Michigan News

The store of E. D. Kitchen at Bancroft, with its con'ents was destroyed by üre the other morniDg about 1 o'clock. The loss is about$5,000, fully insured. The origin of the flre is not known. This makes the sixth flre in that villagc in the past tiro ycars. At a special city election in Grand Haven the proposition to'boud the city for $9,000 for the purpose of buying the toll bridge was defeated by 93 votes. The first M. E. cliurch oí Jaokscn is out of debt. Charles Footc of Ionis, died the other day at the ripe aee of 103 years. Wm. J. Moes, of Humbolt, is the iirst lad appointcd to West Point from the new Eleventh congrrssional district of Michigan. Nearly 7,000 plcasure seekers Tisited Charlevoix tbis season. As a son of Jonas Dilley, of Itoxand, Eaton eounty, was plowing a " few days ago, the "evcner" broke, jerking the lad over the plow and breaking one of his legs. Somc despicable tramp is exhibiting around Bay City, something which he calis a section of Garfield's lnng. A boat and lot of camp equipage have been found etrewed along the beaeh of Lake Superior between Maple river and Batchevianong bay, supposed to have been the property of a hunting party who have perished. The little burg of Hastings is all stirred up by the publicity of a scandal involving the. fait' name of Rev. R. A. Carnahan, pastor of the Presbyterian church of that place. A few months ago the reverend gentleman married the adopted daughter of a maa nmed Thornton, of Auburn N. Y. and it now turns out tbat she was not his adopted daughter, but his mistress. A divorce suit is pending. Dr.Alexandcr Collar, a resident of Wayne f or 34 years, died vcry snddenly a few days ago, from blcediug at the lungs. Kon. Henry F. Keiloge, formerly of Hillsdale, Jbut for the last 15 years a resident of Niles, is dcad. The ñsh in New Boston Lake a beautiful sheet oí water lyiDg in Plaiufleld townsJiip, 14 miles from Grand Kapids, are dying froinsome cause uuknown. Tfcere are all sorts of theories advanced in attempting to explain this strange eondition of thicgs. Some think that a large quantity of poisou has been tbrown into the water; otbers that death is from fish cholera, while still others talk about a poisonous spring breaking out at the bottom of the lake. The water was fonnerly clear as a crystal, so that the eye could sec into ïts depths for many fect. Now it is thick and murky as t.hough some dreadful eruption had taken place at its bottoin, disturbingtheentire body. A laree mül is to be built at Elk Rapids by the Elk Rapids iron coinpany. H. J. Chatnpion retire6 from the agency of the American express company at Battle Crcek fnd A. E. Martin, of Detroit, takes charge of the office. One hundred votes were cast by ladies at the Ethool eUction in Battle Cieek. Several were present at the polls electioueeriag for the temperatice candidato, but that ticket was defeated. Ed. Powell, the Jackson convict who was thought to havo escapcd, was found n a hole beueath the floor right ucder the kecpsre' chair in the shop where he worked. He was prodded wiih a pitahfork and compelled to come out. The cüizeus of Moscow, Hillsdale county, celebrated the compJetion of the Michigan & Ohio railroad te that place September 5. The eonstruction train came in hearing a large numbt-r of people, and a picnic and other festivities followed. Mnp.ilfinw nf t.hp iasf hrmiwhf. íicrciinsi (inv. Begole by his dead son's widow, theFlint Detnocrat says: "The little infant grandson that is used as a eat'á paw in tbis matter is beiDg eut loose from the best. friend he has in the world, and the ouiy friend that could and would stand by him through tbick asa thin." Ten Italianlaborers on the Michigan & Ohio railroad wtre arrested at Marshall the other day. The trouble was causcd by two Itaüans wbo had been discharged, and haJ threatened to kill others if they eontinued to work. The ten arrested had ugiy looking knives coneealed about their p_'rson. Wheat in üakland county is Jielding irom nine to sixteen bushels to the acre, while eorn will not be half a erop. Hon. W. W. Johnson, ex-membf;r of the state legislature, living in Grand Rapids, has been missing sinee September 3. He started from home on that day n ith a sum of money to purchase stock, sinee whlch time nothing has been heard of him. John Woolver, arrested on a charge of murdering Henry Cutcheon of Perry, Shiawassee eounty, has been held f or trial at the next term of the circuit court of Shiawassee county. Senator Seymour belicTes the Northern Paeifle will make its eastern line via the South Shore of Lake Superior aad the Sault Ste, Marie. Ex-Lieut.