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Minor State Happenings

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Day
29
Month
January
Year
1886
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Public Domain
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Big Rapids is to have a public park. Inqulrles couucrning land iu Mackinan cuunty ure received daily by a prominent real ! estáte dealer, fiom eastern partios. A destructiva tire oeeurred in Coion on the i 20th, ri'sultiug iu a loss oí propertv amouuling to ilO.UOÜ, witli bnt little Insurance. Phillip De Puy of Teeumseb bas a deed of a portiüu of bis farm, given by the United States to Beuj. Vau Camp in 1831, bearing tiie siguature of Andrew Jaekson. Tbe document, after l;e;ni; set afloat witli tbe autograph of " Old Hk-korv," wailed 23 years to be recorded a future governor (Croswell) of Miihigan. Tbe parebment upon wbich the instrument U executed, tbougb Irarinic laln nearly 50 years, is not worn in tbe folds as much as a newspaper of to-day &4 hours ild. T. V. Avery, marshal of Augusta, 111., tbreatens to sue the Kent county board of supervisor for the Í30Ü renard tliey offered for tbc capture of Chad. D. Fuller, tonvieted at Grand Kapids of forgery. unless the money is paid to biin at oneeï daiming tbat he iurnisbed inlormation tbat led to Kuiler' s capture. Tbc supreme court bas afllrmed tbe con vietion and sAtenec to prison for 11 yearj of m. Coffmen, tbe first man convlcted and sent up for manslaughter iu Scboolcraft eounty. Coffman killed his wlfe In Au Train In 1884. Willi&ui G. Ryan; alias Henry Austin, sent to Jaekson from Lenawee county October 7, 1880, for ten years, for burglary, has been pardoned. Tbe cóndition is tbat he puts himself In charge of hls brothêr, H.C.Ryau. of New York, and that he wlll hereafter ílve straight. Qrlne in paying quantltles, bas Jjeeu fuiind in St. Ignaee. The management of the soldiers' home In Urand hapias have secured the American house for use as a home uutil the new buildius;s have beeu cumpleted. All lnmates have been transferred to tbe American and the building heretofore used abandoued. Congressman Ilorr will talk on the labor questlon In East Saginaw on the 33th lust. David Pierson. engiueer at the Poriüae knltting works, aud bis son Allen have beeu arrt-sted, eharged withstealing knit goods and f urniture froni the faetory. Frank Goodwln, a Portland lunatlc eonfined in the eounty Jall at Ionia, tore the register grating from the wall and ; eran led up the cbimncy. He stood on the peak, black as a chlmney sweep, and could not beooaxeddowu. He remalned there all day, when the sheritl and hls'asslstants satred & hole through the rooi and pulled hlm down by raalniiorce, _. Col. Beard of Detroit has fallensheir to] $2.OOÜ.ODO by the death of his father. Bessle Kaiser, aged 11 vears, was killed bv beug ruu down bv a frclglit tralu at Wnite Pigeon tie other morning. 8he was stand. ng on the track watehin' the train pull out, and another backed down and ran over her. Eoth htr legs wr cut nearly off at the body, and ouearm was broken. Mrs. C. W. Tuthill, an old and highlv esteemcd citlzen of Pontiac, is dead. Two years ago Mrs. Wm. Blnney of Big Rapids was injured by falling on an unlluished sidpwalk. The matter of eompensatioii as deeided a few days ago, when the city issued an order for $125 In payment of all claims in favor of Mrs. Binney. Capt. JLlttle of Bay City, says the Oeonto will go to pieces at the Charities before spring. Prosecuting attorneys' convention at Lansing Feb. 10, to tal ; about criminal law practice. A. S. Hilton of liurnslde bas invented au ncubator tbat he claims will beat nature, hatching eggs in 15 days. Big Rapids council have sold the $85,003 water bonds to the Wayne eounty savings bank for $34,500, at iy per cent. Geo. Granger. Uidnii nci Vcrmuuvuie, Jusni ti!s matched team of horses wlth "rougb ou rats" for condition powders. and fouhd tueiii ooth dead the next morning. "Murdered bv parties unknown" is the verdict of the jury in tbe Knoehinquest before Justice Koulo.of Springwells. Mr. Hamann, aow a resident oí Maekinac, was the youngest soldier in the war. When he Ufetud lu Wij] loof, 1V ii ■ i. iú j T .14. The Clark earriage works at Lansing expeet to have new buildings completed, and the works again in full operation inside of thirty days. The supervisors of Genesee countv have votd that tramps in that county mustbe arrested and