Michigan News Items

A revival of roller is on in many towns. Angus J. McDonald, died at Au Sable, aged 104. The planing mili at Sunfield burned, causing a loss of $2,000. Chicago parties offered Peter English 825,000 for his mineral water find at Benton Harbor. Grand Rapids' library has outgrown its quarter.s in the city hall and will have a uew building', A numbcr of residents of Arenac eounty are making preparations to go the Klondike in the spring. Central Lake is ngilating the question of putting in a combination electric light and water works plant, Fire destroycd the shoe store and harness shop of O. W. Chipman at Saranac. Loss $1,800, no insurance. The bondsmen of Hiram A. Waite, the excontroller pf Port Huron who is a term for embezslemeut, have settled with the city for 81,200, His shortage was $3,400. The pcddlers' license law passed by the last legislature has been deelared unconstitutional by tha supreme court. The Graugers denouncjd the law at their recent oonyention at Lansing. C. H. Clarke, of Chicago, has just . eoneluded the lease of the mainmoth Oakland Hotel property at St. Clair for five years. Mr. Clarke was of the firm of Clarke & Rathbone who managed this hotel in 1894. The prison board has decided to discontinue the manufacture of bedroom suits at Ionia prison and to increase the output of wood novelties. This will reduce the eompetition with ontside labor to a minimum. The Calumet Light Guards, the pride of the Fifth regiment, M. N. G., is having serious trouble because of jealousy between the non-commissioned offieers and the privates. A split which will cause a disruption is feared. The fire which has been burning for two weeks ia the 25,000 tons of coal stored in the big steel sheds of the Tamarack-Osceola mines at Houghton continúes to ba me all efforts to check it. The loss will be heavy. The fruit growers ia the vicinity of St. Louis are profiting by the apple fainine in other parts of the state. The apple erop was very abundant about St. Louis and nearly 15,000 bushela havo been shipped from there. Everything ïiovv seems favorable to the proposed elcctric road from Hesperia, Newayg-o county, to the lake shore in Oceana county. Hesperia has raised 312,000, Ferry 87,000, and Hart is i-apidly raising1 the sum asked for. While insane Leo Inderbitzen, a Germán painter, of Escanaba, suicided in the depot at Carlshend by blowing off the top of li is head with a rifle. He was recen tl y released from the state insane asyhim as perroanently cured, Herman Ringnel, aged 35, who resides south of Manistee, went to town and becoming intoxicated laid down on the street car track. A car carne along and crushed off one foot and inflicted other injuries, froin which he died. He leaves a widow and several children. Wliat carne D6ar beihg a disastrous explosión happened in Strassburg-'s rneat ïuarket at Mt, Morris. Mr. Strassbarg had just put a stick of wood in the stove wlieu it was blown to pieces. A serious fire was narrowly averted. It is thought there was powder in the wood. James Walch, sent to Ionia prison for 15 years froin Mecosta county for burglary, has corapleted his sentence and was dischared. He was the oldest convict there and made a model prisoner. lie says lie vvill start for the Klondike next spring and try and make np for bis lost yeura. Mrs. lüchael éaltmatifi, $ fHfièr's wife near Saginawj was trying out lard, when lier clothea caught fire. She rolled n the wet gras?, byt was so badly burned she will probably die. Congressman Mesiek has been assured by Postraaster-General Gary that the appointment of three Michigan jostmasters - A. R. Wheeler, at St. Louis; C. R Brown, at Alma, and Mr. Itoft', at Traverse City - vvould be made the last of January, to go into effect Feb. 1. Win. Moróse, aged 85, of Lisbon, has married his adopted daughter, aged 10, who is pretty. She was born to his lousekeeper and he adopted the girl her mother's death. He seems to be very much in love with his girl wife, and she apparently returns this affection. President L. R. Fiske completes his work of directing Albion college Jan. 1, after 20 years of highly successful service. He was mude professor of philosophy emeritus by the trustees at their recent meeting. Rev. J. P. Ashley, the new president, is to arrive January 4. The faculty will tender liïra a reception. Fred Muntz, aged 20, employed by the Michigan Wood Pulp