Michigan State News

Joseph Kasper, the Newaygo county man vho wds sent to Jaekson prisou for twenty 'ears on a charge oï criminal assanlt upon lis own daughter, probably wou't be reuired to serve out his time. The daughter las made oatb that another man was the juilty party, and that she was torced by the eal culpiit to give the testimony that conicted her father. Timely organizations- snow shoe clubs in Je upper península. Notwithstanding that Little Jake" Selignan controls tbe entire street car system at baginaw, you can ride fifteen miles for a ickel. An Emraet county farmer recently marceted a load of potatoes, 400 of which averiged one and a half pounds each. The argest specimen weighed three pounds. The ratato seems to be "at home" in the northand. The East Tawas Lumber company's large aw mili at tbat place was burned on the 9th. Loss, $10,000; insurauce, $1.5,250. The salt block adjoining, was saved. The fire arovis over 100 men out of employment. 't is thought that the mili will not be reui lt. Fred Mitchell, a well-to-do farmer and umber coutractor, of Reed City, suicided by anging on the 22d. Temporary financial mbarrassment is the alleged cause. Escaping water gas in a Jackson restauant,, used for cooking purposes, ca me near licketing three persons to the farther shore. Harry Haightwood, who recently finished term in the Jackson peruteutiary, has gob nto trouble (and jail) again at East Sagiaw. He is alleged to have fraudulently jassfid himself off as an ageut of Uncle iam's pension department. Peter Malleis, a Mt. Clemens citizen, was unaway vvith and had an arm broken, because bis uorse ws fvightened by the blowng of a steam whistle. And now Peter omes at E. R. Enevv with a $L',000 damage suit, by capias, on account thei'eof. Alpena's hiniber shipments by water last week tallied nearly 12,000,000 feët besides a whole bundle oL shingles, lath, ties, ete. Rev. (xeorge Ransom. who for the past iwenty-four years has been cultivating the piritual wants of Muir Presbyterians, has esigned and will take a rest. Oakland eounty circuit court adjourned ill after eloction, carrying over most of the cases on tho calendar, including severai of a criminal nature. Too much politics in the air, now-a-days, to secure even-banded jusice. The Michigan board of pharmacy meets at Liansing Nov. 7 to examine into the qualifications of drug-handliug candidateb. Charles VV. Waldron, the escapod Hillsdale banker, is said to be willing to whack up with his partner, Ezra L. Coon, and a couple of Detroit lawyers have set sail for íurope, boping to effect an amicable arrangement whereby Waldron may again become an American resident. Saranac farmers have already sold 15,000 barrels of apples at good prices, and still there's more a-corning. The stamp miils of the Calumet and Hecla mine turned out 16.5X tons of copper on Oct. 30, the largest single day's work in the hisory of the mine. The two gentlemen who have composed a Saginaw mercantile flrm for the past twentyone years, have managed to get along without "sassing" each other during all that time. Such even teinpered people aren't any too numerous. Detroit has a euchre club that's beeu in active eomniission for the past twenty years. Every Thursday evening during all that time the jack has been clubbed by this deuce of an organizatiou. Theii'amn hasn't yet gone into winter quarters. One of them crawled into Chrisxipher Jibbs' barn, near Morenci, for a night's loJging, and both barn and contente were a heap of smoldering embers the next morning. Loss, $1,000. The tramp escaped crema tion. Edward Norton - Kalamazoo resident - sued Thomas Burchett- another Celeryville Citizen - for alienating the aiïections of his wife - wanted $15,000 - but the jury gavehiui - nothing. Pretty Anna Glsssford, a Urand Eapids maiden, wants $5,000 of Harry Webber's cash, alleging that he played the old Harry with her affeetions. A rumor has been fioating about Davison to the effect that a local parson let a job of papering on Sunday, and now politics in that section hos been obscured by the alleged discovery. Calhoun county board of supervisors have decided to patch up their old rookery of a poorhouse and make it last awhile longer The $6,000 required to do the patching would make quite a start toward new buildings that would be more in keeping with modern civilization. Some fellow burgled the Luther postofflce the other night and got away with $400 of Uncle Sam's and the postmaster's pocket change. A black bear wandered down into Calhoun county but civilization was too much for truin. He dressed nearly 200 pounds. 1 It is announced that Grand Rapids will bave a new railway depot next year, one that will be an ornament to that entnrprising city. Lansing can now pay Mrs. Mary Dundas $8,000 for keeping holes in her sidewalks, into one of which Mary feil and hurt herself. While China sends us tea for our tin, a Tnncimr firiTi siMiiis the Chinese condensad milk to put into theirs. Tbai's modern reciprocity. Au alcoholic breath and heavy sea gait characterized 533 of the 1,000 people who have beeu introduced to the Grand Rapids bastile during the past seven months. Saginaw City Episcopalians are going to invest $25.000 in new parish buildings. They onght to be slick enough for most anybody to live in. Michigan railroads earned $(1,304,800 in August, against $7,500,493 for August, '87, and $49,644260 for the eight months from Jan. 1 to Sept. 1. against A 718,811 for the samé period last year. The Chicago & Grand Trunk raihvay bas just paid Caroline Heatb, of Bnttle Creek, $2,000 because Caroline burt her knee while ali'gbting from a passenger train of that compauy some montbs ago. The Du uth, South Shore & Atlantfc Railway company uas giveu notice that itwaives all claim to the diputed uppei peninsuln lands, and tlie homesteaders aro happy.