Michigan State News

Mrs. D. A. Rea, a Vermontville, widow, receatly returaed from an Ohio visit to find that her house had been burgled during her absence. Not only had the valuables been lugged off. but all her eatables were gone, even to the potatoes she left In the cellar. Since the pólice of Flint seem to be unable to catch the burglars who infest that town the citizens are going to try their hand at the game by planting bear traps where they will llkely do the most good. A couple of enterprising Sturgis boys realized S18 in cash from a two days' frog expedition, and y et some folkstell you that there is nothing to do in thls great, wide world. Burnley Foot, a bright Bronson, boy, catches turtles and ships 'em to Cincinnati, and is gathering in the sheckels, too. Talk of consolidating the two Saginaws is given by an exchauge as a news item. Something about Noah and the flood would be quite as new. Frank P Davis, a former Vermontville boy, is engaged on the survey of the JTicaraugua canal. Dr. James A. Stone, of Kalamazoo, a well known Michigan journalist, died while on a visit to Detroit on the lOth. He had been in feeble health for some time. William Gorman, a Wyandotte resident, was awakened from a sound sleep by th frantic scratching of a couple of cats only te find that his cottage was in ames. Hí barely had titoe to escape by the nearest window, lea ving his pauts, the pockets of which contained $700, to be consumed. The cats saved his life and their own. One of the wealthy Lansing farmers re cently mentioned in these columns as having sold watered milk, has paid a fine and costs of $50. Dishonest practices aren't always profitable, even from a money point of view. A Kent county man was the owner of a S5,000 horse that had warts on its ears. He didn't like the looks of the blemishes, and hired a veterinarian to remove 'em. He succeeded so well that both the horse and its warts are no more. Ben. C. Johnson, a well-known Lansing man, died at his home in that city on the lilth. He was a veteran of the late war and a prolific writer on Grand Army and war topics. Lake Superior iron ore shipments so far this season .amount to 110,000 tons, less than one-half of what they were a year ago. A Gratiot couuty lady, who a few years since was worth $18,000, is now at the age of ninety years said to be a candidate for the poor-house. Something like 200 telephone9 have hallooed themselves into use down at Mar quette. The scarlet fever having vamooosed, the state agriculture college is again in session, teaching the boys theoretical agriculture. There's some work in this world that has to be done twice over. The flood of water .into the Calumet and Hecla mine when the subterranean fires were raging last winter is now being hauled out in great tanks holding five tons each. Johnny ornwall, a Flint citizen when he's at home, is a sort of musical genius, and'a London church olïered him $1,000 per annum for a few sweet strains each Sunday But J. C. didn't accept. H. N. Wyncoop, for many years route agent for the American Express company, and later the Kalamazoo agent of the same company, died at Lake Cora one day last week. Mr. W. was well and widely known throughout southern Michigan as a most estimable and genial gentleman. An Elk Rapids child has four grandparents and the same number of great-grandpareuts living, and is still expected to grow up and make a good citizen. The Soo claims a population of nearly 9,000 of good, live people. And to show that their boom is still progressing, her merchante bought 500 tons of goods in a single week. According to the report of the national commissioner of agriculture, Michigan stands eleventu on the list of states in the amount of wages paid farm laborers. Average monthly wages now paid is $17 and board, an increase of $5.25 during the past nine years. There are 154,000 farms in the state, seven-eighths of which are cultivated by their owners. William Rush, of Pontiac, goes to Jackson for three years and four months of hard labor for stealing a horse, wbile the defaulting bank cashier goes to Canada for rest and recreation. The much talked of new coal mine at Grand Ledge is now furnishing Lansing factories with their f uel. Professor D. A. Hammond, of Tecumseh,has captured the superintendency of the Charlotte schools and a SI, 400 salary. And he's said to be capable of earning it. While filling his pipe, preparatory to the solid comfort of a good smoke, John Mculutrie, of Homer. found a $150 diamond. The good things of this life come in doublé doses sometimes. Henry Brown, a famous huntsman, of Hunter's creek, armed himself and started out in pursuit of a frau. But the girl with whom he was smitten didn't smite in return, and Henry used his revolver as a sort of affection persuader. But Miss Myra wasn't intimidated, and promptly had her suitor arrested, a Lepeer justice giving him ninety davs in the calaboose and ati opportunity to pay a 815 fine. A Montealm county widow eultivates twenty-two acres of land all her own self, and fin ds plenty of time to plow for the neighlxrs and sell sewing machines about the country. She makes lots of sales, too, for she knows how to talk as well as work. Dan Gillett, a Burton boy of 7S summers, has just celebrated the fifty-fourth anniversary of his marriage. The day that Dan was 70 he hewed 300 feet of square timber, a feat that not many young men could accomplish. A Cadilac man is paying for the fun he had in disturbing the Salvation army by spending a season in jail, and the army is quite satisfied, too. Kalamazoo authorities tried to impress upon their Salvation army that it would be better to dispense with the boisterous drum and tinkling tambourine when ou the march, but the S. A. didn't impress, and then tbey were locked up in the calaboose and given time to reflect upon the ways of the world and the desirability of obeying the powers that be. Cadüac's eemetery is being fitted up with a well and windmill outfit. Getting ready for the long, dry, hot spell. probably. An elk hom, 4% fee length, was what a Mosherville man plowed up the other day. At least that is what he claims, and an m. m. wouldn't prevarícate about a hom of that kind. A little Lapeer child was awakened during the night and began calling for ifcs mother, who found that a rat had made an incisión in baby's nose, and was quietly sipping the ooz ing blood. Grand Rapids folks are getting so good that they want their meat shops kept closed on Sunday. Most of Hudson's young men belong to some secret order, and in pure self-defense the dear girls have organized a lodge all their own. None but feminines are eligible for membership. but the boys intímate that theii goat is provided with a side-saddle to make the initiatory trip as agreeable as possible. They rather hustle things in Shiawassee county. The nar.e of a lady who has figured in the divorce couits the past week also appeared in the rnarriage license list. After a ten day's session at Adrián, Mich., the quadrennial conference of the Methodist Protestant church of the United States adjourned to meet in Westminster, Md., in May, J892.