Telegram-herald., 1890-07-19
MATTERS IN MICHIGAN.

Mrs.. Hannah ]. spier died a. At.
CIemscLs. Wednesday nlx1t, hef
fanerAl Mi occur at Galesc-rg cAtuf-
day afLeEnooa.
Bownanfs military band. 0f Benton
HaFboF. ave Z sb4lded Ter Tie preoeIls
bee4ass Il cosfs too a41cn ~ kesp lie
cFgzn4zal.Cn gong.
Mslon thieves a. Kalamazoo are catch
ing & rgbs 41a lslt. Three toys nAys
bsen sent 70 the reform schoel At Ian
Enz and no have Desn nasd.
MAYOR Mauley says thai dogs N Ann
Arbor xoul1 better be muLzled or the
canine nortuary reports for july and
August VII be unusually astonishing.
saturday, August ., Ia the date set
sad Adrian the place Tor holding Lena
ace coanty's Republican convention 10
choose state and Congressional dele
gates.
The fifth annual reunion Of the Third
Men gan Cavalry vii Dc held at Four
Nile Lake, Van Buren county, Mich,
o. tie izsI Wednesday and lnursdty
10 August.
Meuomlnse Is trying % We With
Muskegou la the booni-busness. The
Herald comes out with q slxteen-pags
h0Jm-edlt.On tbat - credit to itselI
and Is local hsuitati0n as vel.
Robert P.ngty. a respected English
farmer WnO lived neaF Marshall, died
"Wednesday Of blood posoning, the re-
sult OF bFuIs,ng hls .1tt thumb ~ a
hay fork. he leaves a widow AID
several children, The oldest bat Is years
Ol age.
Henry Kenter. an employe Of the
Prouty St1ye WORKS at south Haven,
was knocked down by lightning the
other dag. bUt was not fatally injured
tie can galk about already, and 10 Is
expected that he VIII be hmselt again
shortly.
The new Masonic hail at Greenylle
w2s decorated the Ot1er day With I'M
posing ecrCm0n.es. Members OF the
fraternity were present from stanton,
Lakeyew. Carson Clty, Iona, Bling,
Lowell. EdmOre, Grat.au and other
neIgbborlng places.
James NJ Turner, OF Lansing, has
purchased 80 feet frontage on Mtchi-
gan-avs, IN the capitol city. IL Is tue
old Alien s Hall Mil property. The
uurchsse.prl Is sad % have been slO.-
0l0. NJ. Turner will rot make use OF
tae land Al prcsent.
Experts say that the Port Huron
High school building is unsafe and that
"A heavy wind would ba likely 70 blow It
down. There IS talk OF taking Oi one
story. then roofing the structure and
tu4ldlng on au addition TO make Up Tor
the room lost by taxing OF the top
s,Ory.
Hon. o. ". Barnes, Z. w. Sparrow
". u. Chatterlon. :. II. Preston, Frank
Wells, Seymour Foster. ". G. Ransom
A. A. Nichols, +. u. Aisdorf and +. ".
Dart, All of Lansing, nave sent "a petl-
t0l 80 Congressman Brewer n tayor Of
parDetuatlOn OF tne National banking
system.
The reunion OF the Second Michigan
Iasantry viii be held AZ the city of
Adrian. on Tuesday, September 0. This
WAS Major Byington's regiment, and
was one Of the veteran regiments of the
war, having participated 10 thIrty-three
engagements. all the battles OF the
Nllta Army corps, from the RapIdan
70 the siege OF Petersburg and Appom-
at0x.
The steamer Williams, plying between
South Haven and Chicago, experienced
very rough time on Lake Michigan
during the recent storm. It lasted only
few minutes, but was so violent that
that the steamer was ''set on her beam
ends" aud nearly all the cabin windows
on the windward side were smashed.
There were 100 passengers on board.
All of them were terribly frightened
and fearfully SICK.
Nineteen years ago q Gratiot county
farmer refused 10 let his daughter 90 to
candy pull. She went though and
renamed away. Last week she drove
10 70 her fathers door, lifted ont her
eleven children, cody took OF her
wraps and astonishcd ner father by de-
claring that she had concluded TO re-
turn and stay home, and hereafter be
an obedient daughter. IL was not
learned what her father said or thought.
Tie Upper Peninsula is TO hsve more
railroads For some time reports have
been floating about Detroit of pro-
jected line from Champion to Huron
Bay and week ago the report of filing
Of articles Of incorporation for such a
line was published. More authorita-
tive advices recently received indicate
that the road will certainly be built.
The distance is about thTty-tive miles
aud the estimated cost $4,000 per
mile.
How many of our highway overseers
have complied with the follow ng, S. c.
ton lll9 Of H0well's Annotated stat
utCs. Every Oversecr shall cause the
uoxl0us weeds within the limits Of the
highway within his district TO De cut
down and destroyed esq cs IN each year.
once before the frst day or july, and
again before the frv day OF September.
and the REQUESTS labor shall be con.
sidsred highway work. An oversecr
who shall refuse o. neglect 20 perform
tho duties required py this section
shall be liable 70 the penalty OF twenty
i've dollars
after fo-,y-e ghtyears Of almost con
tVuoUs practice at lsw in this place
the veteran Judge, Henry A. Snse. has
closed 5.s 0tiCc this week and VII re-
TIRE from active practice. Thus drops
ouf 0f the harness one Of tae oldest
and most WIDELY known lawyers m
Michigan. There i perhaps no nam in
Michigan who g better postsI on the
history of t1e STATE ig its LEG slative
brlu.r tnau Judge saaw. Trough thc
Judge w rot De acuveiY engaged ia
BIS uroiessfon hereafter. ho wili rcuain
heTc and take care of some sDcc ai
eases IN hrs hands. Thathis remaining
Years may he peaceful and pleasant IS
Toe vlsa ol large circle Of acquIint-
ances.- he'sa Epifs Jsurra'.