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Around A Great State

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Day
23
Month
April
Year
1886
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The work 'fit preparing the program for the Scnii-cei tenniarelebration at the state capita] Juuelais in brisk progreSB and portions of tho arrangementa are coropleted. Tbc special committt e of three Detroit entlc111:111, Superintendent of Pólice J. E. l'ittman, Bcnj. Vernor and l'ml A. Baker, who have the program in charge, selocted (uring their recent visit to Laiisiue, the Central Miehiiran fair (rronnda ior the outdoor celcbration. The jrrounds were pifered free of charge, and are conveniently Ioeated about one mile south of the city. There are ouMIngs 01, .ttlie grouuas whkh -;tii lic used r scating 3,v)00 or 4,000 persons at tables iu ihc event 01 Inclcment weather, and the fair assocfation have yranted the iree use'of these. It is expected that a large crowd ! will be present trom the entire surrounding country, and as the aflair is 10 be known as a barbecue and basket picnic, there will be very linie formalltv in the outdoor celebration. C'apt. June ol Detroit has a cook who is familiar with the preparation of barbecues, and bis j services have been seeured by the eoramlttee. Two oxen, four shecp, and two pies will he roasted wholc. A special furuace will be 1 built. Three or four uavs will be taken ;up in ' the!roastlng proecss. Tlielmeat will be carved ; and suut to various parts of the grouuds wcre tía' plciiickcra can helpthcmselvcs. No liishes .i be supplied by the committce but thcy will f uruish bread, butter, milk, coftee, and potatoes, L-ratis. The literary and rausicaljfeatures of the program are in competent hands and an enjoyable event Is asgured. A speakers's stand w'ill be erected in the fair grounds and another in the capítol srrounds from which speeches will be celivered during the day. The papers prepal ed on topics named by ihe commission, a list of wliii h was recently published in the Tribune, wi.l be read in the rcpresectatives' hall at the capítol. It is the intentlon to keep the crowd in the capítol grounds during the morulnsr, and tben adjournjto the barbecue between I and i o'cIock p. in. The evenin? will be Bpent at the capítol. Representativo hall has lately been uudergoinK thorough renovation. The Hoor will be cleared of desks and chaira on the day of eelebration. The only seats provided at the fair ground will be benches to seat 300 or 400 people in front of the tpeakeps' platform. Prof. H.B.Roncy oí East Saginaw has charge of the vocal musical program. The commis.'ion will lurnish three brass bands, which will probably lic the United States military band of Fort Wayne, the Caesopolif military" hawii. and the Lañsing band. Frof. Roney.nasenganed four soloists and a chorus of fifty volees for the-8ineing exercises. Miss Minnie Orton of liay City will be the piano accorapanist for the indoor rausic. üesiües the original ode by Judtre Chipman, lor which Könêy uhs wfltten uiv arasiu; u i. in tended to secare nnother original composition of patriotic words and music. One feature of the musical cxercises will lie the iinging of the patriotic hymn. "My Country 'Tis of Thee,"hwith au original cTosiDg verse,at the end ol the outdoor celebratiou, the audlence and the band jolniug in. "Ihe Star : Spau;led lianugr" with an original verse will be sung at the close of the meeting in; representatives' hall,tQe audience and bands taking the chorus. The musical progranime will bc printed and sold on the grounds at a sraall charge. Tbc historieal andother essays tread will be prinled in book lorm by the síod. - Tribune. Denying Public Rights. The trespass case of W. C. Sterling vs Chas. A. Jackson, whieh cousumed two