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and S120 near jackson and got three
years in prison. James Cleary stole n
bag of flour and got 10 months.
Mrs. George Lyon, whose husband
cut his throat three weeks ago, at
tempted suicide at Owosso, by taking
morphine. She cannot recover.
Mrs. George Hatch, who separated
from her husband at Grand Ledge, six
weeks ago and went to Charlotte to live
with her son, suicided by poisoning.
The Port Huron engine and thresher
works has received orders for 100
threshers and 100 engines, which will
keep the plant in operation all winter.
Marie Martin, aged 10, committed
suicide at Grand Rapids by taking poi
son. She was from Kalamazoo and
was respondent because unable to OBJ
| tain work.
Frederick w. Virgien, pleaded guilty
to stealing jewelry from Albaugh &
Son, at Hillsdale, and Judge Lane SEN
fenced him to three and one-half years
in Jackson.
! A construction train on the 500 rail
roads was derailed near Whitedale by
running into COW. Charles Nose, a
section fireman, and an unknown man
were killed.
! Mrs. Ada Rigley, Of Bridgeman, is
I barely Is years old, but the complain
ant in divorce suit. She was married
! Nov. IL, 1896, when she was IA, but
! left her husband last May.
John Harmon, aged 76, of Plymouth,
was fatally injured by jumping from a
buggy while a colt he was driving was
running away. A young man with
him was also badly injured.
The salt trust has advanced the price
CT salt In Michigan the price goes
up 10 cents barrel; to agencies out
side the state, cents. The last pre-.
vious advance was on Aug. 1875 cents.
Petoslxey's streets were crowded with
people during the G. A. r. encampment
there. Fully 1000 visitors were pres
ent and speeches were made by Senator
Burrows, Dept. Com. Bliss and others.
Charles G.. Merchant, veteran, 81
years old, committed suicide at Sturgis.
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bowl on another chair then leaned
over the bowl and blew his brains out.
Chaplain Geo. H. Hickox, of Jackson
prison, who has held that position
since Oct. /, 1S72-95 years-has re-
signed. During that time he has con-
Quoted $500 services in the prison
chapel.
Morgan Butler, of Three Oaks, was
instantly killed by the cavern of a
gravel pit in which he was working
He was buried alive, the force of the
earth breaking nearly every bone in
his body.
Judge Allen Il. Morse, of ex-consul
to Glasgow, who is expected home in
Ionia soon is being doomed for the
Democratic nomination for congress in
the Fifth district, against William
Alden Smith.
The late Mrs. Jennie ID. Tyler, of
Saginaw, left her estate, valued at sew
eral thousand dollars, to the Home for
fhe, Frie-~ess. This is the second
LEGACY WITHIN four years. Harry Bates
having left $4,000.
Miss Ella Mccarthy, of Chelsea while
visiting at jackson was fined for mas,
querading on the streets in male at
tire. Just for fun, she donned the
clothes and helped travelling man es-
cort two girl friends around town.
Fred Soehlein, of Monroe, froze his
big toe three years ago, and it was am
putated. Later the foot had to be cut
off and portion of the leg soon fol-
lowed, and now it has cost him his life.
He leaves widow and several children.
Robert A. DAWSON, aged 80, of Deck
erville, disappeared on the night of
Aug. pa He often said that no one
would be troubled when he died. 1t
is thought that he secretly prepared
his last resting place and took his life.
Charles May, of Ann Arbor was
drowned in MclIugh's lake, near Whit
more Lake. He was fishing in com
pany with Jack Heintzman when the
boat suddenly commenced leaking and
sank. Heintzman reached the shore.
Grand Army Veterans and the Uni
formed Rank of the Knights of Pythias
held encampments at Clare at the same
time Both were we'll attended and
the parades were unusually attractive.
The U. Il. X. OF p. gave an exhibition
drill
The proposed railroad between
Albion and Charlotte, by way of Duck
lake, is being doomed Brookfeld citi-
zens will probably raise S., 600, and the
same amount is expected in Albion.
The road will be "a miles long aud cost
S160, 900.
While temporarily insane Mrs. Mag
gle Hafer, hanged herself in a barn at
Marvin BathricS's, near Colon. She
was grass widow when she became
the third wife of Henry Hafer about a
year ago and he has cruelty treated
her constantly.
John Barnhart, a young farmer near
Alger, got married, and moved west of
Greenwood He soon became insanely
jealous of his wife, when anyone, even
a neighbour, came to the house. His
wife had tried to pacify him, but he
went to a stream near by and drowned
himself