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STATE GOSSIP.

has practically ended
Calhoun county school officers have
formed an association.
Marshall's sewerage system will be
in operation about June 1.
Work has begun on the construction
of Readings system of water works.
A number of Sanilac county farmers
will grow chicory as an experiment
this season.
The Michigan (BelD Telephone Co.
contemplates putting in an exchange
at Croswell
A Presbyterian society is to be or
ganized at West Branch and church
building erected.
1t is estimated that the total ex-
pense of the Marsh trial will cost Ing
ham county s., 500.
The building of the Sanitas Nut Food
Co., at Battle Creek, burned on the
18th. Loss, Sill 900.
Marshall's electric light plant cleared
S4,4s1 and the waterworks system
cleared So, $50 last year
Scarlet fever is raging around Hart
and several deaths have resulted, es-
pecially at Walkerville.
Lansing merchants have been vic
timized lately by lead dollars which
have been passed upon them
Union City has stock theatrical
company which will present new plays
every week at the opera house.
The new state printers have signed
the contract with the state and given
bond for 5000 conditioned on the
faithful performance of the work.
A petition is being circulated at Cen
terville asking that a clock be placed
in the tower of the new court house.
Two persons were killed by boiler
explosion at Sylvester on the 18th.
The cause Of the accident is not known.
The recent outbreak of smallpox at
Carsonville is reported ended. There
was only one or two cases and no deaths.
Detroit's bicentennial fund had
reached S312 ,294.35 on the 14th. The
subscri bers numbered 1910 people,
making an average of S23s. 46 from
each.
Farmers in the vicinity of Willow
are anxiously waiting for the season to
open up, so they can get their oats into
the ground. Wheat will be about half
a crop.
The board of supervisors of Arenac
county has adopted a schedule for as
sessing property in accordance with
suggestions received from the tax com
mission.
Two free rural mail delivery routes
will be established from Union City on
the 10th, and as a result the postoffice
at Abscota will be discontinued on
the 14th.
0. +. McCutcheon, of Saginaw, has
been appointed by Gov Pingree a dele
gate to the Trans Mississippi CONNER
cial congress at Houston, Tex, April
IS and 10.
The Citizens Savings bank of Mt
Clemens, capitalized at $50 900, has
been organized and articles of incor-
poration have been filed with the Sec
rotary of state.
The bottom has dropped out of the
cedar tie industry in the northern
counties. A few weeks ago ties sold
for 40 cents apiece, and now 20 is all
that is being paid.
Work upon the Detroit u tica- Romeo
electric railway commenced on the 10th
and will be rapidly pushed through.
Cars will be in operation on part of the
road before June /.
Chicago & Grand Trunk railway Off
Gals say they will put on hourly SER
vice between Port Huron and Detroit,
and will also cut the rate to compete
with the new electric road
A record breaking snow storm for
April visited Benton Harbor and other
Michigan cities on the 18th. At the
former place mother earth was covered
with about three inches of the beau
tiful.
Miss Lizzie Pentler, domestic resid-
ing at Owosso, received word on the
18th that she had fallen heir to $50, 900
by the death of an uncle, John Sweesey y,
who lived in Brooklyn, n. Y.
Battle Creek sportsmen have organ
lied game club and leased 5000 acres
of land in Leroy township for game
preserves, which will be kept stocked
with all sorts of small game.
Farmers all over southern Michigan
are doing their spring blowing and the
unusual sight was witnessed on the
18th of heavy snow storm while the
men were at work in the fields.
The Saginaw common council has ac-
cepted the bid OF the Saginaw South
ern Railway company Of 81 for a fran
chise through certain streets in the
city and the franchise was granted.
The compilation containing the laws
relating to public health has just been
completed by the state printers, and
the books are now in the hands of the
secretary of state for distribution.
| The temperance people of st. Joseph
county will form permanent county
organization to begin Immediately the
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