbem to uee every endeavor to bring ] about another race with tho Thames crew. Horace Bowe, a farmer living three miles eaet of Raading, lost iiin barn and crop of oats and whsat by fire f rom a tnreshing machino en ine last wee k. Th3 eeparator was also burmsd. He bad JU iceuranco in. a county mutual coin u The Orchard Lake Military Academy lanow engaged In the fall uum'swoik of polisuiug upacrowdol already vory brigtit y( Geo. T.BrowD, ;i spiritualist leclurer.ia charged wltli trjing to pass a lorsed note, In Gratlot eonnty. He claim tbatit was only a joko. The Womau'a Christiau Temperance inission in rome pattsof the state aiecirculatiasc pBtilionB asklng the nextlegislatureto pass I laws requiring iastruction in the natura of alcohol and 11b elïccta en tho human tissues, brains and charactw, to be given in all schools I under state control or supported by public I ïnoney. Over 2,000 immigrants entered at Port Huron port d uring tho monthof August. The oxports amounted to over $700,000. Barney Mills, Port Huron, charged with stealing the s'iaf t of a saw mili, owned fcy J. HoffmaD, has been bound over for trial, with bail fixed at $1,000. He is a bad one, and it Is thought he will go up this time. ÏTothing has yet been heard of the fate of the burgo B.N. Rice and crew, whlch wero abandoned duriug the gale on Lake Huron on Wednesday. The íus[ A. J. Smith, of Bay City, is out ooking for tho craft. Gustav Laxstrom, a Finlander, shot and killed Minself on the street of Bepublic on the 12tb, uBing a 82-caübro revolrsr the bullet entering his breast. He had beon arinkioR aud hsd some words with his brother.and had 8aid he would kill (.he brother and hlmself but changed us uiind about kill ng his brother and bid hini good by saying "you will ncver see me any more." Howas26year9 old and unmarried and is spoken of by those who know him as hacina baen a good fellow but a little hieh tampered. The steam barge Bay City, towing the bargo John Sherman, ran agcouaa on Point Augres while makiog lor Pand Point, and the barge Sherman ran iuto the steam barge'sptornuinefeet. The Bay City sank and her mate went to Bay City, reported the disaster and had Blancaard's steam pump and eyphon towed out to her on a scow. Capt. Chas. Wickes, owner oí the Sherman. went to her immediately. A warrant is out for the arrest oí Poter McCue, an abie farmer, who is chargtd wiih etealing Johnal's team on tho streek of Millington. The Wlm wasiound in MoCue's barn, but ho had skipped out and bis wife is aow trying to settle the case. "Whisky is the cause of the scrape. Adelbert McAllister, of Mendon, is sharped with violating the postal laws, but a dotestive who went there lookins Lor öim did nnt fiad him, he having gone elsewhere. He i3 an ex-banker and a man of fair intelligence, but has been living without regular business of iate. A stock company has been organized at Muskpgon by C. C. Billinghurst, J. B. Champagne, E. L. DcWis and others (o engage in manufacturing stiicgies. The stock is t33,0C0, and they expect to mako 400,000 shingles psr day. Allen and Hillsdalo are to be connected by telaphone, and movements aro on footto extand thalineto Qaincy and tbcnee toCold water. If succsssful, connection wiih Jackson, Toledo and Detroit Í9 promísed by spring. J. W. Donovon, of Detroit, and James Oonoly and James Donovon of Quincy, have made a cali for a meeting for the purpose of reorganlzingtha Qainc7 Chain Lake ohannel oompany and campletinf? the enterprise. Bay City advices state that the tug A. J. Smith has foaad and rescu9d tho lost barge R. N. Ricf. Hr crew bad abandoced her, and it is believed were taken off by s pasaj ing EChooner. Thurlow Yvreed, a Cheboygan grocer has