Michigan State News

MICHIGAN STATE NEWS.

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All the pool-rooms in Detroit and a large bookmaking house have been closed by the police.

A Wexford county healer, who claims to perform cures by the laying-on of hands, is charged by a young lady whom he "treated" with being the father of her child. Will miracles never cease?

A Mendon lady who, enjoys driving a fast horse, is the owner of a span of runners which she has driven on a good country road at less than a two-minute gait.

The stallion Warlock, 8 years old, by Belmont, dam Waterwich, was sold by John Madden, of Bethlehem, Pa., to S.A. Brown, of Kalamazoo, Mich., for $15,000.

At Jennisonville, Mich., a burglar entered the office of Luman Jennison and stole between $800 and $1,000 in cash and two checks amounting to $1,500.

William Moss, an employe [sic] of the Lansing Iron works, has worked at the machinist's trade for the past fifty-five years, beginning at the age of 14. If long practice makes perfect Moss ought to be a skillful hand.

Grand Rapids dealers are kicking against the exactions of the vinegar pool, and propose a factory of their own as a proper remedy.

The boiler of the Caro Wooden Ware works exploded on the 14th inst. killing one man and wounding four others. The boiler was located in a brock engine room, the material of the latter being scattered over several acres of ground. Low water is supposed to have caused the accident. 

A burglar waltzed into the store of a Hudsonville merchant the other night and read a card attached to the safe knob, stating that there wasn't any need of blowing the thing up, as it wasn't locked. Then he swung open the door, took out $1,600 worth of valuables and cash, wrote "thanks" on the other side of the card, and skipped.

The Grand Trunk road has picked up 110,000 railway ties in Leapeer and Genesee counties since March 1.

The African Methodist church of Kalamazoo baptised sixteen duskey members on Sunday last.

A Centerville man admitted that the jug he carried was well filled with bug juice, but claimed that it was procured for medicinal purposes—home consumption. That's a complaint that seems to pervade several of the local option counties at this present juncture.

A newly wedded Seawood bride was so frightened by a horning bee that she made her escape and wasn't found until the next day.

S. A. Browne @ Co., Senator Stockbridge is the "Co.") have purchased Warlock, a 3-year-old stallion, of John Madden, a Bethlehem, Pa. breeder, for $10,000.

A Genesee county man, who has kept a weather record for the last half century and ought to know, claims that no matter whether the spring be early or late, vegetation has been in just about the same stage of advancement on the middle of June, during all those years.

Russell Kellogg, a Battle Creek citizen, aged 74 years, is preparing for another campaign by cutting a third set of teeth.

Lightning struck the residence of Melville Palmer, in Lelenaw county, and slide off several pieces of flesh from one of his legs and tore the shoes from his daughter's feet. The latter is all right, however, but Mr. P. will go a little lame for several days yet.

A doctor and a tombstone factory have located at Freeport, and the obituary business may be expected to take a boom in that quarter.

A deaf and dumb barber is having a great run of custom at Cadillac. Such a one would doubtless prosper almost anywhere.

Some fellow with might poor judgment fed a mixture of salt and Paris green to three cows, the property of Thomas McCarty, of Dennison. The cows are dead, but the heartless poisoner is supposed to be on earth yet.

A recently platted addition to the village of Mount Pleasant is laid out in a novel manner, the sidewalks and shade trees to occupy the center of the streets.

'Tisn't a good plan, generally, to go away from home to trade. A Holland lady tried it, but a Grand Rapids crook got away with her pocketbook and the $35 it contained, and the lady had to return home with neither money nor goods.

John Ritterstoff, who went to Jackson from Ionia county in 1882 for life on a charge of murder, has had his sentence commuted to ten years by Governor Luce, six of which have already been served.

The explosion of a lamp at the Nileswood Pulp company's works, resulted in the destruction of one-half the plant, involving a loss of $40,000; insured for $30,000. The works will be rebuilt at once.

Grand Ledge will soon have a new national bank. 

An Ithaca man is the owner of a 1,650 pound cow. More beef than milk in that quarter. 

The Lansing Condensed Milk company became tired of paying $100 per day for the water that was added to the milk they purchased, and began to investigate. Several good honest farmers of that vicinity are now in the toils because of the watery trick.

Michigan Knight Templars had a blowout at Grand Rapids, in annual conclave, the past week.

Negounee's new $35,000 school building, one of the finest in the entire state, was opened up for business on the 21st.

Mrs. Gall, of Lakeside, was assaulted by a tramp in her own house, and managing to escape securely locked herself in an adjoining room. Soon as she felt sure that the villain was gone she emerged only to find the house on fire. She promptly gave the alarm but the house was burned to the ground. Judge Lynch is after the scamp.

For scattering forged papers around a little too freely, George E. Byers was given a three and a half years lay off at the house of correction, by a Grand Rapids court.

Michigan doctors, of the small pellet persuasion, held their annual meeting at Ionia, and had a royal good time.

Battle Creek has a "Jay-Eye-See" club, the object of which is to get its eye on something good to drink occasionally. Seems to be sort o' dry like under the reign of local option.

Several insurance companies are looking for their Milford agent, Frank Calhoun, and the $1,500 it is claimed that he failed to remit as per instructions. At last accounts, however, Frank hadn't been found. 

Haney's school furniture factory at Grand Rapids was wiped out by fire on the 18th, involving a loss of $10,000; insurance, $3,000.

The trial of William N. Brown, at Mount Pleasant, in the United States court at Bay City on a charge of taking timber from government land in Isabella county, resulted in a disagreement of the jury.