days in the circuit court at Monroe was deeided tiu oí the plaintiff. The plaiatifl is trustee for the Monroe marsh company, and the defcudaut is a member of the Liberal sporting club of Mouroe, organized ior the purpose oí testing the rigbts of the public to lislt and boot in the navigablc waters of the river Kaliiu, LaUe Erie and the' waterways adjacent thereto. The case was brougbt as a test and bas caused widespread interest in Monroe ana vicluity. Judge fealer of Three Rivera, who is presid:ug in place of Judfre JojIvd, took, the case Iro:u the jurv unü declded as above. ,The I -. kafl mmJ ,-..., - fttfnntioii The iittomeys eugaged in tiie trial of tbe case were Fred. A. Baker of Detroit, and Grosvenor !e Landon of Mouroe, fur plaintiff; Judge L. P. ( hristianey, ( '. 1Í. bitman oí YpsiJant', and J. K. Kiiuc'ü ol Monroe, for defendant. 'lbe case will go to the supreme court. MINOE ETAXE HAPPENINGS. Thaddeus Fairbanks, tbe inventor of scales kcaring his aainc, dicd in St. Johnsbury, Vt., ie;ently. ■Ullino'ls live steek commisSioners rcruinmciid a prodamation to prevent the iniportation of 'le.xas cattle until the autumn frosts remove the dacger from Spanish fever." Mr. Alberc Griffin of Kansas, chairmuu Of the; organizing committce, announces that tbe' "iintl-salouu i.cpubliean nationaleonvention," wtiich was calleu to meet at Toledo, Ohio, May 19, has been postponed. 'ihe place ol boldiug;the ronvenüon bas teen chauged to Chicago, and the date will be scme tiine.withiu the next few weeks. The government offleers at tbejpóit oí San Francisco e&lled upon the Chinese embassy the other day and assured the minister that it was :'. niisappreheusion if ):e thought discourtesy or disrespect wat intended to be Bhows titberbis governmeut orLhiinsclf on iii amval at,that port. Fearslare euU'rtained of, nnother strike iu thr all,.. 1 iu :;j.ll men. it ii saUI are cowpelllng employés to éign au ajjreement Walving all '.uere.rlghts nnder the lü-bour law. Farmers] ;n the.statej are paying their;mployes from $lü to tlS j. r mouth. A. 11. l'ettit of Grand IïaDids has .received a jr.iteut ior nn adjustable carpet strip, eoverlDg ihe edge of the carpet aijd contealin the lu'ads.of tacks. -iddie Kemp, a 2-year-old boy of E. A Kemp of il aueelous, comes very near being a ehilêi Wonder. The little felïow can sit Uoivn auJ give overelghty rccitatioLis nhlcb be bas coininitted.to memory. He ba singtwenty gospel l'Viniisand as utauy t-oniic songs without the Hid ol a. Ik (ik, and will take Wilson'a bistory ol'jihe United States!andjplck out every major general who served ciilicr iu the revolution, Mexican war or tbe rebellion; eau name many of the prin:ip::i;battles Jfought, besides repeatmg tbe Dames of all the presidenta lrom v asbingtoii kdowu. Now, unless Eddic's patents want to give tbe viüage undertaker a "job," tbey bad better put; a damper, on the youth'B precodousuess. Gov. Gray and Bishop Knickerbocker of Indiana have siírr.ed a petition for the release 3t;Austin Uidwell oí Grand Kapids, wbo in 18T3 was seutenced to life imprisonment iu Knpland on a charge of, forgiug bilis of exchange, und.the document is now iu Lunsing awaluns tbe.ti;nature of Gov. AIkit, bt-n it will be sent u ibe ola country. Miss Rose Bldwell. a neice of the prisoucr, prays ior bis release becanse of bis jood behavior, and because he wes Lut i years old when Eentenced aud4would' rapport bér if free, Tfcefuruiture workers of Grand Rapidshavc made a lorn.;t'l deuiand ior'an average advauce of waRes ol 15 per cent. Tbe mauufacturers say.they can not grant it. John Morse of Grand I.edge, shot bis wife aiid4tben suieided. Jlrs. Morse refused to live witb John, and be luis made repeatcd threats tbat he would kill her. Airs. Jlorse will recover Dr. 1'. WoodrufT, 'óne oi' the .best knowu