Telegram-herald., 1888-10-21
MATTERS IN MICHIGAN

Kalamszo9 IS iicted With crooks.
Kalamazoo will have $4,000 poor
honse.
Ire northern end Of Michigan has no use
for Ar. 6ur,
There are 254 school teachers tn Van
buren county.
An electric light tower, 40 feet high, fell
n Detroit on Wednesday, moving house
Ue.ng '-swn agsinst one OF the guy lines.
The 81 -1i-aunual meeting Of the Osceola
coun;v Union sunday School Association
Will be held al Leroy. October % and "a.
A deaf old man. named Gibson. bad his
head completely severed from MS body oy
train on the Wabash road at Blakesley.
Wednesday.
An unknown negro sns tched . $3.50
watch and chain and 500 bank check from
Mrs. kyes a student a. the State Normal
school IN lpsissnt.
The labOrsrs on the Lowell & Hastings
Railroad st Frceport cot into a free for all
fight Tuesday afternoon, and three men
were stabbed and several others badly
unuishsd. The men who started the tight
MAS caught by the citizens, tied down in Il
wagon, taken 10 Hastings and placed in
jail.
The Battle Creek & Bay City Railroad on
Moucsv liled q first mortgage IN the regis
ter's Office, executed 10 the Farmers Loan
and Trust Company. Of New Iork city, at
Hastings. The mortgage IS 10 secure bonds
issued 10 the railroad conf pany, sad is for
$1,000 per mile
Frank w. Wheeler. OF Bay City, one of
the largest shipbuilders in kichigep, en-
plovs from i've hundred 10 eight hundred
men, ana has capacity for building annu-
ally twenty of the largest boats on the
lakes. Recently he bought $4,000 addi-
Gonal yard room. pre- psrstory TO going into
the building OF iron and steel crafts.
George Drost, of Mayfield. hiss been sent
up or twelve wears. Last Spring George
and his brother Dirk tried 10 rob Theo Cas-
tor and Castor tired at the flock" hitting
both men, killing Dirk and badly wound
ing George, who subsequently confessed the
fohbsry. Castor hss never been tried for
killing Dirk DrOst, and probably never will
BE-
on SUNDAY while ont huntisg John
Fox AGED IL years. was shot by his brother
a lad Of Il years The latter pointed his
gun az J0hu. in fun when the rifle was dis
charged. The ball bit Just above the sixth
rio. and lodged in the back. 10 vss removed
on Monday The physician does not be-
| lieve the wound will 0e very sever e.-Alle-
! gGa JouraGl.
Chris Peterson. night watch at Anderson
! & Fosters mill az West Troy, last week was
/ caught ia a moving belt and instantly kill
/ Ell. The accident occurred in the evening,
! but il was not discovered till next morning.
/ The deceased formerly worked at the Loud
( on mill, and was a csrsiul. sober. reliable
man. His terribly mutilsted Iemsins were
I Brought to the Dane settlement for burial.
! -Grcearfe Independent.
The Chicago Herald ssys there is a loco
/ motive engineer running on the Michigan
! Central road who IS perfect double for ne
/ .sts General Sheridan, and the striking
! likeness - remarked ~ every one who
! secs kis face at the cab window. or notices
/ him oiiing up his peg engine. His name
I is Br0Nn-"Jack' Brown everyone calls
/ him He has been connected with the
! Michigan Central Tor thirty five years, and
/ resides At Marshall. HIS run il from Jack
! sen 20 Michigan Cts. vi IN the regular eI
press. he is a stout Jolly. red-faced man
I aud he would create a sensation # he would
/ wax through the streets here in General
/ ehesidsns uniform.