Telegram-herald., 1891-07-08
STATE NEWS.

goans.
,loaros county 10 bothered With
chicken thieves :.
Marquette spent 5000 for a Fourth
of July celebration.
The body of an unknown man has
been found floating IN the 500.
Ii wdl east Bay City $4,000 10 run
the schools for the ensuing year.
It is reported that the wheat and oats
crop in Bay county never looked better.
Very near 5000 went up IA smoke in
the village of ST. Charles, ON Monday
morning.
Frank Saydsr. . popular preacher al
Hudson, Was kicked 70 death BY horse
on Monday.
Isaiah Doane, an old settler of West
Windsor. aged IL years. Was found dead
IN bed. Monday.
A young man named Clark Mont
sgue shot himself ia Traverse City Mon
day morning, and will not recover.
| Mrs. Scott Bowdish, Of Mason. was
| found dead on the floor of hes room
Monday afternoon. Heart failure.
Temperance Hose company OF Reed
City. won the l5o-yard hose race in
Big Rapids saturday, IN 81 is seconds.
The Sons OF ST. George will have u
great time at Houghton. on July %,
when they hold their third annual State
meeting
Ephraim Harris. was found guilty OF
granddaughter in the Sanilac county
circuit court. and will be sentenced
August l.
The Croswell, Sanilac and Lexington
farmers will hold their far together in
Lexington, and have decided on Sep
| tember "a and rs as the dates.
The Devlin Business College cadets Of
| Jackson won the first prize in conn.,
| petitive drill at Indianapolis. and were
| given u royal welcome on their return
| home.
| Escanaba has fireworks which require
the attention of the whole community
| to subdue. The woods are again in
flames and the town is threatened with
destruction.
| Helen Armstrong read the Declare
ton of Independence at Marine City,
Saturday. and Robert Frazer made the
speech. The celebration was an enor-
nous success.
The installation of Charles F. Gee, as
noble grand Of the Inlay City Odd Fell
lows, Friday night, was one Of the great
events of the year In secret society cir
cies of the place.
In South Haven, strawberries have
been fine crop with prices low. Cher.
| ries are abundant, also currante and
the prospect for \ full crop of peache:
were never better.
The old "Black Crook" show is kick.
ing up ITS heels in the small towns oil
the state. A Reed City paper says "no
bowdiness or vuigarity is allowed by
the management"
Lapeer county is rapidly humping
along to the front as q banner Macca.
bees place, lodges having been recently
established At Goodland, Abbot's Cor.
| ners and Greenville.
Miss Frances E. Babbett died at Cold.
water At the age of 81 years. She was
formerly an instructor In the Monroe
Female Seminary and lady Of rare in.
tellectual attainments.
James Massie. of Lakcview, received
$3.50 20 for two. horse load of wool he
drove into Inlay City last week. The
only thing that James grieves about II
that he has not another load.
Albert Cummings, of Buena Vista,
laid down by the track of the Flint 4
Pere Marquette railroad in Sagina n
Friday night and o train came aiuna
a, d cut his hand Off at the wrist.
Ex-Congressman Col. A. T. Bliss, of
Saginaw, was elected one of the vice.
presidents of the society of the army OF
the Potomac at the twenty second
annual reunion just held at Buffalo.
Forest fires broke out back OF Escan.
aba Saturday, and kept the firemeu
busy all day Sunday. The flames
reached 50 near the city that many
buildings were in danger, but all es-
capped.
Henry Miller, of Eaton Rapids,
wanted to see a cannon cracker go off
and held it in his hand that he might
understand the minute operation.
Henry cav il go and with it about all
his hand.
McPhee & Co., of Brown City, have
bought $1,000 pounds of wool this
season at prices ranging from 20 10 &c
cents per pound. II Is stated that one
third of the wool crop in that section is
| I'm the farmers hands.
A robbery was committed in the
| priests apartments in ST. Eouiface
Catholic Church in Bay City Monday
| afternoon. The thieves opened the
safe and took an IRON chest contain ing
| $40 away with them. No clue.
| l.. @. Mason, of Muskegon, the wit
| ness about whom there was so much
| controversy in the embezzlement case
some time ago, has closed out bis bust
ness interests and is about to take long
trip for the benefit of his health.
The Averill and Wheeler Grand Army
posts, of yassar. have surrendered their
charters, buried the hatchet and been
! reorganized as single post under the
| title of the W. !. Sherman post. This
particular body OF the veterans is BOOM
| ing.
Two men with teams pulled 100. 900
feet of logs ont of the Au Sable river
last week within very narrow limit of
space. The timber Was sunken and
! abandoned by Its owners. 1t 10 esti-
| mated that there is fully 1000. 900
feet of logs on the bottom of that
stream.
President Clute, of the Agricultural
College. has issued an instructive circu-
lar inviting the attention of young men
tn the advantages Of the Agricultural
| College. In this circular he says that
for thirty.thrse years industrious and
faithful young men have been paying
all their own expenses while getting a
| thorough education ut the Michigan
State Agricultural College. The edu.
| cation obtained here fits men for prae-
4 t,eaf life Ahput lO nor cent of tho