Lomepathic phvsicians iu the state, died iu ! Detroit en tteUth iust. Kalamazoo is enjoying a, building; boom. i"i m. Ürensnaw. a well known uermau i dint of Alpena, dropped dead on; the, door! step as be was entering .bis home tbe oihcr ! evening. i be resldence oflthe Hod. lhigh McCurdy of i Corumia, caugbt nre the utber afternoon and ; burned to tbe eround. A large part of tbe fnrnlture was saved, bat many valuables, includin}; rare Masonic manusenpts tbat It will bu l.ard to replace, werc lost. Among tbeni wero lx;oks ovir 100 veara c old. The' loss is i ated atSÜO,ÜÜO; ínsurance, S4,000. The l iamlly.were absent at tbe time of the lire, and tbe uriein is uuknown. Tbc Lexingtoi doele oompany's" ware-room3, with I l,t ir 'content?, jurned.theother 'night. l.ossj f3,5CÜ; no iusuraoce. ;. Stepucusoii ofj Au Sable, whose sight was suppoEcd to be destroyed by the hot bubbitt metal tbat feil 'Ju hls face iu Potts's milis, is recOTering botb bealth and eyesight. I Daniel Lafayette'ol South Sagmaw Is oí a vi rv qnarrelsome disposltion. fle shot at bis wile fhv'otber day and wounded her in the arm, tor? whlcb' little amusement abe swore l out a.wairaut.fcTÏ lis arrest. Daniel is in jail. sumored tnat tne cotton mms at Jonesvillc, so loDg idle, are to be startcd up this eprlop. Prcliminiiry Mirveys are being made for the l'ioi.cised Toledo, Saglnaw & Muskegon railroad between Aimaand Stauton. Tbere g not an empty house or store in Alma. The'date'ol bolding the G. A.'K. eneampmi-nt ut Hillsdalu been changcd, because of thclr ina.bilitv.to engace the state tents, to Aug, SI, Sopt. i, % and ü, The Second ' p&Q cavalry will probably hoM thelr annua' reunión September 2, at tlie same place. Lewis Collins, ' wl.o Berved ■ tbret !vears: sentence lu the lonlareforniatory, is lecturing ' through the state on "Prlson' We Wd eriine." ïho 5toanipi0conto tvhlch has. been wintcring ou the C'harity Ielands, but was drifted into deeper water by th ) recent heavy pales, went tiowu in 14 feet of water the other day. Three years aso the wlfe .of W. G. Burdick of PlalnwèU, dled, and the busbandiuourned Bcriously, at one time attemptfng suicide. Mr. I urdic'x was found dead in bis bed the other morninï havin? died of heart dlsease Ue was S5 years olu. . Austin BidweU.'a Grand Hapids man, was sentencel in 1S73 in Enaland to life imprieonment for foreins bilis of exchange. Hls niece, Kosr Bidwell, petitions for bis release on the grouud of good behavior und because hc was bui ÜS ytara old when sentenced. and would support hor if free. Gov. Gray and Bishop Kniekorbocktr rf Indiana, have signed the petition, and;it has been sent to Gov. Alger's office lor his sifnature. It will then bej forwarded to.England. The bill of fare at the state reform school at l.anslng, for the year round, consists of: Breakfást, coffee xdú bread and butter; dinner, vegetables, soup and beef ; suppcr, eoffee in winter, cold water In summer, and bread without butter. They have ham once a year, on New Year's day. A few delicacies ure served on the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving day and Christmas. Boys that go there lean and sickly come out fat and healthy. Grand Kaplds furniture workera nave declarcd in favor ol the eight-hour 6ystem. frank Tarker of Chcsaning was crossing the Shiawassee river in a boat wbich was caught in the eutrent and carried over the dam. Parker's body has not yet been recovered. Ue leaves a wife and two children. Reports to the state board ot health show i neuralgia, rbeumatlsm, influenza and bronchitis discas es in order namcd as tausini; the ir.ost sickness in Michigan during the week onding April 10. Diphtheria is reported at I eighteen places, scarlet fever at 15 places and typboid fever at three. Geo. II. Kedzie of Grand ITaven died the other