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MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.

raised.
Jackson Elks dedicated new s45,-
900 temple on the 9th.
BY the breaking of street railway
trolley wire at St Joseph the other
night, $50 telephones were burned out.
A freight wreck on the Michigan
Central at Francisco on the 9th re-
suited in loss of $50, 000 Twelve
cars and their contents were demol-
ished.
An Iron Mountain preacher who is
quarantined at his home on account of
scarlet fever, did not disappoint his
congregation on the 10th. lie used a
monograph.
At the 6lst anniversary of the Grace
Episcopal church at Port Huron on the
night of the 5th,. the mortgage on the
church building was burned. A ban
quet followed.
At the fire at Colon recently n dog
became SO excited that he jumped into
the cellarway of burning building
and was badly scorched about the feet
before he could be rescued.
The request of ex-Gov. Pingree that
the state pay for 10000 extra copies of
his last message, has been denied by
the state auditors, and the former gov
error must foot the bill himself.
Adrian's council adopted curfew or
dinance on the 4th, and now all chill
dren under IA years of age are forbid
den on the streets after 8 p. m. in the
winter and 0 p. m in the summer.
The Warren Featherbone Co., of
Three Oaks, has purchased the large
Keller Brass Co. plant at Vaudeville
and will begin the manufacture OF rib
bons as soon as the machinery can be
put in place.
L'Anse's newest industry, graphite
mill, was started up recently and in
few days will be running full blast.
II is located only four miles from an
app" remit. inexhaustible supply of the
necessary raw material
Sam Alpin, the Greenville murderer,
was on the 9th convicted of the muir
der of Lewis Campbell, an old soldier,
on Aug. Is, last. After numbering Camp
bell he hid his body under a barn and
covered it with quiclSlime.
G.. Il. Woodland, a coal and oil pros
pector of many years experience at
Gaines, Pa, has opened an office in
Ashley, and is forming a local stock
company and leasing land for the pur-
pose of drilling some test wells
At the annual meeting OF the stock
holders of the Michigan Cement com
pany, held at the Office of the company
in Coldwater on the 5th, it was de-
cided to start their plants about March
/. An enormous output is planned for
the coming year.
The Pere Marquette steamer No. A
arrived at Ludington from Milwaukee
on the night of the 4th IL hours late
No meals were served on the boat and
the crew and passengers suffered great
hardships The boat was completely
enveloped in ice
BY the spreading of the rails on the
Grand Trunk line near Mr.. Clemens
on the. nighteDf the 9th, Is new, heavy
laden coal cars were piled up and the
contents strewn along the track for
considerable distance. The damage is
estimated at fully SIS, 200.
The name Bad Axe has been multi
ated various and sundry times and in
an unlimited number of ways, but the
last straw was added the other day
when a letter arrived that was adj
dressed to Battle Axe. 1t was covered
with post marks, having travelled all
over Michigan.
James Daggett, murderer, who was
pardoned by ex-Gov. Pingree, denies
that he paid $3.50 to secure his pardon,
but admits that his attorneys fee was
$3.50. Said Daggett: Several paid
much more for their pardons than it
cost me. Charley Wright paid $1,000;
Henry Stewart, 81, 200, and Stevens,
$3.50"
Judge Smith of the Ingham circuit
court has declined to consider the pc
tition filed by Jas. III. Brumm, the
Dimondale murderer, who was par
doned exGov. Pingree last December.
The conditions upon which Brumm
WAS pdTuOneu was II1dG COMMISSION
should be appointed to determine his
sanity.
Notwithstanding the fact that the l.
Stephenson Lumber Co, whose base of
operations is at Wells, Delta Co., has
sawed continuously there for so years,
1T still has in sight sufficient raw ma
terial to duplicate the run, which
would make the phenomenal record Of
numbering at a single location for 100
years.
Louis Arno, of Detroit, who was SEN
fenced to prison seven years ago for an
assault on Pearl Butler, girl less than
l6 years of age, and who was pardoned
just before Christmas by ex-Gov Pin
gree, is again in trouble. The charges
this time are similar TO those for which
he was serving time, only his scheme
was discovered by the police before he
had an opportunity to mature it,
During the funeral services over the
remains of Mrs. Frank Van Eta ia the
NJ. f. church at Holland on the 9th,