The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1875-10-26

STATE NEWS.
The Michigan State Christian Con-
ference will be held mt Marshall Nov.
Gov. Baglcy has presented tho State
Public School with a fine collection of
pictures.
There arc now 804 convicts in the
State Prison, the highest number yet
reached.
The Herndon House, Marshall, which
was destroyed by the disastrous fire, is
to be rebuilt.
In Bay City, man named Forest
poured acid on his sleeping wifes face,
horribly burning it. d.
One hundred and soventy-ive stu
dents are attending Ohvet College-S9
ladies and S6 gentlemen.
DIR. z. b. Chaplin, of Charlotte, has
taken an oath that he is los years old.
He practiced medicine 20 years.
Prof. Watson, of the Michigan Uni
yersity. announces that he discovered
another planet on the 18th hitherto un-
known.
Mai. Geo. Kimmell, OF Niles, acci-
dentally shot himself while taking q
gun from q wagon. He died almost
instantly.
Schuyler Coifax, Senator Morton and
Carl Schurz has been invited to deliv-
er addresses before the Republican
Club of Adrian.
The coal discovered near Holland a
short time since, proves to be an excel
lent quality, and even more abundant
than anticipated
Carl Baer's house was burned Sun
| day evening, at Niles, to the ground
by the breaking of kerosene lamp,
which his little boy dropped.
One hundred and ninety-three hope
lcssly insane persons have been cared
for at the Wayne county asylum dur
ing the past year-S9 female and los
males.
The Detroit papers say the story OF
L. q. Bagard's committing suicide ut
Paris, France, is fiction. Letters
have been received from him at Detroit
since the report.
An attempt was made TO burn the
north hall OF the Adrian college build
ings, Wednesday night, Sept. 29th.-
There is no clue to the pcrpet rators OF
tho outrage.
The Grand Rapids & Indiana r. II.
Co. have determined to change all
their locomotives from wood to coal
burners, as being more advantageous
and economical.
The managers of the Michigan
Southern are urging the establishment
of fast postal car service between To-
ledo and Detroit, in connection with
!. the fast mail trains between New York
and Chicago.
! The number of logs sent down the
l Saginaw river, from the boom at its
head, the present season. Is a little ov Or
Q 200, 900, 900 Of feet, nearly 10000. .00O
0 less than during the whole Of last season
!, or year.
!, Bad Axe, q newly sprung up village
] and tho county seat of Huron county,
4 has had the first ciminal case, being
q that Of blacksmith named Schraider
$ charged with outragiDg six-year oid
y daughter of Il. Uulrich. i
a On the 18th, near Buchanan, a boilel
n attached to steam threshing machine
= exploded. killing two men, injurinl
Iy two others, killing two others, an'
I. knocked the end Of the barn out. On
D large piece Of iron was thrown fort.
n rods. t
le Mr.. Henry Mudgctt, whose attemp
70 10 commit suicide on the 14fh OF las
1' month is still fresh in the memory
Ia our readers, died last Saturday after
.s noon, after suffering terribly from tn
.n effects Of the wound in his throat
~ Csldwatcr Republican.
&c A woman in Grand Rapids, Mich
et- gan knocked down her stove, broke
20; mirror, punched two lights OF glas'
he tipped over a sewing machine, ups
st the dinner table, and wrenched M
IN. arm out Of joint, lately. She was tr.
In ing 10 kill q mouse, but the "critte'
In escaped. Damage done about $50.
40 The schooner Favorite, with a carr
in of 200 casks of whiskey which froze
re- at tho Monroe piers, and was carrie
ore out with the ice and sunk some % yea
erp ago. was discovered on the 18th, fi'
ia. miles out in the lake, by n party
of wreckers from Chicago, who have bet
re- hunting for IL oil summer. IL is val
/ ed at about $500. 000-quite find.
orc The State Normal School ct Ypsila
So So ii is now opened and thoroughly
NY ganizcd for its years work. Near
800 pupils in the several .departmei
are In attendance, 300 being in 9
normal proper and the rest in the p
Who paratory and experimental divisions.
hi. A chap entered the Central Stati
rhe this afternoon under the impress
ted that il was saloon, aud taking
was geant Britton for the bartender, su
hat moned Bijah up 10 have a drink.
Yen. was going TO kick up row when
ont formed that the beer and cigars "
our- "iust out" but suddenly awoke x
chit. realizing sense Of the situation, |
bur. run rs il he had met creditor.-ll
hing troit Tribune.
leer. The following new possofiices
oias. established in this State during
month OF September: Ferryvilie,
son county; Elgin, Antrim coul
IN % Churchill, Ogemaw county: Priet
was vile. Roscommon county; Vestabul
"No. Montcalm county. The postohc
bolar Bradford. Midland county, was es
uers. lished in the place OF Headache,
continued.