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s. II. JACKSON, of Port Huron, has
been elected President Of the Worlds
Fair Committee on Poultry Exhibits
from this State.
THE Michigan condensed milk works
at Lansing. shipped consignment OF
200 cases OF their best goods to I'LL an
order from Japan.
MRS. PETER KARIsKIN, of Advance,
has given birth to two girls aud boy.
the trio weighing ia pounds. The
town seems to be appropriately named
THEODORE DARGENTz, of Petersburg.
who was dangerously kicked by horse,
died from the effects of his injury. A
big cash In tho side was the wound that
caused death. He was % years old.
THE United States Court of Claims
has allowed the claims of the ex-mail
carriers of Jackson for services in ex-
cess of eight hours per day. The whole
amount is between $4,000 and $1,000.
WHILE a man was driving across q
bridge at Saranac, the horse caught it's
foot in hole and broke its leg. The
township settled the matter by paying
for the animal. This Is the second time
such thing has happened, but the
bridge remains in the same defective
condition as before. ~
AN Orion horse died without any APP
parent cause, and the coroner caused q
post-mortem examination to be made.
In the animals stomach was pebble
over one and one-half inches in diame-
ter. II Orion horses are wise they will
leave this pebble-swallowing business
to the gentlemen OF the side shows.
BENzoNIA COLLEGE is nine miles from
the nearest saloon. The saloon or the
college should be moved. Nine miles
and return is too far to go for glass OF
beer, and under such circumstances the
college will graSnste no flrst-class bill
lard players. Professionalism Is not the,
only accomplishment colleges should
foster.
RIGHT under the nose Of Game
Warden Hampton even the wary 81 eckled
trout seems to be an easy victim - the
silver bait offered for their capture. 1t
is the simplest bit of trouble to obtain a
nice mess at almost any time, on short
notice, provided you have the price.
usually about fifty cents. All this
happens near East Jordan.
THE Fargo shoe contract at the prison
in Jackson expires April ], and will not
be renewed. Bids for the services Of
of employment have been asked In adj
vertisements published for the past three
months, but not tender has been re-
ceived. The Central Penal Board au-
thorized the Warden to keep these con-
victs employed on the States account,
he being allowed to follow his own judg-
ment as to the nature of the employ
ment.
AT Bay City, Jennie Hendricks, aged
90 had been engaged to a railroad con-
ductor, and the day for the marriage had
been fixed several times, but the con-
ductor always found some reason for
postponing the event. Jennie finally
concluded that he was fraud, and shot
herself in the left breast. the ball pass
ing through her lung. No one knew OF
it for several days except the attending
physician and relations. She has been
doing nicely since then. and, to the sur
prise of all, will recover.
In nice, pleasant village in Tuscola
County they have been having a revival
in the Baptist Church, and among the
converts is a somewhat garrulous sister.
At the baptismal roundup of the revf-
val the ice was cleared away from the
bank of the creek, and one by one the
converts were led down into the stream
This particular convert took the clothes
pins out of her mouth as she was at the
drying line, and said to the neighbor In
the next yard: 1T was so tarnal cold
that for the life of me l couldn't help
thinking of the hot place, and how much
more comfortabler Satan was than /
was"
ANOTHER Bay County child has been
burned to death, the third within three
weeks. A 5-year-old daughter Alexan-
der Ouellette, living in the township OF
Hampton, was playing in fish shanty,
when she undertook to build fire In
the stove. Her clothing ignited, and
before her father reached her she was
terribly burned, dying little later, after
suffering intense agony.
THE Benton House, at st. Charles,
owned by Mark Allan, was burned to the
ground. Mr.. Allan's loss amounts to
$4,000; insurance, $4,000.
THERE is every indication of an early
opening of navigation at Lexington, as
there has been very little ice In Lake
Huron this winter and none in sight for
several days.
MISS MARY THOMPSON, NJ. D., of De-
troit, and DIR. Stevens, also OF Detroit,
I
j. b. Moore in Lapeer. The newly we'd
ded couple will make California their
home.
A MICHIGAN CENTRAL log train, In
charge of Conductor Wills, jumped the
| track three miles north Of Roscommon,
completely blockading traffic for several
hours and delaying mails. No one in,
jured. The damage will be light.
THE Circuit Court for the county OF
Ingham convened at Lansing, and the
case of The People vs. Thomas NJ Will
son, late Clerk of the Board of State
Auditors, was continued. The case OF
| The People vs.. Chas. M. Wheeler and
| Gertrude Allen Whlttacre was down for
trial, but Prosecuting Attorney Prosser'
reported Lemon b. Freslow and Charles
| Clark as new Witnesses, and the defend
ants attorney, Richard A. Montgomery.
moved a continuance. The Judge took
the matter under advisement.
THE Lapeer County Circuit Court be-
| gar it's first session of the March term
at l,apeer with flfty-two cases on the
| docket. Among the cases on call Is one
| for divorce, in which both parties are
minors, and the suit has to be conduct
| ed by their next friend"
MRS. JULIA CROWLEY. of Bay City,
aged rs years, fell down stairs and
broke her neck. The doctor who at
tended her says she was taken with
paralytic stroke while on the stairs.
| The back OF her skull was crushed into
the brain. Deceased was the mother OF
large family, and had lived I'm Bay