Michigan News

Stephen H. Preston of Marshall, was slricken with heart discase a few days ago, and died in a few minutes; agid 73. He was the nrst rcsecuütigattorncy chosen in Callioun counV, and was for vears a prominent politieian ami tunip speaker", and was well and favorably ;nown in Caluoun county. The saw and planing rulll at Vermontville, welve miles northwest of Charlotte, owned by P. O. Grimes & Co., Burned to the ground a ew da-6 ago. There were only two Dersons in he building at the time, ene of the owiiers. Park Grimes, and Cassius Ide. Both penshed l the flames. The bodies when recovered were lurned to a crisp and almost unrecogn'zablc. The üre caught in the planiDg room amongst he6havings. Loss on mili about flO.OÜO; no nsuranee. Mr. Grimes was one of the best known citizeus of Vermontville and leaves many friends to niourn his lose. Mr. Ide is a Toung man. His home is al Hastings, but he has been working for the flrm lor socae time. Ie Ieave6 a mother and threc sisters almost deendent on him for support. The state band tournament will be held in )etroit June 5 and 6. The Chicago, Saginaw & Canada railroad, which has been in litigation for the past six or eren years, was sold in Grand Kapids at auction a lew days ago Dy masier m uuaua-ri linsdlll under a' mortgage foreclosure. The oad was bid in by John R. Elwell, the purthase priee being f 400,000. It le understood he purchase is made iu the interest of the )etroit, Lan&ing & Northern company, and ,hat the road will be extended west to Howard }ity, connecting with the (i. R. & I. road. The bank of Townsend, North & 8on of Vas sar, was broken into, the safe blown open, and soinethiug oyer $4,000 taken. Frank L. Falee, who rooms above, was held under revolvers while they did the job. A lady at Manistique, Schoolcraft county, played a grave joke on the village uodertaker ,he other day. Bhe arranged herself in sbroudike white and a mask, and, calling on Mm, said abe wanted auother cuffln, as the one he 'urnished her three years ago was played out. In digglng a -n-ell at Manchester, rccently, several pieees of coal were fouud at a dcpth of 32 feet'. Good chauce for some one to teet the matter and make a fortune. An annex to a Kansas "zephyr" struek Lan sing about half-past one Thursday, May 10. Altuough it did uot last over two minutes, it made. tliings decidedly lively. It traveled from southwesl, to northeas"t, and signs, feuces,roofs, smoke-stacks and all similar objtcts were scattered in c-very direction. The rooi of an uufinished steeple of the M. E. Chureta was raised bodily, carricd over 500 feet and landed in front of the opera house, causing two teams to run away. Large lights of plate glass iu the bardware store of J. H. State, and in Barker & Parker's grocery were blown in aud entirely demolished. Buggies were overturned, and a lady crossing Capítol Square was raised from her feet aud earried ten (eet. A large cartwas carried nearly a bloek, lifti d over a fence and brought up against the 6ide of a dwelling houes, tearing a large hole iu the siding. Trees were uprooted, and the damage will be considerable. Dr. A. F. Whelan of HillsJale, was electea president of the state, medical society at the recent convention of that association in lvalamazoo. The Case liquor bilis, allowing saloons to be kept open on holidays, and aflixinglighterijcnalties for infraction of the law, have both been defeated. The "local option" billwhich the legislature has given to the people of Michigan, gives 95 villagee (or almost, one-half of the villages of the state) the right "to suppress saloons for the sale of Intoxicating liquors." The total nnmber of arrests during the past year at Grand Kapids was 1 892, of which nuraber 1,442 were tried under the city ordinances and 450 were tried uuder the statutes. The total amount of fines and costs paid bv eaiu persons is $7,823 09. Rev. Thomas Stalker, a Methodist preacher at Port Huron,wants $5,000 foraltttle bruising he received on the Grand Trunk railway. John N. Fostcr of Ludington,formerly assistant superintendent of the state reform school, has been appointed superintendent of the state public school for dependent cbildren at Coldwater, vice Lyman H. Allen, who has resined to ensrage in private business at Toledo, Ohio. Miss Sarah D. Parsors, late of the girls' college, has been appointed matron, viee Mrs. Alden, reeiijned. Gov. Begole has sighed the bilí to hold the ngham countv circuit eourt in Lansiug. The people of that city are vcry niuch pleased over the matter. Gov. Begole has received a badly spelled, ill; written letter from "Conylct 105, W. L. Snnth of the Jackson State Prison, setting forth that in 187a the aforcsaid prisouer voluutarily went to Sheriff Codd, of Wavne countv, declared that he had obstructed a railroad track with tiraber, pleaded guilty to such a charge, and was senteneed by Judge Patchiu to twtuty-nve vears in pri6on. "Convict 105" says his misdeeds were purdy bypothetieal, that there was no proof of "them nor could there be, his motive in coufessing beiug a wish to get to prison where he could avail himself of books aud in the seclusion of his cell study and become great. This singular epistle promptcd Maj. Ëtevenson to rcply in kind, politcly suggesting that acourse of eleven vears in prison Joes not appear tj have sufliciently improved Mm in scliOlarship aud tLat he might profuably con tinue there some additional time time before graduation. Herman Klimcr, a Germán aged 29, unmarried, was killed in the 2S0 foot level of the Lake Superior Hermatite mine, by a piece of falling ore. His back was broken. On Wcdnesday, May 23, Senator Palmer will give a reception to the members of the lcgislature at his residence in Detroit. Jolin W. Gregory, a member oí the United States