Michigan Matters

- Tbe balance on hand in the state treasury, Nov. 27, was $373,722 53. - Willard N. Pettee, a bunker of Belding shot hiiuself deitd. Too mucb drink. - The Grenback papers in Michigan are frantically calling upon themembers of that party to organizo aud do soraothing. - In 18C9 there wore 45,087 methodists in Michigan, and in 1879 there were 59,110, or an average yearly increase of 1,102. - It Í8 estiuiated that the aruount of logs rafted and delivered by the Tittabawassee boom company will aggregata 455,000,000 toet. Last, year the amount was a fraction over 328,000,000. - The presbyterifin society of Northville celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of its organization Friduy. An historical eennon was preached by Rev. James Dunbar, paötor 20 years of the 50. - Mrs. Harding, of Maple (irovn, Barry county, gave birth to three girl babies a few days ago, weighing 5 1-4, 5 3-4 and 5 1-2 poundsrespcctively. All were alive and kicking at latest accouuts. - The editor of the Farwell Register refuse8 to take $60 voted hiui by the Clare county board of supervinorson the ground that they had no right to vote the money to hitn. We nomínate him for President. - Two natives of Sunfield, Eaton county, had a pie eating match a lew days ago. The prize was to go to the man wbo could muite the greatest hog of. himself in half an hour. The winner' j ate nine pumpkin pies - and still livos. - Wm, Cole of Conway, Livingston county, the young man who wan tuistaken for a turkey and shot, a few days go, is gaining nicely, and it is thonght he will entirely recover, only retaining a stitFuned shoulder to rtuuud him of his narrow escape. - Wm. Colville of Stnrgia, a boy of 16, was out hunting November 24. He had run a rabbit into a brush heap, and in order tofrighten it froinits hiding place, thrust the butt end of his gun into the brush, and drawiug it back and forth, when the hammer caught on a twip. dischargiug it, the contenta entering hU right arm. It had to be air-putatad.