day. Mr. Kedzie and four brothers canic to Michigan sixtv jrearg aso. He is the tirst ol t!:e (ivo to die. The Urand I'apids law and order4 league, bavinr met witu ïather poor sueecas prosecutinsr saloonists for keepin open after hours, will now attempt to enfoics tne law against sclling liquor to minors and habitual dninkards. As the New York linilted express on the .vtlcmgan Crutri ....i -.,„ v;,iding; alone about Diñe miles east of Kalumazöó, tne otnèr niirlit. the enginccr noticed somethiug wrong with the jjilot, and stopped the traiñ to examine, lt was found that a railway tle was lirmly wedged beneath the pilot. "The tie must have been placed delibcrately aeross the tracK in au attempt iu ro.iv tbc'uaiii. Tire Outragc oecurred near fialesburg. close to the Eceno of the attempted train wreckine; of about a mouth ago, for which a man is now serviug :i twenty yeara' sentence at Jackson. ïbere was fonie' excitement among those of tbe rassengers who learned the cause of the train's detentlon, but the tle was soon removed with the aid of a erowbar and tie express procceded without luither mishap. Arthur Tretly, a teacher at Spring Arbor, Jackson COUntT, Is under arrestjfor breaking a pupil's nose. A stock company composcd'of therirominent citizens of Northville have purchased about iwenty acres of cïesirable land on the soutn Pide of the river in that place ai.d are üttintc :t up for the Kural llill cemeterv. The tirst iuterment there occurred last week. John Delauey,2'l years of age, was sentcnocd live veari ago at L'etroit to imprisonment in the lonia hbuie of correcüon for robberj. His term expired on the 15th and he was placed on the cara lor Detroit, a physical wrecK, his body wasted by consumption. His helplessness was such that on arriving in Detroit he was at once taken to the central pólice station. His mother, a oor washenvoman, was informed of her eou's arrival, and took hlm home in a coupe. I.li McLaughlin and Thoma9 Eogers, both ve tiran toldiers, went to the war in the Seventh Maine reeiment of volunteers, the former McLaughlin Las resided in (bis city 81 years. and Kogers 17 years, but neither had met or were aware of each otbcr's i resence in the citv until last evenina; at the meeting of Uordon Granger l'ost, G. A. R., when loth were mustered in once more, not for lighting purposes, but to keep alive the memories and astociations of rebellion days.- Saginaw Couricr, April 13. When the C. S. & C. rallroad went into the hands oL the D.L.& N., it was united with the baginaw Valley at Alma, and onc oL the tracks between Alma and St. Louis was taken up. The T..A.A. A: N. M. have purchased the abnndonei bed, and will thus tap and swallow up ihe L.,A. & M.P., which is completcd between Alma und Salt Kiver, graded lo. Mt. Pleasant, and purveyed to Evarr. The mljourned Mareh term of the United ttate eourt ior the district of western Michigan convenes in Ürand Kapids Tuesday, May 1, with Judge Brown of Detroit upn thé beneh. James Murphy, John f. Edgerer and Charles Moor, Inspectora of eleetion in the town of Jame-, ti'ífií'ttw county, have leen arrested chargcd with corruption. Mr. Blater, the inventor of tne button machine iastener, has CBtabllshed a factoryjat 1 remont lor theii1 n :uiufacture. The f aiiitarium at Tattle Crcek will introduce Edleon s stem of incamUscent üchts, A new Congregational church is to be built at Calumet; Ule Xorthwestiru liotel at Hancoclc is to be cnlarjied by the addition of a front 46x32 f eet ; severa! Une resideuees are proiected at Red Jacket; a town hall will also be built in that yillase; IsIijuiiíiilt will (ree; a biick sohoolhouse: Hepublic íáwedish Luthcrans propose the erecüon of a magnificent church. A sleek tonguefl man is .ellinp: Plymouth Rock egjfa in the state, charsrlng ÍT5 per dozen