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MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.
Lansing has raised S70o for the Gal
weston flood sufferers.
Sheep killing dogs are again at work
in the vicinity of Willow.
The merchants of Port Huron are
agitating the cash system.
Saginaw has raised over $1,000 for
the Galveston flood sufferers.
The Marquette county fair was the
largest given in several years.
On Nov. 20, 600 acres of swamp land
will be offered for sale by the state.
The tax commission has increased
assessments of personal property in
Marquette county over 81, 700, 600.
The storehouse of the Detroit Cotton
Batting Co., at Detroit, was scorched
to the extent of So, 500 on the 25th.
Clare's public school building was
destroyed by fire on the night of the
Goth. Loss, So, 900; insurance, $4,000.
from in front OF the postofiice at Farm
ington on the night of the cath,
while its owner was taking in the
Sights at tent show.
A freight wreck occurred on the +.
& p. NJ. Ry. at Birch Run on the 27th,
and several freight cars were demol-
ished and the main line blocked for
several hours. No lives were lost.
George Funk, of Niles, and his son
were bitten by horse on the 23d which
is thought to have been afflicted with
hydrophobia. The animal died that
same night, and his victims are on the
anxious seat
BY head-on collision between a
freight train and a yard engine at Dur
and on the 2sth, two men, an engineer
and iremaP were killed, and "a valu-
= =. ,rs .lsned, AysaAYitch
stl e-sh esese Tor the adtldenl.
Henry Hamburger, of Detroit, who
is serving a life sentence for the muir
der Of John NJ. Reindel, will be granted
a new trial in the supreme court.
Hamburger is now confined at Ionia,
and it is said, follows his keeper around
like a dog.
Isaac Rossell, the hobo who abducted
the little son and 13-year-old daughter
of Mrs. Martha Franks, of North Mus
kegon, was captured on the eth on a
fruit farm near Shelby, and he and his
girl companion were lodged in the
county Jail.
Although less by nearly $500, 900 than
the tax levy Of 1899, the state tax for
1900 apportioned by the auditor-gen-
eral is still the largest, with this eX-
ception, in the history of the state
This year the total state tax levy E.
So 00s ,6s0.6G
A new industry has just been organ
lied at IIillsdale to be known as the
Michigan Rubber company. The cap
ital stock is S12, 900, all paid in. The
company will manufacture rubber nov
elites and goods, and also a patent
washing machine.
During the past six months 265 per-
sons have been confined in the county
Jail at Charlotte. OF this number 21O
were drunk or disorderly, and the re-
So were charged with burg
larry, larceny violation of the liquor
law and long line of petty offenses.
Two Battle Creek boys who are
bound to get an education earned
enough by actual manual labor upon
The paving Of some of their home eity's
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the University Of Michigan
the coming year If such as they do
uot get along in the world all prece-
dents will be at fault,
Grand Rapids people might just as
we'll give up hopes of living 10 see their
city port for steamers, unless they
can spur their congressman 20 hustle
things along little more lively at
Washington in the way of increased
appropriations The engineer now IN
charge of the deepening of the chan
nel in the Grand river says that at the
rate the work is now. and has been
proceeding for some time past, it will
take 100 years to complete even 10
DOT channel
The day seems 10 have come when
he farmer who cultivates but a small
patch of ground, and does il thoroughly
makes better thing financially than
MS neighbor who slaves 10 attend TO
200 or 300 acres Theodore Bond, of
Wayne Cass county gathered 10 tons
y tomatoes from one acre Of ground
nd got 81 per ton for them, while
ohm Sugden Of Commerce, Oakland
ounty, planted threc-quartcrs Of an
ere 10 onions aud attended 10 them
arefully- and as result has harvested
go bushels Of Al breath perfumers
The potato crop in the vicinity OF
Lee Is rotting badly Zoo much rain.