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Day
29
Month
January
Year
1886
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Public Domain
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Michigan Sportsmen'a Association. Tbe annual meeting of the Michigan Sports; lucn'fl Associatlon, will be held at Kulmuazoc Tuesday, Februarv 9, commeneing at 7:30 o'elöek p. m. The headquarters of the association wlll be at the Burdiefc house. A f uil attendance ís requested, as business of interest and iinportance to the sportsmen of the state will be consldered. Clutfe, members and individuáis, are requested to send to the ' Secretary, Mark Norrls. 79 Lyon street, UrauU Rapids, any Information tuey inay pogies which wlll aid the associauou iíi lts" eudtavoi to suvu the game and lish of tuis state from ! tue rapid destraction now menacing it. The secretarles of all uuxtliary clubs are requested to send the name of thelr otlicers and th number of their members to the secretary foi the Information of tbe association. Eact auziliarv club is entitled to be represented at the annual ineetiug bv tive delejat?s. Jn dividual members, and otbers interestel in tüe objeets of thé asseciation, are earaestly invlted tobe, present. _ The anaual meetlnjr of the nld residente' association of Grand Kapids was held in thut city Jan. 2ö, and was attended by twenty -fivt members. Hon. O. H. (Taylor, president, oecupie.1 the chalr. The secretary's report shows twenty-seven new members since the last meetng. Thlrteeu have diei. Trcasurer (iilbrt's report showed a balance on hand of jüay 9t. Omcers elected: President, C. H. Tayloi-: vlce-presidents, John T. Holmes, Zenas Win sor; secretary, Reuben .H-iSmitu; treasurer. Thomas D. üilbcrt. The total meinbership ii about 300. Mrs. David Taylor of Coopersville. aged 80, was so overeóme by fright while a üre was ín progress 1c that she dled. While examining a new revolver In tüe presence of hls wife and eight ehildren, a tierman named Schottzer, living in Big Rapids, accidentally diseharjicd lt, the ball eutvrinK the head ot an S-year old eon, below the lefi eye. The bov is in a critical condltion. Ira M. Hougb, an oíd resident of l'lyínou tb died Jan. 87, aged S7 years. Mrs. Agnes Hurd, for 50 years a residunt ol Monroe county, died Jan. 27. Alice Molleur, an attenda nt at the Battle Creck sauitaiium, committed suicide by tuking.rat poison Jau. 27th. Col. F. W. Warden of Grand Kapids has received a commission from President Cleveland as special examincr of land claims in Michigan. The appointmcnt giTes satisfaction. 4The exccutive committee of the parliamentary fund in Marquette ionvardcd Ui Dr. Chas. O. Kellly oLDetroit a check lor il,our5ü Jan. SB, ïhis amount istlarger thau was contributed by Detroit or any otUer city iu the state., W. H. Orr. son of J. W. Orr, auditor of the D. G. II. & Sb, died In Pontiac Jan. 27, of consumptlon, aged 34. He was well knowu among railroad inen and very popular. John Pet?rson, of Big Kapids, was killed Jan. 26, while skiddlng logs. Messrs. ISyles & Phelps, asslgnees of Kellogg, Saivycr c Co., disposed oí their proii-ity, cousisting oí mili, lands, etc., in Leroy, Osceola county, Jau. 'il. íor a llttle lese tlian tl8O,üO3. This doses out Ihe property astigutd. In üctober, 1883, a Michigan Central train was derallert near Coopersvllle and pitched down a bank íorty feet higa. Amoog the passengers whOj were injured was Jóscpli Schuett of Midmay, Out. He was brulsèd :m had his spiue injured. The railroad counpanj hae always insistcd that the rails were toni up by train wreckers, and henee reíused lopay. any damages. The matter was nol cjtüeil uutil Jan. 27, when the companv's uttoruey confented that Schucti take a jüdgjnent for f 1.50U in his suit for damages in the Wavnc circuit court. Shcrb. Vorbees. a popular youug man of Hudson, died Jan. 36, of typhoid iever. Bills for the erection of public buildings iu Muskeeon and Manistce were iutroduced by Mr. Cutcheon, Jan. 27. John Matthcws whilt choppiag iu the wouds near Hastin;s, was .truck by a falling tree andinstantly killed. Embroidered woolen laces are votn iu sa E?eat excess as in the aummer. They are uow adorned ani transformed with embroidcrv color and tinsel. Bonnets of velvet, witb fur or 6eal plush or Astrakhin plush briais are being brought out tor midwiütcr wear. A prover'o says- Ilunier is the best cookrhat may bc sa. twt hunger hasn't anything ÍO cook.- Siftings.

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