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TO extend her water works system.
Monroe has new paper-the Mon
roe Record-Repubican in politics.
genuine ease of smallpox has de
veloped in the business portion OF
Jackson.
BY the will of the late David Ward
Of Pontiac, each of his II grand-chil.
dren gets $4,000.
cry routes are a success. A third route
may be established.
Daily shipments of Strawberries at
st. Joe now average $4,000 crates.
This will be doubled shortly.
The Spanish cannon viii be unveiled
at Three Oaks on June %. Miss Helen
Gould will be the guest of honor.
Port Huronites who desire to explode
fireworks on the Fourth must secure u
permit or spend some time in Jail.
Gov Pingree has re-appointed Je-
rome W. Robbins, of Pontiac, mem
Der of the state board of mediation and
arbitration for three years
The report that the Henderson, mes
Co., of Kalamazoo, would move out of
the state is without foundation. re-
organization of the company is on foot,
however.
Wheat fields in Calhoun county
which two weeks ago promised fair
crop are now considered worthless, as
/ 80 ha i,1 ,,c mi, % H.,
| Hessian fly.
Ionia supervisors have wound up
their work. The total increase in val
uation over 1899 is $694,2 The in
crease in realty is Sl31 ,155, and in per-
sonal S163. 115.
Enos Kewaygeskick shot magnif-
cent black bear two miles west of Pc
toskey on the eth. 1t weighed 3s5
pounds. the largest ever known in that
region and the first for many years
The late Mrs. Justin r. Whiting, of
st. Clair. in her will, leaves an estate
of 500, 900 to her husband during his
lifetime, after which it goes to the
children then living
Coldwater is to have another factory.
Knott Bros, of Gloversville. n. Y,
have purchased the old Tibbits factory
building and will begin the manufac-
ture of sanitary appliances.
The increase in assessed valuation in
property in Coldwater over that of last
year is S725, 100 Supervisors report
that the largest part of the increase is
the raSTlt of tba navy Inv lo
Grand Rapids capitalists have consul
mated deal for 40 acres, giving them
half mile front on the east end of
Crystal lake, and will organize a stock
company to build large hotel.
The new tax law has added about
S240,O to the personal tax assessment
of Tecumseh this spring, and has
added about $50, 900 to that of the
tpwI1hip outside of the village.
>Ged'e. Bennett. of doldwater. who
was arrested at the instance of Presi-
dent Campbell, of the state tax COM
mission, on a charge of tax lodging,
pleaded guilty and was fined $500 by
Judge Adams on the 9Th.
There is a sinllhole on the C. & G. f. |
Ry. near Elba which is a corker. Four
thousand carloads Of dirt and the for
est trees from so acres of land have
been dumped into it, but apparently
the hole is no nearer filled up than it
was at first.
John Goslin, of New Baltimore, was
attacked by sea serpent while out
n q inrr rananf1tv nd ,f4
ute battle succeeded in killing it. The
snake was brought to land and meas
ured, aud found to be 16 feet long It's
body was four inches in diameter.
Two shafts at Hecla, which were
closed because of the mine fire, were
opened on the 10th and little gas was
found. Other shafts at the north end
of the mine will be opened at once and
a large force of men, who were out of
work because of the fire, will be started
again.
The amount of personal property as
sessed in Holly township this year is !
1897 s25, which compared with Sl65, $50 !
assessed last year, makes gain of over
lao per cent. Many people whose |
names never appeared on the tax rolls |
before are down for sums exceeding |
$40. 600.
Mrs. John Muller, of near Warren, !
was the victim of a brutal assault on |
the sth. Her assailant was Polish /
man. who had purchased buggy and
harness from her few days previous, |
and had came for his goods when he |
attempted to assault Mrs. Muller Her |
screams attracted assistance, and the |
would-be assaulter made his escape.
Pro-. Martin ID. Atkins, chief of the |
department of physics of the Agricul- |
tural college, had the sight of one eye |
destroyed and his face and one hand /
badly cut by the explosion of bottle
Of gunpowder in the physical labora-
tory while experimenting with the
spectroscope to show the spectrum of
on the 4th.
Gen. Macarthur po rts that unof-
fetal figures show 1860 Filipinos to
nave been killed in the war. 2,1O4
1912 captured and surren-