General State Items

Maple Rapids will Boon begin boring for salt. Adrián bas finally decided to bave the electrie light. Cheboygan county is nov the smallest couuty in the" state. Michigan citizens procure an average of 3ö patents per week. Flint has a eooking club the members oí -inch wear gold badges. Supreme Juatlee-elect A. B. Morse will retire trom his law practlóe July J, West Michigan fruit growers will meet in conTention in Múskegon JÏine 3. Kalarnazoo ettlaens are trylng to raise means to continue Ka!amazoo college. Battle Crecl; and Goguac lake are now conneeted by a line oL street carj. The nortbern asylum for the iusane at Traverse City is nearly completed. About 300 Missouri editors contémplate a vifit to Northern Michigan in June. A portion of Sebawa, lona county, .wa9 burned May 34tb. Loss over $15,000. About 00,0; 0 peacb trees will be set out in the vieiuity of Grand Haven this year. Franci-s B. GUbr.rt, an old pioneer of Gr.u d Eapids, has jointd the Bilcnt majority. From 1,(HU establishment iu Michigan, 2 5S4, 717,030 shiugles are made every year. Geo. T. Phelps, for inany years one of the leaning business mt.n of Marshall, is dead. The questiou of a horse railway between Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti is again agitated. Edward Mnrphy of Grand Raplds hauged himself tLe other eveuing. He was 65 ycars of age. Martiü Coppersmitb of Bay City, receives $15,000 through the death of nis fathei in Germany. James Elgnort of Cadillac was killed by being caught antier a falliug tree. He was 50 years of age. The Lansing wheelbarrow works have shut down, and will probably remain elosed all summer. Bey. Win. Doust, a Methodist minister, wellknown in Michigan, died in l'aw Pay on the 24th inst. W. P. Preston of St. Iguace will accompany Gov. Swineford to Alaska as Secretary of that Territory. , Prof. Hasktns resigna his positiou as teacher at the state ppison, Joly 15, tobe succeedrd by A. A. Bliss. The village of Holly offers a reward of $300 it r the convictiou of the person who startod tl.e recent fires. The Nortlivüle school furniture eompany is making a $2,0C0 set of furniture íor a ehureh iu Lowell, Mass. The Central Michigan agricultura! society will hold a spring meeting at Lansing on June 9, 10, 11, and12. George W. Simpson, one of the first white ! settlers in Cheboygau county, died in Mackinac, a few days siuce. Elijah Smith and wife, pioneers of Detroit, j yere instantly killed by a (rand Trunk train I ncar that pity a few days since. Sunday inorniug May 24. a terrible storm of wind, rain and hail passcd over Galesburg. Considerable damaje was done. Owing to the depletion of the funds of the military (11 ■jiartiuciit. thpre will be no encamp' ment oí the state tróops lU's year. Henson Smith was run over and instantly i killed bv special train on the Detroit, MackiI naw & Marquette railroad at Allenville. Cyrenius P. Black bas been appointed United I States Attorner for the castern district of Michigan, vice S. M. Cutchcon resigued. W. C. Given of Sault St. Marie, who was recently lost in the woods for several days, is I rapidiy recovering frem the effecti of tbc trial. Rev. C. F. Houseman of Adrián, has a copy of the Arabiau Nights printed in Arabic by the official printing hüuse óf the Egyptian governrnent. John Clark of Clinton, Lenawe3 county, has L'outracted with Detroit partios for all his creamary butter for the season at L4 cents per pound. The pest reunión of the soldiers' and sailors' ïBüociation of Southwesteru M)chigan will be tield at Bentan Harbor on August 1, 19, 20 and 21. AnsTia Nigglle, the young man who was assaulted near Greenvllle recently, is dead; He never reeovered consciousness after being struck. The examination of Jennie Booi of Kalamazoo, charged with child-murder, resulted in her dischage. The reault gives general satisfaetion. The oreeldent of the village of McBride ha? issued an appeal for aid In bebeli of the many families left hoineless and penniless by the recent fires. The change of venue in the morder case agaiust James Cara of "Dcvil's ranch" infaiiiy, takes it tü the next term of the Gratiot county t'ircuit court for trial. Wiiilt' assistiug at a barn raisins near Corunna, Daniel (ieeek was instantly killed by a íalling tiiuber. which urushed hishead. He was 36 years ola and uiimanied. Douglass on the T. A. A. & N, M. R. R., is npgotiátiufr for a stave and headina IftCtolTi Hiere being enough tiinber around there to supplv a iactory for eome years. ffay City capitalista who have invcstinents in alleged góid and sllvcr lande in northern Minuesota are mach ezerctsitd over report Dial bottom has fallen out