Albert Briggs, Aged 6, Of Southfield

Oakland eounty, got in the way of a truck and was run over. Several ribs were broken and his recovery is doubtfu). Some miserable villain one dark night, entered John Peters' orchard with an aX. and deliberately chopped dswn 118 peach trees, some of them 10 years old. Freddie the son of Rev. W. H. Gallagher, of Sag-inaw, was tei-ribly bitten by a large dog-, his upper lip and right nostril badly torn. Tlie was killed. A north bound Lake Shore train was saved froin wrecked in a washout near Kalamazoo by C. A. Poland, who feil in a faint on the track after he had signaled the train. Nearly 50 of the representative pisciculturistsof the United States attended the 2Glh annual of the American Fishcries association at Detroit, witii President Herschei Whital;er presiding. C. C. lim-nett, a lumber dealer of Cleveland, aecidentaily feil off the Bmery doek at Kast Tawas. He to a pile fully 20 minutes before his cries were heard and he was reseued in an exhausta condition bjr four boys. A can of gasoline exploded in Miss Van's parlors at Northvilie, bnrning Miss Van and destroyed her outöt, and $2,000 damage was done to the dry goods stock of Holmes, Daneer & Co. by water and smoke. A new villag-e is platted in in Ronald township, lorna county, and wil! be called Johnstown. An efl'ort will be made to have the government est.ibiish a postoffice there. Over 700 bicyclists of Ann Arbor participated in a demonstration in favor of good roads and special privileges. It was a unique and attraotive parade led by the faculty of the U. of M. with great dignity, followed by the faculty ladies. The second annual reunión of the L'pper Península Veterans' association was held at Encanaba. Representatives of G. A. R. posts, Woman's ReHef crops and Sons of Veterans camps from all over the upper península attended. Geo. E. Pratt and John Regan, two Detroit boyseachagedabout 13,started to row across Detroit river, but in Croseing between two vessels the tow was pulled taut and their boat was upset. Pratt was drowned, but Regan was rescued. The Detroit Light Infantry celebrated tlieir 2Oth anniversary vñth a big gala day, and were assisted by the Cleveland Grays, the crack military company of Cleveland, O. Gov. Pingree and staff also participated and reviewed tin: parade. Twenty of the most prominent Republican physicians of Flint, have sent a prtition to Congressman Smith at Wasliitigton, asking him to present the same to President MeKinley, protesting ugainst tlie recent dismissal of the Flint peasion examiniug board. The Salvation Army and their rivals, the. American Volunteers, became so noisy in their competition at Manistee that tliey were warned to cease the strcet meetings. Tliey continued holding lliem, however, and finally live Salvationists and four Volunteers were arrested. Gov. IJingree's fame as tlie originator of the potato patcli scheme has erossed the occu.il and is being adopted n spveral European countries. Letters were received ut the oxecutive ofliee from Budapest, Hungary, and Noltingham, England, requesting information regarding the plan. Lyons entert.ained the veterans of the Kighth nfantry at their annual reunión and every one cnjoyed the occasion. They wiïl viait ]!ay City next year. The following oflieers were chosen: President, Orrin Bump, of Bay City; vlce-president, J. C. Wilson, of Flint; secretary and treasurer, G. C. Beebe, of Bay City.