Telegram-herald., 1890-07-01
MATTERS IN MICHIGAN.

SATURDAY. vas the hottest day Mar
o1iette nas se9n for Two years-
T-nmszzled dogs are shot ar Battle
Creek. 1lus blood or NANCY cur.
Teeunsseh Drangemeu vii have :
Grand Fourth of JAY eelebratlon.
Eariy cherries are rIpening. There
xill b. : sinai crop OF tie .aLeE Fsrie-
ties.
Nswayg0's Fourth Of July business
vii not be ex ceIled by any town n the
State.
Sow that the state University has
CLOSED Ann Afbor Nlll hibernate Tor
three months
Dogs killed twenty seven sheep for
T. ii Hunt, who lives near SaEanae,
the other night.
SeIs Ogela 90. ls years Old. was
drowned at Mans stee sunday By the
Capslzing OF BIS boat.
Prof Ferris. OF Big Rapids, viii speak
st Onekema, a beautifal summer resort
above Manistee, On July A.
Fans, 0peghted oy steam, are being
put Ia the lonIa pants and Oyeralls
factory for be benefit OF the employees.
Cnas. II. 4 altman, a graduate Of the
law deoartne ent OF the university Thurs
day. died Saturday OF sclat.c rheunla-
tisiu.
Michael o. Neil, a Genesee farmer. IN
v4ded a chl lrch with an AK the other
day He 81 be sent 20 the large resort
at Pontiac.
Henry Ed.ck, % st. Joseph, cele-
hrated u.s one huadredth birthday
Saturday lie Is hale aHd hearty, and
Will shortly klsit hls daughter At Crystal
Lake, I'll.
Portland was visited by a small
cyclone saturday. Lightning frsSed
ab0ut, killing mare and colt and
prostfatng } woman by the name OF
Ars Dunn.
The Lecla naw county convention, TO
make arrangements ID cooperate With
the Northern Michigan Development
oclatlon. occurred yesterday at
sutton hay.
The south Haven strawberry crop
has heen unusually large tins season.
Four % eight thousand crates, each
containing half bushel OF berries were
shipped daiiy las, week.
Burglars recured u large amount Of
ie welry, clothing and shoes from the
general store or John +. IuIGOw, OF
Morley, Saturday night. They failed
10 crack tAe safe. No ciew.
Rev. W. ". Pattenglll. of Fond du
Lac, Wis, has declined the call TO be-
come its pastor extended him by the
FIRST Bantist Church AT Lansing. Rev.
Mr.. Teniple. OF New York, formerly OF
Flint, Bas been invited To supply the
pulp. on trial.
Morley Counter. young jeweSr of
Three Rivers, was drowned at khnger
Lake Sunday while bathing. He was
taken with cramps and was drowned IN
sight OF about 100 people on steamboat
and about twenty-five men who We're
bathing with him.
During a thunder storm near Sagi-
nav, Saturday, lightning struck and
killed horse which was being driven
bv farmer named Olmstead. The
farmer was Knocked senSeless, but viii
recover. HIS father, who was standing
near by, MAS also prostrated.
A Kalamazoo lady, Mrs. Lucinda III.
Stone, who - generally cOaceded, by
persons who have had the best oppor-
tunites to observe, 10 have no superior
in this part of the country IN intellec-
tuai attaiuuIents, was hOnored Thurs
day with the degree OF Pm. D., con-
ferTod upon her Ov the regents or Mich
igan university al Ann Aroor.
The Weather conditions of the past
week have been very favorable TO ali
crops, AMI the corn and oats have made
rapid advances. The wheat Is heading
out rapidly and turning yellow, and
harvesting Will probably begin in the
southern section in about ten days.
Hay cutting Is IN progress IN most sec
tons. The yield Is reported rs large
and the hay of fine quality. Although
a few sections would be benefited by
more ram, yet, as q rule, the local rains
OF the wdek before did much 10 keep
the sol in good condition to make the
croDs grow at 4 rapid rate, and no COM
plants have been received. In the late
planted corn the cut worms are dong
considerable damage, and some few
fields have been replanted.
An Ogden farmer has just met 4
heavy loss from the extremely hot
weather, and II may not be amiss TO
give the singular case wide publicity.
Mr.. y. Y. Heide, who is u large breeder
OF nOge. and fourteen tine fat poTkers
which were ready for market, and
which he had feeding in a field.of clover,
from which they were accustomed TO 90
10 4 fielA near by for water at a trough
passing from the pasture to the gate.
One day about nOCn the herd made for
their accustomed water site, bat the
gate bad IN some way been closeO. Tue
beasts tried % get through, an finally,
as they crowded together, they laid
dowG exhausted. IN toe afternoon Mr..
HILL took q look aCOat tho premises and
discovered the hogs at the gate, and
every one dead but one. The sun had
b, a.cu down JpOu the poor beasts with
sUch intense ieTceness as to crack open
the skin, and the fat was literary fried
out of them. Il was the opinion of Mr.
Hel6e that not over two or three hours
bad elapsed after the shoats started fOI
tae water RE puts down Sl50 loss o.
hs farm business and hereafter no 1--we
hog vii roast to death on his farm
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