-Uov. Holt, of Muskegon, has a wonderfut eollection oí specimenR of stone from all tbc celebrated buikliDgs in Europe, África and America. The indications are that the colored convention, callcd called for tbe 25th in6t., in Louisvi!le,will not be held. Hon. Fred Douglass, the back bone of the whole thing, is seriously ill and cannot attend. Froin se,veral sectiens come repoi"ts that the colored people have lost all interest in the convention. Jay Gonld was before the Senate Committee ou labor and education the other day, and in h8 testimouy gave a histoiy of his life and business ventures and toid what he kuew about railroad8 and telegrapk linos. All applications for permission to erect telegrapb poles in Washington are denied They are determined to compel the compaDies toput their wires under ground. The steam saw mi?l of Cross A; '.'. ker, at Standish,on theMackina'c división of the Michigan Central, wal? totally Ooiroycd hy üre on the morningof the 6th. 1 ue ïnmber in the yard was lortunately savcd. The mili w;.p valued at $15,000 ani lnsured for $10,500. Richard Bain of East S iginaw attempted to ump from a train on wl ch he was stealing a ride, and was caught ) some way, and bis right arm so bidly smahed that amputation was nece6sary. Coal and iron deposits bave been disc ver d aloeg the various streams that traverse ia county. 'lliere bas been adaily stage line establishcJ between Evart and Chippewa L ike, coinmeneing September 1. The raov uicut bas bei n brougbt about by the increasing trav ! over the eouDtry mentioned. Stage leaves Evart at 10:30 a. u., returningat 7.30 at night. Tbe black squirrel, once so plenty in Michigan woods,is nearly eitermlBsted. A man giving the nam: if Jrahn Henry, was arrested the other day at Frazer station, Macomb county, in the actof pao Dg a forged note. He was taken to Mt. C ujlOds aml jailed. Thomas. M. Wyckoff, cf I'ontije v.'v.o has been accused of seducing a young fflrl, and was arrested, settled the case by paying the ] girl'6 father nearly $4,000 in cash and notes. Wyckofl was a prominent church man. James Donnolly a cbronic drunï, died in jail at East Saginaw the other daj. On the 25th of August, August Ganser, a sewer contractor oí Bay City, lef t town ostensibly to go to Columbu8 to settle with the Columbus pipecompauy; he has not been hcard e „:..„,. r.,il Ai A iit rrs tc Plnmhii it. AA 1 I IJlil BlliUCj ilUU U1U ítyjlt Lvj i yiJiiíiiumij u u said. He owcs 6evera' partles in Bay City, but his bondsnu-n are secured. He has a íamily, aod was regarded as a reliable man. gome suspect, foul play, and others think he has absconded. R. D. Bullock, a prominent citiüen of Jack son and widely known through the state by his connection wlth the rausiu trade in eeveral of the larger Michigan cities, died of Bright's dis'-ase on the Oth inst. Borne time ago Dr. S. L. Baker, brothor of Dr. V. A. Baker, of Adrián, an invalid on his wav home from Pueblo, reached Kansas City, wherehe disappeared. The wires were extenslvely used and one weck alter the invalid started for home, Dr. Baktr received word that the missing man had been íound ill at Kansas City by the pólice. Thelps & Seeley, of PoDtiac, have just received sixtvone Holstein eattle shipped to them from Holland via Quebec. Th former Graud Lecturer of the State Temperance Alliance, Capt. J. C. Bontecou, is no editor of the Petoskey Kecord, a üne Republican sheet. The deputy o!l inspector at Sault 8te. Marie eent, twenty miles to procure au expert who eould rcad the handwriting of OU Inspector B. J. Sinith. Scores of land-lookers and speculators are sconring around Kalkaeka county. In regard to the shootinii of Mr. Clark by his divorced wife at Sturgis, a few days ago, ït is said by way of explanation that the trouwe which led to the shooting dates back about 14 years flgo, when they had a fight. tiarK knocked his wlfe down and brutally beat tier n-ith a