In Two Peninsulas

The Michigan erop report íor July says: The estímate here g-iven is the j'ield of bushels of wheat per acre: For the state, 9.88 bu.; southern counties, '.i. 14 bu. ; central, 11.13 bu.; northern, tl.88 bu.: upper península, 14 bu. The estímate for the state is the lovvest ever made in July. The light erop is mainlv beeause of the drouth that has prevaUed all the .season and still continúes, yet other causes liave worked injury. The nmnber of bushels of wiieat reported marketed in June is vr.'.:l 1. as eompared witli 866,361 reported in June. 1894. The aereage of corn is slightly in excess of and the condition is 91 per cent of the average. Cate are estimated at lil per cent of an average erop. The aefeage of potatoes iê 6 per cent in excess of average years and promises 815 per cent of an aerage erop. torn and potatoes seera to have Btood the drouth remarkably well and with abundant rain now would yield fairly well. Meatlons and pastures were propably oever in poorer condition at this date and the spring seeding to clover is nearly all lost. The outlook for apples and peaches is not very encouraginy. Take the. Law into Their Own Hamla. The St. Joseph l'rotectiveassociation, which is oomposed of many of the be.t farmers in bt. Joseph and Branch counties, held its annual in Sturgis. Tlie most exciting question of diseussion was the Rommel case. After numerous mysterious fires. raüroad wrecks and other depredations were comtnitted in the vicinity, of w'-.ich the Bommels were suspected, foor of the sons of Michael Kominel were arrested on a charge of burning John McKartie's barn, and aftér three trials one was convicted and sent to prison. Since then svitnesses in the cases have been threatening letters and one of the witness was shot at, the bullet passing through his hat. The regulators drew up a resolution saying if these depredations and letters were not Stopped, they would take the law into their own hands. Then they went to Rommel's house and read the resolutions to the family. 1-ully 100 men coniposed the coinmittee. A Clear Opinión on the Chlld Labal T.avr. Attorney-deneral Maynard hasgiven Labor Commissioner Morse an opinión that proprietors of factor"ies, ete., are subject to the penalty prescribed for the violation of the law prohibiting the eiuployment of children under 14 years, of age, even though they do not personally einploy such juveniles or authorize sueh emplo3-ment, so longas the work is done on their preraisesfor instance, is the proprietors let a contract for doing work in their factories by the piece. they are amenable to the law if the contractor employs children under the specified age to do ihe work. The proprietors cannot escape the penalty by delegating the employment of children to other?. Plans for a &1 ,000,000 Dam at Mnskegon. Plans have just been matured to give Muskegqn an unlimited water power. A dam is to be consti-ucted icross the Muskegon riyer at its influx into Muskegon Lake, at a cost of SI, 000,000. 'l'-.yo years wil] be required to bnild it. Lumberman .lolin Torrent s St the head of the scheine. The area covered will be fifteen square miles. The power can be supplied at one-third tlie present cost, or S-0 per norse power per annum. The dam will be one and one-half miles wide and will rise 22 feet above water level. Three 1 :-.ii by Accident at Detroit. Kor some days Detroit had been remarkably free from serious accidents when there was suddenly an epidemie of thern and three deaths occurred in one day. Harry Clark, aged :A, jumped from one car and stepped directly in front of another; he was dead in 15 minutes. Thomas Duross, aged TO, while crossing Jefferson avenue was killed by an electric car. John Mchellan, aged 19, while riding on a high load on a truek which he was driving, was jolted off and crushed to death beneath the heavy wheels. Flre at Croiwell. Fire visited the villaje of Croswell and came near wiping it out of existince. H. D. Franklin's barn was set un flre. The flamea spread to the Andcrson house and barn, which were soon consumed. Several other buildings were also on fire, but were saved by the fire corapany. The Lexington fire corapany responded promptly to a cali for help. II. l). Kranklins 'loss is $3,500, no insuranee. M. MeLean's loss is $1:2,000; $4,000 insuranee. Married 65 Year, but Want a Divorce. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Van Dusen, of Gleudora, Berrien county, have agreed to disagree after being married 85 years. Divoree proceeding-s have been eommenced. while the wife has gone to Arizona and the husband has departed for the east. The difficulty between the couple arose over their roperty, which Van Dusen wanted to ieU. Fatal Badina; t Two Boys" Quarrel. a Sunday ball game at Alhion irnest k'ushrow. aged 10, and August Sauss. agod lï, sons of (ierman famiies, had a quarrel. Ettshrow .seized a iat lying near andstruc-k Naussablow n the face, and he feil dead. l'.attle Creek people have sent an in■itation to the state board of health to isit their city and inspect the disease reeding mili pond there. Hon. C. D. Randall, of Coldwater, :as been elected vice-president for uncriea by the international prison ongress in session at Paris. Mrs. Taily. an aged Marshall ladv, iel recently and bequeathed a sum f money to establish a home for old dies. Now a moveinent is on foot to aise snieient funds by popular subrrijjlion to erect a suitable building, ■ni then use the bequest as an endow■ent fund.