The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-07-01
MICHIGAN ITEMS.

A Battle Creek youngstcr 5 years old
has stolen three horses within two weeks
Wildcats are still being killed by
hunters and tTappcrs i'll the woods Of
northern Michigan.
A CaSs City merchant will purchase
10000 pounds of pumpkin seeds this fall
to distribute among the farmers.
Trout fishing on the Presque Isle riv-
er is now ut its height. \ party from
Bcssemer caught 1000 trout in one day.
a child at BlisSheld swallowed a tea
spoonful of butter color the other day
and nearly died before the doctors could
reach her.
The state board of education has 4 =
cided upon Il site for the new state nor
nal school at Marquette. 1t Is on the
Lon@ycar property.
The Wisconsin Central railway has
six switch engines i'll operation day and
night on the upper peninsula handling
700 cars of ore daily. Hallway switch
men are in good demand at from 500
to 81 per day. with pay for overtime.
The Dowagiac Republican says that
but II per cent. of the wheat in CaSs
county will be cut with reaper this
year: the rest will be either moved or
piowed under.
The commercial fishermen won big
fight in the house branch of the LcgiSla-
turc 10y passing the Senate bill allowing
the catching of understood fish i'll gul
nets of legal size.
The village of Hart has just complct-
ed two new artcsian wells near the power
house They have Il capacity of - gal
Ions per minute and now ii is said trys-
tai lake, three miles distant is being
pcrcaptibly lowered.
-IIoughton county mines arc now en-
ploying about 14ooD men and kcW"e-
nav and Ont0nagon mines 2WW more,
with 5000 additional men needed. Five
years ago all the Michigan copper mines
employed 5000 men.
Mrs. a. III. Leman. wife of Il prom
incnt Fcnton merchant. drew $1,000 of
her own money from a Detroit bank and
disappeared. About the same time Bert
Cooper. employed on farm owned by
Mr.. Lcman, disappeared also.
John Torrent of Musk"gon threat
cnpd to move his stone mansion to Chi
cago if his assessment was not reduced
one half. The board left il the same as
last year. $4,000. Now people are Won
dering what Mr.. Torrent will do.
The Hart Canning company com
mence canning peas AT their factory this
week. The outlook is promising for Il
large crop and the manager of the fac
tory expects to put on tn" market L.
10000 cans in the next four weeks.
4 train on til" G. X l.. :. ran into It
gravel train north of the Gladstone cross
in-. dcmoliShing the engine of the regular
and badly damaging about seven box and
fiat cars.
The main building of the government
Indian Industrial school. located one mile
northwest of Mt. Pleasant, was de
Stroycd by fire Il few days ago. Loss,
100000.
Potatoes al 20 cents Il buShel are a
drug on the market at Oxford. At least
100000 bushels are unmarkctcd i'll tlii:
locality Some farmers still HAY" their
entire crops, having held them for 81 Il
huShcl ANA refusing - cents when II was
offered.
Adam Johnson Of Oak Lawn farm,
near Pontiac. has a flock of snow white
fantail pigeons which fraternize with tn"
poultry. One day 4 strange yellow cat
puunCcd upon one of the pigeons, but
three hens and Il rooster hravcly came to
her assistance and drove off the animal.
The rooster struck it repeatedly with his
spurs and the hens p"ckCd it. Til" gal
liant rooster let ont Il Victorious crow at
the end Of tn" battle.