Michigan State News

Faire In the State. The following is a list of fairs to tak place in the State: Btate fair Jackson Sept. 19-23 COUNTY ÏAIRS. t llegan Allegan Oct. 4-7. ranch Coldwater Sept. 2(j-8O errlen Niles Sept. !7-80 iCalhoun Marshall Oot. 4-7. Earnaught Komeo Oot. 4-7. !Eton Charlotte Oct. 4-7. GrMiot Ithaca Sept. 27-30 'Hllldale Hillsdale Oct. 4-7. iJngham Mason Oct. 12-14. IHalamazoo Kalamazoo Oct. 4-T. Lapeer Lapeer Sept. 26-30 Leoawee Adrián Supt. 87-áO Macomb Mount Clemens..Sept. 6-30. Manistee Onekama Sept. 20-2S Midland Midland Sept. 14-1 New Monroe Monroe Sept. Ï7-29 Oakland Pontiac Sept. 27-80 Oceana Hart " Sept. 37-80 SH. Joseph Centerville Sept, ÍT-SO Tuacola Vassar Sept. Í7 -80 Uolon Ionla Spt. 27-30 Union Eaton Rápida O?l. 6-7. Washtenaw Ann Axbor Oct. 4-7. Michigan Item. The Detroit grain and produce quotations are: Wheat- No. 1 White, 7Tc No. 2 Red, 73@78iíc. Flojr-Boiler pocess, W.00@4.25; patents, 4.75@5.0O Corn- No. 2, 43JÍ@43Kc. Qats- Jíq. 2, 26c Butter- Creamery 20@22c. Cheese 9i@10c. Eggs, 12@12íc. Reports to tbe State Board ot Healtfk bj sixty-seven obsurvers in cUSerent parts o: the State for tha week eoded July 30 indicuted that dysentery, tonsilitis, iqQam matiop of the líldneys, cüoleta infantum and remittent íever increased, aud erysipelaa decrcassJ io ares qí prevaleóije píphtheriawas'?epor(ed afaunQen places scarlet fever at seven, typooid lever a se ven and measles at six placea. Suortly before one o'clqék the other morning a fire broke out In töe sash, door ao4 bUnd lactory oí J. F. vbber & Co. at petrolt, resulting in a loss of $20,000 Insurance, f6,000. The Cljeboygan Trotting Associatjon has been reorganized with J. French as president and Daniel P. McMullen secre tary and treasurer. The assopiation intends to hold a meeting the lattèr part o: August and give purses large enough to Jnduce the best horses in the country to particípate. Mrs. Mary Steele and her fourteenyear-old son in Detroit were dangerously poisoned the other day by sprinkling fly powders about the house to kill flies. A Sanitary convention, under the auspices of the State Board of Health, wil] be held at Traverse City August 24 and 25 next. The objects of the convention are the presentation of facts, the comparison of views and the discussion of methois relating to the prevention of sickness anc deaths, and the improvement of the conditions of living. R. G. Poters, of Manistee, recently sold to Ira Smith and J. F. Swan, of Muskegon, a tract of pine land with a cut o 110,000,000 f eet, near Ashland, Wis., for $354,000. A passenger train a few mornins-s ago struck a buggy on the crossing a mije viest of Lake Vltw, kllling Mrs. Hattto Shaver and Hatüe Raynolds. Faanii Shaver, a little girl, and Charlea Wil beek were seriously injured. F. Haten occupied a seat with Wybeck, and escapee [with a few bruises. TÜje engineer whistled a warning, but they pérsisted in tryiog t( crosB the track, and the engineer coul ■not stop. Eleven Muskegon druggi$ts were arares tea recently for selling liquor as a bev'erage. ! A Coldwater lady has a domesticated water Uly which has blossomed twice during ïts two years of captivity. The plant is kspt in an oil barrel. The soft, sticky clay roads in Bay County are gomg to be filled in with $60, 0JO worth of stone as soon as taxes for that purpose are oollected. James Christiancy, of Grand Rapids, has recently been granted a pension for services in the Mexican war. Mr. Johnson, of East Tawas, went home drunk the other night Mrs. J. met Mm with open arm and a horsewhip, and administered a severe punishment. Patrick Campbell, living a mile south of Farwell, Clare County, lost nis house and outbuildings by flre the other afternoon. Loss, about $1,000; insurance, $500. At St Louis, Clare, Farewell, Raiguela and other points great damage was recently done through fires in the forests. Valuable tracts of pine and hardwood timber were destroyed. Despite the generally accepted idea that tnere are no farming lands in the northern península over five thousand homesteadshave been taken up by settler3, ana man y more applications for homesteads have been flled for lands included in the unearned grant of the Marquette, Hough ton & Ontonagon railroad. A flre a few days ago at Ashton, Osceola County, destroyed $3,000 worth of hemlock lumber owned by Grand Rapids parties. Charles Gilbert, of St Clair, pleadei guilty of forgery at East Tawas a few days ago, and was sentenced to Jackson pïison for one year. A Macomb Countycat has four eyes, two noses and two mouths. Michigan contributes $1,801,907 of the $118,836,757 which is the total arnount ot the interual revenue lor the last fiscal year. A f ew afternoons ago John Ryan, of Houghton, committed suicide by hanging. The chairmen of the township boards of school inspectorsof Oakland County unanimously elected Elmer R. Webster school examiner a few days ago. The Board of Control of swamp landa have appropriated the last acre. The last Leglslature appropriated nearly 170, 00 ), while the State possessed only 41,000 acres. Joseph Campau, aged twanty-seven years, working on the Butters and Peters boom, was drowned the other day at Ludiagton. Christian Papke was sittinff on the fenca at his home in Detroit the other night when he lost his balance and feil, dislocating his neck, and died in a few hours. A fourteen-months-old baby, belonging to Michael Buckley, oí Detroit, was choked to death a few days ago by a pieca of raeat. The tota' number of logs rafted by the Muskegon Booming Company up to July S0 was 3,270,84(5. At the corresponding time last year the number of logs rafted was 1,927,280. The Michigan Press Association at its recent session in Port Huron elected the following offlcers: President, M. E. Brotan, of Battle Creek; Vice-Presldent, M. D. Hamilton, Monroe; Secratary, E. J. Kelly, Pontiac; Treasurer, T. Bainges, Sturgis; Executive Committee, G. W. Perry, J. W. Hine, W. H. Brearley, Theodore E. Quinby, W. L Davenny. Meeting neqt year in Detroit. Mrs. Fred Nevvman, of Detroit, eloped the other morning with George Fink. She leaves a husband and iive children, taking two younger ones with her. Fink leaves a wife and family in straightened circumstances. General Sheridan will attend the reunión of the Army of the Tennessee in Detroit, September 14 and 15.