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9
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April
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1886
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In"the suprenie court of the United States on tbe öth inst., Chicf Justice Waite announced an order on a pctltion lor babeas corpus iu the case of L'ims. V. Fonda, uow eerving a term oL three and a half years iu thejackson state prieon for embexaleivieut. The motlön is denied on the gruund tbat no reaeon is suggestsdintbe record v.hy the decisión of tho circuit court of tl; county should uot be re. bj the supreine court oí tue state in the regular "coufse of proceedlngs. The Judjfes hold, thereïore, that the aeti'on Í3 not proper in this court. The Charles '. Fonda embezzlemcnt case is familiar to the entiro legal frateruity of Michigan. It bas been litigated in every court in tbe state and for several weekfl past has been pending in the supreme eourt oí the United State. In view of the important constltutional question :nvo!ved - a quostíon upon which depended trie fate of hundreds of bank offleen who had bron Irierl convlcted aud seutenced to j prieon bv statu courts, presumably without ! jurisdictlon - lawyera seem to regard U as beiug pre-emlneutly the most important legal j question that had arisen in the state of j gau in many ycars, in fact one of the most i portant in thé country. This decisión by the highest tribuual in tho land invest the case ith uew Interest, for, while there was ' doubtedly h questiou iuvolved, eminent lawyerfl i"'it) had examJned tho case carefuUy, J ivere unauimous In the conclusión that the ' apptal to the eupreme court of the United j States would have but one result, and that thu i final release of the prisonur on the j:round that the court which tried and eonvlcted hitn lacked jurisdictiou. A uuruber of Detroit lawyers, who bavu expressed themselvea I peaïediv and forelbly on this question, will probably le incline;! to regard the decisión of tho court ks Leiug based ön expedieney rather than the merite of the questioD. In view of i tnh latest decisión a short history of thls j much l.tigated case will be iutcresting. Fonda was a clerk in the eruploy of the First j N'&tionaJ Bank of Constantine, and while there I was aceused oí embczzling certain funds i longiug to the bank, Complaint was made '. agaiust him before a local Justice of the Peace whereiu he was charged with simple lareeny at the common law. Lpou this complaint he was held for trial in the circuit court of St. Joseph county, where he was proceeded against tiy information instcad ot indlctment. By the j staiutes of Michigan both inethods of procedure are lawiul iuall cases falling witbiu the iurisdictiou of the state courts of. record, but that by Information has long been tbo comraon method. The information against Fonda i coutained nine counts, in all of which ne ffaa rMrtfdd u-it.ii eithfij _ embezzlcment of the fünds of the bank or "iarccnj-üf the goods and ch&ttleg of the bauk. The case dragged along slowly, no iewer than half a dozen different lawyêrs and law flnns in turn takins; up Fonda's side. The last firm to takc holii of it.wnstliiiirmnf1Cl):'1'T1" "i %?. '„J Detroit, who took a bold stand and claimei that tho court in which ho had been found Kuilty'of two couuts in the iutormation - tho otliers having been eliminatcd- had no jurisdiction to try and punlah the prlsoner and accordlngly thej peutioned the Supeme Court of the Lnited States íor permission to lile a writ ot habeas corpus for hls release. They claitned that the statute under which he was triei had no special application to national banks, and that it was in fael adopted prior and without reftrence tú any such systcm. The case of Fonda, they claímed, falls within the following provlsionfl of the National bank act: Every president, director, casbicr, teller, clerk or agent of any association who j zles, abstracts or wlllfully misapplies any of I the moueys, funda or ercdits ot the tiou, etc, etc, shall ho (ieenied guilty of a misdemeanor and shall bc imprisoned nol less than live yesrs uor more than ten." State Semi-CentcnniaL The Michigan spuii-centennial celebration