thcrefoi', and agrecing to buv all chicken' hatched from the eggs at $100 each. He is makincj almost as much oí a tuccess as the hohemian oats men. The bilí before congress to extend free mail delivery to towus of 10,000 population will.'if it becomes a law, affect Ana Arbor, Fllnt, Muskegon, Port Huron, Paginaw City, Manlstee, Marquette, Coldwater and lonia. liattle Creek is entitled to free teryice at present, bnt owlng to somo bltcb in the department it bas not beeu orgauized there as yet. N. F. Johnson of Lansing, ,l)as been awarded tlie eonlract lor furnlehiDg L',500 yards of gray cloth to tbe ftate reform school. Contract I rice, (0 cents per 3 anl. Walter Carleton ol Cantón, was thrown li om a bngsy in l'lymouth a year ago and sustained;cerious injuries. He has brought sult against the village, claimlng iy,0OO camages. ,n American bald cagle was captured at EdenTllle, Midland rouuly, bv a young raan name I "wanton a few 3áys ago." The bird was taken u l iist Baeináw and placed with luchter, the taxidermisl, to put up. He proiiüunees the bird to be upwards of ÖOyears oltl, and the largeat specimen be has seen in ten vears. It measurcs ueurly eight fcet from tip to tip, and had on one of its talons wheu capttircd a eommoa miuk trap with about sfx incbes of ebain. A competitlve cxainination of candidates for admission to the United States military aciuk-my takes olacu at Grand Rapids May 6. '. A. Butler ol Detroit was elected secreiary of the American lishery society at Chicaeo, and a paper on ibe Michigan gravliiiï was ïcad bj Herscbel Whlttaker, a)so of Uetroit. The deinaüd made by the iurniture workers at Grand Kiipids is tiiat on uud after May 1, eight hours willconstitutea day's vork, 50 per ' ent, extra f-ball be paid for all abor in excess ui eight bours, all employés now receiving ; er day, or Iess, sliall recelve the same wages for eight houis, and the pay for all ivork shall be inercased 10 per cent. The ii iinufactures have retufed to comply with these conditions for the fourth time, and it is ! redicted thattroub'e will ensueMay 1 in consequencc. Joseph Allen, formerly ol Humllton, Ont.. and now reslding in this state, bas brought a f 10,000 ialse imprisonment bult apainst Byron L. and Jud 1). Croucb, Vm. 9. (;reen, Andrew I. Reevea and Dan and Ilenry llolcomb in the Vuiteil States circuit court. Allen was arrestr cd Eome time ago on suspicion of having bad a l.aDd;in the Crouch murders, hut therewas np evidence against him and so he was üisebarged. Allen's lawvers are the Wolcotts of JacKson, with John Atkinsuii oí counsel. J. 1). Furman of P6rt Huron, was drowned in the m. Clair river the (jthcr day, while out duck buuting. 1 ilgar Huil, son of Latham Huil, president ol the First National bank of Kalamazoo, was killed iu the tornado at Sauk Rapids, Minn. The remains were brought to Kalamazoo ior iu terment. W. L. Riehardson, fri:ijr'_t airent of the Michigan Central railroad iu Jackson. Is short :n bis accounts iC,500. Anótber attempt was made to wreek the fCBt train on tlieIicliis;aii Central near Galesourg the otber nlght. A pile of tics was placed upon the track, but the rails beinL wet tho, tles slipjwd alonar and were flnally pusbcd off. An attempt v:is 'mude ibout, a month ugo to reek a traiu near ibe'same pitee, and the man who dld it. is servingl 20 years: sentenct in Jackson. Thirty-ttiroe iicw stuutmts liave enroïïediin the Normal departinent and twelve In the Mode] department of the Normal for the spring term, maklng a total of L50 enrolled during the present school year, and about 130 In excess ol any in the history of the school. CCharles Craudall, an inmute of the ,ïoldlers' home, died there a íew days ago. He was n memoer of the Eleventli Michigan Infantrv. Last winter he wandcred away from the home, and was lound