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dose of carbolic acid, but was pumped
out.
NJ. G. Hartly and friend went to
bed in room at Saginaw where gas
was used as a means of illumination.
They blew it out An investigation
was made just in time TO save their
lives.
United States engineers are expect
ing the Shlawasse, Flint and Bad
rivers TO determine the feasibility of
making them navigable for hghtdraft
vessels.
The French Land & Lumber COM
pany's dry kiln and heading plant at
Rose City was burned. Loss about
$l2, 900. The origin of the fire is sup
posed TO have been spontaneous COM
bustion.
The barn and hennery of Ed Roy,
at Inlay City, burned with all the con-
tents, inciudinga fine registered horse,
500 eggs and 200 chickens. A lamp cX-
plodcd in an incubator.
Albert Upham, of Flat Rock, fell on
n rusty nail. IL made slight wound
in his knee, bat he at first paid no at
tcntion TO il. Now blood poisoning
has set in and may end in locl1jaw and
u horrible death.
A farmer near Benton Harbor raised
a cabbage head three feet in circum-
ference and weighing nearly L. pounds.
! Three Oaks now comes forward with n
head four and one half feet around
and weighing PC pounds.
Senator Calvin A. Brice, of Ohio,
who recently bought the c., j. &5 NJ.
railroad, is contemplating an extern
sion north TO Mackinac to connect
with the d., ). 5. Il A., and southern
extension to touch Alabama.
The Buckeye Stave company is to
commence work on large factory at
Gladstone on eight acres of land west
of the 500 line ore docks. The plant
will give employment to 100 men.
The company has already purchased
25, 900, 900 feet of timber.
Fifty survivors of the First Michigan
! cavalry were tittingly entertained by
the citizens of Flint. The following
officers were elected: Capt. l.. NJ
Stevens, Caseville president; Samuel
| Wylic, Albion, vice president; e.. W..
Demorest, Lapeer, secretary and treas
urer.
Gerald w. Jones, aged %, of Detroit.
took rough on rats and died at his
home. The reason Jones took his own
| life was because he was not appointed
as a regular fireman TO fill one of the
vacancies made by the Keenan, & jain
fire, where six brave men lost their
lives.
Nathan j. Nixon. the sixth of the A.
Il. L. men implicated in the Chicago &
| Grand Trunk wreck at Battle Creek
was arrested in Rochester, n. Y. Dixon
was for many years conductor on the
road. He has u wife and three chill
dren. In default of $4,000 bail he
was taken to the county Jail at Mar
shall.
In the Michigan Central yard in
Marshall, n man was crushed 30 death
between two freight cars. The victim
was about 45 years of age and was
ordinarily we'll dressed. Papers found
on his person indicate that his name
was J.. Ward, a resident of Ontario.
and plastcrer. He had been stealing
a ride.
Rapid River. a little town at the
| head of the bav n few miles from
Escanaba. was greatly excited over
| the murder of Jesse MERCER, a young
resident of that place. Andrew
| White, keeper of a house of ill-fame at
| that place, shot Mcrcier, instantly
! killing him, because he, with crowd
of others. were making too much
noise. White was captured.
Another surprise was sprung by de-
tcctives at Battle Creek by the an
nouncement that VIM. X. Hall, for
three years night switchman at the c..
& &. Il. yards, had been arr ested as
one of the perpetrators of the wreck.
The next day after the wreck Hall left
the city and went to Chicago. He
secured "A job with the c., B. e Q
where he was working when arrested.
Upon testimony developed at the in
quest over the body of VIM. johnson,
found dead in st. Joseph river, near
Colon, with four bullets in his body,
| A. ID. SwartZ, brother-in-law of John
son, and Milbourn Rockwell, the hired
man of the family, were arrested
charged with the crime. 1t is alleged
that johnson had trouble with Swartz
and recently went to law with him.
Christian +. Wetzel. an employee OF
the Michigan Furniture company, al
Ann Arbor. was killed by accident. lie
was working at rlpsaw, when piece
of wood flew out and hit him in the
head, causing almost instant death.
The deceased was 60 years old, and had
been in the service of the company fol
20 years. He leaves a widow and four
sons, three of whom arc graduates OF
the University.
The 2:15 p. m. incoming train on the
Big Four road with $50 passengers mar
rowly escaped a disaster eight miles
south Of Benton IIarbor, while coming
tn. 'ough the Pipestone cut, one of the
most dangerous points on this division.
The train ran into an obstruction OF
oak plank and a fencepost, so ar
ranged that it was only n miracle thai
disaster was averted. No clue TO the
Williams who made the attempt.
War on pot-huntcrs has been in
augurated in Dickinson county 10y
state and county officials and half 9
dozen arrests were made Parties
were caught in the very act of ship
ping venison out of the state. At pres
ent there are fully 400 hunters from
Ohio and Indiana engaged in violating
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