Michigan State News

The Burtis sawmill at Marquette be(jan their 1894 cut, startinf? with a ganp of sixty men. This is the earliest saws have begun running in many years, and almost a month sooner than last year. The booms are being supplied with logs brought in by rail whieh will continue until rafting from the Yellow Dog river commences. The Dead River Mili Co. also propose startlng their cut. Both milis in engaging help are giving preferenoe to married men, and in this way Mr. Burüs is now furnishing sustenance for forty families, several of whioh severely feit the dullness of the past winter. New Way to Pay Old Debts. A new way to pay old debts j oped at Kalamazoo. M. B. Shears, a farmer, owed 1193 on a note which he had executed to W. C. Edsell, the Otego banker. The noteoriginally called lor $493, but $300 of this amoun', had been paid by Shears, who walked into Edsell's office, and, drawing a revolver, demanded the surrender of the note, threatening to kill the banker if he refused. After some parleying the bit of paper was surrendered. Health In Michigan. During the week ended April 14 reports sent in by fifty-one observers in rarlous portions of the state to the state board of health indicated that scarlet f ever increased anddiarrhea decreased in area of prevalence. Typhoid fever was reported at fourteen places, diphtheria at ninetecn, measles at thirtythree, scarlet fever at sixty-two and sinall-pox at Crystal FallsMenomiuee, and Kalamazoo. - tfv "" A liluoily Riot. i A riot, precipitated by striking Poles who had been in the employ of the Detroit water board, led to an attack on the sheriff and six deputies, and two Poles were killed and eighteen other persons injured. John Pilat was shot and instantly killed, and Andrew Esnik and Andrea Karnotski were shot and died soon after. Charles P. Collins, sheriff of Wayne county, was probably fatally hurt Jochlm Escapes Convlctlon. The trial of the case of the people vs. J. W. Jochim, ex-secretary of state, ended in Lansing in a disagreement of the jury. The judge gave his charge in the morning and the jury deliberated for ten hours, then the foreman announced to the court that there was nc possibility of an agreement and the jury was discharged. Refue to Plead or Accept Ball. Thomas P. Tuite, Detroit's ex-city treasurer. who was brought back from New York on the charge of embezzlement of $15,500 of the city's money, was arraigned, but he refused to plead and also refused to accept bail from his friends. He was accordingly returned to jail in default of $10,000 bonds. SU M en Killed. At Staples & Covell's mining road near New Era, Newaygo county, a terrible accident occurred. An engine struck a tree which had been blown aeross the track. Eight log cutters were in the cab at the time of the accident and six of them were instantlv killed. Fatally Stabbed His Father. Harry Fox, aged 28, in a fit of anger jumped upon his father, William, at Quannicassee, a hunting resort east of Bay City, and plunged a knife into his chest near the heart, inflicting a fatal wound. Short Uur. Newi; Items. The home of J. K. Henkley, near Delton, was burned and the clothing was entirely burned off Mrs. Henkley and she died in a short time. The 8-year-old son of Henry Hoek, oi Cheboygan, was throwing chips into the river when he slipped and feil in and was drowned. Menominee was out off from all telegraphic communication for a few days owKg"to2"sTárm""" SÜBE-" Owing to the kpathy that business men have towards making an exhibit the Genesee County Agricultural society have deoided not to hold their annual fair this year. . b" John Sandison, óf Allis toWhship, Ceboygan oounty, took carbollc acid 'withsujciSal in tent, bt would probaijjjrlwe. Disappointment in love. The Winthrop iron mine at Ishpemiag êeased operatons after twenty "years of ttontinuous service on account of the little demand for its product The mine employed 250 men. Frank Jackson, aged 19, of Pettysville, was killed by a train of cars. Ambrose A. McDonough pleaaeü gnilty at Howell of violation of the liquor law and was fined $200 and five dollars costs. Horace McClure, aged 70 years, was burned to death in Grand Rapids while trying to save a horse from a burning barn." Four hundred foreigners have been naturalized at Ishpeming. The Huron Lumber company will start its mili at Alpena May 1. Prof. Rudolph A. Wallenstein, who is recrarded as one of thet tinest pianists in this country, disappeared from Grand Rapids, leaving his wife without kuowldge of his whereabouts. The Alpena county savings bank be.an business at Alpena. Alfred Durphy, a fisherman, was drowned in L'Anse bay. The Movint Pleasant, ludían industrial school has 145 pupil. , that are looked fter by fovrteen employés. Thomas Nevins & Son, contractors at Orange, N. J., signed a contract for the purchase of the entir Street rai'way system of Detroit, paying therefor 88,000,000. The steam barge Burlington, from Bay City for Cleveland, caught tire and was burned. She was owned by G. K. Jackson, of Bay City, and valued at $10,000. John Parker, of Wyandotte, who had been hunting wild ducks in Ecorse bay, elaimed to have bagged 1,400 birds in ooe week.