of the "boom,'" - . Andrew Flyun of Iouia, cinpluycd on a derlirk used around the artealan wcll. feil to the e-round, a distance of 36 feot striking on his Lead and shoulders. He will recover. The httle viuage ot Vcrmontyillc, in Batoa countv, was the scène of a terrible iire on the night of May 23. Beven business houses and residences were Ijurned at a loss of $lti,OOJ. Tlie "Monroe conuty agricultura! Bodety" lias been organlzed, a lull set of offieers elected anti Sept. U1.), 80, and Oet. 1, fixed as lays for bolding the' flrst annual cxhibition. L. Webb of Bannister, hasobiálned a llowiug rt'ell at a d( pth of 90 fect, whlcb will prove a bonauza for the village. The water is proaounced equal to any in the state for medical jualities. Prof. A. E. Strong, formerly of Grand Rapids high school has amiouueed hls acceptauce of the chair of physical sciences in the normal school, made vacant by the resiguation of Prof. Lc Lputh. f iyc thous.md dollars worth of machinery aave been put lp the flouring miH'in St. Louis. In addition to lts her features , thii maehiu ;ry will make the mili the bcsf equipped pf any iu northern Michigan. Thebarnof Amasa Chandler, sltaated one nile east of Jer.ime village, llillfdale eouaty, ] ras struck bv llghtnlng aml entlrely cousumed ' ivith its contents. Los, J3,!lOJ; msured for 11,000 in the Farmer'! Mutual. James McMichael of Foitorla, Mich., paid his $80 goli wateb as the priee of learning the perila ol Uie in Detroit. The fact Is significant [bat he does not know wbere, whcn, or under ivnat conclitions he was robbed, W. 15. 8calf, ("mi rly o' O trolt, has reccntiy been appointed United State ■ i on' ui al Vienna, Austria. 1U' to ;i fr;-!i(l in Detroii thnf he noticed o Detrolt-Tnjde stovein the king'a palaee at Amsterdam, Holland. Of íour lambs (a p.iir oí twhis) liorn recently in soutlicrn Michigan, every one bad defoimed ears as a resuit M the mother's ears haviug been bitton by a dog. At least that is tae story an enterprising Michigan paper tells. At the Battle Cree1.; school seat factory James Deane, a workman, lost all the Bjigera of one band in au cucountcr withabu.z saw. Wm. Tenney sustained similar injuries at the Grand Rapios barrel factory in the same mauner. Geo. Gordon, the only suryiver oL the Au Sauble bnrner accident, is stiil connned to bis bed. The injury wliich keep.1! liim confioed is the cut whirh he roceiTed in the abdomen fi-oin a shovel at the time of the crash. His left arm is still useless. Loyster & Son of Hudeon, are probably the champlOD egg Bhiprxl'i of the state. Their shlpmenta for the month endlng May is was S8.358 dozen; for the weel; endlng May 1(1,8,349 dozen. The heaviesi day'a business was May 15, when they took in 2 5J0 dozen. The board of supervis, :s I' l.apcer couuty, awarded Jdhn G. Canüeld i Sou oí Vassar, Mieh., the contract for building the new countv poor house at f5 5 0. Bids ranged trom tliis sum t i Sj.o 1 1. Compettttoa was spirited. Ten bidders ere In the lield. A Grand Rápida claiivovant kuown as Mrs. Martha Washington or Stadaine Beu, a memberof the Afrlean M. K. church, baa leen expeBed trom the fold for "enchantry and sowïng diseord," and will appeal to the quarterly conference of lier eolored brethren for redress. A nuuib.r of t';e suhstantial farmers in the vicinity of (rand Rapfua have taken the initiatory steps towards establishlng a farmers' exchttuge in that city, where thej can Bell produce throuirh an agency witbout c&nvas&ing the city when they go to town. Ground was broken at Nortlwille a few davs forancw .M. E.charch, to e ,st $6,000. The members of thé Lacties' sa-irv frere töremosi in nüsing afuiïd for tl e building, performed the work, wielding spades and shovels with a vigor 1 Di'otteu of earnestness in the undertaking. Two masked men battered iu the door of Mrs. Calklns' residettce at Pino I'lains, Monday night, and Bearched the house for $5'J0 supposcd to be iu her po3session. ünly secur!}15. however. Tbere were tlnvu women oceupylng the house who were kept qulet bythreats oï violence. The southwest Michigan soldiers" nssodatioii will hold tlu 'ir animal reunión at Benton Harbor, August 18 to 21, aml the geni rul passenger agento ol Michigan haveagreed to carry persons attendin1 the reunión at oue fare for the round trip; tickets to pe in sale August 17 to 21, and good until August 22. A large meeting of citiz.ens of Kalamazoo was held other mght to conslder the ueeds of Kalamazoo college. The teeling was general that the distress of the Institution be relieved at pnce. It is probable an endowment fund of $50,000 will raised; a3 a eommitt;e for that purpose was appointed. The