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mantled and abandoned because OF lack Of
support.
An infant child Of M. T. Dunsmore. Of
Upton, fell into a boiler Of cold water and
was drowned.
A project il on foot to establish one OF
the largest sanitariums In the State at
Port Austin.
Two Adrian anglers last week while
trolling caught pickerel at Devils Lake.
which weighed eleven pounds.
Bay City Germans say that majority
of the Board of Education IL in favor or
teaching German in the ward schools.
Raymond Coates and sister. charged
with conspiring 10 slay the latfcr's hus-
band, ut Holland, will be tried separately.
Henry Lnmphier, an Inlay City farmer,
had valuable horse frightfully cut on u
harbed wire fence Tuesday, and It may
not live.
A party Of campers on Mona lake. near
Muskegon, report that their camp was
raided by thieves and nearly everything
portable was taken, among the goods be-
ing 500 bicycle.
Walter Scott, the Chicago young man
who was killed by lightning while riding
his wheel. was about to marry a Miss
Scott OF Battle Greek. The young lady
is Frustrated with grief.
Theron Graham and son, of Forest, are
in jail at Flint, charged with stealing
span of horses from Graham's father,
Nelson Graham. 1t is said Theron bor-
rowed the horses and then sold them in
Tuscola County.
At Pine Lake. Oakland County. several
tents were blown away and lodged in the
tops of trees. Many campers at the Oak
land County lakes got scared during the
night and fed in night clothes to neigh
boring farm houses.
While Lewis Shelter. aged "a years,
was in bathing at the iron bridge over
the Huron river, four miles south Of
Pinckney he became tangled in the weeds
and wild rice growing in the river. and
before help could reach him was drowned.
The large number Of dead limbs on the
numerous oak trees of Dexter have at
tracted considerable attention and led
TO an examination Of the trees, which
shows a small worm as the cause. The
ground beneath the trees is literally cover
cd with dead branches.
The report of the State salt inspector
for July gives the inspection for that
month as 395.324 barrels, as follows
Manistee county, 1G4,O37 barrels: Ma
son. 1879; Saginaw, 1902; ST. Clair,
II, 494; Bay. 3S.O66; Wayne 10, 1870; los
GO, 22.062; Midland. 1900 barrels.
Miss Ina Cornell, of Joyfield. while at
tending the summer normal ut Benzonia. =
hot IN, IoI,
drowned. A friend of hers, Miss Law
renee. nearly met the same fate while at
tempting n rescue. Miss Cornell was II
years old and the daughter of Method
,st minister.
W. II. Tebbc,s. OF Smyrna. thought the
odor Of sulphur was very strong in his
mil and went upstairs to investigate. He
found the building had been struck by
lightning and the upper story on fire. He
extinguished the flames with II chemical
fire extinguishcr and the mil, escaped
with slight damage. 81
There is a tremendous kick on the price
paid 10y the city of Kalamazoo for the
brick pavement being laid. 1t is claimed
that it will cost $2.700 more than the
same pavement costs in South Bend. The
job was let without advertising for bids
and was strongly opposed by some mem
hers of the City Council. Coons 4 Bixby
are the contractors.
One night recently three measley ours
paid visit to the sheep fold Of NJ. ID.
Hibbard near Clare. killing two and
manglng several others. The gentleman
shot one of the dogs and followed the
others home. Several others report trou-
lie of the same kind. and it would be n
good thing il farmers would shoot every
worthless dog that comes shopping
around their premises. A sheep-killing
dog is one of the most expensive Injuries
that a community can support.
Bradley Abels, the old gentleman Of
Elsie who was accidentally shot by some
young boys while they were in Il boat
on Maple river shooting at turtles Aug.
s. died Tuesday morning. The old gem
tleman who was nearly so years old,
never fully regained consciousness. only
occasionally seeming to recognize the
members of his family or what was being
said to him. He was universally liked
and respected, having been one of the
earliest settlers. and rearing Il large fam
lily of children. who. eight in number,
were all in attendance ut their fathers
funeral. The boys, aged from . to IA
years, who were the cause of this sad
affair. were all examined by the prose-
cutting attorney, but what steps will be
taken in the matter has not yet been de-
cided upon. The deceased was cousin of
the late w. Jennings Demorest. publish
er Of Demorest's Magazine.
The cook ut the Lawrence House, Az
rian. and the clerk had an alteration
Monday. and the cook was arrested. When
he officer served the warrant. a. Miss
Love. who is a dining room girl and a
sister of the cook. went into hystericai
commissions. The officer sent the brother
to her. and he reached the room Just as
che was about to drink dose OF carbolic
acid. She swallowed but little of the stuff,
but spilled il over her face and person,
burning her somewhat, but the doctor
thinks she did not drink enough 10 prove
fatal.
Attorney General Maynard has given
Chairman Malone Of the State central
committee Of the national party an opin-
ion to the effect that Il woman is not cligi-
bic to hold any elective State Office. These
offices. he says, are created by the consti-
tuition. and it would he absurd TO say that
a woman. who. under the constitution is
not permitted tn vote for n, constitutional
officer. could hold n constitutional Office.
The opinion was called out by the fact
that the nationalists have nominated
AIRS. Lucy s. Morehousc for superintcnd-
ent Of public instruction.
A man pnmefl Clinton of Vcr,o, h,.