An explosion of dynamite at the Palmer mine near Negaunee instantly killed two employes, one of whom had every bone in his body broken.

Kalamazoo's twelve miles of sewage cost her $70,000.

William Gilbert, a 15-year-old lad, employed in an East Saginaw mill, who lost an arm by its being caught in a pulley, has since died. Complaint is made that the employment of child labor in the Valley mills is altogether too common.

A tramp broke into the residence of L. Chadwick, at Flint, put $15 in cash in his pocket, exchanged his ragged shirt for a clean one, donned a new collar, and skipped.

The Pine river log drive of 30,000,000 feet is mostly owned by one man—A.J. Scott. The high water of this spring has brought down many logs cut in former years, some of which have been "hung up" so long that all owership [sic] marks are effaced.

A little Carleton girl, whose worldly wisdom hadn't taught her better, tried to hasten the kitchen fire with kerosene. An explosion followed, burning the operator so badly that two ours afterward she had joined the angel throng.

Muskegon folks now walk in the light of 233 electric irradiators.

While Mrs. Jane Reding, of Mosherville, was engaged in making soap, her dress caught fire, burning her so severely that fatal results are likely to follow.

Kalamazoo's business men have banded themselves together in a business association for the purpose of capturing any stray manufactory that may come reconnoitering their way, and to keep a sharp eye on the defrauding deadbeat.

Muskegon has joined the procession of snake story-tellers. But it's no ordinary snake yarn in which she indulges, for Muskegon isn't built that way. Nothing short of a sea-serpent an answers her purpose.

J. H. Wickwire, a Jackson printer, is in luck, a back pension of $1,00 having been harvested by himself. 'Tisn't often that a "poor printer" gathers in a wad like that.

Sheriff Christmas is an Ottawa county official. But evil-doers in that quarter find him more than ordinarily lively on the chase, from whom it is difficult to escape.

A Michigan air line train went through an open switch near Orchard lake, upsetting the enging and badly scaling the engineer. 

The State Congregational association, held at St. Joseph last week, decided that a state training or theological school would be a good move.

A bouncing cow that had pre-empted a little piece of the Chicago & Northwestern track met a freight train near Nagaunee, and thirteen cars went into the ditch. So, also, did the cow, and bossy gives milk no more.

Grand Rapids pays her mayor an annual salary of $750, while her treasurer receives $2,500. It requires a high-priced man nowadays to properly care for public funds.

It costs Detroit liquor dealers $90,000 in license fees to continue business for another year.

Flint has a pitcher, by the name of Schwingshlegle, whose balls are very difficult to hit. And yet some folks will still insist that there's nothing in a name. 

Since the opening of navigation Muskegon lumbermen have shipped 70,000,000 feet of lumber, mostly pine. The railroads have been busy also, hauling away the same material.

Marion, an Osceola county village, has neither a doctor, preacher nor lawyer, and her people are said to lead uncommonly peaceful, happy lives.

G. A. Blakeslee, of Galien, who has been postmaster of the town for thirty-five years, has relinquished its honors and emoluments and retired to private life. He must feel sad and lonely not to hear the old song of "Any mail for me to-day?"

Of Ingham county's 544 criminal prosecutions for the twelve months, 316 were of the drunk and disorderly class.

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PRHOBITION MASS MEETING.

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Considering the Recent Decision of the Michigan Supreme Court.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 22.—A Prohibition mass meeting was held here to consider the defeat of local option in the supreme court, and many speeches were made. One speaker rejoiced that "justice had overtaken the iniquitous conspiracy" of a Republican legislature, and that "a stupendous scheme of hypocrisy" had exploded, and other speeches were in the same tenor. All were directed against the Republicans, whom the Prohibitionists believe are responsible for ineffectual legislation. Resolution were adopted opposing the license system in every form; opposing local option as impracticable and too narrow for purpose: demanding that responsibility for futile legislation be placed on Republicans high in powers, whose motives in temporizing with evil will not bear scrutiny, and finally demanding total prohibition in the state and nation.

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To Tunnel the Detroit River.

Detroit, Mich., May 21. - A syndicate has been formed to tunnel the Detroit river at this point. B. B. Baker, of London, the engineer of the immense Forth bridge in Scotland, and James Ross, of Quebec, one of the contractors of the Canadian Pacific, were in the city, and after a thorough investigation announced that the building of the tunnel can be accomplished with comparative ease. A gigantic syndicate known as the Michigan and Canadian Tunnel company, and representing more $100,000,000 of capital, has just been legally formed in Canada and will be properly qualified for transacting business under the Michigan laws at once. This syndicate is composed of D. O. Mills and George Bliss, of New York; Mr. Laidlaw, of the Bank of California, and several of the officials of the Michigan Central railroad.

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Double Crime Over Religious Differences. 

ST. CHARLES, Mich., May 21.—A tragedy growing out of religious difficulty between Edward Wilman and his wife occurred a few miles from here yesterday afternoon. A desire by Mrs. Wilman some time ago to unite with the Adventists' church met with a strong opposition from her husband, and she finally left him and returned to her father's house. Yesterday afternoon Wilman drove up to the house and found Mrs. Wilman. Pulling out a revolver he shot her through the breast, and an instant later shot himself through the heart. Mrs. Wilman will die.

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Michigan's Cattle Quarantine.

LANSING, Mich., May 21. - The proclamation of Governor Luce, forbidding the importation of cattle into Michigan from south of the thirty-sixth parallel, that have not been wintered north of said parallel, has gone into effect, and will continue in force until next November. The Michigan live stock commission will establish agencies at Chicago and at St. Louis to issue certificates permitting the entry of cattle, to which the proclamation does not apply.