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Minor State Happenings

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Day
12
Month
March
Year
1886
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Public Domain
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John Walpert's house In Eecanaba was destroyed 1-v flre oo tile 8d i ti t. Wulpcrt and his wiie wers both away from home. i'hcir liitln boy, ai.i.1 0 ycuis. perlshed in tlu' lames. P. II. Hall, (onnerly aconductor on the Newaygo brandb of tlu Uhlcago & Wi i Michigan raiiroad, was kille 1 on the M nst at Missouri Yallcy, lowu, l. a i accident on the . ioa i lic railroa 1. un which he was conductor. ÏBe teuialns were broilght to inUrnicut. Mn. r l r Knight. ;::) old resident of YonUac, tli.-ii suUdenly on the 4ih nst. trom plcurisy. WiUlam Allen ot Calumet', fcll 600 feet down a shaft ou the 4lh iiisi. and was iustautly külea. The siutc hviard oí agrlcolture have doc-ideil to hold a sule ou the 25th iust., oí the; surplus stock belonglng to the farm. About 30 Freacli Canadlana arrived in Detroit un thè -í t : i in-t., and apon belngquostíoned admltted that they had been hlred In i bec, by Mr. (Jralg[ o. Trcaton shlpyarda, Ut Wini; i:i Ji s shiprards. Strlkisg shipbullderi in Detroit at once t ok tno matter In band, and lald the facts betore District Attornev Black, and aeked tor a w.inant for Cralg'e arrest on a charge of Importing torelgn labor. Wiiliani B. Tompklns of Quincy has beeu convicted of placlng obstructions on the raiiroad track near ihat .'lace and 6eutenecd to a for nlne years. John Biddle, coonty elcrk of Macklnaw Roimty, and one of the mott respected citlzens oíthecounty, died a fv days ago of tricf cftused b' tlii' death oL hi son. A DQmbor oL farmers in the vkinity of Tecuniseh and Macoo, Lenawee connty, are maktüg prcparatlons to ao to Kansas this Thomas Cleland of Vlollula, Van Buren eounty, bos been held to appear betore the circuit courl o:i a charg#of assaalting M. ). VJncent, ;- ; itchcr In the Thompson Bchool district, i . Krew out iif 'inccat whippii 'i'nis the lattcr resentcvi, and in a quarrel whicb ensued cut lie teacher across the breast and fractuml a rit). . Jose-iih II. Steel of WlUlamston shot liimsclf throuen the hcad the other nighi whlle he lay In bed, and i :n Mr. Steel undertook to cali hm early in tlie morning ln1 tound him dead. Mr. Steel had been a great sufferer from iseasc tor ycars, au:l it Is supposed that the act was comiQitted while thj victim was tem; ora 'lij i " Edward Temple, employed at McMülen'8 lamber camp, northof tvart, was struck on the li ca i a i.ií. rccelvlDg injurien that will prove fatal, Charlis Willkmsol Montrose threatened to kill his sister )r some trlfling offense, and he has been i laccd under bonds to keep the peaee. The body of K i.a Johnson was tound in Fort Grat'.ot the other afternoou boslde the narrow guage track. She was a coloro! '.man who was demeuled. lt ís supposcd she was killed by a train. A. iadgment of $55) luis been renderta in the United States coart ai Grand U;rids Ui the oase of [ra . Smltta and Peter Walker of Huskecon againsl Louis Bands for infringetnonl of pa ten i mi a reíu tor saw and suingle mili-. TbodeciBion Bustains the patent, and as tbc uuraers are used extensively by lumber manufacturen the case U an important Oll. V. E. O'Neil, postmaster at Emmett, St. Clair couoty wants the a I ephBrown who was orderly sergeant in Co. i, 1-th Michhjan, in 18ÍS5, to as88t in obtalning a pension lar a vrorthï man. Contract for fivo year i stance have beeu made; by the board ot prisou inspectora asfollows: Aldrich .v Phillips, broom controct, 50 convicto ut 80 cents per day each ; creamerv package company, :'.o convlctB at 60 ((nts eacn: WlthintoD Cooley ic Co., 75 cents cac-h. Tbealleged defaulter of theKnlRhteof Maccabees al Carrollton, Sijcinav county, Kobert J. Abi arrested at West Bay City the other day. It is clalmod he collected inx) on araessments and toen resluned without turnin;: :lu' money over t.j tlif society. ï'ie funeral oí Mrs. Tarsney, mother of ( 'mi gressman Targeny vas beid ín EastSaelnaw on the 5th lust. "It was ihe larest funeral ever lielj in tliat city. The circuit court adj journed uut of respect to her memory. The (. lï. & I. eav abapa recently bnrned at Granil RapMs will be rebullt wtiti Iron, brick and cement at n cost of $25,000. No wood wlU be used in the Btructare. John Priec, a Gorman reefdeot of Adrián, but for severa! vean foreman In the Sliore shops at Elkhart, Ind., nnd well koown by all Lake Shore railroad men, died of erysipelas reeently. The Escaniba llghtuouse burned tbe other morning. The keeper, Mrs. Mary L. Terry, perished in the building. The origin oí the lire is unknown. It is believeil to have caught trom the furuace and to have been Imrni'ni; inside for soinetime before diseovcred, and that Mrs. Ten-v suffocated in the smoke before the flaraes broke through. NothiD rematns but tbe luick walls and the light tbwer, which is of brick and iron. Mrs. Terry eiblbited the fir8t light after the completion of the house in U63, and has ever since held the position of keeper. During February the state salt insj-cetor inspected 65,074 barrels in Sagfaav countv. 