Michigan State News Floating Saloons Michigan's Supreme Court Holds They Need Not Pay State Tax

The Supreme Court at Lansing has flled an opinión in the case of the People vs. Bouchard, whioh so far as this State is conoerned, is quite farreaching. The respondent was convioted in the Bay County circuit court for selling liqnors without paying a State tax under the law of 1887. He owned a scow which he fitted up for a saloon and anchored opposite the town of Bangor and made sales openly. This was not denied, but the defense was set up that, not being engaged in the business in any city, village or township in the State, he was not subject to the tax, and upon this it came to the Supreme Court, where the judgment of the lower court is reversei and the repondent discharged. The court held that the township boundary extended to the shore line only, and not being within the limita of that township of course was not in any other. The court calis the attention of the Legislature to the necossity of a remedy for the defect. NOT A BIT STALE. Annirtl Heeting and I Ir.lhm of tliei MifrlilKitn Produce Asoc ition. The Michigan Egg and Poultry Association met at Jackson recently and elected as offkers for the ensuing year: President, C. E. Williamson, of Tecumseh; Vice-President, James Court, of Marshall; Secretary, Charles W. Smith, of Nashville; Treasurer, 0. R. Pierce, of Hudson. The objects of the association are to obtain, through organization, better shipping facilities and rates; to get a better classification in freigbt rates, and for protection against dishonest produce commission men in the East The association is designed to take in all produce dealers in the State, and tli i membership fee is placed at one dollar. CRUSHED AND MANGLED. A Defectivo Var-Step Causea the Dosth of a Michigan Central Ilrakeman. Samuel Wardwell, a Michigan Central brakeman, was instantly killed near the Lansing depot the other morning. As the north-bound freight pulled out, Wardwell attempted to swing himself to the top of one of the box-cars, when the iron end-step gave way, dropping Mm directly under the wheels, crosswise of the track. He was dragged nearly 150 feet before his orushed and mangled body was discovered. Wardwell was about iö yeara of age, and lenves a wife and four children in Jackson. His remains were fowarded to that city. The defective car belonged to the Canada Southern lino. Health In Michigan. Reports to the State Board of Health by sixty-nine observers in different parts of the State for the week ended August 2 indicated that tychoid fever, cholera morbus, cholera infantum, typho-tnalarial fever, diphtheria, dysentery, measles and cerebro-spinal meningitis increased and puerperal fever, membranous croup, inflammation of brain and scarlet fever decreased in area of prevalenee. Diphtheria was reported at eighteen places, scarlot fever at twenty-seven, typhoid fever at twenty and measles at twentyfour places. Uil Organlzattons Mergeil. The Michigan Camp Oround Assoclation recently merged into the Bay View Camp Ground Association. This is substantially a change of name incidental to reorganization in conformity to the new Michigan State law regarding renewal of the life of incorporations. The former was organized fifteen years ago. Fifty members of the old signed the new articles. Michigan Soldier and Sallor. The twelfth annual reunión of the soldiers and sailors of South western Michigan was held recently at Kalamaioo and the annual election of officers resulted as follows: President, M. A. Merrifield, of Union City; Vico-President, Judge R. R. Pealer, of Three j ers; Secretary, A. A. Blakeman, of Otsego; Treasurer, C. M. Hall, of Union City. Short but Noivny Iterav. A rich strike of gold was made at the Ishpeming mines the other day. The 5-year-old son of P. II. Powers, of Sheboygan, was burned to death the other day. Lightning struck the South Lyon M E. ehurch the other night and it burned to the ground. Dr. William Brodie, one of the best known physicians in Michigan, died the othor day at his home in Detroit, aged 68 years. J. C. Williamson's lumber yard at Jackson suffe red a $25,000 loss by fire. At Jackson the other day fire did $25,000 damage to K. C. Williamson's and C. H. Plummor's lumber yards. A new railrond company has been formed at Holland, who will build a road along the south shore of Black lake. Building permis are now required at Port Huron. Detroiters consume 1,400 gallons of ice cream daily. Fiends in human form attempted to wreek a train on the C. & G. T. road near lmlay City, the other night, by stretching a heavy cable wire used to unload gravel cars across the track. I was discovered in time to provent an accident A circular saw burst in Penoyar Bros.' mili at üscoda the other night and flying piecos struck a man named Pelon in the arm, mangling it so it was amputa tcd. Six hundred and eighty-threo crawling, wriggling, slimy lizards captured in a Sandstone County well have been on exhlbition in a Jackson jewelry store. Quartz rock carrying very large and numerous nuggets of gold was taken the other day from the new shaft of the Peninsula mine at Ishpeming at a depth of only twenty-five feet. The Michigan has also struck another rich pocket in a drift eighty-five feet below the surface.