Bkipped out, leiving creditors to mjurn. Detroit and Biy City dealers are the heaviast BBffereis. The thlfd annual reunión of the soldiers of Clinton Co. and vieinity will be held at Elsie Sspt. 21. Gan. Spauliiia will be óneot the speaktrs. It is clairned at Fort lluron that the water In tho Bi. Clnir ïiver is higher ttii wagon than for 25 years past. Mrs. Philo Palmer, of Monroe, aged 90 years, died last weck. She lias ft daughter living aged 71 years. TUE SXEA3IER DISASTER. PAETICULABS OF IT. Collinowood, Ont., Sept. 17 - D A. Tin kis aad Cliristy Ana Monison, Buppossd to be the only snrvivors o! the wreek of ttie fcteamer Asíh, have arrived bere. Tinki3 reports that he boarded the Asia uear O wen Sound, with J. H. linkis and H. B. Gallagher of Manitou. The 8team6r was crowded. All the etaterooniB wero full and many passeageis Ijing on sotes and the cabin floor. Abont 11 oVlock Thuvsday mornins a storm struck the ves.el. My unele, J. H. Tinkls, jumped up and said the boat was doomed. DiBhes and chairs were fiyiDK iu overy direction. We leit the cabin and found dilllculty in getting on deck, the boat rollad so heavily. I got a lire presaiver aud put it oa. Tho boat föll into the trough o tiie sea and would not obey the helm. She rolled heavily for about twonty minutes, v?hen Bhe was slruck by a heavy sea and lounaerea ana went down, witb the engines worktng, about 10;S). The Aeia wa& makiDg lor Freach river with ineD, borsesand luinbL'rinen'ssuppliesfor the shanties. I saw three boalB loaded. I was in the firbt. About eight were wiln me. At first more got in.till the boat was overloafod and turne dover twioe, people clinging to my Hte-presfiv.r, whieh got displaced and I threwiuff I then left ths boat aml swjm to the captains Loat, whieh was near liy, and aekedJohn McDcmgaü, the purser, to heip mo iD. He baid iL was ot tut little ub?, tut g,ive me a hanrt. When I (,'ot in there were tableen in the boat. B that time there was a faiger number in and olinging to the boat I i had lft. I know nothiug of tho Ihird bnat. Our boat rolled over and I ui'seed M-D,'UgaIl People were hanging to the spara and other yarts of the wreckage. Oar boat was full of water aud tbO sea continued broaking over us. One of tho firüt to Jie in the boat was the caMn boy. He was dyirjg,and being supported by ons ot the men, when a wave wssaed htm overDoatd. The next to go was a beat hand, wbo jumped cut. I could Bee bim paddling around in the water lor nearly 100 yards. Our nuinber was now redneed to eevt-n, fi?e of whoin died I befora reaehing the beach. Capt. Savage, who waa the last, died in my arma about mldnight Thursday. John Little, of Sauit Ste. Mario, Mate McDonald and two others, namen unknowD, alBO died. The Uoat flnally ttranded ucar foiat aa Barrie abont dayüght Friday morniDfr, witli Mies Morrison and mysolf oaly 1 BurviviDg. I put the bodies out on the beach and pried the boat off with au oar, but did not n.iil it out. jniEB raoriiB u auu x wem uuwu tho bacb ia the beat to a derrick about Iwo mllf s disteiit, and laid on the beaeh all night. About 8 o'ciock Saturday mornlr.g an Icdian eauie alorg, p.nd I engaged bim to briag us M l'avry Sound, fle would üot briug the bodise. AÜODÏ ONE HUNDBED LIVES LOST. Tho steamer Nortliern Bslle, of the urne line, wtiicb. raached hare this müining, b:u boen funiished witli iw, etc., aud has lelt Tor tbe bodies. 'Vhere wero probably itbout oae liuDdred persona on board the Asia. WITHOUT LIOENSE. TOBONTO, Sspteiuber 18.- The üoveroinent Inspector heie statoa that the illfated atsamer Acia was lunninsr without a licensa having beenrefusedoneon acaount of carrying an inBulBcient nurabar of lite boate and life preI cervere.