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Oakland county, got in the way OF a
logging truck and was run over. Sew
eral ribs were broken and his recovery
Is doubtful.
Some miserable villain one dark
night, entered John Peters orchard
with an AK and deliberately chopped
down lis peach trees, some of them
10 years old.
Freddie the son of Rev. w. III. Gal
lagher, of Saginaw, was terribly bit
ten by large hunting dog, his upper
lip and right nostril being badly torn.
The dog was killed.
A north bound Lake Shore train was
saved from being wrecked in n wash
out near kalamazoo by c. A. Poland,
who fell in faint on the track after
he had signaled the train.
Nearly so of the representative pisci-
culturists of the United States attended
the Goth annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Fisheries association at Detroit,
with President Herschel Whitaker
presiding.
G. c. Burnett, a lumber dealer of
Cleveland, acciden tally fell off the EN-
cry dock at East Tawas He clung to
pile fully 20 minutes before his cries
were heard and he was rescued in an
exhausted condition by four boys.
A can of gasoline exploded in Miss
Vans dressmaking parlors at North
vile, burning Miss Van and destroyed
her outfit, and $1,000 damage was done
to the dry goods stock of Holmes,
Dancer & Co. by water and smoke.
A new village is being plated in
in Ronald township, Iona county, and
will be called YOUNGSTOWN. An effort
will be made to have the government
establish "A postoffice there.
Over 700 bicyclists of Ann Arbor par
ticipated in a demonstration in favor
of good roads and special privileges.
1t was unique and attractive parade
led by the faculty of the U. of NJ. with
great dignity, followed by the faculty
ladies.
The second annual reunion of the
Upper Peninsula Veterans association
was held at Escanaba. Representa-
tives of G. A. Il. posts, Woman's Re-
lief crops and Sons of Veterans camps
from all over the upper peninsula at
tended.
Geo. L. Pratt and John Regain, two
Detroit boys each aged about 10, started
to row across Detroit river, hut in
crossing between two vessels the tow
was pulled taut and their boat was up
set. Pratt was drowned, but Regain
was rescued.
The Detroit Light Infantry cele-
brated their Goth anniversary with a
big gala day, and were assisted by the
Cleveland Grays, the crack military
company of Cleveland, o. Gov. Pin
gree and staff also participated and re-
viewed the parade.
Twenty of the most prominent Re-
publican physicians of Flint, have sent
petition to Congressman Smith at
Washington, asking him to present the
same to President Mckinley, protest
ing against the recent dismissal of the
Flint pension examining board.
The Salvation Army and their rivals,
the American Volunteers, became SO
noisy in their competition at Manistee
that they were warned to cease the
street meetings. They continued hold
ing them, however, and finally five
Salvationists and four Volunteers were
arrested.
Gov. Pingree's fame as the originator
of the potato patch scheme has crossed
the ocean ana is being adopted in sew
eral European countries. Letters were
received at the executive Office from
Budapest, Hungary, and Nottingham,
England, requesting information re-
gardlng the plan.
Lyons entertained the veterans of
the Eighth infantry at their annual
reunion and every one enjoyed the &C.
casion. They will visit Bay City next
year The following officers were
chosen: President, Orrin Bump, of Bay
City; vice president, j. c. Wilson, of
Flint; secretary and treasurer, c. c..
Beebe, of Bay City.
Richard Barrett, paying teller of the
National Lumbermen's bank at Mus
kegon, while sailing in small canoe
to Lake Harbor, was capsized when he
was three miles out and the waves
dashed above his head. He gave up
hope, but the life-saving crew saw him
and in 30 minutes they had rescued
him-nearly exhausted.
Auditor-G General Dix's quarterly
statement, just compile ted, shows that
there is due the state from various
counties a total of $500, 16S, while II
counties have no aggregate balance of
S12 ,O5s due from the state. Dix pro-
poses to make the counties settle
these balances more promptly than
has been done in recent years.
John Beattie, a farmer near Birming-
ham, took two ounces of laudanum
with suicidal intent His daughter
Emma, a pretty girl, became engaged
to Dr. Smith to whom Farmer Beattie
objected. Miss Beattie left home to
stay with one of her married sisters,
which caused the old man to fly into a
rage and swallow the fatal dose.
Mrs. Shaver, the young wife of Free
man +. Shaver, 7O-year-old citizen OF
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