Telegram-herald., 1891-08-24
STATE NEWS.
Jackson wants = park

factory.
The Crusaders viii leave RAvsnnA for
Berlin to-day
The Big Rapids Industrial school re-
opens cepz- Z.
The Adventist camp at Lansing 10
increasing ia nUnheTs.
The Grand Lsdg. canning factory is
inactive Tor want material.
Hundreds OF n lies of drain viii be
dug n ,anIlae eoG-ty this fall
The nrst mad dog ever seen IN Xix
Rzpids Mas Killed there one day last
week.
There are sections IN Leelanau coun-
" where no rain has fallen since early
last spEIng.
John W eiresall, Of Eyart, shot . cat
the other day. The same shot tore on
his lett arm and toOt.
Homer Writ, IA years old. was
drowned while taining IN HancheIs
Lake near Quincy Friday.
Peter Person was fatally mangled by
being caught in q Touring mlli maehln-
cry At b z Rapids Friday.
Mrs. Rodney 5trInger of Hunters
Creek, near Lapeer, was struck by
Lightning Friday. She may die.
A dining room girl at the Hastings
house walked IN her slesp ana fell
down stairs. She escaped injury
o. v. Whitcomb Was struck by light
ming and knocked sensel-ss Al SCHOOL,
craft Thursday. He afterward re-
covered but his right arm Is paralyzed.
Postmasters appointed; NJ. sullivan.
wee L. Keaung resigned, Fletcher,
Kalkaska county, A. Hale, vice j. IL.
Crane, removed. Tyrone, Livingston
county.
Monday, Aug. 81, the taxpayers Of
Ludlngton Will vote on ths proposition
10 bond the city for 100000 for the
purpose Of buying aud improving the
water works.
Ira III. Beagle, OF Flint, who was in
lursd n The Barnum show train wreck
al kalamazoo year ago. had notice OF
q SIS, ,0e0 damage sult against the circus
served on j. A. Bailey.
Miss Sadie Wright. dressmaker. Ben
ton Harbor. saw burglar at the WIN
dow. she was so frightened that she
fell down stairs, dissocatlng her ankle
and suffering severe bruises and con-
tusions.
Albert Wells of Lansing sold $500
worth OF wheat Thursday The neat
morning he found his trousers in
nrld. He stole march on the would
D. thief by putting the money IN the
bank the day he cold his wheat.
Louis X. Knspper, who has been
florist at the agricultural college for
the past ten years, has rendered his
resignation TO take immediate effect.
He will shortly make q trip 10 Germany
IN the interest OF eastern florists, VINO
have gwen him commissions to pur-
chase rare plants.
Thursday chicken fell into As foot
well OH l.. Jones place near Saranac.
Jud Hsines, small boy, grasped y
rope to descend, and the rope broke,
preclpltating hun into the well, which
contained 10 feet of water. A bucket
Was lowered and both chicken and boy
were rescued without further mishsp.
The farm residence of John Deright
near Kalamazoo burned Friday after
noon. John Fleugel an aged invalid
was burned TO death. Eighty dollars
in greenbscks and $500 in notes and
mortgages IN tin boxes IN the cellar
were burned also. Ine loss on the
house and furniture is $1,000 with no
insurance. The family were all away
except the old man who probably set
the building on ire by smoking in
bed.
"Nibs" O'Hearn was arrested at Ad-
rian while sleeping with a revolver IN
his band. lie owns up 10 the robberies
of Wednesday. tie IS twenty-five
years old and finished two years IN
Jackson prison for burglary on the 18th
INST. Tie spent that night in Jackson
jail drunk. His mother, brother and
two sisters were arrested to prevent
their communicating with hIm before
lie was captured.
An old man named Nichols, q resi-
dent OF Battle Creek, who buys pea
cock feathers and ships them to Chica-
20 for the feather duster industry. met
two young men on the railroad track
Thursday. One of the chaps held out
a TN box on the end OF q stick. Nichols
attempted to take 1t when it exploded.
shatterlng his thumb and knocking MN
senss les. He became conscious sever
nj hours later only to find his feathers
and money, amounting to about s.,
gone with the strangers.
The following IS list Of the fairs to
be- held in Michigan this fall: AlIegan
county fair. Al,egan, September 20 to
October 2. Washtenaw county agricul-
tural society. Ann Arbor, September ~
to October 2. Kent county agrIcultur-
a. society, Grand Rapids. September IA
f.fw
IOnis, September % 10 rs. Oakland
county agricultural society, Pontiac.
September % to October 2. Cedar
Sprinns agricultural society, Cedar
Springs. September ; to IL. Petersburg
agricultural society, Petersburg. Sep.
temher Is TO II. HiIlsdsle county agri-
cultural society, HllIsdaie, septsm Der
q to October 2. Inghsm county agri-
cultural society, Mason, September g
to q. Hadlsy agricultural and horti-
cultural society, Hadley, October 6 to
:. plymouth fair ASSOCIATION, Ply
mouth, September - TO 25. Dowagiac
union fair, DOwsgiac, September - to
October ,. Branch county fair, Cold
water. September 81 to 25. Calhoun
county faIr, Marshall, september % TO
October 2. MOrceni fair. Morceni, Sep
temter IL to lS. Lsnswee county fair.
ADRIAN. September II to %. Stock
bridge union agricultural society,
st0ckbridge, October s ~ 2. Litchtisld
union fair. Litchfield, October 8 to 3.
Midland agricultural society, Midland,
September Is TO lS Eaton county fair.
Charlotte. September 1910. sturgis
far ASSOCIATION, Sturgis, September : TO
Il. Aruada agricultural society. Ar
msds. September 80 20 October ,. Gen
esee county agricultural socistv. Flint.