at Lansiag, June 15, will consist of a barbecue and basket picnic, followed by an evening meeting in the capítol. Thera will be no penkers lrom outside oí the state. Judge Chipman of Uetroit will write the words ana i H. ü. Koney of Eaginan-, the niusic for an orisiual ode, and a youug ladv is writing the words for auother piece of vocal music. Papers wlll be read on the followinsr the 50 years ot its eilstence: .judicial h. story and progresa of state jurisprudente legislativo reviews and resumo or the state acts passLd Iu 50 years; con'ressional review and hislory of ho representation of Michigan in the federal poverument; progress of higher education iu the state, incuding the Michigan universIty; agricultural educatiou, inciuding the agricultuial college; history of normal and common sctcols; agriculture, inciuding the development of all sections of the state; torticulture, wilh a history of the various horticultural ocieties ; mineralogical development of the state and its present wealth ; meciianical and inanufacturiug industi'ies, includnig in ventions; military history of the stato; tisheries of the state and their develupmeut; agricultural possibilities of the uorthern península; íinancíal and banking history of the ! ttate. Judga Ccoley flll prepare the lustörical ! i view, and J. W . Bartlett of Detroit, the one on [ mechanical aud manufacturing industries. All the papers will be published aitc-r the celebration in a largo volume, together with a history M UJC DUltO. An Estímate of the Log Product for the Scojso i Jast Closed. Operations In the plnerles have practicall'. suspended íor the season, attention oeliig now turned to drivlng. On the streams which during the past week have been swollen the lattei ururk hiii lteka.(jux ,-Xhe Jo2 uroducl. il is esüinated, wil! eiceed that of the previous year, althougii reliable íitrures aro not at present obtaiuable. Foilowiug ;s an estimatc of tbe output oí the Tlttabawassee aud it tributarias, which it is believed will prore nearly coi'iect: Veet. Tittsbawas6ee and tributarles S65,Oüü,0C0 Caas 8,0OU,ÜOO Bad 1,6 Kawkawlln ö,U)0,tKJ Uine 00.100,00 ) Augres 5U,C0a,000 Plne Shorc 5,000,C()J Total new loes 495,500,000 OldlogB b2,52'J,512 Grand total 578,070,512 On the Augres the figures given include only the loge to bc rafted and delivered by the boom company. About 70,000,000 fect have been banked on the tributarles of the Stream, which will be hauled to Tawas by rail. Iu &.cdition to the above the Saginaw river ftUjck of logs will be Increased by 30,000,000 feet to be towcd from Luke Superior aud Georgian bav and 15,OU),000 fect to be shippedby rail direct __ A Fatal Fire. Fire e tartod on thc;morning of tbc SCth uit., , in the bakcry of Tlmothy llurley on Matteson 6treet in Bronson, liranch countv, and beforc it could be checsed burned the new briek block of four ttores, causing a loss cstimatcd at $20,000. The saddest feature of tho flre is I tbe terrible misfortune thatovertook the II ur' ley family, the mother and daughter May losing their lives, and the iatber and three othcr children, two boys of lti and 10 atd a baby of 2 ycars being badly burned. An employé of Mr. liurïey, named Strahlcy, was badly cut about the headin eecaplng irom the building, and Sheriff Wbittaker bad one of hls legs serloii6ly cut by the heavy plate glass falling upon it. The business portion of the; village was for a time threatened, but was saved by the good work of the liremen. The losses as near as can now be learned, are; Timotliv iluriev, $10,000; J. Haight. $3,000: Sawdy & Deel ute, Ï2, 500; Post & Keán, 2,000: W. F. Sawdy, $1,500; V. A. Donglau, 200. The bodies of Mrs. Hurle; ana daughter were burned bevond recognition. Tho sad aü'air has cast a'gloom over the villaje, which has suffered seriously Irom lires In the past two ov three vears, though not before so badlv as now. " A Military Schoei of Instruction. Adjutant-General John RobértíOD has issued the following general orders: It has been recommended by ihe state miiitarv board, snd approved by thu governor, aud is now therefore d'',lir:iii:ifil uu, to establlsh a school 01 instroction (oroffleersof llju brlg&do during the term of the coming rncampment, at such