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ITHACA, Mich, June "A shoot
ing affray 1ok place yesterday.
reliable news Of which WAS mol OBJ
tsanabls until today. Eli Hopkins 10 a
young man Of about p years Of age,
iV.ng at Mathsrtsn. ionia county. Hi
had long courted q l7-year-old daugh-
ter OF George Teaehworth, living just
across the line in Montcalm county,
and they we're soon to be married. But
It seems that the young lady's father
did not LOOK with favor upon young
Hopkins, rather encouraging Aaron
kimmery, OF Riyerdale, this county.
On the day In question, Hopkins had IN
some manner secured MS fiancee, and
with q livery rig they were on their
way TO Matherton, the home Of Hop
kins, where they vert To be married.
As they came 10 the road running
directly west from Ithaca where II
crosses the Gratiot and Montcalm coun-
ty line twelve miles from here, the
trouble occurred. He says the first he
knew there was any one or any trouble
near al hand, ne heard q man say:
"Shoot him." when three revolver
shots Immediately followed. The first
one passed through the back OF their
buggy and glazed the cheek OF the
young lady. the others taking no effect.
The enraeed father WAS accompanied
by Aaron kimmery, the favored suitor.
The pursuers then dashed into the
purs led with their rag, entangling them
and throwing both into the ditch,
breaking Hopkins buggy, but not seri-
ously inJurlng anyone. The young
lady told Hopkins to fee, as her father
would Kill him, and he Immediately
took TO the woods. klmmery, the Ia
vored suitor, took the lady home with
him, and II IS thought, Teachworth,
the iady's father, took TO the woods,
thinking he had done some serious
shooting. En- Hopkins came to town
yesterday 10 obtain a warrant for
Teachworth and Kimmery, but our
brilliant prosecuting attorney refused
10 grant him any, claiming that he had
no proof Of which side the county line
the affair occurred. 1t certainly WAS
not 100 rods on either side.
The Ithaca Ii Ugh school graduates 4
class of nine-three boys and SIX girls
on Thursday evening, July 2. Will
Long, Agnes Stevenson, Lena Cady,
Nellie Mccall. Jessie Hererlo, One
Curtis, Whitfield Defar, Burr Marvin
and Brdella Webster compose the class.
Elaborate preparations are being made
for the commencement exercises.
Much rain fell IN this section last
week and crops are doing finely.
The Board OF Supervisors met at this
place on Monday. Under the new law
recently enacted by the Legislature,
the supervisors re-appointed the old
board OF school examiners.
The Gratiot County Agricultural
Society have built q new fence around
their fair grounds. and new sidewalk
has been constructed from the village
TO the fair grounds. This society is
now i'll prosperous condition.
Gratlot county will have the largest
crop of peaches this season that it has
had for many years. Cherries, straw
berries and raspberries are also a fair
crop. Apples are very small crop.
Ithaca will celebrate in the COOS old
fashioned way the coming Fourth of
July.
The rebuilding of the NJ. E. Church
is fast reaching completion. 1t will be
one of the most handsome buildings in
town when completed.
Max Gisberger, Jew clothing mer-
chant of this place, who left for Chi
cago few weeks ago, and OF whom
nothing was heard for SO long as to
cause some alarm for his safety, re-
turned last Friday all safe and sound.
"Only having q good time, as well as
business" as ne puts it, and not mar
ried, IA some would have it.
James Donaldson, painter of this
place, lost 8 fine trotting horse Monday
by leaving some paris green in rag
where the animal got at it and took
enough to produce death IN a short
time.