club. She f eigued death and he leí t aer dving on the floor and went out of the hoiise, when shc made her escape to the neighbore inu gave the alarm. lic was arrested and sent to 9tate prison for 12 yeare. He was relcased two years ago. During hls eonfinement he obtaincd a divorcc, but the eoupk: again lived together as man and wile. About two weeks ago she caused his arrest for attempting to polson her, she charging bim with pouringa quantlty of chloroform down her throat. She again feigned deatb. When lic eft her she gave the alarm and caused his arrest. At the time of the shotoing hc was out on bail. Mrs. Clark is under arrest. The Bay City nitro-glyeerine factory, twice blown up, is to be rebuilt. TVilliam Bcddell was duck huntiug at casse, twelve miïes froni Ray City, and was accidentally drosvned. He was twenty years old and was cmployed on 1he farm oL Andrew Gould. John Grabam, a lumberman of Clare, has been arrested ior attempting to tap the safe at the Exchange hotel. He used a forged order to get cliisels and was caught in toth acts. A serious and eostly conflagration broke out in Benedict's elevator at Cedar Springs, Kent county, and before the lire was undiT eonlrol over$30,00J worth of property had been destroyed. Several other buüdiHgs were destroyed. There was an Insurance of $-12,000 on the property. An old lady visiting in Wayne has reaehed the ripe old age of 10-t. She is a pcnsioner of the war of 1S13, and until the last quarter ha= always gone to Detroit to draw her money. On this occasion however the old lady feit a little inmsposeü, anü sent, ner youngest uoy, a sprightly lad oí 84 summers, who transacted the business for her. The nèw Catholic school building at Battlü Creek is completed, but a6 the iaculty have failed to secure teachers lt has been decided not to opea up until next September. As the public schools of the city are crowded the Catholic building will be rented for the city's use. Several months ago the Methodist ehurch at Petoskey took upon itsiilf the task oftiying a lady member for haviiig married after baving keen divorced, and she was found guilty of the alleged offense and excommunicated irom the church. She appealed to the quarterly conference, the venue was ehanged to anothcr district and the Petoskey judgement was reverscd on everv vital point in the case and the lady was reinstated as a mimler infull standing. Farmers in Van Buren counfy are veiy indignunt. There troublesmay be 'britfly stated: The "ycllows1' is causing trouble in Van Buren county, and under the lawthe conimissioners are ordering whole peach orchards cut down in the infected districts. The new steeple on St. MIchael'e Catholic church at Monroe is reeeiving the finishing touches at the hands oC thi paintern. It is 180 feet high and will be furniehíd with a chime of bells. The railway now being built between the Tawas región and the Mackinaw diviaion of the Michigan Central is of a gauge threeinches lee-s than the standard gauge. Webster Gillett, (he man who issaid to have inventcd atelephone that will secure tclephonic communication across the ocean, was formerly a resident of Ypsilanti. Rev. Gilbtrt Dj La Matyr,an cxeongressmau well known in greenback circlee in Michigan has taken charge of a Methodist churen at Denver, Col. While Jim Satunsky, a Bohemian, who lives at Inghamston, abo'it twelvc miles from Menomiuee was misusing hls family, his wife sent for Jerry Williams, -, constable, who went to Satunsky's house, where Satunsky stot Williams with a rifle rad n 6Ciond lime witn a reTolver, after which he flred a bilí through his own brains. Both men are dead. There have teen erectcd in Cass City, Tuscola county, this season $51,450 worth of ncw buildings, and many others are projected. The Jackson eourt record for September,has upon it 37 divorce cases. Of this number 25 are new applieations. Tiic; udertaker of Macistique, Schoolcraft couuty, has only had 10 ordtrs íor colfins the past year. The new shops of the Detroit Lansing & Northern R. R., at Ionia will be completed about üctober 15. Dr. E. B. Kimball, for some time prison physician at Jacksou has resigned, and Freeman L. Crosby,ayoung practicioner of Nacoleon has been appointed to the vacancy. Drputy Warden J. D. IUnckley has