put to work. A petition is being elreulated asking congress for an appropriation of $10,000 to rebuild the doek at Forestville, whlch was destroved by the storm Dec. 4 last. Leonard Jewell a a oíd soldier, member of Fourteen Michigan lufantry at the breaking out of the war, died in the hospital at Bay City recently, agedTl. Henry E. Stayt of Ithaca bas begun an ac" tion in the Ionia circuit court agatust Joseph Rounds, a wealthy citizen of Lyjus. :or $10,000 damages. He alleges that Kouuds enticed away lii young aaJ liandsome wife lasi February auii estraned lier from him. Kounds ie uver 75 years oíd and has a faruily. Bessie Kaiser uf White Pigeou, aged 11 years, was stauding on the track watcning .. trafti pull out, and another baoked down and run over her. Botli legs were cut nearly olT at the body auil one arm was broken. Sampgon David and Jen y Hopkins have been arrested, and ludj;td in juïl iu ithaca, charged itti burglartzlng Botslord's store at New Haven, Clio Center, Maeomb county, last September. The new luconiutive purehased by the Calumet & Hecla. whicb will go Into active service in the spring, bas a weieht of 63 tons on the drivers and lorward trucks. W'ith tendér It welgbs 90 tons. it Is caleulated it w:ll ■!! able to iiuuule 15 rock ciirs on a grade oí 1W) feet to the mile. The new dress uniform ui Compacy 1). M. ü. T. of Monroe. Is said to bc the haudsoinest in tbe country, and will mal over $1,700. The coat is u cataway of very d.irk blue, withgold trlininlngs. The pants are a lighter shade of blue. The helniet is white, 'wlth óstrich f eathers . Jim Carr, the keeper of "üevll's Ranche mar Harrison, Clare county, charged with the miirder of an Inmateof his deD, bas been sentenced U .ïuckson for 15 years. A project Is on foot, says the Sturgis Jouraal, among the old veterans to orgauize a Grand Arrnv colou; to lócate in Mclutosh county, Dakota, on government lands. Mr. Oeorge A. Janes of IlUlsdale will take charge of the-lnUre. ts of the movemeut. The proJect IS Indoroed by the following ivell known ;;rand r.nin corurades: O. ;A. Janes, past deputv commander G. A. R. of Michigan; R. J. Shank, past deputv commander; V. H. Tallman, past A . A. G.'; V. K. Proctor, pst A. Ü. M. G.: A. B. LaFluer, eommander C.J. Dlck'insou post, Hillsdale. The management of the Michigan & Ohlo railroad are aoxious for a northern connection and have made overtures to the management of the Lansiug, Alma & Mt. Pltasant road' at Alma, lookiuï to conuection at that point and the ;adopti( u oi that line corth of there is Pfrt ol the M. & O. line. The propositioa is to get the Coldwater & Marshall road, so ealled, which is graded as far north as Elm Hall, Gratiot county, and us; lt as far as Carsou City, Montcalm county, where they would deflect In a northeastcrly di rection to Alma. The matter is under advlscruent. Marshall is havÍEg sueh a religlous avakening that Ihe youüg ladies will .not leave the services to attend a dance, and the young men who had made arrangements to hold one have appealed to the Battle Creek joung ladies to come to their help and save them from the njortlficatlon of dancing with each other. Forty years aero a needie becatne imbedded in the leg of Mr. E. L. Hammond of Corinth. Kent county, and has been a souree of much annoyauce ever slnce. Last week, while suftcring eharp rheuniatle pains, he gavera íigorous kiek whfch brought the needie to light once more, and it was removed. Mt. Graves, a Dundee pensioner, is in luck8he rfecently recjived tl.tíOO as a government pension, and now she has been notitied of the allowance of her husband's pension, amountingjto $1,200. Co. F. Sixth Michigan -cavelry beid a reunión in Biï Rapids on the 22d Inst. Representati-.e T. B. Barry, who was arrested at the time of 'the strike in the Saginaw Valléy, for couspiracy aad inciting to riot, bas been acquittod. The jury were out all aight, but on everv votu stood lü to 2 for acqulttal. Aiiioul' ciflzene gè. erally the verdict is 'reeeived with pleasur.s thougb some of the millowners are dlsgraDtled. lt is not poesiule to say at tbii time wbether the otbor charges of conspiracy lodjed against Wr. Barry will be prosecuted. Tbe new bridge acros; the iusKegon at Nwygo bas beea completed. D. P. Clay, a mili owner, sou;ht to binder the work of construction on tb; ground that a bridge at tbat point would be a tn-eat detriment to tbisj busmess. Takinir advautase of bis absence a large force of men