Telegram-herald., 1890-07-23
MATTERS IN MIcHIG AN.


p.eklag hGckislserrles 1o~ miles Ne.
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Invitations have heen ssae8 for ffte
recsouon - * gwen Gov. CYRUS G
Luce and his s.sa. at tie Aghelstan
Cl1n paf.ors, Battle CreeE. irom $50 Is
$50, Nondsy evealng, July =.
Tue Mienlgsn M.nag Company has
recently slruek = nae deposit II 0re
alouz ibs hemloek river. TIE present
oNners ale Republic gentlemen, and
they naturally Ieci qllte el2ted over
the.r good prospects
Whle blasting some rock near the
Red Jacket snAtt, Friday a large frag-
ment nsW bign Up ID tlse ar. an1 when
u came GoWa II lmbedaea Itself deep
lnto the earla only len feet from MT.
George &. Lewis residence.
Hiram IL. Butterheid. treasurer OF
the Dalton school district. AUskegon
county, rscSndy Tried for embekLl1g
funds, vas TO-DAY sentenced 10 a fne OF
sluu wltnlu seySnty-two hours, OF be
imprisoned IN State prison untl the
sa0le MAS paid, not exceeding six
months.
Mmle Charlie Wells, OF Bay City, had
TIE gr ppe last winter somebody stole
an 0la buggy which stood in front OF
hls blacksmith shop On Mater-st.
Nothing WAS learned o. is whereabouts
until last Saturday afternoon when i
was found on Nasnngton-aye Ii had
passed through 80 many hands, how
ever. that IL MAS impossible 10 mad the
thief.
John Loueks, of the Bay Mill, about
Il years old, while coming from Lake
Michigan on an electric car, at Muske-
gon, MOnday, was smoking, ana was
asked 10y the conductor 10 stop or take
seat where smoking was permitted.
He was slightly intoxicated, and IN
moving fell, mis- arm being caught IN
the fender and badly mangled, though
no bones were broken.
The police authorities of Saginaw
have notified the prOprietors of the
gambling houses that they must dis
continue business, which has been car
ried on extensively and has increased
steadily, and several of these places
are gllded palaces. Houses of ques-
tIOnable character are also being looked
after closely and arrests are frequent.
John Sebald, who was sentenced 70
the Pontiac Insane Asylum a short time
ago. for obstructing the Michigan Cen
tral railroad track with ties, returned
home Saturday night last, the author
tiles giving as reason for ms release
that he was not insane. He wore a new
suit of clothes, and looked good deal
more stylish than wnen ne was sent
away from here Wcst Bay City Post.
Eugene Page. the young son of Hon.
ID. c. Page, OF Peto.key, is a plucky
lad. One night recently, while hls par
ents were absent, the boy heard foot
steps IN the house, and taking his
fathers revolver he reassured his
frightened sister, and then went for the
burglar alone. He found the visitors in
his fathers bedroom, and opened fire
on him. He missed the burglar twice,
and then went To the city marshall s
Office and gave an alarm.
The State Spiritualist camp meeting
will open at Haslett Park, Pine Lake,
next Thursday. The grounds are in
excellent order, several new buildings
have been erected, and quite q number
of people are already on the grounds.
Arrangements have been made by
which several of the most prominent
! speakers IN the United States will be
| present during the meeting, among
| them Mrs. Lilly, OF Boston, and j.
Clegg Wright, OF New York.
A young lad about l3 years of age
while riding q mustang pony south OF
Burdlck, Kalamazoo, SUNDAY morning
lost control of the steed, which ran al
full speed down the street. The pony
trfo TO
running so rapidly that he slipped and
fell, throwing the young rider violently
TO the pavement. Strange to say neither
the boy nor the horse was injured, al
| though the former was dragged some
distance. The boy, whose name wa:
not learned, pluckily remounted the
mustang and rode home.
Hon. James Monroe, the postmaster
of Kalamazoo, is quite farmer. Lying
four miles northeast of the city he has
little farm of four hundred acres un
| der high state of cultivation. lie put
IN this year thirty-three acres of wheat
seventy-tive acres of hay, forty-five
acres of oats, thirty acres of corn and
SIX acres of potatoes. The crops viii
all be good, with the exception, per
haps, OF potatoes, and a timely rair
would make this an average crop. He
has put in over two miles of under
| ground tIling in the past two years, and
proposes to put in at least another mile
At the flats" on the Muskegon rive
there is kept small cannon, which il
| fired to notify the men further ND the
river when to let down the logs. Yes
terday Patrick Mcmahon, in attend inl
to the gun, met with serious anC
painful accident. The cannon is free
with a slow match. McManon lit thi
and retired to a place of safety. IL,
waited some time, and, no report tol
! lowing, he supposed the match haC
gone out. He went up TO the piece
and was bending right over the vent
when the gun was discharged. He wa
terribly burned about the face, neck
arms and chest. The exploding pow
der was burned into the skin, McMshoT
presenting a terrible appearance. IL
WIS taken TO his home at No. IS Apple
St, this city, and DR.. King called. A
a late hour last night Mcmahon wa
/ resting as easily as could be expected