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hearing distance of their place of wor-
ship
Farmers in western Oakland county
are becoming alarmed at the continued
drouth. the dry weather and high
winds having dried up things so badly
that all crops are looking in poor con-
dition.
Oakland county expended SIS, 1872. 70
for its poor people last year. There
were ~ inmates In the county house,
and the average number was AS. OF
this number, 80 were men and "a
women.
There is said to be great scarcity
of teachers in Mason county this year
for the district school work, barely
half enough experienced teachers to
fill the schools holding certificates in
the county.
The boiler of threshing machine
engine which was being operated on
the farm of Michael Kerns, five miles
from Empire, exploded on the 10th,
killing three persons outright and in
juring three more.
The clerk of Montcalm county the
other day issued marriage license to
a man and woman who had previously
been married six and three times re-
spectively. The groom was 65 and the
bride So years old.
In Jackson they have an ordinance
that prescribes certain hours in which
citizens must sprinkle their lawns.
One hot day recently 20 good citizens
violated the law and were Obliged to
drop 81 in the slot or have their water
turned off.
A Pipestone man tried to shoot dog
in the road recently, but his shot
struck little sou of neighbour. The
injury to the boy was slight, but it
cost the shooter 500 to square matters
with the youngsters father for his bad
Workmanship.
When residents of Worthwhile be-
come Disguised with the appearance of
some roolIery in the village, the peo-
pie living on the street upon which it
stands club together and purchase the
building. Then they have 1T torn
down and burn the lumber
Hillsdale county people are congrat-
ulating themselves that they built
their new courthouse when they did
1t cost S45, 900, but now, it is estimated,
it couldn't be matched for less than
5000 owing to the great advance in
all kinds of building materials.
Rural mail delivery has been estab-
l.shed at Grass Lake and will go into
operation September l. The postoffice
at Sharonville has been discontinued
and the mail will be distributed daily
to all residents within a radius of -
miles east and south of Grass Lake.
The body of ID. H. Doud, an old set
tier reported missing two weeks ago,
was found on the Goth seven miles
north of Allegan, in Monterey town
ship. He had wandered away from
the home of his son, Ernest, in Heath
township, and had starved TO death.
BY the death of Mrs. Lizzie Whit
lock, of Batavia township, Branch
county, probably the heaviest woman
in the state has been removed. On
Aug. 18th she weighed exactly ESQ
pounds. The casket was so large that
it could not be placed in a hearse. For
years she travelled with Barnum's cir
Gus.
Burglars terrorized the family of J.
Il. Schlicht, of Dentons, early on the
morning of the Goth, by pointing re-
vol ut than an1 thraa 70 ~
shoot different members if they did
not reveal the whereabouts of their
valuables. The thieves secured about
$50 worth of plumber. They then
helped themselves to lunch before
leaving.
Fire is destroying much property
throughout the country owing TO the
drought. On the Goth big gang of
men were at work fighting fire east of
Attica. Several buildings belonging
to Charles Burlington, together with
his pear orchard and grape arbor, have
been destroyed near that place. Fences
are being burned by the wholesale.
On the evening of the 18th James F..
Cook, living near Clio, was awakened
by the stamping of horses. He investi-
gated, and his son did likewise, but by
another door. The son mistook the
father for a burglar and cut him up
badly with an ak. The Mortified son,
on discovering his mistake, drove with
his father several miles to Clio for a
surgeon. The father may recover.
Special Deputy Collectors Bailey and
Beattle and Marshal Butler made an
| important arrest and seizure at Recor's
Point, "a miles north of Marine city,
on the 18th. The men arrested gave
their names as James Merlines and
Moses Dover, of Sombra, Ont. The of
ficers secured 900 pounds of wool and a
sail boat. A couple of men who were
evidently waiting for the wool, escaped
with their rig.
A singular case of prostration or
catalepsy has been attracting the at
tention Of physicians at Coldwater for
the past three weeks. Miss Mary
Clennesmith, aged IS, is the victim.
! On Aug. she became unconscious and
remained in that condition until Aug.
16, during which time she appeared
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