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question Of bniIdins hew church etiGce
! The Owosso sanItarium.r located half
mile south Of Owosso. viii be opened
May 1.
There were 3,133 deaths In Michigan
in March, the rate being 1914 per 1,OOl
population.
The grocery business of Davis 4 Sea
bolt OF Ann Arbor has been sold to Rim
sey & Seabolt.
The City Savings Bank Of Mt. Clemens
capital $4,000, has filed articles with tn,
Secretary of State.
The building of the Sanitas Nut tooG
Co. at Battle Greek burned Loss $11,
600, insurance $4,000.
Lucy Hale, aged 16 years, of Marion
township, was killed by window falling
and breaking her neck.
Lapeer is trying to induce the Arm
strong Manufacturing Co. of Flint &c
move its factory to Lapeer.
The Bay Cities Consolidated Street
Railway Co. will build $50,00O power
house this sprnig at Bay City.
The combination formed at Kalamazoo
to raise the price of ice cream soda to
IL cents glass has been broken.
The Michigan Trust Co. of Grand Rap
ids, has acquired a controlling interest in
the Peninsular Trust Co. of that city.
The coal mines at Corunna may close
down owing to the increased cost of pro-
duction, which consumers refuse to share
Maude McQueer, the 9-year-old daugh.
ter Of Ed. Mcqueen Of Maple City, died
from the effects of poison from canned
tomatoes.
The Puritan Corset Co. has begun op-
erations at Kalamazoo. 1t will turn out
100 dozen corsets per day and will give
employment to fifty hands,
Orpha l.. Taylor of Hillsdale, well
known singer, has been granted divorce
from her husband, and has assumed her
maiden name, Orpha l.. Kline.
| Maple Rapids will endeavor to raise
$25, 900 to secure the location in that vii
lage of the power house of the proposed
LansingSt. Louis electric railway.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Beach Of Berrien
Springs have celebrated their golden we'd
ding anniversary. The couple have lived
in Berrien County for forty-six years.
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Bay City has let a contract to a New
York firm to put in a system of compress
ed air pumps to raise the brine from the
new salt wells.
Leander Opsimer, aged 20 years, living
in Merritt township, has been robbed Of
$50, his savings of many years. He
would not trust banks and kept the
money in the house.
Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway OFF,
Gals say they will put on hourly service
between Port Huron and Detroit, and
will also cut the rate to compete with
the new electric road.
Attorney General Oren says that where
private banks are situated in townships
different from those in which the owners
reside, these banks are to be assessed in
the townships where the business is car
ried on.
Judge George p. VANITY of the United
States District Court at Grand Rapids
has appointed as commissioners Ira T..
Jennings of Escanaba, Belmont NAPLES
of Ironwood and Henry Hoffman Of St.
Ignace.
]. +. Wildermuth, proprietor Of the
Wildermuth House at Owosso, has pur-
chased the Merell House for $3.50. 1t
will probably be run as an annex Of the
Wildermuth Hotel under the same man
agement.
The body found near Milwaukee has
been identified as that of John Loefi1er
of Rockville. 1t is thought that he wan
dered aimlessly into the cornfield and,
becoming exhausted, fell down and died.
He was 50 years old.
Dr. Andre Beziat De Bordes, professor
in romance and language at Kalamazoo
College, has been invited to Columbia
University of New York to take the chair
of literature and languages in that insti-
tuition, and has accepted.
1t has been discovered that Rev. Chas.
NJ. Sheldon of Topeka, Kan, was once
barefooted boy in Lansing. Some thirty
years ago his father, Rev. Stewart Shell
don, was pastor of Plymouth Congrega-
tional Church of that place.
The records of the registers Office in
Oakland County show that $3.50 mort
Jan. 1, 1900. With the exception of the
year 1895 every year since 1885 has
shown a decrease in the number tiled.
A Detroit and Mackinac freight train
and switch engine drawing six ears col
ided head on in West Bay City. The
engine crews, except Engineer Sbipman
of the freight train, jumped and escaped.
Shipman was scalded on the fSce and
hands, but not seriously.
Muskegon County Supervisors by
vote of % to decided to resubmit to the
people the proposition TO raise two-mill
tax in 1901 and similar tax ia 1902
for the erection Of new counts aims
house. The proposition was shon ed un-
der at the spring election.
John w. Roat of Burton was divorced
from his wife Mary on Jan. 30 last, the
defendant not putting in an appearance.
A few days ago he appeared at the coun-
" clerks Office and took out a license to
remarry her, claiming she was this only
woman he had ever loved.
Judge o. w. Coolidge in the Circuit
Court at st. Joseph quashed the case
against William III. Thompson, a fruit
huyer, arrested for violation of tha new
State law forbdding soliciting fruit and
vegetables except by persons paying $40
license fee and furnishing $4,000 bond.
The case was a test, the defendant bav-
ing the support of all solicitors, and, it
is claimed, combine OF the fruit dealers
of South Water street, Chicago, backed
Mr.. Thompson in his fight. At the first
trial, in a justice court, Thompson was
found guilty as charged, but the latest
ruling is taken by the fruit men as u de-
cisive victory.
Mr.. Shilling of Bcntley's Corners I'M