Michigan News Items

r Holland citizens were "skinned" out of $G00 by card and dice sharpcrs. Eobt. Smlth, aged 20, was drowucd while bathing in the Rifle river at Omer. Bay City retail grocers will have a holiday and a picnic at East TawaS, Aug. 19. Ernest Mills, aged 17, was drowned in Crystal Lake, near Benzonia, while bathing. Enthusiastic bicyclists of Bay City are planning to build a cycle path to Saginaw. An independent telephoDe line has been built betwcen Benton Harbor and Stevensville. Frank Solan, aged 17, was drowned at Port Huron. He was flshing and feil into the river. Sam Humphrey, living near Reading, feil from the beam in his barn and broke three ribs and one leg. The directors of the Dowagiac Union Fair association have decided to hold a four days' fair commencing Sept. 27. Lightning killed four horses, twobelonging to Werthen Seymour and two to Henry Corcoran, near Chillicothe. Edwin F. Uhl, of Michigan, formerly U. S. ambassador to Germauy, has returned home on the steamer Normania. Banking Commissioner Just bas called on all state banks for a report of their condition at the close of business, July 23. The Whitteraore foundry and machine shop, at West Bay City, was gutted by lire, causing a loss of 820,000; insurance 813,000. The second of the deaf mutes killed by the lake shore train uear Monroe has been identified as Alex. Bergfield, of New Concord, O. The first erop of celery is now being harvested at Kalamazoo - about three weeks later than usual. The quality is better than last year. Henry M. Rose, Senator Burraws' private secretary, has opened headquarters at Grand Rapids looking to Mr. Burrows' re-election. Philip Dolmen, of Allen township, Hillsdale county, committed suicide by shooting himself twice after taking laudanum. Domestic infelicity was the trouble. Robbers entered the store of E. F. Rhodes & Co., at Granger, and carried away three bicycles, tobáceo, knives, clothing, miscellaneous hardware and other merchandise, but left the building. Roy Nunn, aged 17, of Gladwin, has been arresied on suspicion of beiDg the person who assassinated Curtís VVright, a farmer near there a week ago. The boy has served a term in the industrial school. There has be in bad blood between the two familiea The blueberry erop promises to be in excellent one in the upper penin3ula this season, and the first berrics re already in the market. In Marjuette, Delta, Alger and Luce couuties perhaps 2,000 persons will be enjaged in pieking them. The blueberry erop will ba worth 860,000 to 875,000 this year. Arnold Verhuist, of Holland, was taken to the asyium at Kalamazoo. John Verhulst, a brother, was greatly affected by his brother's condition, and is missing. He had threatened to drown himself, fearing that he, too, might becoine insane. Merritt M. Goodspeed, Muskegon's messiah says his divine gifts are yet in thcir infancy. ne says that now he is only a healer but soon will be employed by the Holy Ghost with the strength of prophecy, and declares that he will live to be 200 years old. L. R. Taft, professor of horticulture at the Michigan Agricultural college, has received specimens of the pear tree psylia from Kent county. So far as known, this dangerous pest has never been seen in Michigan. Taft recommeuds that trees affected should be sprayed vviih kerosene emulsión. The corner's jury re turned a verdict of suicide by drowning in the case of Elizabeth Ilamüton who was found in the river at Saginaw with her illegitimate babe in her arms. The girl's sisters testified that Stuart Gordon was the acknowledged fathor of the ohild and had ruincd the girl under Dromise of marriasre. Nlels Tefersen, of Decatur, has ooropleted the largest peppermlnt disülery in the foorld. Eight tubs are used and the'distilery wiU have a capacity of 500 pounds of oil per day. Edwin, aged 15, the only son oí Wells Smith, a prosperous farmer near Albion, has disappeared taking his clothes and his pet pony. His mother is nearly crazed with grief. Boyce Speicher, living near Glendale, was taken from bed by masked men apd treated to a coat of tar and feathers and ordered to leave the community. He had been slandering several women of that section. Quartermaster-Ueneral White, of the M. N. O., moved upon Island Lake and established permanent headquarters, which wiU be maintained until camp closes on Aug. 10. He will prepare the grounds for the encampment. ■ David Munger, aged 70, a veteran, of the Mexiciin and civil wars, while sitting in front of a clothiug store at Schoolcraft was accidentally hit in the temple by a large rock thrown by a clerk, and is in a critical condition. Morency Cornelius, aged 86, a Polish women, has been an inmate of the Allegan county poor house since 1865, and was a counl.y charge before then. She is now insane. Who she is or where she originally come from is a mvsterv. "■ liertha Cunningham, of Dundee, and Sclma Kranzuh, of Blissfleld, have been arrested at Dundee on a charge of rilling letters belonging to a ixaveling man named Cunningham. The girls admitted that they called for the letters at the postoffice and tore them up. The pieces were found in the street, with fragments of a 850 draf t. Such enormous quantities of blackberries are being gathered in southwcstern Michigan this season that the prices received for them in the Chicago market fail to net the shipper the cost of the packages alone. Many growers have devised inexpensive evaporating plants to dispose of the surplus berries and it is estimated that over one-half of the erop will find a market as dried fruits. In anticipatlon of the raise of the price of beer stampa to an even dollar on the barrel by the new tariff law Michigan brewevs were heavy purchasers at the internal revenue office at Detroit, over 830,000 worth being sold in one day. This will save the brewers nearly 810,000. The Detroit district includes 54 counties, in which there are 82 breweries that produce between 600,000 and 700,000 barrels a year. 01 these breweries 28 are in Detroit, The lnterchangeable system of mileage books goes into effect on Michigan railroads early in August. The buyer of a 1,000 mile book will deposit 830 and will receive 810 rebate when the book is used up if it is used accordlng to rules. The books will be good on all roads in tbe Central Trafile association and outside of Michigan, but can be used by the person to whom it is issued only. In Michigan, the law permits the members of a man 's family to use his mileage book.