Co., at Niles, met death while oiling a paper machine. When in front of some gearing he slipped and feil. his left leg being caught in the rapidly revolving wheels. The member was terribly crushed and doctors amputated the leg, but the young man died. Theron F. Giddings, of Kalamazoo county, is siated for the U. S. marshalship of the western district of Michigan if he wants it, so it is said. There are four other candidatos for this important oflice, including Frank Wat kins, of Hopkins: Win. Mears, of Boyne Falls; J. D. S. Hanson, of Hart, and Frank Wait, of Sturgis. Iienj. Frankenstein, of Hillsdale, is a young Jew, who has repeatedly been in trouble for crooked work, was arrested at Saginaw for having obtained money by fi'audulent meaos at Flint and Lapeer where he gave his name as Stein and professed to be a converted Jew collectinr for a Jewish Christian band at Cleveland. He acknowledged his guilt, and was sent np for 90 days. Essexville, a suburb of Bay City, was visited by a destructivo fu-e whioh orioinate.d in the general store of John Tennant and spread rapidly. The residences of Mrs. Margaret Wynn and Malcolm Doubles and the tovvn clerk's office were also destroyed. Tlie loss will reach S10,000. A strong wind prevailed and the residents were terrorstricken for fear the whole town would be burned. Hou. Spencer O. Fisher is in dead earnest in his efforts to secure the new government armor plate plant for Bay City. He says: "The site I intend to offer to give to the government is at the mouth of the Saginaw river. It is connected with all the railroads and the city electrie road, and contains 360 acres, J intend interesting F. W. Wheeler & Co., ia bidding for the erection of the buildings." Dr. Win. Miller, for years a well-todo citizen of Lansing, a prominent Prohibiüonist and temperauce worker, is in jail tHerc suff jring with such a severe attacU of delirium tremens thathe has, to be strapped to his bed In recent years Dr Miller has lost his property and family and took to drink as a solace. He went down hill rapidly and for some time has been living in abject squalor with a colored man. The stomach of Mrs, John Hartman, who recently died under suspicous cireumstanees near Laingsburg, was found to contain morphine in quantities su Meien t to have caused death. Her husband's body will be exhumed and the stomaeh analyzed. Wra. and Kiiiuia Ream are in jail charged with admiuistering the poison, Both deny their guilt and the woman accuses John Hartman, Jr., who refuses to make a statement. The annual meeting of the various state stock breeders' associations was held at Lansing. About300 representative breederá from all sections of Michigan, and a few from other states and Canada were present. They reported the stock market vastly improved, prices being g-ood and the demand brisk. The Michigan Merino Sheep Breeders1 assoeiation elected as president, A. A. Wood, of Saline; secretary, E. N. 13 all , of Hamburg. After sevpral years' discussion Grand Rapids declded by popular voto last spring to issue bonds to the amount of $130,000 to build a municipal, lighting plant. The bonds were issued and the money is now in the city treasury available for the puipose. The city charter, however, conflicts as to who shall have charge of the work, the aldermen or the board of public works, and there is sure to be a pretty contest before the work is begun. Miss Pearl Eaton, aged 1G, of Battle Creek, learned that the young man to wliom she was engaged had died in South Bend, and the dispatch asked her to come to the funeral. She went to the house of au acquaintanoe and asked for lodging for the night, and the next morning she was discovered unconscious with an open bottle of chloroform at her nose. The doctor' by hard work saved her life. Miss Eaton is a homeless girl and works as a domestic. Gov. Pingree has granted the following paroles, llev. William O. Lowden, sent from Hastings, Dec, 1895, to JacksQn for sijf years fur forgery; Edward Bigford, sent from Lansing, June, 1896, to Detroit house of correction for three years for larceny; Thursey Mason, sent from Manistee, Sept., 1896, to Detroit house of correction for two years for adulterj. Lowden was once prosecuting attorney of Barry county and was an ordained a Baptist minister. Chas, Jiiinball feil from the roof Í the Church of God at Bentoa Harbor and_broke both jegs and several rite.j