undcr u blacksmith phop near Cedar Sprlngs, badly irozen. Bveeni Lamphlre iu "187c was genteneed ftom Lenr.wee count.y to twelye yeurs' imprisonment oran assault wlth hitent to kil). Witta the above seutenre lie ulso roctjlved one of three years for larcmy. On the twelve year sentenee Lamphire riow lias a rebate"of three yeurs for E;ood time. 11. C'. Smith of Adrián, bis attorni'v, will present hls case in the suprerne eourt and ask fur a writ of habeas eonms. :is lic assiims that ander the "good time" provisión bil h'rst sentenee bas eiplred, and siso that he cannot be.held to ferve the three yeai'8' sentenee uutil the fulltenuof twelve years bas explred, thus giTlng Lamphlre a three year (good time made) liberty before going back on the three year sentenee for lareeny. Thequestion is onenever 1 eiore the COUrti OÍ tola state in t.e nbovi ii nu. The present stat emberahip oí thR.Royal Aieanum, is about 4,300, and tho present death Is about sevcn to the thousand. The) rate In Michigan compares favorably with tüat of otlier states. Mveral Detroit capitalista wil: build a íirst ( !ass l.ouring mili at Oxford providcd the eitizens of that place i 1 give bonus of from $!2,000 to f B,000. The mili is to cost $30,000, and have aeapaeltv of 13i barrels per cay. The Detroit, Lanttng fc Northern road use 30.0C0 tous of eoul u vcar. The Braiich countv conrt Louse loan iva defcated by about SÜO niaforitj. Ten thousaml young apeckled trout hav been planted in thc.streams around Sparta. The common coiineil of Neshville has passe( un ordinanoe imihibitii iL saloons. The ord nance f oes into effect Mftv 1 aud the author ties propose to tee that it (a euierced. Ligbtning struck the barn of F. Newell, sr. about four miles south of Coral, wreeking thi riorth side of the building aml kilüug a stecr Mr. Newell aud three horses were in the barn at the time, but strange to say receivcd n permanent iiijury. Thos. Fergufon was' killed at Richardson' camp on Rifle river the'other noon by a fallin: Mr?. A. Waters waslliiown irom' a carnag in Lnion Citv the other dav. and iiistontí killed. Joseph D. Mct'lellan of Clinton county, ha 1 On pnpdonml 1V lÍAV Altrp.1 I Ip U'lS TeC.eiV ed April 8, 1SS5. íor foreery. . Kvcr since M cünfiuonient lie l:as been an inmate oí tb hospital, baving consumption. There are 1,SOO men employed in the flsh m dustries in Michigan and $l,áüO,000 is invesced in'the business. Paw l'aw is to bave a savings bank with'a capital of $20,000. TheTnew; institution vrü begin business early in May. lírs. F. i?. Rexford, one of the oldest resi dents of Ypsilanti, died suddenly on the 16tl inst,fof heart disease. The 6tate homceopathle medical society meets at Kalamazoo May 18 anl 19. jv p:at or lorty-eight acres, is to be addet to the villaje of Minden City the coming sea son. Cornellus an hoo of Zefland has resigne! as niembers of the stale board of corrections and cbarities. Mrs.May E.Wolcottof Joncsville hasreceivet f 100 from the Michigan & Ohio railroa.l foi for injuries incurred Dy reason of the derail inent of their train near Homer on March 12 Del Co'eman, aged Í8, residingr at Cbesa nintr, carne out iroui King's lumber campncar Grayling to get the "big wheels." He bccame intoxicated, í-tarted .fcack anc when near camp bis team ran away and he was Instantly killed by the wheels crushlng his head. MIS Knjina Moore, tlio a-.iro,l i,.ir if Uir murdered Capt. McCaig of Port Iiuron, has been admitted to bail in the sura oí $3,000. It is understood that the ncw knitting factory in Battle Creek will materialice in a short time. lt will employ about 210 hands. An order has leen issued for the discharge from the soldiers' home of 811 "veta" thought to be ib. e ;o take care of themselvea. Kobert Young, who went to Georgia to ins] eet the f_old efilds in