gathered and the bridge was bastily coiODletêd. Air. F.L. Cbcse uf Lowcll, who has Xoiíocae time ijeen inan. ,umped from the second story wlndow of hls bouse ïindar, Jan. 25. Au alarm was at unce niveo, un 1 liter seareh]ng for several houis, bis bodv was found ia the river, under the ice. He bad for a long time imained the aneen weru sc-arthins for him for sume iumginary crime, and had watched every opuortunlty to set avay from them. The hospital at Gruvlin!; was burned to the i cround ou the afteruoon of Ja n. 24. AH the ! patients were safcly removed. Los'partial)y eovered by Insuiauee. The annual rep irt of tbe Harbor Point summerresort asïociati. u shows that all the stock has been disposcl of, the list of stockholders embracing resident of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Of the total of 360 shares IOS are owned by i.anslrm gentlemen. The total oost of tbe property" thus fa foots up to?14.300. aud is free irom-debt witl the exceptlon of $144.05. The Point hotel las vear cleared $1,749.22, the gros receipts foot! ug up #10,571.75. l'he Bohemian oat men ppear to hav gulled tbc farmers of Michigan "in a thorouft luanner. The ïlrst uational tank of Eaton Kapids tüjds the notes of farmers, given a purChaie money for the grain, for over $4,000 I :,nd this by do mea.ua represents anythlng lik I the amouot of work done by the agents. The new northern asylum for the insane a Traverse City is aboüt completed and fur nlshed. The capacity of the iustltutlon wil beforabout 500 patients. Already 343 ar registercd,250 coming from Kalamazoo au( 43 from Pontiac. When spring opens th improvement of tbe grouuds will be under taken. Mr. C. Jacobs of Stnrgls produced thirty nine pounds of peppermmt oil to the acre whieh is claiiued to be the best vleld ye reacbed in this state. A number of benevolent people at Jackson have organized a relief committee, which wil issue suppües to the needy and worthv poo of that city. It cost Saglnaw cuunty S2.000 to try and acquit Represnntative Barry. "The Western Land Guide and Real Estal I.awyer," published quarterly by (_'. li. Howeli üetroit, is replete with valuable lnformatiot iibout deeds, leases. titles, Jiens, etc, ant other uiatters of interest to real estáte osvners. An Important feature of the magazine embraces tne recent declsions of courU iu n atters of great importance to those who deal in real estáte. Aside from this, there ia much cntertalulng and interestiiig reading matter, suitably lllustrated aud tarefullv prepared and edited. The subscription price is only 50 cents per annum; single copy 15 cents. Forinfonuation address: ! . CHARLES B. HOWEI.L, ,9i Mechanics' BW-k, Detroit, Mlch. One Mary Kyan, who several years ago sucrpsRfully tiiafkmailpil h mimberof uimnentlv respectable üraud Kapids gentleuien, nnuw somed out in Chicago, in the rule of a pretty Look agent, an-1 ehe has just had a prominent lawyer irrested, bringlng a serious charge agalnst him. Michigan state troops have been paid in full to January lst. Ex-Postmaster Stearns of Blissfield, was uuïuckv in hls speculatlons. Besides belug In arrears to the department and the village treasury it transpires that he lorroweJa total of $4,sil from a number of persons, includlng youiig men and women, to whom ue agreed to pay from S to 10 per cent interest. The notes remain unpaid. Lape'.'r is to have a new creamery, work on wbicti will begin at once. The Kent county supervisors have allowed T. W. Avery, of Augusta 111., $65 for ihe infoimation "funrsbea which led to the arrest of S. D. Fuller, who is uow doing time at Jackson lor oblaining money by false pretenses. Superintendent Ferry of Grand Rapids, had claimed all tbe honor of discoverIng Kuilers whereabouts. John Coriell of Mancelona was recently il to the Ionia prison for 5)0 davs ior steailpg a f aw. Tne auttiorities at tne prison refused John admission becau:e the saw wasn't worth $5. and theunfortunate man was returned to hls home. Charles Perkins and Levi La Londe of Rog.rs Citv, whllc deer hunting rtcentlv, were chased by a pack of hungry wolves, anil saved themselves bv gettinjj lntü an old Vhoolhouse. Miss Anna ü.ge 01 isnpemmg, wou ma severely injured at a roller rink last August, and has been coufineJ to her bed since Uien, died at the residence of her brother-ln-law, Dr. Theo. P. Felcfi, the other mornlnï. The sad death Is traced by physlclans only to roller skating. The Homer flouring mili, owned by