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Michigan State News

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Day
6
Month
November
Year
1890
Copyright
Public Domain
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The State Board of Correctiona and 3harities has reported toQovernor Luoe .ts opinions and conclusión as to the aeoessity of further legislation to improve the condition and extend the üse.'ulness of the State and county institutions: First- That tho laws relating lo the State prlson be revised and Consolidated, and that the GoYernor be an ex-offlcio member of the leveral boards, and that the power of appolntment and removal of the wardens rest with tha ooards, bringlng the penal instltutlons tnto ttannony with the othcrs of the State. Second- That the luw should be amended prohlbiting the use of oountj Jails for city lookops, and suggcsts that a permanent .iller be tppointed by the board of supervisor j in e ach sounty where the population exceeds 20,000, irho may be removed for any good cause by the ircait Judge. Third-Better provisión for tbe idiotie an4 (eeble-mindeU ís asked for, as thls number ia sonstantly increasing. It is recommended that the circuit Judge inspect the county iails in hl eirouit at least once in each year; that the lnItitution appropriation bilis be pas.ied earlior In the legislative ses-iions. and that act No. 77 of the session lawa of 18S7 be so amended a3 to prohibit the sending of tho olass of prisonera Iherein delinee! to any other than a State lnstltution. ____ Hralth in Klrhlgan. Reports to the State Uoard of Health by sevonty-one obsui'vers in different parta of tho State for the week ended October 25 indieatod that measlc9, puerperal fever, pleuritis and membranous oroup increasiid, and inflammation of the brain, cerebro-apinal meningitis, typhoid fever, whoopin? coujfh, inflammation of the bowela aud pneumonia decreased in aroa of provalence. Diphtheria was ropcrteil at thirty-two places, soarlot fever at thirty-two, typhoid fever at forty-ono and measles at four places. Peters SU:1 a Miillonaira. The ■ report sent to a commercial agency distinctly states the direct liabiiities of E. O. Peter3, of Jlanistee, as being between $750,000 and S800.000 and the indirect about the samo amount, brinfcin? the indebtedness to $1,600,000 The assets are over 85,000,000 and will leave Mr. Peters a millionaire after the business ii settled. It also states that Mr. Peters made the assiernment at tho advice of friends in order to clear himBelf from several disastrous concerns which wero a burden to him, amonn which was a Chicago concern which had eunk $400,000 for hlin within two yeara. Dsath of the uldeit Bettler. John W. Campflelil, aged 80 years, the oldest settler in Port Huron, died the othor morning' after an lllness of several months. Mr. Campüeld was a native of New Jersey and carne to Michigan in 1883, residing at Detroit, and went to Port Huron In 1833. The flrst carpet ever used there was made lor Mr. Campfltsld out of rushes woven together by bis Indian friends. He was a charter member of the flrst Masonio lodge ever established in Port Haron. Earulncs of M chlffan Konds The earnin?8 of Michigan roada for Ausrust were 88,354,013.51; for the corresponding month in 1889, 88,243,746.83; increase, 8110.205.68. Total earnings from Januar.y 1 to September 1, 1890, 859,422,310. IS; for the correspondinR period in 18S9, $53,241,8 12.06, an increase of $6, 180,508. 12, or 11.60 per cent Torn Lliul) from Llinb. Eddie Bennallaok, 19 years oíd, son of John Bennallack, while assisting in putting on a bolt at the Hecla washhouse at Lake Linden, was caught and whirled about with the fly-wheel. Boti arms and legs were torn off and other injuries' received so serious that be wa dead when released. A Cheky Yooth. A bright, young man of Menominee surrendered $3,500 of embezzled money and the matter was dropped on account of hls relative9. Ile left town and wroto to nis former employers, asking tbem to send him a letter of recommeudation to assist him in getting a poSition elsewhere. Tlie sitorlen Xut Truc. A locomotivo enjrineer in Detroit hts a scrap-book, in which he has pasted147 stories of engineers' wüd rides, thrilling escapes, etc Uo says that not ooe of these stories is true in any particular, but that they were all concocted by men who know nothing aboutthe lifoof an englneer. Short bat ewr Items. Torn McKinney, oook of a huntiag party, became lost in tbe woods near Metropolitan, and was found in an etbausted condition. He would probablj die. Fred Holland, oí Muskegon, was killed bj falllng from a second-story wlndow. Gorernor Luce has appolnted D. P. Markey prosccutlng attornej of Ogamaw County to üil the vacanoy caused by the reslgnatlon of Devere Hall. There are 810 Presbyterian par Is hei in Michigan and 81,698 members of that cbureb. William Pelette. who murdrously atMulted Mr. and Mrs OUara near Port Hurón, has been rrssted. Mrs. Richard Linke, of Noble, waa found banging dead in the cellar. She used a bitc halter rope and suspended herself from a rafter. Torn Thrush, of Atlanta, trled to crawl lnto a window of a wldow's house and had hls hand shot off by the widow. Frank Melrose, ten yeara old, of Bay City, feil from a pair of stilts and broke his left Ie? in two places. The West Michigan Congregational Association bas made a request that all portions of the world's fair be closed Sunday. Tho small steam bargo Mackinaw was entirely destroyed by flre at Black River. It was owned by its captain, W. E. Rice, and J. Van Uuskirk, of Port Huron, was valued at $12,500. and insured for $10,000. Mrs. William Bellamy, of Kalaaoaeoo, who marriod George Wilcox to stop scandalous reports concern ;ng her relations wlth hún, and before she had ecured a divorco frora Kellamy, has been sentenced to tho Detroit House of Correctlon for ton months for bieamr.

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