the interest of St. Johns capitalists, bas returned. Hesays there is gold there, but, in bis opinión, it will cost ïl Ü5 to get a dollar out of it. The fisbermen of Pele? island protest against the new law whieh closes the season for catcbing pickerel on May 15 and basa on June 15. The )aw limits the opening of the tishing ieason for those tish to April 15. This, the Peleeites think, makcs the eeason too short, and will throw iuany pound tishcrmen out of cmp'oj ment and cause niuch loss. They either want the .aw repealed or the waters arouml Pelee slaud made an exception. Rejresentative Barry of East Saglnaw is lecturlni on the labor question in tuë West. Edward Ward, one of the oldest rcsidents oi Calhoun county, suicided on the 18th by hanging. N'o rea oñ is kuown. rrank Myres was srrestefl in Grand RapidB a few days ago fcr forjjery committed in Hornellsville, N. Y. i Ie was turned over to the j.íliplI4 flTtni i lHTU'lliVlle. -___„ _______ Frank Chapman, aceused of hastardy by Finilie Forth, was cxamiued lefore Justlce Borgman in 1834 and held to the Wayne circuit courtin 1200 ball, Chapman never appeared or trial, and l'rosecuting Attorney Kobisou now as-ks the Wayne circuit court to make his bondsman, Christopher C. Sprague, produce Galusha Pcnnell of St. Johns, the new Unitid States marshal for the eastern district of Michigan, wa3 sworn in on the 17th. t mcago panies will build a road from Marquette to.Ishpeminr. Thirty thousand young brook trout were placed in the streams of Ogemaw county the ether day. Five old soldiers in me St. Clalr county poor kouse have been sent to the eoldiers' home. A road will soon be built frem Marquette to Jehpeminjc. Chicago arties are interested in the matter. New Boston, Wayne coiinty, is to hve a Drize baby show May 28.' A phinglc mili with a eapaclty of 100,000 shlngles a day, will soon be built at Avery. Simon P. Crawford of Shelbv, Oceana connty, has just received a back pension of $1,200. Mag Slack, an inniate.of the soldiers' home, has made application through Charles F. Ualllgan, l'aw Paw, lor an'increaseof pension. Üe is totalJy blind froin [injuries received in the war. Iheremalns of Kdgar; IIull, a resident of Kalamazoo anc. a vlctim of the recent Mirrin iota cyclone, werc interred in Kalamazoo on the lSth inst, the attendance being one of the largest ever know in tliat city. .'erome I.amorcaux of Grand Rapids, a ceputy Ehciiff onder Uis brother, liaac Xamor( aux, iour vcars ago, died the other inornin; rom the effects of injuries received while endeavoring to preyent the escape of a nrisoner. He was takiiiL' the prisonertoa cell on the teconil (!tor, when suddenly the man turned and bolted. Lamoreaux clenched with the fugitivo and was thrown over the banister to the Hoor below, a distance of about twenty fect, andhas never recovered from the injuries he then recelved. Albert Kouse of De WItt, has been sued for 55,COU Oomages hv Mrs. Jennie Averil] of St. Jonns, whose busband wouud up a fpree bv drinking carbolie acid in July last, whlcb kilied him. She claims that he got the liiiuor that led up to the carbolie acid ut House's bar. An effort to feeure the pardon of Oscar Uni'erwood of btanton is betog made. Oscar was ► entenced to Jackson prisön lor cight years on convlction of having outraged a Mrs. Terrel. Over half the senteuce has been servd, und it r.ow appcars that he is probably innocent of the crime. VicePresident ,7. M. C. Marble l:as'formerly announced that the Cineinnati, Jackson .Mackinaw railroad company has ;uccceded to and taken j ossession of all the contract?, rielas, franchises and property, and has assumed all the liabilitiesof the Cineinnati, Van Wert & Michigan railroad company and Jthe Jacksou & Ohio railroad eoinpany.

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