Telegram-herald., 1891-09-01
BRIDGET Is AUr IN IT
HIcHleAys CHAMPION sSsozERs
MsT white ssd Gssrgs heard Have Steps
fs< Weeks ana are sisspiag Nss
Two Csss~ fhAt fazxte the
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The average servant girl il not in the
race with two sleepers Who are still
slumbering after long nap The first
II May White. Of MeAdville. who has
been asIeep for ten weeks, awakening
as rare intervals and only ON persistent
sffora Of her physician. Miss White
received . severe injury from fal! a
year ago. An abcsss formed in her side
and fer tune she was subject to spasms.
These finally ceased and she apparent
ly recovered her health only 10 fall
asleep again. Her letnaEgy seems %
have grown heavier. The other case Is
that of George Beard, Of Whitehall.
George 10 II years old and has been
asleep seven weeks He seems 10 have
lost every sense save that of feeling.
When he is touched upon the arm with
. slight downward pressure, ne will
raise nls arm. When an attempt IS
made to move his head 10 the right he
will turn il 20 the left. In trying to
open his eyes, he closes them so tightly
that II 10 impossible TO open them with
the ordinary means at hand In order
to feed the patient. four of his teeth
had TO be knocked cut, as 1t was i'm
possible to open his mouth to either IN
sert the food or to extract the teeth.
Through this opening he receives liquid
neurlshment The attending physician
pronounces Il case of carries. pure and
simple, and states that all efforts at
healing have thus far proved unavaii-
ing. The case hss attracted great At
tennon.
Douglas wants . hrst-class Touring
mill.
Horse races At Petoskey, Sept. lS, IL
and Is.
st. Ignace is to have an improvement
society.
The Grand Traverse fair opens Sept
smber s.
Traverse City is after the Mancelona
oval dish factory
Light frost 1T Saginaw, Saturday
morning. No damage.
vicksburg people want telephone
connection with Kalamazoo.
Ralph gzzo, an Italian, jumped from,
. train at saginaw Saturday and lost .
foot.
A light frost was observed on the low
lands about Battle Greek. Saturday
morning.
The "yellows" commissioners found
$50 diseased trees in one peach orchard
~ Glenn.
The walpole Island Indian brass band
furnishes music for the aboriglnee
camp meeting at Athens.
A tract of reclaimed swamp land at
Decatur, has produced 5000 pounds Of
peppermint OIL this season.
George Taylor. aged SS years, An old
resident and nurseryman, died sud
denly at his home in Kalamazoo. Sat
urday.
Kelsey Chubb, an aged and wealthy
retired farmer Of Pewamo, and one
Of the oldest settlers Of Ionia county,
died Friday night.
There is another serious cave-in at
the Canadian side Of the Port Huron
tunnel. IL will cause considerable de-
lay in the formal opening.
Dowagiac citizens are using kerosene
oil lamps. The foundations of the
boilers at the water and electric light
works cavsd in and left the city in
darkness.
John Ruitiman and his seven-year-
old daughter residing at Dearborn, were
struck hy the limited express on the NJ.
Z. sunday evening, and were instantly
killed. Both bodies were horribly
mangled.
A Jersay calf belonging to V. A..
Shankiand, OF Benton Haxbor, tried to
swallow an apple without masticating
IL. The fruit stuck in his throat and
tracheotomy was resorted to. The
apple WAS recovered and the calf will
live.
Maj. Wesley Armstrong, the cripple,
who shot at Rev. w. q. Stonex, rector
of Grace Church at Lapeer, has been
held 10 answer the charge of attempt
to commit great bodily harm less than
murder. He will appear September 7
for trial. In tho meantime he u out
on $1,000 bail.
A Game and Fish Protective associa-
ton has been organized At Kalamazoo,
with A, l.. Lakey. PRESIDENT; Geo. w.
Locke, secretary, and J. w. Osborn.
treasurer. The assoclation will recon-.
mend the appointment of . game
warden, and raise funds 70 pay him.
stop violations Of the law BY killing
quail, etc.
Henry DeMunn, colored. and SO
years old, coaxed 9-year-old Bertha
Wilson. morthiess child, into buggy
with hlm at Adraip, for = drive. He
Piled the child with beer, then took her
INTO neid where he ATTEMPTED 10 out
rage her. He WAS maudlln drunk and
she res1sted successfully but was badly
injured. The brute 10 In Jail.
The pIsning mill of Thomas Copp a
CO.. ~ Northport, burned Friday night
about 3 O'Clock. The FIRE was firss dis
covered BY pa~erby who gave the
alarm, and ia q few minutes the entire
building was in flames. The effort of
Che citizens saved the lumber yards and
the cav mill. Loss in the neighborhood
OF $500, no insurance.
James Spencer, . Van Buren, county
farmer. lost bic barn by fire recently
under very peculiar circumstances. He
wss tnrsshing. when . dynamits car
fridge secrstsd IN one OF the bundles
exploded while going through ths ma
chine. blowing om ths top and setting
IRE 20 the straw, which ran ous on
the straw carrier and in an instant
everything vAs Ablaxe. Some OF the
men had difficulty in escapssg from
the barn. which wss barned 10 the
ground.
Psnsionsgrsused Michigan applicants;
ofiunal-Ansel y. Ellsworth, Charles
bssns, William n. Bail, william W..
VBfien, Richard Carlisle. John Rem.
singer, Charles !. Raymond, Jacob
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