hours as tho commarjüJng oílicer thereof may desígnate, to be in charge of, and con ueted by, au ofüccr of the regular army, and to have the troop?, while in camp, unüer the observation and inspectiou also of an army i ffleer, for which details have heen requested 'irom the war department. The dutk's attendlng llio school and the inspecticu to bc carried into effect under the superintendencc of tbe inspector-general ol the state troops. Il is expectc-d that in the interim the ollicers wil! f Lilly prepare theinselves to enter upon their whole dutics with a view to making it a most snccesslul encampment. Spriag Electious. Tbe rcults of the municipal and townshlp clectiong held thTOUEhout Michigan are c-ven iiore variedihixn usual. So many luanes of a pimly local nature were in contest that party j linea 'were almost completely ignored, so tbat i politically speaking It 18 dilTicult to teil whlcb. party or parties ga'ined a Tictory. The Democrats claim to have elected the ■ mayors of Grand Rápida, Jackson, East I naw. I.ansing. Muskegon, Monroo,Aim Arbor, : Hillsdale, Adrián, Port Iiuron and several :ther places, and the Republicana claim to 1 bave made streng gains t otber points. In the i-aginaw Valley theKnights of Labor 'ost vantage ground, but gained in the upper ula. The elecUou van an unusually quict oce,the 1 iisturbances wbieh used to vharactcrize such Dccasiuus being uot'ceably absent, A Frijón Statement Tho officers of the Jackson state prlson bavc received from the printers' proof sbeets 1 af tljt; nuuual report of L)r. Palmer, the prlsoo physician, also óf the warctcn and cbaplaln. rhe report snow but eight deathe durinj; the Fear anú a decrease of siekuess, wbich bas ;aueed a deercase in the eïpeuses of that department Thls is due to the better sanitary neasnres whlch are uow enforced. The ; iowlnur table shows the decrease in the valué oí labor lost Üuough sickucss in the past five ! fcars: Average ïjuniber Labor convicts. lost. 1881 783 12,711 20 IS82 651 :.'.■-'. 62 18S3 BÖ8 2,649 IÖ 1884 6-1S 2,603 34 [bU5 73U 6154 Tá HIN0B"STATE HAPPENINGS. Imlay City bas voted ïü,500 for the purpose j of building an addition to the public school. Durinc the Q. A. U. encampraent at Jackson, beginning April 21, hotel rates -Bill bo from $1 to $2.50 per day. James Moore, who was Implicated in the hooting of Capt, McCaig, in Port lïuron a few days ago, by the verdict of the coroner's jury, has been diseharge.l froui custody, the nrosecuting attorney not considerlng the evidente sbowed puilt. The divorced wife, Kimua Moore, will probably be admittcd to bail. David Patton, a Detroit convlct In the Jackson prison, jumped up'n Keeper Edwards the other day and gave that olücers a severe puinmelitig before other keepers could interfere. l'atton has been an inniate of the prison for Cour years, sent up for burglary. Tho follOWing bilis were introdueed in the House a few 'days airo: Bv Mr. Winans, to place James Calhoun, of Co. I, 22nd regiment, and David Strombe, on the pension roll; Mr. I Mnffnw to rpiaibjirifil)o6tuiastcr E. M. ilowland oí Kepublic for inonoys groten f ium ïiWoifice In 18S3; also granting pension to Peter Benson, dependent; Mr. Carleton to pay John Donahue of Kmmett $")??. 01 balance uue on break up the saloons limt mlest Cue nelghborhood of the soldiers' home In the District of Colnmbia. Mr. Cutcheon preseated a petition from the Muskegon Knif;b.ts of Labor iudorslng the Hennepin canal Bchcmc: Mr. Fisher, aeking for the establishment of a United States 'court at Bay City; Mr. Burrows from the Grand Kapids linights of Labor in favor of the Heunepln canal. Grant A. Rogers of Adrián has writtpn on a postal card the first tbree chapters of the book of Revelation and the first six verse of the tourth ehaptex, in all 2,343 words. Teeuinsth bas been in darkness long euouh, and is nour ca6Ünj( about to get th ilectrie light Boston wool dealers predict that the priefs tor the Michigan product will be about the same as last year. The Michigan postal ttlegraph company wi)l bave lts Muskepon (xtcnsion iu full Qperation before the first of May. The Port lïuron pólice eommigjioncrí are invcBÜgotini; the actions of tho pólice on the night of the McCalg