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was entering st. Joseph harbor and
was drowned. He made no attempt 10
save himself.
The state tax commission has final
" trlumphed in its controversy with
the city comptroller of Bay City, who
refused to turn over the tax rolls of
the city for review.
BY decision of the Supreme Court
Flint will have to pay out $4,000 for
n sidewalk damage case which could
have been settled ut one time for ST.
500. The plaintiff is Rebecca wilkins
Nathaniel Vernon, OF Owosso. is UNI
der arrest charged with beating his
wife, who is confined to her bed as a
result. lie claims she attacked him
and that he was compelled to fight for
his life.
The houses of Or. ]. b. Bradley and
John Birney, Of Eaton Rapids, were
visited by burglars. They became
frightened at Bradley's place. hut Sc
cured a gold watch and chain and $50
from Brneys.
Emery Barrett. prominent ma.
chinist of Grand Haven. is dead from
cancer. In the seventies the deceased
was one of the leading oarsmen of
Michigan and competed with many
leading scullers.
Lucy A. Pike and Elmer Holman
quietly left Lapeer recently and were
married. A license was procured about
two years ago, but Miss Pixies mother
objected on account of her daughters
age which was Is.
Burglars made an unsuccessful at
tempt to break into OsgoOd q Ste
phens' clothing store in MendOn. They
were evidently frightened away, as
they left their tools on the sidewalk
in front OF the store.
i. G.. Stockton. of Flint. who has
been blind for IS years due to cata-
racts on the pupils of his eyes, is a
happy man again. A Saginaw sur
geon successfully performed an oper-
alton, and he can see.
Steps have been taken to reorganize
the West Michigan Fair Association
by getting men in Grand Rapids and
vicinity interested. 1t is proposed to
make it a permanent feature in strong
opposition to the state fair.
An unknown assailant struck Dep
uty County Treasurer Fred w. Kent,
Of Saginaw. over the head with
club Monday night. Kent was near
his house and succeeded in getting to
II, while the thug took to his heels.
4 special election will be held in
Charlotte Sept. 80 to vote on the propo-
sition to bond the city for $4,000 and
If it carries. $4,000 win be spent for
sewage system and $4,000 for the i'm
The state has recovered $3,2S7 from
the general receiver of the Granite
State Provident association, which
had been paid out by the state board
of auditors for expenses of litigation
incurred by the Michigan receiver of
the concern.
William III. Dickinson was struck
by a Michigan Central train at Battle
Creek last winter and sued the COM
pany for $1,000 damages. claiming
negligence on the part of the railroad.
4 jury brought in Il verdict of no
cause for action.
William Lippert of Menominee.
aged ~. victim of n sunstroke. who
was adiudged insane Tuesday, broke
away from Deputy Marshal Nelson mt
Marinette and made dive under n
street car. meeting instant death. He
leaves n widow and four children.
Employees at the Port Huron loco
motive shops made arrangements Fri
day night 10 organize a cooperative
store company. They are bucking the
coal combination and buy their coal
in Chicago, which is delivered for
50 50 ton. Port Huron dealers ask
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A northern Michigan farmer packed
snow around the roots of his apple
trees to keep off the rabbits. The cold
compress retarded the buds and he
will have about 400 bushels of apples
while his neighbors' trees are bare.
The scheme may prove of great bene-
fit to fruit growers.
Miss Sadie Rottman. of Saginaw,
with her S-year-old niece was fishing
Off the government pier at Crow island,
when Miss Rottman slipped off into
the water she called to the child to
help her and the little one leaned far
over the pier in an attempt to reach
her aunt. but was unable to do so, and
the young woman was drowned in six
feet OF water.
Albert A. Sternberg. of Milwaukee,
was married TO Erine Strubel last Fri
day in st. Joseph, and the pair start
ed home. After seeing his wife in the
cabin OF the steamer Sternberg went
down stairs to engage stateroom
and incidentally stepped on to the dock
and into the Riverside buffet. When
be came out of the saloon he saw that
the boat had gone. He was almost
frantic, as he feared that his new wife
would think he had given her he
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