84 3,'il in liuv. 16,106 in Manistcc, 4,991 in" Midland, 6,954 in Masón, 2,ÍH3 in St. Clair, 11,293 in Huron aud 480 in tosco. The Fonla and Montcalm associationl of Splrituallsta will hold iheir seeond annnal meeting in Ionla on the March 27 and 28. A. B. Freneh of Clyde. the eminent tree thoneht scientiflc lecturer, will be the principal speaker. The contract for the building of the upper península prisou at Marqucttc will be let April Smith R. Wnolley, a prominent and popular citizen ol Detroit, died on the titn init. Detroit society has been thrown into a panlc bv the man-lage of the relict of late C. R. Mabley of that city. Mis. Mabley ivas uiarrled uJauuary last in New York tü Rey. W. J. Spiers late rector of St. Joseph's cliapel in Detroit. Mrs. Mabley is about 5 years of ase, and the motlier ot 13 chiidren, wliile Mr. Spiers is hardly turned tbtrty. Pred F.njistrom, employé 1 at the :ise Superior ron niiae in Ishpe'miug was strnck bv a falliDg rock ou the 8Ü1 lnst, and instantlV killed. Jobo Miller, iormerly of Toledo. Ohio, cotninittc.l suicide in Alprna u iha bth inst, Miller was a veterao of the late war, havlng serve i in a Michigan regiment. Herman Prey. sr., a farmer living near Capac, was fatally injured a few days since. White overturnlng a slump on Lis "farm the lever flew back, knocked him dowr, fracturad hi sknll, dlsloeated his ghoalder, and injurel liis lungs. }iv diml in a few hours. 8mlth& Lacenby's Tragón factory in St. Louis was burne.l on the öth inst. Dr. A. J. Aiken of (íiaud Kaoicls was arrestcd for manslaughter on the !)th inst. About feílr L&5%EÍE&'!í8Sll!ñ a ita ri biilts. Benton J. Russell, a well Unown citizen of Coldwater, feil down stairs a few days ago and fracturcd his skull. He lived but a short time. Henry JBueker, a younp; man cmployed by the Brush eleetrie lieht eompany in Detroit, was killed on the Sth inst. Charles Butkans, aged 6, son of Wm. uv.tr kans uf Qiand Kapids, shot his brother Lewis, aiied 4. in the hcaa witha revolver. He placea the ireapoD In :i drawer and tieo reported the tact to bis psrents. It is supposed the boys were foollng with the revolver and the older tried an experiment. Death reulted instantly. Jas. A. Root for the past twelve years man' aser of the P, oneer lurnaee in Negaunee, was iiHttnilv ki led by failing under a tra n o cara. Xo biame is attaché 1 to auy of the i rain men. The deeeused was 64 years of age. 11.' Icuves a wife aud two ehildrcn. Fredcrick Cole, an old gentleman residing for sonie tim; with the family of Mr. Buckner at Port Hnron, was found dead the other day. ilewasauold soldier, and heart disease was the snppo el cause of his death. It is believsd by many that the Pennsylvania railroad c ompany are the projectors of tho l'ole.lo, Saiiuaw & Muskegon road, and that it Is really an extensión oí the Pennsylvania system. l'lint business men are ti-ying to raisemoney suiiseriptlon to iuduce tüe .Mc(.loskev uireahing machine company to locale .u thatclty. Ten acres of land liave been donate:l bv two c-itizeus of Muskegon for the new rouud house o) tlie 1 ofedo, aiiB Aiuor iv; MOSkejïöfl torn Mrs. Noble oí' the Uclroit sciiool of elocution secured the Bervlccs of Mis Mar; Tucker MaglU o: New York for aseries of lctures oc . stnet:c physical culture, tüe Hrt of wtiicu tVOU OD thi; lOtii iust. at 4 o'clock at ibe Abstract and to coniinue each a.t rnoOii for oue week. iliss Magillwill also rive threi' lectures as follows: "TheQueen of tlie French Salon,'1 Thursday mornlng :ii LO:SU; "EngLsb Humorists of the Nlneteenth Century, ülciens aiul Thac'.cerav, Monda; eveDlne March 15, at 8 o'clock ilTvolndian Maidens," M.uii -:uih:t, ihc poeticftl iiction, Focabontas, the histérica! tact, Tuesday evenlng the llitb at8o'cio k. Thla is .Miss" Uagfll's only app avance in tbe state, aud an opportun:ty such as Is rarely aSorded. Department Commaader Charles D. Lougof Flim bas Just lsjued the order for the eignth annoal Dt of tbu (rand Army oi the ■ i ni Mu-hj;ua to bc held at JacKson on the 21st and 22d of April next. Half fare on all rallroade has beca 6ecured.

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