Michigan News Items

New Kalümore is to have a ucw theater. Ilog cholera is killing olï Calhoun eounty porkcrs. Angus J. McDonald, died at Au Sable, ajed 10Í. The planing mili at Sunfield burned, causing a loss of 552,000. The Catholic church at Palms burned, causing a loss of S2,000. There is a foot of snow in the north woods and lumbermen are active. The Fourth wai-d M. E. church at Ludington was destroyed by fire; loss, $1,500. Chicago partios offered Peter Enlish $25,000 tor his mineral water find at Bentou Harbor. A new company has been organized at r.ay City to manufacture adjustable bicycle handle-bars. ïselson Thompson"s house burned at üreenvülc and the tenant narrowly escaped creraation. Fire destroyed the shoe store and harness shop of G. W. Chipman at Saranau. Loss SI, 800, no iusurance. Webb Lott, the D., T. & M. engineer who was injured in the collision near Marshall, died. His home was in Toledo. Martinus Ophoff, an aged Hollander, ïanged himself to the doorknob of his oom at Grand Rapids and was slowly stranirled to death. D. O. Smith, of Whtehall, has p.itented a new kind of bullet-proof vest. Shots fired from a distance of 10 fet make no imprcssion. Food Cominissioner Grosvenor says he has already expended $4,500 in his fight against the dealers in colored oleomarganne, and proposes to keep right at the work. The bondsraen oí Hiram A. Waite, the cx-controller of Port Huron who is serving a term for embezzlement, have settled with the city for 81,200. His sbortajre was $3,400. The 0-months-old son of George Thompson, of Saginaw, upset a basin of boiLing water over himself and died aftervvards f rom the effects of the terrible he received. The Jackson loeide of Elks, vvhich has 350 members, malees liberal donations to needy people once a month. Seventy-five baskets of provisions were sent out on Chrismas. The peddlers' license law passed by the last legislatura has been declared unconstitutioual by the supremo court. The Grangeis denouneed the law at thcir recent convention at Lansing. Cari Partndge, employed by Kelley & Coveü at Sligtat's, was eutting wood when the ax of a companion flew cff the lielve, cutting a fearful gash in his side just belowM.he ribs. He vvill ctie. Couvict Pelano, in the Jackson state prison, is gettiníc rich making ornaraents f rom onyx and agate stones. He has already purchased a SI, 500 home for his family, making his money by overtime work. The movement of the advocates of higher railroad taxation for an extra sesaion of lesislature is being strengthenedbv people who want the closed season fish law repealed and the tax title law straightened ont. The Calumet Light Guards, the pride of the Fifth regiment, M. N. G., is having serious trouble beeause of jealousy belween the non-commissioned officers 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 baffle all efforts to check it. The loss will be heavy. Whüe insano Leo Inderbitzen, a Geiman painter, of Escanaba, suicided in the depot at Carlshend by blowing off the top of bis head with a rifle. He was recently released from the state insane asyUira as perraanently cured. WalterLepper, of Ioaia, wasarrested at Grand Rapids on complaint of a newsboy, who said Lcpper had passed a lead nickel on him. Eight lead niclíels were found in Lepper's mitten, and m bis room th ere was a die and amold. Regent Levi L. Barbour, of Detroit, has presented the University of Michigan with 815,000 woi-th of real estáte toward the erection of an art building, provided 85,000 more is raised for t.he sume purposa williin Uve years. aius is the secón cl gift Mr. Barbour has made for an art building at the U. of M., but h.e permitted the first tobe diverted to the woman's gymnasium which has since been ffivt n his name. The state Association of Breeders of Improved Live Stook diseussed various mattecs of interest to thera at their convention at Lansing, and elected the following offieers: President, H 11. Ilinds, of Stanton; vice-president, u. v. l'eckham, of Parma; secretary and treasurer, I. H. Hutteriield, of the Atrricultural ooilege; directora, John LcMltèr, of Poatiao; J. H. Taft of Mcndon; John McKay, of Borneo; W. E. Boyden, of Delhi Mills; T.. F. Conrad, of Wacousta. Chas. Kimball feil from the roof of the Churoh of God at Uenton Harbor and brolie both legs and several nbs.