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Rev. ]. w. Ransdell, Of Bay City, has
accepted a call to Trinity r. II. Church in
Tifiin, Ohio.
The Battle Greek public schools have
adopted the new vertical system Of PEN
manship.
st. Louis now has first-class electric
light plant, having recently added more
water-power.
IS. NJ. Trowbridge's Touring mill at
South Haven burned. Loss, $4,000; par
tally insured.
AT Battle Greek fire broke out in
the Thomas Block. The damage will
amount to $4,000.
The end of the iron ore shipping sea-
son ut Escanaba il in sight. The seasons
record is 2,000,0O0 tons.
Nearly hundred leading Baptist
clergymen and educators attended the
twelfth annual Baptist congress ut De-
troit.
Il. M. Clapp, prominent lawyer of
Kalamazoo, was found dead in bed Mt
Grand Rapids. He was 50 years old,
single, and wealthy
John w. Sharp, father of Hon. J. G.
Sharp, of Jackson, died suddenly on Mon
day ut his home i'm Brooklyn, jackson
county, aged n years.
There is some talk of making hos
ptal out of the Harrington House of ST.
Louis, which was recently closed on ac-
count of poor business.
The Supreme Court admitted to $1O,-
600 bail Inspector Lephart, of Detroit's
Board of Education, convicted of solicit
ing bride, and will review the case.
The faculty of Michigan University
have commanded the publishers of the
university organ, The Wrinkle" to cease
publishing smutty jokes or stop the sheet.
The Apollo Club, at INLAY City, a
large musical organization, is practicing
on the cantata "Jephtha and His Daugh-
ter" which will be produced in January.
A young German was beset by highway
robbers in broad daylight near the Eloise
depot, knocked down and robbed of $1O,i
all the money he had. The robbers es-
capped.
Two children in the family of George
III. Johnson, of Midland, died of diph-
iberia within an hour of each other.
Other members of the family are i'll with
the same disease.
AT Grand Rapids Mrs. Jerry Lynch,
residing with her three children, made n
desperate attempt to kill herself by cut
ting her throat with razor. Her mind
was unbalanced by religion.
A lot of INLAY City boys, all under IL
years of age, were caught dead DRUM,
from hard cider, smoking rotten cigar
cites, and fairly painting the town red in
their attempts to appear tough.
People in Berrien Springs, incon-
venienced by the removal of the county
seat from Berrien Springs to st. Joseph,
will ask the Legislature to split Berrien
County in two, giving their territory
new government.
Col. Frank Riseley. of Sweets Hotel,
Grand Rapids. has filed chattel mort
cages amounting to $10,555 on all the
furniture and fixtures. The hotel is the
oldest in the city, and was at one time
the most popular.
The nineteenth semi-annual apportion-
ment of primary school interest money
has been made by Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction Pattengill on the basis of
6S cents for each child of school age in
the State. The whole number of children
included is 67G.26 and the total sum APP
portioned is $46O,021.
-Springport has another case that baf-
fes the skill of the physicians. 1t is that
of III. McConkey. Some years ago he
slept eight months without awaking.
then suddenly ''came to- and was able to
be around for many months apparently
well. healthy and vigorous, then suddenly
he dropped to sleep again and was not
seen for two years until last election
day, when he again revived and was able
to come down town and vote.
The Supreme Court granted a rehear-
ing in the ballOt-marking ease. Chief
Justice McGrath said it was not the pur-
pose of the court to rule that ballots hav-
ing name erased under the party ticket
of the election and the name Of the oppos-
ing candidate marked by a cross should
not be counted. Such erasure is held to
be permissible, although not necessary,
and all such ballots should be counted.
This explanation will dispose of scores of
contests which were in contemplation all
over the State.
Willie Goodwin, aged II years, of
North Star, Gratiot county, died the 9th
err day from strange cause. When he
was about years old he pushed some
little flowers which he found into his
nose, and they were not all removed at
the time. Some time afterward he had
trouble with one of his ears, and physi-
clans who examined him removed some
of the flowers from the organ. Ever
since this he has had trouble with his
ear, and an abscess finally formed, which
ended in his death.
The long looked for charge of Judge
Maxwell to the Bay City grand jury
dealt with everything within reach of the
court i'm the way of city, county, and
township officers, city board, county COM
missioners and appointive officers. The
court relates the complaints that have
been made to him about the manner in
which business has been conducted by
certain officials and then charges the jury
to investigate those complaints and, if
true, bring i'm indictments. He said the
poor board should be indicted for over
drawing the poor fund of the county. He
says the supervisors allowed the county
treasurer TO make from $4,000 to $15,-
600 year. The police board is criticised
for allowing alleged violation of laws, for
permitting liquor to be sold to minors, for
allowing dancehouses and houses of as
signation to exist. The jury is asked to
look into the matter and see If any of the
police officials are receiving money for
wrong-doers. The common
of both Bay cities have been
negligent, it is alleged, for not taking bet