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charge of giving liquor TO n young
lady OF that place.
George G. Zwerk. of Saginaw, has
been granted a patent or new cement
shingle. which he claims will ultimate.
ly replace wood shingles.
The court has denied the motion to
guash the information against ex- Aid.
Kinney. OF Grand Rapids, and ordered
his case ready for trial.
Carrie j. Leng a Flint dressmaker
has brought suit against Hugh j. Jack
son for $4,000 damages. for alleged
breach of promise 10 marry.
Not over 80 per cent of the Chicago
theaters Will ever reopen. They can
not conform to the ordinances unless
they are entirely reconstructed, and
many find IL too expensive TO make the
| changes.
Twenty people, all passengers, were
killed and five fatally injured on the
Rock Island road In collision OF the
/ Chicago-San Francisco limited passen-
ger train and freight, near Topeka.
/ Ks, Wednesday.
| The two granGsons of r. G.. Fortier
I Of MuskcgOn were on trill in Justice
1 oNA'lbiB = tDhii lul MlplfNuit fbD-
| berry, with the grandfather. for melting
| the crimes, and the mother, for re-
! ceiving the stolen goods.
Three boys, arrested as the s,ayers
| Of Mrs. Ycungblood when they at
! tackled in her grocery store at Val
verde. Col. were threatened by lynch
ers when the police spirited the lads
away to Colorado Springs.
The new postoflice established on the
] 1o,00O-acre Prairie Farm" owned by
! the Owosso Sugar CO.. has been named
| Alivia, in honor OF the wife of Capt
Charles w. Brown. Of Pittsburg, Pa,
/ president of the company
! Ex-senator Charles A. Towne, Of
New York, who is trying fer place in
| the congressional ranks was once an
Owosso boy. and II was in that city
4 that he made his maiden effort at po-
| litical oratory, n years ago.
Mrs. Fred Miller, of Saginaw, was
painfully burned about the face, chest
/ and arms by her clothing catching
afire from stove. The flames were
extinguished by rolling her in the
snow Her condition is serious.
Secretary Bassett. of the State Hor-
tcultural Society, predicted at the clos
! Ing meeting that northern Michigan
! fruit will be more valuable i'm time
than timber has been. ana will not
have to go about seeking markets.
! VI. w. Whitmore. Of Eagle township
/ was elected drain commissioner. ana
/ X. \. Burncs. Democrat, of Riley town
! ship. school examiner mt three DAYS
/ session OF TIE Clinton county super
yisors, thus breaking the deadlock.
| Clara A. Human. of Detroit and
! Helen NJ St John have been appoint
! ed to clerkships i'm the state census
| bureau Mari L. Murray. OF the secre
/ tary OF states office. had already taken
hold rs assistant to Supervisor Bird.
Walter Peters. William Harrington
and Roy Coates. Detroit men accused
of stealing hay from resident Of
| Greenfield, were bound over to the cir
cult court for trial. I'm bonds of S4Oo
each. In default of bail they are in
| Jail.
| John Swindell. the young man who
came 10 the Flint Jail with badly
! frozen feet. has been sent to his home
nj Tippecanoe. o.. To have them ampu-
| tated lie Is 20 years OF age end his
MOTHER keeps II boarding house mt Tip
pecanoc e.
DR.. J. l.. Burkhart, Of Grand Rap
| ids. IL in Washington pushing the
claims of Thlrty-second Michigan vol
unteers who returned To Camp Eaton
| from the Spanish war and were or.
| dercd home on furlough to await mus
| tering out.
| The will OF Mrs. Martha Moran. OF
Grand Rapids. (Which has been missing
since she died. October 20. leaving an
estate worth $4,000 was found by
the attorneys of her adopted daughter.
MI.. Catherine Dennis, m the lining of
an old dress.
Senator Penrose. OF Pennsylvania.
has yielded to Michigan In the celebra
| ton to commemorate the birth OF the
Republican party under the oaks" at
| Jackson. which means that President
Roosevelt and other stars will prob.
ably attend.
Eugene Davis. OF Flint, shot him
self over the Fight temple with a 81.
caliber revolver the bullet ranging In
side the skull but not penetrating the
lfain. The shooting Is said to have
been accidental. Physicians believe he
| Will recover.
Estimates for collecting customs M
the following Michigan ports have
been sent 10 congress by the secretary
| Of the treasury: Detroit x77.19i AZ:
Port Huron. $59.365. Marquette. $50.
| "a: Grand Haven. $500 30; Grand
Rapids, $66a3
The orators at the Lincoln club ban.
quet will include Assistant Secretary
of State LOOMS. Senator Dolliver. OF
Iowa; Baron Won Sternberg, the Ger
man ambassador: Congressman Cush.
ing. of Washington. and ex-Congress.
man Wise. of Virginia.
The state lumber inspectors think
the outlook for big business i'm the
hardwood lumber trade was never bet.
ter than this year. Grand RapIds
furniture factories will cut enormous
quantities of oak. maple and birch this
year." said Il. L. Montague.
1t Ia expected thai the big suit of