Mrs. H. H. Emmons of Detroit, burned the other evenlng. Nothing was saved, auJ Buck de Henig, the lessees, lose everything exceptlug tbeir oooks. There Is some iiisuranee ou the mili and also on the stock. The remalns of Charles Clowes, the Chicago suicide and niurderer, were interred in Buchanau, hls former home. Daniel O'Learv, a well-kuown eltiien of Sterling, was killed by a falllng tree a few ilays ago Mrs. and Mrs. J. R. Holden, of urauu Kapds celebrated the sixty-nitb. anniversary uf thtir marriage Jan. Üö. Josiah Broad, Jr. of Ishpeming broke both bones of hls rlghtleg while logglng, a few davs SÍBCÍ. Large quantitiea of potatoes have been shipped this winter froiu Shelbv to markets iu the extreme south. Tht uiostbl these have not beeu renumeratlve to the shippers. Thr frost, the rot, and the inferior qualitv of last s?ason's tnber have been auioue the liu-res. It is no use closiog eyes to the fact tlm Michigan potatocs have bccome deceased. Whether frorn tbe use of paris grteu, ür froru improper cultivation. the old qualitv and appearance are gone. The rose, early and late, has had its day. Some new variety mu9t take lts place and a bettr systein of cultivation be adopted, or the farmers of Uceana county will lose one of their chleX gources of income. The trustees of the technoloeical school ordercd establishrd by the last k-gislature hope to have lt in running order, at Tlouïhton, by next f all at latest, but they cumpla m of the niggardly ($10.000) approprlation for the first year, and threaten to ask more next winter. W. D. RichardsoD, contractor for the Orand Raplds city hall, has sent In hU bid for the new capítol building at Denver, Col., which will cost somethlng over tl,000,UCO. Marquette bas pald for the U. P. braneh orlson site, and has ahandsome balance left over. When the front leaves the ground building will begin. Hon. Burtou Parker and wife have returned from the Judian ageney to their home lu Monroc. While Mrs. Daniel Cross, resld!nj near Scots, Kalamazoo eounty, was abseut at a ueighbor's her little glrl, aged 2 years, was fatally burned by her clothes taking üre. On tho mother's return she found her child íd a Bnow-l ank near the house with her clothlng Bearly burned off and her hands frozen. Rogers City, Presquc Isle eounty, wants an undertaking establishment. Mrs. L. Jerome, a relative of cï-Gov. Jerome, dled at her home, at lïoyal Oak, recently, aged 07 years. Alonzo Stone, who shot the deputy sheriff of FresqUë Isle eounty a year ago, has been acqulttèd. Howell's rallroad war eost about $3,000. JackEon eounty poor house wlll be rebuilt on the old site. lue resiüence ol V. G. W'atsoD. DauKcr, the linest in the village of Coopersville, was consumed by fire the other mornlnit, sustainiug a loss of $4,000, eovered by an insurance of $1,'Ü0. The tire eaught In the basement, but how paitits are unablé to say. Most of the furuiture was saved. The village has no tire protection save a wind-mili, which In this case aided materlally, wlth the unitcd help or cltizens, in saviug the adioining property. Jatob Keismlller of Jaekson, who was convlcted of burning George Daveoports's barn at Grass Lake, has t been seuteutid to fiftcen years in state prison. A peculiar" ana fatal accident receñtiy occuiTed at Prescott's camp, Ogeraaw fcounty. One of the sawyers was carrying a saw on 'his shoulder and running away frora theiviciñlty of a falling tree, which struck a smal! tree, bending it over, striking the saw which nearly Bcvcre.l the raan's head from hls body. Mr. C. Newton of North CastletoD, Barry county, has a chair which was given to his great-grandmother by Cspt. Daniel Francis, who was in the revolutionary war. The chalr was given to her at Pittsfield, Mass., over 100 years ago. SThc state reform school at Lanslug was open for the reception of pupils in 1856, since wiien it bas received about 3,200 boys. Of this number about 2,700 have been 'discharged. leavini; at this tims 450. The average time oí I retntion is twrntv-two montbs. The i?eople of Alpeiia bope soon to be out oí the woods. The completion of the Detroit, Bay City & Alpen railroad to Blacjf River hae revived their anjbition aod their anxiety to aave the road coatiaued on another peg, so as to afford tbem an ouüet at all scasDns oí the year. Josiah Colburn, one of the oldest residents of Newport, Is dead. Michigan dalrymu will meet In KalamazooFeb. 16,

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