murder. Prof. Joeeph P. Vroorr.nn, Grceli and Latín instructor of the etate uormal school, kas re signed ou account of ill-heulth. While visitlng a !ck brother at St. Louis Quirtermaster (ieneral GA.Hart was attacked ivilh congestión of the braln. He recover6 iiovilv. Paort io ihe state iKiniu 01 neaitn suoi rheuiuatism. neuralgia, bronchitl, and tonsilitis to be the diseases, in the order named, oausing the most sickness in Michigan during the week ending March 27. F. M. Brigbtman & Son of Hillsdal, nhlpped ten tons ol íurniture to California last week at L0 cents per hundred freijrht rates from Chicago to San Francisco, a rcdu:tion of Ï2pcr buuêred. The frelght wcjit thruugh witli ut broakin? bulk. Meizer Bird, one ai the pioneers" of Llvlng=ton countv, died at Ijrisrhton the other dav, apred 7ri. Ée settled theie in 1830 and has 1; ays been prominent in public aftair. He leavea a large property. Michael Ü' Brien was arreeted at Carrollton, Suginaw county, the otber evening, iiarged i wiih tbe murder 01 Willium Frapcr who 1 I two months ago under suspiciou circums-tances. Physidan pronouuced tbe caute ol rleath to be tumor on tho neck, but friends of lbo (cceased asked for an investigation wlih the reault as Etated. Edward Haltter, a fanner near Lake Citv. while fallió-' tlmber, was struck by a tree and instantly killed. He was 50 years old. He was buried by the CMdlellowa at Lake City. Peter Wright, waitins trial lor robben', bas escaped from the Howell Jall. Tbe Bhen'tt bas oltered a veward óf S5) for hls capture. Wright is 3S years old, sandy complexión, blue eye, anci wagha about 150 pounds. Part 01 I ;-- Bifgki oaji bÁs 1-.--Í-11 hfltAn rdt nnA ha liac a mark on bis right arm, made wah uidelible i lik. Tho Michigan 'equal eutfrago asioclation waa ergauizcu at Lsiisinir rccently. Toe oilicers clected are: President, Mrs. Elizabeth North; vico Dfesideuts, i)r. L. Anna bailar. I aud Mrs. ü. A. Jeuison; tecretary, Miss Kil u Hosmer; ti'easurer, Mrs. L. C Wtnans. Gsoreé L. Davis, chiei engiucer of the Toledo, fiaillnaw & Muskegon railroad, bas receivrd orders to run a lino írom Alma, via. Elm Hall, Crystal, Btauton aud Sydney Center to Greenviílo, and tho aurveylng corps are ai ork. Col. James 8. DavidJ of Coldwater, who ferved in the Kintb Michigan cavalry, has iust secured a back pension amouuticg to J,55O, and will, hercaíter receive $17 per month. Harry McDowell, the travellng man who waveonvicted of manslaughter iu causing .he death of Sylyia Sawdy oí. Howard City, iu Graud Kapids a few weeks ogo, has been eeutneed to 15 years in Jacksou prison. Mra. Fred B. Bcott of Liberty was calle-.l to Jackeon by the íüness of her tister, aud whcu f-he returned home she lound her husbmid dcad oí pinal meningitis. Tbe eurveyins corp oí the Toledo, Saginaw ' & Mubkegou railroad are running a Une frora Alma to GreenTllle, by waj oí El'm Hali, Crystal, títantou and Sydney Ceiitor. Ludincton jchools will observe the cnlvcrI sary of (Jen. Grant's birthday, Apjil -7. Glandcrs among the horses Ín tuc vicinity oí I üudson has causód the killing of a number of ' valuable animáis. i The Lcnsinsj btrcet raüway 8 to bo comploted Many Michigan' towcs are arranging íor a ■ proper observance of Memorial day. Wbile at. work breakín;;1 the iam on the ro!l-' wav the loes Buddenly gave waj and Augast Kceteb of vóung man, was instanüv killed. William Kyan of Arbela, went to bed at the Thajer house in Flint. Before reüring Williani blew out the gaf. The funeral tervicos were held at hls old" home. Mrs. E. A. Mack of Hancock is hopelessly insane from the usa of licmor. Twelye incbes of fnov.' feil u Ishpemina on the lst inst. Lumbermen in tbo upper peninf ula complaln that tbere is too rauch snow lor them. ' Ex-Mayor Munaon ofl Charlotte, died on thi lst Inst, Henry A. Birdsall, hrother-ln-law of the Hon. J. K. Moore and countv clerk for the past five years, died at Lapeer recently, o! consuiuiitlon. The citizens of Snerman, Isabellaeounl, have preferred charges agaiL.-t Hisbwav missioncr Kichard Aldcrman and ask Qor. Alucr to investígate. The Grand Rápida & Indiana railroad is making special efiorts i!i- Reafon to make the summer n íorts aloug the Hoe particularly attracüve. A beaxitiful descriptivo ruide to Rome City, with many One woodcuts Tllustrating tbe scenery about tlic lake near tbat place, bas been issutd. 