Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-11
- STATE NEWS.

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Alba Sage, OF South mandy, near
Fenton, vas crushed ~ death under =
barn Tuesday.
The main buildings OF the Bsraes
Furniture Company. At ADRIAN. nave
been destroyed by IRE. Loss, $1,000
Insurance, S22s oo0-
Boise q Lewis, general dealers in Me-
Bglde, Monteaim county, near stanton
nave assigned with liabilities al $4,000,
and the assets unknown.
A. A. Lovelsnd & Co., harness dealers
IN Mt. Pleasant. have made an assign
ment 70 Fred :. Dams Assets and la
bllties eaen about $1,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Crawford, of Ma
pie Valley, >anilac county, celebrated
/ their golden wedding last week. They
are each over 20 years old.
Jake Schweinfurth, the Rockford
Messiah Was formerly pastor OF church
III Kingston, sanllac county, and 4
mighty poor pastor at that.
Mary Boulgie, of lronwood, has been
detected shoplifting. An inspection of
her home resulted IN the discovery OF
5000 worth OF stolen goods.
They say the water is so low and the
fish 50 plentiful IN the streams Of Delta
county, that the trout have TO stand OH
their heads to wet their gills.
The corner stone of the new opera
house, in Oxford, was land Tuesday
with music by the oxford band. and
| other interesting ceremonies.
Or. Durand, of the Agricultural Col
| lege, has resigned and will ally himself
with the Perdue University at the
opening of the college next year.
Emmett Evans, proprietor of the Cold
Storage Works IN Jackson. and one of
the influential citizens of the city, died
Tuesday. OF perltonItis, aged 40 years.
Mrs. Peter Hughes. of Forest, Genes
see county. was thrown from her buggy
by runaway horse last week and so
badly injured that serious results are
| feared.
Adams. Blodgett & Co., the bankers,
who bought the Bay City water bonds,
| do not want TO take them, but the city
council claims they will have TO If there
| IS any virtue IN the law,
DIR. o. F. Barber. of Saginaw, charges
DIR. Lyman w. Bliss, of the same city,
| with performing criminal abor ton
| upon young woman OF that city. The
latter denies it. Investigations will
show who is right.
The report of the late investigation
of the management of the Adrian In
| dustrial Home is IN the hands of the
stenographers being prepared for the
printers for publication. 1t is under
stood that one obstinate trustee will
make minority report.
The publication of an item in several
| State papers TO the effect that Michigan
wool will not be rated saleable in East
| ern markets this season owing to dis
| honesty of the farmers who mix it with
| foreign substance, such as bricks, sewer
| tile, rails, etc., is the veriest bOsh. Mich
| igan farmers are as honest as the aver
age being, and their wool is always a
yard wide aud as we'll prepared for
market as any.
The ed annual issue of the Palla-
dunn, the organ of the university secret
| societies, will make its appearance
Thursday. In addition to the usual
| features the book will contain excellent
| photographers of Joshua Waterman,
Prof. D'Ooge and Bradley NJ. Thomp-
son with sketches of their lives. The
coming issue is by all odds the best ever
| put out of this excellent annual.
The Stockbridge temperance people
| are the most aggressive and steadfast
| IN the State, and have kept out saloons
| by making strong fight, running the
village council to SUIT themselves and
placing the bonds 40 high that no one
/, could get bondsmen. This year the
/ council passed out of their control and
! issued license. The temperance peo-
| pie found that the liquor dealers
| bondsmen did not live in the town and
have had the bond disapproved, again
| knocking out their opponents.
The Michigan crop report has been
| issued by the State Department at Lans-
| ing. 1t says the severe drought pre-
vailing from April 81 to May 20 re-
tarded the growth of wheat, and ii was
| somewhat injured in some localities by
| the hard frosts of May 3, II and ~.
The condition In the southern counties
| is reported at 90, in the central 76, and
| IN the northern Il per cent, the average
| for the state being so per cent. The
number of bushels of wheat reported
marketed in May is SD ,6S4. and in the
ten months, August-May, 1891 $40. or
! about 80 per cent of the crop of 1890.
| The nice acreage in oats this year is
| nearly full average, and the acreage
| IN barley is about D per cent below. In
| condition both crops IN the southern
| counties are So per cent, and IN the
| central 20 per cent of An average. One
| year ago the condition IN the southern
| counties was % and IN the central 90.
| The farm statistics of about 700 town.
| ships have been received and show the
sheep and wool footings IN excess of
/ the number sheared in 1890.
Michigan pensions: Original-Thos.
| +. Hickman, Charles Campbell, Samuel
| Phllley, William Anable. Allen Morri-
| son, Austin Y. Corbett, Chester c..
Mitchell, George W. David. Frederick
| Heiselback, Alexander Campbell. Peter
| l.. Mcintyre, Benjamin Meeker, Lsr-
ence Richter, George W. Purdy, Alonzo
! T.. Chitteuden, Robert :. Manard, John
w. "Opens, John u. Gwoll, Edward NJ.
! Moody, Joseph w. Reed, Reuben Van
| Csren, Cerritt j. Hessilink, Spencer
| Hedges, Darwin u. Black, Chas. Heiney
| Jones VI. Young, Abner G. Pierce, Ed
win Z. Moser, Chas. Finder, Hiram Buck i,
| Cornelius O. Best, William Wilmington,
John T. stoutfer. Simon A. Howe.
Thomas G.. woodIn, Clark w. sweet.
Thomas III. Cady. Peter A. Bale, Edison
!. Minor. AddItional-Henry Allen,
John A. White. OrIgnsl-Louisa III.
| Mcdonald, Sarah II. Barton, Shubael
| r. Green minors of William r. Bah
/ cock, Elizabeth Reardon, sarah j.
| Chsping, Sarah f.. Adams, Minnie FL
| wood, Mary Page, Isabella Gepforf
/ Nancy Hunt. Mary Bowie, minors Of