Short But Newsy Items

Mt. Pleasant's basket factory turned out :i,000,000 baskets the past year. Rev. Z,ch Eddy, a well-known Congregationalist, died in Detroit, aged 76 y e ars. James A. üla'r. a traveling salesman, was found daad in his bed at Jackson irom an overdose of morphine. The annual meeting of the Michigan State Horticultural society will be held at Eaton Kapids. December 1, 2 and 3. Newaygo bachelors gave a ball for the benefit of the poor of the village. It was the biggest and most successful dance ever given in Newaygo. ïhe recent rains have subdued the destructive forest fires In southwestern Michigan and no further damage to property was feared. Thele Kuhn, the murderer of Wesley McDonnell at Port Hurón, has been sentenced to twenty-four yean in the petfitentiary. Business men of Holland have orjjanized an improvement association to secure now factoriea and to boom the town. The Fowlerville Agricultuial society has gone out of business and its buildings are for ale. Del Swarthoufs bijr barns :; miles south of Pinckney were burned. Loss, S2.500; insurance smáll. Charles E. Taylor, of Oshtemo, has been sentenced to Jackson for two and one-half years for stealing twelve fleeces of wool. Amos Root dicd at Jackson, ag-ed 76 years. Mr. Root was a pioneer, and was identified in the building of every railroad entering that city. The Michigan apple erop this season is the largest of years, and dealers report that they have never reeeived a better quality. The comptroller of the eurrency has authorized the First national exchange bank of Plymouth to lgin business with a capital of $50,000. Fires were kindled for the first time in the works of the Muskegon Iron & Steel Company. The capacity of the works is 1,000 tons of steel per week. David Ross, youngest son of W. A. Eo8s, of Marquette, feil into a wash boiler and was so badl,v BCalded that he died a few hours later. Charles E. IUanchett, the well-knovrn Detroit theatrical manager, died at the Bloomingdale (N. Y.J syKim, where he was onder treatment fbr a mental disease. William O'Brieu, un Ínstate of the soldiers' home ;ii (Irand üiipids, was iound in the woods trotiN todeath. He had been to the city, pot irunk and wandered awav In a colusión on the 'irand Kapids & Indiana railroad near Morton, Fireman Thomas Pickle and ürakeman Howard were killed and Euyinoer James Bmttfa was probably fatally injured. Mrs. Jaco'b Vogel, who left a recreant husbaml in .Taikson some years ago and took seven childnn with her to Denver, l;is learoed that her hnsband died three years ayo and that lie left his familv Rl ,'i "l