also tenderwl his resignation. Gov. Begole has ordercd the stone steps oL the Capítol to be covered with plank6 during the cold weather. Toledo brewers supply Southern Michigan and export their muddy Maumee water as íar north as Crrand Rapids. Manager Jaekson is extendin the state tele phone excnangc so rapidly that soon theiner ehants íq all the leadlos ülaces can talk to dealers in Uetroit as íreely as if in tlieir own place of business. Coldwater people are very indignant over theaetionoí Begole Ín commuting the sentence of Heinmingway, the fire-bug to one years inprisoumeut. Htmmingwaj's stntence was íor nine years. Willis Merritt, oL Teeumseh, Lenawee county, died at hls home in that yillage on the bth inst. Mr. Meriitt iias widely known in the state, and was At oue time adjr.tant of the First Regt. M. S. T. He was also at one time a lawyer in Adrián and later held a clerkship at Washington. He was born in Teeumseh, March 10, 1852. At the Michigan M. E. conference held in Albion, it was proposed to chaugu the name ot Albion college toAsbury Centeoary University, in honor of Bishop Asbury, who is credited with the honor of baving ordained 4,ÜOO of the Methodist preachtrs with his own hande. Ypsilanti has a real estáte boom, and rejoicuth thereat. It is believed tht the Sturgis & Southwestem railroad project will be crried out. Johnnie, the youngson of tíeo. W. HUÍ, of YpBilanti, by being thrown froin his horse the other afteruoon, had one les broken in two places, bstween the knee and hip. He and hls eoinpanion were ridiug, a practice usual with tUeiu. nhen his horse started 6Uddenly. O.it of the 80 villages entitled to the beneflts of ihe "local option" law passed by the legislature last winter, not one has improved the opportunity. The new compulsory edueation law went into effect oa the 7th inst. Children between the ages of 8 and 14 years must be eent to school at least füur mouthsof each vear, comniencing "nn the SistMonday in September, unlei-s cxcused by the settool board, owiug to mental or physieal disability. The extensión oí the Detroit, Lansing & Northern Railroad to Chipjjewa Lakc is completed and the flrst engine passed over the entire road Saturday the 8ih. Mary Waters was thrown froni a wagon in EatoD Rapids.tracturing her skull and 6ustainiug lmerual injuries which is thought will prove fatal. Charles Blodgett and wife and Isaac Blodgett escaped wlth less injuries. The horses took Irigiit at a f reight train. A farmer living Orion states that in his fifty-three years' residunee in Michigan he has nevei' sten so kt avy a trast bj early ia the seai ju, as was Been on the moruiug oí te.tenler 'J Moses Moreau, of East öaginaw, attemptcd suicide a few das ago, by taking a dose of "Rough on Rats." A physiciau aud stomach pump set Moses all right agaiu. Kast Saginaw rc-ioiceth because of the probability that a new National Bank wil] be establisoed in that city soon. ïln: capital stock is to be $100,000, and it is uearly all subscribed. Among the heaviest stoikholders will bs the Flret National Bank of llullv, which will take $00,000 wofth of the stoek; fiov. Bigolc takes $15,000 and Mr. Fox, ot Fllnt, aud John G. Owen, of East Saginaw take 5,000 each. Stepben W. Pearson, one of the most widely known and highly respectcd pioneer6 of Eaton County, Jdied at his home ncar Charlotte on the 8th inst. The funeral services were conducted by the (i. A. R. and were very imposing. On the circuit eourt calendar for Calhoun county tor the Se[itember term, there are 15 divorce suite. Cheboygan is negotiaüng tor (be electric light. Undcr the session laws of 18S3 the county treasurer is made a member of the board of Jail examiners in pluce of the circuit judge. Subscriptions are being made at Muskegon for a ucw Lutheran church, in which services will be held iu the Norwcüian language. Poor IiO's oinplitiul. ühief Mashegakeck, of the Isaliaila county Indians, gives his views of the official misconduet of Gapt. Allen, the Michigan ludían agent in the following: E. P. Ellens an Indiao agent of Mackanae Afcency wa6 at Indian camp meeting in Mt. Pleasar.t August 25, 1883 he meets the ludians purpose giviug laad selections of Isabella countv reservation whieh mide a treaty bPtween the United States and the