Michigan Happenings

The Exchange hotel at St. Louis was destroyed by fire. John Prenning, of Maple Grove, was killed by a falhng pine stump. Bernard Hesche, a Lowell farmer, - was thrown from his cutter and in stantly killed. Hanse Lenarde, of Thompsonville, was struck on the head by a falling tree and cannot live. n Jay Morgan, aged 13, of Lowell, shot himself in the groin with a revolver. He will probably die. The diphtheria epidemie has about ceased at Traverse City. Churohes and I schools have reopened. A son of Berry (Sreen was shot aecii dentally while handling a gun at i Niles, killing liiin instantly. W. Jennings' barn near Owosso, was destroyed and 20 sheep perished. Loss, $2,000, covered by insurance. Cigarette smoking has beeome so prevalent Bay City school boys that the parents have started a move to prosecute dealers. A large limb in falling struck Herman Priehs, aged 22, who was chopping wood near Pontiac, killing him. James a Warner, a farmer who was beaten and robbed by burglars near Flat Koek recently, died of his injuries. In response to a petition from 200 persons, the Eaton county supervisors have called a special election on the local option question for March 18. The Union depot used by the F. & P. M., the T. & A. A. and the 8. & C.C. railroads at Clare was entirely de stroyed by tire. Loss about $5,000. Kelley & Covell's boarding house at Slighfs siding burned. Twenty-six shingle weavers eseaped in scant attire. Four men were hurt in jumping. Loss $1,500. , Gov. Rich will not cali a special election in the Third district to 311 ths Burrows vacancy. .The election is called for April 1, toith the regular spring election. D. R. Cunningham and Engineer Granville, of Detroit, have subinitted a proposition to build an eleotric road from Lawton to Pavv Paw, if Paw Paw will pay $20,000. Harry, the son of Jas. Abbott, was seriousïy, (if not fatally, injured by riding on a toboggan, at Pontiac. tlie sled striking a post. Several others were slightly injured. Thomas Swift, of Albion, was arraigned before Justice Dolan at I.ansing on a charge of having forged the signature of a notary public to an assignment of a mortgage. The old officers of Michigan Masonic home association at Grand Kapids were re-elected. The total receipts of the year were $7,100, and there is a surplus on hand of $fl,2(0. Chas. Kramer, aged 20, brooded over his disgrace at beiug in jail as drunk and disorderly and tried to kill himself by hanging, but was cut down by fellow prisoners. He may die. The Christian Woman's Board of Missions has secured the services of Prof. G. P. Coler as one of the instruetors of the Bible chaivs recently established at the Michigan University. Henry Hutton, of Dutton, was killed by a Michigan Central train near Grand Rapids. ile was 30 years old and unmarried. Kriends say he was the son of noble parents in Holland. Ernest Williams, aged 1(5 years, of Juanita, was accidentally shot and killed while hunting rabbits. He was walking on a log when he slipped and feil, his gun was discharged, killing him. Worthy Stewart, Fred and Wm. Hicks, aged 15 to IS, pupils of the Ravenna school were tined for assaulting their crippled teacher and, after thrashing him, throwing him into a snow drift. With babe in arras, Alice Wesner, a girl of 14 appeared in Justice Southworth's court at Ovid, to give evidence against Wellington .Stevens, a boy not much older, charging him with the paternity of her child. Charges have been brousrht against Supt. F. D. Clarke, of the Michigan School for the Deaf at Flint. It is claimed that he has íiied competent teachers because they were not in sympathy with his rebel views of the civil war. The Austin, Tomlinson A Webster Wagon company is moving its vast plant and maehinery outaide of the JacKSon prison vvalls, wliere it has been located almost all the time since the prison was first located. The company has constructed new buildings j-ast south of the prison, and will employ free men only in the future.