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The 6ve-months-old child Of, 4r. and
Mrs. George Sausam Of Linden was acci-
dehtally smothered. v s
Frank Gates, a Grand Trunk freight
brakeman had one OF his legs 90 badly
crushed at Flint It had to be amputated.
The loss by the fire at the Hanaw road
cart factory Mt Jackson was $4,000; In
surance, $4,000. The factory will be, re-
built.
The farmers In the vicinity of Munith
have formed telephone company. The
line will be run from Munith to Pleasant
Lake.
A little son of Mrs. John Frey of Jack
son was horribly scalded by falling into .
wash tub which was filed with boiling
water.
DR.. G. w. Jackson OF Dundee purchas-
ed the Dundee canning factory, which
was sold Mt auction a few days ago, for
$1,000.
The Battle Greek Oil Co. has been frog
en- out by the Standard Oil Co. after q
years existence. The Standard people
cut prices.
Thousands of acres Of State tax lands
are being robbed of its timber through
the northern counties. Several arrests
have been made.
The consensus of opinion among 'promi-
nent lumbermen is that there are not more
than 100000 feet of standing pine left
In lower Michigan.
Mrs. Rehle, wife of Ingham County's
sheriff, was thrown from carriage at
Mason and badly injured, the lower back
bone being crushed.
Joseph Ragnet of Palmyra was caught
in a large circular buzz saw and the flesh
from his left arm stripped off. A cash
was also cut in his cheek.
A. Il. Brown of Birmingham had a rib
ing caught between saw logs while at
work in Ewing's saw mill.
VIM. Henderson, who lives north Of
Bloomingdale, was accidentally hit In the
head by an axe in the hands of his 10
year-old boy and may die.
Mitchell Grazill, farmer living near
Grand Haven, was struck by Detroit,
Toledo and Milwaukee train at Rosy
Mound and probably fatally injured.
Paul ". Finch, cut rate druggist at
Grand Rapids, has fled trust mortgages
for amounts aggregatipg $4,000. His
creditors are scattered all over the coun-
try.
When Pinconning was swept by fire on
Nov. 2, number of people were left
homeless and penniless. The Board Of
Supervisors has just RENTED their State
and county taxes.
The estate Of +. A. Landon of Spring
port is heavily involved, claims to the
amount of SAL 900 having already been al
lowed. Landon owned farms, the acre
age Of which aggregated 1000 acres.
James Farley, logging contractor, and
member of the logging firm of Farley &
Young Of Stambaugh, was killed at his
lumber camp near Crystal Falls. A saw
log rolled on him, crushing his life out.
Frank A. Potter has recovered $4,000
verdict from the d., G. II. & M. Rail
road in the Circuit Court at Vornnna.
Potter was injured while braking in 1892
by being struck by telegraph pole which
was too close to Nae track.
]. G. Mag Of Mt. Clemens, father Of
Ed. Mag, is trying to get signatures to
"A petition asking for the pardon of his
son Ed, who got ten years for killing En-
met Dram. Mr.. Mag thinks his son
struck the fatal blow in ,self-defense.
Mrs. John Whitby, wife of, q farmer
near Spring Lake, gave birth to four chill
dren. The children weigh five pounds
each and are said to be doing well. The
mother is also on the road to recovery.
Six years ago she gave birth to twins.
Gov. Pingree has appointed the follow
ing additional members Of the Cuban re-
lief commission; J. s. Streams of Luding-
ton, Nj. l.. Edmonds of Hartford, John
Bertsch of Holland, William III. Ander-
son of Grand Rapids and Hermann
Frieseke Of Owosso.
Eber b. Ward died in Detroit in 1875,
leaving an estate valued at $5,OO0,OOO,
but incumbered to the extent of 1885,
coo. A controversy ensued among the
heirs over the settlement Of the estate,
some Of them claiming that others had
conspired with the executor, Orrin w.
Potter of Chicago, and thereby acquired
large sums by paying unjust claims and
purchasing assets at much less than their
face value. The dissatisfied heirs sued
Executor Potter and the others for more
than $1,00O,OOO. The Supreme Court has
dismissed their bill.
The Supervisor Of Au Sable township
has refused to spread any State and coun-
ty tax on the assessment roll and has
gone to Idaho rather than do so. He and
all the other township officers are en-
ployes Of the III. NJ. Loud & Sons Lum-
Der Company, which pays 30 per cent of
the taxes of the township. The remain
ing officials have refused to have the as
sessment made and have Endorsed the
Supervisors action. The Supreme Court
has ordered the township officials to show
cause why they should not be compelled
TO assess and collect the tax.
W The Board of State Auditors has accept
ed the bid of the Robert Smith Printing
Company of Lansing for the State print
ing contract for two years, commencing
July 1. The contract for binding was
awarded to the Review and Herald Pub
fishing Company (adventisD of Battle
Greek. The amount involved in the print
ing contract aggregates 100000, being
entirely for labor, the State furnishing all
paper. The binding contract amounts to
about $4,000, including all materials
used. The adventists say they will not
accept the State binding without print
ing.
Wesley Morrison Of Montague, former
" an inmate of the Traverse City asylum,
imagined that some one was choking him.