Honduras tropical fruit company held its annual meetiug at Grand Rapids reeently. This company owns 160 acres oí banana trees oearTehi, Honduras, where 1ÜO,Ü(X) cocoanuts bavebtej gathered slnce Marchl. The eompany has a lasc of 13,000 aeres oí government land for 30 vcars. whic-h is known as the National Coeat The pt'on'r of Otisville were trcated to a beautiful meteoric display a few niglits sinee. Alareemeteorpased a liltlc e;. si oi theyUlftge ncarlv north, jTving forti) a Ugbt iimch like electriclty. It was as liglit for a few seeonds as at mid-dav. It seemed to buret ín maar pieces a few rode northeaat of the village, si-nufng forth a briüiant sbcvcr OÏ light. Lucy A. Sinith of Mantetee, 8 years of age, was struck by a looomotlve and soou :ifter died from the injuries receivad. Several riba were broken, her skull ciushrd and back iujured. She was walking on the tracis and as the train approached stepped off, bat iinriiediately ttL'iipi il baek. Bofore the engine could be sloppoli she was struek witii th; above result Algonac a ereat blow by the burnlng of Abraiu Smilb's B&Ta md hoop mili. He tiljust starled for the s a-ous work. If, }s belieypd tho. lire originat s3 through the carlfissr nessofa watebman, thougb possibly it was the work of au incendiar?. Tne loss of mili ond Stock is isthnaliil al Ï16 COU; noinsurance. This is the secoad loss Mr. Smith has sustaiued in a sbort time. The ten miles of track running between Buchanan an 1 Berrien Sprlngs, constitutinii what is known as the St. Joe vallev narrow railroad, has ] ast been gold to Walworth [). Grane, who made the purehase in t'.ie interest of Baltimore partís. The eompany will b; thoronghly reorganlzed inamsdiately, and the work oí changing the road from ■ a narrow to a Standard gauge, al.so of its limits south to South Beud, Ind., and north to Lake Michigan, will l)e in full blast iuside of the next :0 uuvs. A nest of thieyes has been discovered iu Monroe whieh accointï forthemany burglaries aad depredatlons oi fregat cara which have beeu eomru'tted lor t'.c Dust year or more. Stories told by scho 1 childrCn led to Vu scareh of a house oecupied by James E. Navarre, situated in tho Taird ward, wbcre.t.herc was discovered all kinds of stolen property, somt of which was missed upwards of a year ago Navarre has been airqsted but was released on bonds of $l,00i. One Thonra J. Armstrong whó hails íroin Montreal, has also been ar rested and is ïow in Jail. It is hop.'d this wil brea}c up the gai:g. M. Shelnian, a farmer ucar Brllaire, 4ftírlR county, has juít linislwil digglng ahout 10Í bushels of potatoes, and pronóunees then much better than any iliiii last fall at the usua time. Several farmers tbere&bouts have heretoiore tried the plan of leaving their potatoes In the ground all winter, the deep snow so cov ering it that there has bren no flanger of freez ing. The plan has not only worked well, bu three crops have beeu rftiaed from 'VDluntcers' - potatoes missed iu digging and remaining iu the ground. These WOUW gruw. and in some cases have yielded CO ) to 400 bushels to tht acre for two vears iu euecoesion. Just hmv long this freeaoin from th f tro ible of planting will ecutiuuc canpot be said, but time will teil as these farmers projxse to try it again on the same grouud thi year. The following counttes have iccreased ii population, ac iiriHug t i t:e last censns, eacl Su round numbers, 1O00 over tlie previous pensus. t}z: B n'.ie, tkrricn, ( lar1, CrawforJ i. fngham, Kalamazo i. iCalkaska, Léela naw, [jenaw e, Missauieé, Ogmnxw, Prasqüt iflu, Kos u.iininn anU sliiu ec. Allegai jome nearly up to th I 0J0 marlt al#o. '1 b toHowicg countics show an In r ase of 9,00!) viz: Baraa, Macklasp, Midi n i, Montoalni Ontö&agon, Otsfgo añ i Sfcl ool'rait. The fol lowin-i show ! a:i m r a uof uo1 less than 8,000 speakiog alwavs in ruim! EUnbers, viz : Aa trim, Calhoun, Cüeboygan, Chippewa, D.'lta Jackson, M:ioa, Occaua, Oscco!a, Ottawa urn Sanila .-. The following'have lnciaaseJ by 4, ;0) Linir pii,iu'ntio:i within thee nms perioi of lí-.'í "--■-!. vz: Alnsnu, Oiand Traverse Gratiot, flQugíiton, Saron, Fosco, Isabelia Lake, Newaygo, Tascóla and Wexford. Th oountv of tíarquette la eredited with au In crease of 6,0'Ji), and the counties of Manist e Meeosta and NlenomiQce of 7,000. li''iit aiu Muskigou are augmented eaih with ll,OC0 idditiorial populatiOB, Bay with 13,000, Sagl oaw with l(i,0C0 and Wavne with 3S000. Th foljowing have retrogradeel in point oí popula tion, buttheretroeressoa s si glit, viz. : Barry Branch, Cass, Clinton, (i nes je, llillsdalc oiiia, Lapeei', Livingston, Manttou, Sionfqe Oakland, vau Buren and VVasbtenaW)