Chippewa nation of Indiana for Saginaw, swan ertek and black rlver. There was lot of Indians from Canada Peremarquette aud Pent water desireing for gettiuf; land, Mr. Ellens has giving to them, but only Bome of these who are entitled to land. lie Is a Inaetiye and has give who lias land before from eaid Treaty. This Ie what he exposé himself. Mashegkcck In this conneetion it may be statcd that the matter is belng investigated. It is, howevcr, donbtlesssomemisunderstandiogoii the partof the Indians. Norilicrn Mlclsijran Hay. Ho doubt a great many farmerí, and perhaps other people, living in the south and eastern part of the State, entertain the idea that the northern eounties sro'.v but litüe hay, at least, hut little over and abova what will be required for home consumption. One instance in many may be mentioned whlch will have a tendeney ■-,0 dispell this idea. C. V. Priest, a merehant of Sears, OsceolaCo., has purchased this f all 300 toas of cholee hay, and is now engaged iu pressing the same ready for ehipment to Eastern markets. This large amount of hay was bought in two townships - Sylvan and Oriënt - and is estitnated to be only about one-half of the erop of thi year. Mr. Prieat paid from $7 to $10 per ton for the hay, delivered at his barracks. He expects to complete the job of pressing this hay in about two weeks, when he will immediately purcLase and place in the barracks another quantity similar to the one he is about to put on the nïarket. Thus it will be seen that Northern Michigan not only furnishes cxhaustless quantities of timber, but avery largi percentage of the hay ehipped outside. Mr. Priest is probably the largest jobber in hay in this north country. suicide of Heman J. Itedileld. Hon. Heman J. Redfleld of Monroe, went to the cemetery in that city a few daye ago, aud on the grave of his little daughter who died some ycars ago, shot himself three times. The body was found about flve o'clock in themorning. Mr. Redfleld had taken with him wheu tie started out for hls walk, a sinall satchel, nbich contained towe's, soap and a black suit of clothes. Among the letters which he had lef t to be delivered was one requestine that he be laid out where he was found and buried at once, aud $38 was incloscd to the undertaker for funeral expenses, he having had some conversation with the undertaker about two years ago with refcrence to the amount of mouey it woulii take to bury bim decently. A letter to the Prosecuting Attorney said that he was going to die on the only pieee of property he, owned. Mr. Kcdfleld leavea a widow and daushter, He was about 05 jears of age and well known throughout the state by his active connection with politics. Until within a year or two his tall figure was a prominent one at Democratie State, Congressional and othcr convcntions. He was a powerful speaker. In the fall oí 1874 he was elected to the State Senate, and rcclected in 1876, and was most popular among bis associates and with pubiic men gecera'ly. He had also held various cfllces ol trust in thj city and county. For a short time back he has been afflieted with melancholy, not taking bis usual active interest in affairs, and it is believed tha mental depression led tiim to take bis owrt life. Crooked Career oí' ITIichfgau .TIen iii tlte Biickcye State. The Clncinnatl Enquirer oí recent date contained the following account of the conduct of acoupleof Michigan ," ivortbies, " in the old Buckeye state : "Before 'Squire 1'ov.ersT. J. Whcatley has attachcd 100 casks of pottcry, at present stored in the warehousc of Grove Penny, this city, to satisfy a claim of f300 asainst N. O. Faueler and Charles F. Crawford, vno, undcr the name of Crawford & Co., euceeded in victimizins severalof the railroads running into the city to the amount in total of nearly $18,000. About a month ago their écheme was partially ventilated, and they skippcd the town. Since that time there have been several ncw developments in the case, and the authorities have succeeded in getting some very interepting previous history of the two worthlea. Ñ. O. Faus'.cr was the brains of the scheine, tvidently, and has been in the crockery business before. About 1870 or '71 he made a disastrous l'ailure in Cleveland, whf-re he had married a girl from