civil service eommission, notities Postnaster Codd of Detroit, tliat lie will visit that ity witbin the nt-xt two weeks for examinaiions provided for by the new civil service law. A ícv days ago tbe dweiling of Mre. White, i widow living at Muir, was diecovered by her Jaughter to be on fire. The ilarm was given prouiptly, but the building was entirely consumea with its eontents. The fire leaves Mrs. White entirely destitute Mrs. Harl, who Uves aear and who has been snffering from incipient lieart disease for some time, was so etartled from the alarm being given and ündina the are so near her on dwelling that she dropped dead. Her husband is the senior member of the flrm of Harl & Stevens, nierehauts of Muir. Mr. Ilarl's dweiling was not iujurcd in the least. Rev. Geo. M. Tuthill, district superintendent for the American T.ible Stcíety for Michigan and Wisconsiu, died May 9 at Kalamazoo of heart disease. The new game law, as it passed the House, forbids hnnting deer with dogs. This feature ot the bilí was much debated. Tbe decisión is against the State Bport6meu's Association, The Detroit High School Cadets have applied for an outflt of Sharp's rifles, butlt seems that tbe State bas none to spare. The officials at Lansing recommeud that the United States authorities supply them wilh Springfield cadet rifles. ■ The gond dflices of Seuator (Jonger and Congresemau Mnybury will be iuvoked to tbat end. (Jongret-sinan Jlijbary is understood to be much interested ia the welfare of the boys. Bradford Smith, of Detroit, had an interview a lew days ago, with the memben of the House Oommitue on E'lucition upon the merits of the Compulsory E'lucaüon blll, iutroduced by Represeutative Devliu. Mr. SuiUh made it clear that it was neecssary to take vigorous steps for putting into the right path the youth of the cities, who were beiug demoraljz.d by idleness aud bad company and especially by the infamoua literatura which of late years had been so temptiugly placed befoie the young. He eould hardly flud laneuage eevere enough to coudemn the "half-dime -stories" and "boys' papers" with whicu unecrupulous publishcrs, and equally unscrupulous news dealers, corrupt the chlldren. It is a great evil, and all places whieh have such llterature on sale ehould be discouutenanced. During a wind storm at White Plgcon a frame school house fllled with children was blown down, instantly killing Wllliam Moak. Several othera were seriously injured. The villaïc of Ishpeming has one saloon for eviy 40 inhabitnts Tb P ople of that burgh would like to have high lieense. Adrián is taking steps toward a street railHon Albert B. Sloeum, of Whfatland, Hillsdaiecouniy, dled at his home recently, of acute nrvii. nriKt.iM.tinn. aeíáüi. He was one of the most active and well known citizens of hia entlre neighborho .d, was prominent as a republican, and represented bis district in the legislature in 1865 6. He was also at one time president of Hillsuale county asrieultural society. He had lived in Wheatland 20 years, andleaves a widow and two children, and a large estat. An attempt 1,o flnd coal is about to be made at Reese, Tuscola count j. APresbiterian church bas been built at Newberry, Chlppfwa eounty. by John S. Newberry of Detroit. It is 36x46' f -et in size, with a leoture room 16x24 feet on the rear, aud wili coBt some $3.Ü00. It is also to be used by other rellgious nocieti temporarily. In the northern part of BaT county the lumbermen are making effectWe use oí the telephone in their work, stringingthcwires among the treea. George Green of Kalamazoo, has an elevated electricrailroad in running order in his shop, which bids fair :o prove a íull success on a much larger scals. Dr. E. B. Fairfleld, Coneregational pastor at Manist.ee, has had his salar y increascd to $3,000 and will speud four months in Europe, starting about June 1. William Burns, aged 22, reeently from Saranac, was killed while walking on the Chicago & Grand Trunk track in Battle Creek. He was a track hand on the Toledo & Marshall rallroad. The improTement to be made in Ypsilanti the prespot year will exeeed in value any year for a long time past, many new hor.ses and several stores now in process of erection or to be buüt soon, beiug among the contemplated ehanges. Senator Palmer will deliver an addrees before the Western Michigan Farmers' Club at Grand Rapids June 5. The Senator was asked for nis terina and replied : "I shall be very glud to meet your people at my usual terms, ! viz. : If you will stand the address I will stand the rest." Mr. Theodore Wakelee, whose business interests bring him in contact with the fruitraising portion oí the farming eommunit.y, reporta that his inquiries and observatious lead him to predict that an unusually large erop of ptaches may be expected this fall, should the subsequent portiun of the eeason be as favorable as the past has been. Fruit blows generally have not been injured by the setere winter, he says Maj. Stevenson, Private Secretïry to the Govtrnor, has 6ent to proseeutlng attorneys a circular of instructions as to requisitions on governors of other states for the return of lugitives from justice. The vital part of such requisitions is the clearness of statement and the avermeut of facts upon which the arrest of the fugitivos is claimed and upon these points Mj. Stevenson cites the rulee in force ia the etate of New ïotk and urges those applying for papers f rom Micliigan tocomply as mmutely as possible with the regulations. The bill in reference to the incorporation of ferry comoanies, which has pased the House, p(rmits ierry companies to lawfully employ their boats as excursión steamers, or for wrecking and towiug purposes. Tho resolution for an early adjournment of the legislature, meets the approval of J the House.