1 The county superintendente of Jackson county bavc decided upon plans for a uew ftre-prooi county poor bousu. to replaec the one )Urned wlth such horrible resufts in lanuary. The new building will be mort sightly and convenient and ampio lire escapes will be provided. The fcaglnaw board ol education bas c!osed a contract witu the Battle (rock school furnl! ture company tor SSOO worth of furniture. The Michigan comnany uf RorthvlHe aml thi Andergon ïurnituru company of Cliicai o ■ :'t in competiticta with tbc BatUc Crcck company, and tbe lat.ter'B figures were the loVest. Yfcn Enginoer as a rotular Hito. Siories of adve&tnres on the rail, of tha leroism of cuginuera uud Orernen, the gallant:v a'iil bravcry uf couductors, the tbrililng sca;:e3 fror.i ceatb of braLeuicn, and oí the jiany ëuperstitions of railroaü men reprarrtinpr Ib Ir dangerous eallin.:, cunsiltute a lorm of literature as entlrely peculiar UKthe last flfty fears oí the Dlneteenth cenr.ury as the dcvelSpment of stsam itself. The enulneer'B potiünu s a popular hero and ro n ancer seems assured. ike n ïwspaper reponer apparently cerer tires of ftoncs of tlie fir.mv drlyers' affection for tb ponderjus macbine whicb he controla, of bis balf belief l tbat thcro ia sometblng almo3t human In & favorire locmotive, and of bis yarns about be.ng ihased by a pbantom enc ne ánd miraculous escspes lrom an immediate aud biirihlc d.'aib. I erhaps neït in popularlty is the flreiuau s alwayj exciting accojnts of how be crawli d out ou the eowcatoher of his engine ai.d Bnatched trom tae raiis a goldenha.ied lovcly bah ( just in Uie very nick of tme to MV6 it lrom b6ing cm;hed beneath the icivat wueels. How we all admire hlm for it, aud feel as thamUul for nis beroism kb the borror-slriekeu motber who is lnvarably a belpless witDegg of her darlins'l danger and wuo laiuis awny wben she sces him safe In the arrus of the lirJmau. Knij;htsof the cab, we honor and feol suro tbat beneatn many an oil-stained blouse b ats a more chlvalrlo "and couraeous heart thau did beneatb tbe builet-proof armor of maay a kuigbt wiio in davs oí oíd boidly led his unda soldier's where the ieaden bail feil thickesU But we as:c n hsar.n lor tbc traindief atener, lf his posltlon is not hedged round with danser it is at kast one of great responsiüihtv and ímportance, and he perita atteution. Mr, Willum Blair, thu tra n-dispatcher on the DetroiL Urand I-laven & M.lWiiu.ice Kailroad at Detroit, tlls this pooá story of a not altoyether pleasant expeneuee oí h'ia. "iror about fifteen years I have been an almost constant uilerer frora neuralgia, which often unülted me for my du'-ie auü made lifo a burden. 'ibe strain on my nerves was so gret tüat I uearly lost the usu of one of my eyes. 1 ncver sucecoded in getting anvthing that would (í'Ve rae more tlian lem;.orary relief uutil 1 bezan usin Ath opboros. A few dor-es rel'eved me and the first i-oitle made a very decidid change. In all I have urcKably used half a dozen uottle3, and It is six uionüis tince 1 have had an attack. "i keep the medicine on hand all the time. I have soine bere at mv ofiice and Eom3 at home, so tbat 1 rnn rell prepaxcd in case l may noed it. U tbs ueu:a!ia carne on durin; business a dose or two would soon drive it away. For neuralgia Athlyphoios is undoubtedly the best medicine I Unow of and I tbinic 1 ought to know as during tha muuv seara Uii I ocrasiou to try atrout cvcrrcninf in the line of medicine íor tb. s comp.alut. My contidenc ? in Alhlophoroi is such tbat 1 have reco Jimended it to mauy persons troubled wan neuralgia, aud in all oue cuse that I cali to mind t!e gentleman found relief in two dosos aud in a short timo was entirely welL I have recommended it. lf you cannot get Atuloi'iioros of your drugRlat.wo wlll ecud it expreüs paki, oq receipt of rugafar prlce - in; dollur [a-r bottle. Wo prefer tuac yuu buy it rroui your druist, buc lf jiü uasn't it, d uot bo por6uuded to try &umectilng .-lsc, but urdcr at uncí: froin U3 ad üirected. atulupuuuos Com 1U Wau Suxct, HewTork.

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