whom,for ill-treatment, he was divoreed. From Cleveland he went to Niles, O., and thence to Niles, Mich., where hc married a wealthy widow, He is about 40 year6 of age and very attractive, both in appcarancc and conversation. Keccntly he ran an establishment in Atlanta, Ga., but left there under a cloud. When last heard of he was in Toledo, plotting against the people on the Maumee. As mueh is not known of Crawford. He la a travelintr salesman, with hia home in Grand Kapids, Mich. His wife recently in the Chicago courts petitioned for a divorce from him on the grounds of non-support and adultery. l)etectiveo are in scareh oí both of these men. There is another crime, however, greater than the foregoing in whichstrone eircuinstantial evidence would seem to implícate Fansier, if not kis late partner. On the llth of June, 1880, Cassie B. Schamn was married to a man who gave 'nis name as Charles D. Raymond. Slie belongs to a respected family in Pennaylvania, and had known her lover for more than a vear. Jfavlns imnlieit confidenee in him,shu indiscreetly yielded to a secret marriage, and the ceremony was porformed on the above date at Irwin's Station, Penn., in the presence ot one wituess, James Jaeobi. The secret of the marriage was closely kept, Raymond visiting bis wiie at regular intervals, uutil ín January of this year the wife's condition was such that flight or eonfussion wís an immediate necessity. They chose the formeralternattve,andcame to Cincinnati, registcring at Hunt's hotel as "Charles D. Raymond and wife, Wheeliug, W. Va." Shortly after their arrival he sought and procured for "her quarters in Mrs. McHuron's, "hospital" in Covington, Ky., where, on March 5, 1881, the poor girl became the mother of a son, wuichshe. named after itsunnatural fathcr. Whtle in a delirium, the ehild, through the mstrumcntality of its father, was taken from her and put ín the hands of a man who at one time was a waiter in a. restaurant on Central avenue. Kis name, it was af Lerward learned, was Howard Benjamin, and the cbüd Intrustcd to Mm died through neglect and was buried by the city inürmary of Columbas on the 13th of June iu the same year. When the agonized mother learned this she became almost distractcd. She had learned that the cereinonv which she bad rone throuijh ut Irwin's 6taüon was a mock marriago, as none of the parties whose names she ïeard wbile there bad ever been known u that vicinity. Ever since she has been lookng ior the man liaymond that she migut have eparation. A specimen of his handwriting was oblained from Mrs. McHuron. Not long aeo a letter came to the Cinciunati postoffice directed to Paul Raymond, in. care of N. O. faUBlfcr. Shortly alterward a letter came to ,he postmaster asking that this letter be forwarded to Toledo. Tben, too, a letter came signed by N. O. Faualer nimseli, askiug that lis mail be forwarded to Cleveland. These two requests and the letter obtained irom the McHuron woman are all apparently in the same landwriting. Then, too, it has been learned ;hat Fausler was ira Toledo at the time the letter signed Paul Raymond was malled at the Dostofflee there. These two cireumstanees seem to link the two cases together, aud Miss Schanra's relatives are aidinc the railroads in the searcli for Fausler lud Crawford. HlCaiiOlT JHAKKJETS. Wheat- No 1, white Í 75 @ 1 08 Flour 5 00 @ 5 50 Oom 51 @ 54 Oats.; 29 @ 31 Clover Sccd, 38 bu 5 00 (3 5 28 Apyles. "#bbl :. 26 @ 3 10 Dried Apples, f) tt 8 @ SJ Peacbes 14 (3 15 Cherries 15 @ 16 Butter, $ tt IS @ 16 Eegs 17 @ 19 Potatoes new í bu 1 50 @ 1. 65 Honey 18 @ 20 Beans picked 2 10 tó 2 15 Beans, unüicked 1 25 @ 1 50 Hay 900 @1400 Straw 700 @ 7 55 Pork drcsscd, f) 100 9 00 @ 9 25 Pork, mees 18 00 13 50 Pork, iamily 17 00 ( Hams 14 @ 15 Sboulders 8 a, 8W Lard lO&ffl 10} Beef extra mess 1150 @12 00 Wood. Beech and Maple S 40 Wood, Maple 8 00 WoodHickory S 00 .. If paris green is used to destroy insects on young squashes, cucumbers anc meions, it must bc applicd more sparingly tfaan for potatoes. A table-spoonful is sullicient for two ordinary pailfuls of water. F. H. Cowen, tho London composer, who is a rival of Sir Arthur Sullivan in higber realms of music than those of "PftÜenoe" and "Pinafore," will visit the United States in November.