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Port Austin is to have bottling works.
New Buffalo will soon have a public H.

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the near future by A. w. Ferguson.
Downington's new cheese and butter
factory will begin operations April 1.
The deposits in the First State and Saw
ings Bank Of Holly are more than $780,
600.
Farmers in Pennington township have
sent five tons Of food to the starving Gu
bans,
The big coal kilns at Standish are not
running, as there Is no demand for char
coal.
An unknown man was struck by an H.
a. u. NJ. engine near Flint and severely
injured.
Veterans living at Sherman have caught
the war spirit, and are more than willing
to enlist. 81
An unknown man was killed oiiithe Chi
cago and West Michigan Railroad tracks
near st. Joseph. '-s
Charles Kowalk was nearly eiectrocut-
ed at Allegan by grasping a broken live
wire in falling. ,esn
As soon as warm weather comes shaft
will be put down at Gladwin to see il coal
can be found.
The estimates for the electric railroad
between Grand Rapids and Bedding are
being prepared.
Carsonville Congregationalists have the
money raised for new parsonage to be
built in the spring.
Port Huron has disposed of its $25, 900
4 per cent bridge bonds ut premium Of
$500 and accrued interest.
Cadillac's free street fair is early in an
nouncing its dates for this year. They
are Sept. 13 to IL, inclusive. a''s 9
The car works plant owned by Hovey
& McCracken at Muskegon will be bought
by the Muskegon Car Company.
A new bank building will be erected at
Deckerville in the spring, to be occupied
by the State Bank Of Deckerville.
The farmers clubs of Shiawassee Coun-
ty will hold a meeting at Corunna on April
III to organize a county association.
The Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway
Co. has ordered 25O freight cars and four
locomotives. Business is on the boom.
Mrs. Elizabeth Keshicog- GO Quay Grav-
craft, an Indian woman, aged l06 years,
died at her home near Unionxille the 9TH
er day.
f. G. Smith, formerly of the CONNER
cial National Bank, Detroit, is behind the
movement to establish new State bank
at Lansing.
Two young woodsmen up in Benzie
County ent, split and piled 105 cords Of
four-foot, and rs cords of 1S-inch wood in
thirty-nine days.
DIR. s. w. Merritt has begun suit for
10000 damages against Port Huron for
injuries received from falling on de-
fective sidewalk.
Timothy hester has been reelected
Mayor of Munising. The contest was
one of the most exciting ever kno4+n Iii
northern Michigan. ~ dl.Al
Residents of lake fishing ports will send
delegations to Lansing to urge the Eegs-
lature at its special session 10 repeal the
present State fish law. bIG0G.o.
The latest addition to Alpena & steadily
increasing list of industries is the Alpena
Paint Co., which will have its factory in
operation in short time.
DIR. Albro, pastor of the NJ. e. Church
at Greenville, slipped and fell, striking on
his head, producing concussion of the
brain. He is in critical condition.
The Express says that there are 125
families, mostly those of railroad men,
who want to move to Durand, but can
not do so for lack of houses to rent there.
John III. Predmore, one Of the most
highly respected citizens of Highland Sta
ton, has suddenly gone insane. Mr..
Predmore has filed many positions Of
trust.
Jonesville shows in its annual statement
an expenditure of $1,000 during the fiscal
year just closed and assets at the present
time of $1,000, with no Indebtedness
whatever.
At st. Clair, Joseph Elstaff kept the
Sabbath day by becoming intoxicated. To
sober him off his wife shot him with a
revolver, infiicting flesh wound in the
shoulder.
Rabbits are said to be destroying fruit
trees in Mason County by burrowing un-
der them and destroying the roots. One
grower has lost sixtythree peach trees in
this manner.
The State military board has adopted
an appendix to the manual of arms adapt
ed to the Springfield rifle, and modified
the manual of guard duty and rules for
compliments of sentinels.
Rev. Frank Barnett of the Baptist
Church Mt Pontiac has resigned on ac-
count Of poor health. The trustees desire
him to drop all work with the exception
of his Sunday sermons.
A Berrien County fruit farmer says that
last year he received very small proceeds
from his fruit crop, but got $50 to 500
net profit per acre on a few acres which
he had planted to onions and melons.
Assistant Chief of Fire Department
William Athey was dishonorably dismiss
ed by a unanimous vote of Kalamazoo
City Council for an assault committed
upon Aid. John Adams at a recent fire.
A new air line from Detroit to Toledo
is to be built. Work on its construction
has already been begun and it is expected
to be finished not later than Sept. next,
though trains may be running over II
some time in August.
Owing to an oversight on the part of
the Supervisors in not designating a news
paper in which to publish the notice of
the required election, the question of
adopting the county road system will not
be submitted to the voters of st. Clair
County the first Monday in April.
The coroner's jury investigating the
death of Stephen Sprague, who was shot
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