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"VI H r t O U U h O U T I/.ICHICAN.PENINSULARITliMS.DOINGS OF THE WOLVERINESTOLD IN BRIEF.State IVncliom* A«*ooliiflon Convrntlan.—Circuit Court .IIIIII;P« Confer ut LmiHlni;.—Wimteit to bo Orti.ln He WouM Ule.—Other Jnlereitlnjr News of the state. 4Sr ewairg Is to have a chair factory.Coal prospectors are a t work in Tuscola county.Jennie Katn«ey, colored, rommittodsuiciue a t Ivn.iuniizoo liy taking poUoa.A thicU KIMin of coul has been (liscovered in Uedfor.l township, Calhouncounty.Anen Duffy, of Miirletto, hod twofingers shut a way i.y the u.xpioaion ofhis gunTnc South Haven stove works haveclobuil down on nocoatit of tho f a l l i n goif in orders.Norw i . , the upper peninsula miningtown, n »vv litis n r e.e- trio lightingplant in op -r.i i -n.The Marce- us common council haspussc l an ord n iiice prohiuiting boyscateiiing on cu i -i8.Teifhern Iil*ru«» Many Mttter*.The incctioff of the Stale Trachorsassociation was held a t Lansing withabout 8U) in attendance.Prof. W. E. Cheever, of the Milwaukee Stale Not raui school, read the president's address to the tea iters association, ami au informal reception wastendered Gov. Ri h. Dr. K. (i. Boone,principal of the State Normal s hoolThe p ipers of i- can iba are demant 1 read a paper upon "General Culture us i b g o f tnc city o.i -i.l- ihut all ilisrean Element in Professional Training." putable houses be ciosod.The discuss on of Dr. Itoone's ableThe Ma.\ b e ijnan ies will bo operpaper was led by Prof. W. (J. Sperry,of Olivet, and was participated in by aleii al wtnu-r mnif, and thus manyseveral leading members of tiic asso- neeily men will b«- yi\vn work.ciation. Prof. II. 11. Heitield, of theHillsdaleoll-ge s t u l e n t s haveChicuqo Normal Training school, read flooded ineir iiniie te grounds and willan admirable paper on "Normal Train maue thorn into u S tating rinK.ing," which wus discussed by U. LJohn Ayers, of .Michigan City, Ind.,Kimball, of Hay City, and others.Prof. W. .1. Ihal, of the Michigan wus instantly kil e.i iiiar Three OtiksAgricultural Co.lege, presided over a by a .Michigan Central passenger tram.meeting devoted to college matters a tThe Mi h.gan Stale MilleiV nssoeiawhich Prof. Smith Hurnham, of Albion, tion will meet m Lans n , J a n u a r y U.read a paper on "The Place of Athlet- Ex-Gov. Luce and ex-apeaker Tateumics in Education," which cal ed out a will deliver uddte ses.discussion which continued for severalIt is icportvd tn.it operations are tohours. While the opinion was unanimous that athletics were beneficial. be resumed a t the Ci-iuenmal mines invet the sentiment was equally us strong Doughton coupiy euny in lain. '1 heythat of late years football especially thina there is copper there, a f t e r all.was attended by too much brutality, j South Haven will organize a lawgambling, drunkenness and kindred and-order league for ihe purpose ofvices, which should be eliminated, or closing up the numerous " t o n i c j o i n t s "the sport suppressed entirely. Dr. which now Uourish in t h a t local optionFiske was chosen president of the col- village.lege section, and Ur. C. H. Gurney, ofThere a r e severa". hundred counterHillsdale, was made secretary.The work of primary schools was feit 5-ccni pieces in circulation in HenTwo felalso under consideration. Papers were ton Harbor and Su Joseph,read upon reading, history, literature l o a s were detected shoving t h e queer,and nature as basis for unification of but they escaped.work in the primary schools. TheFred Stevens' barn, four cows andprincipal speakers upon these subjects all this year's crops were burned atwere Miss Kegina P. Henlae.of the De- Hirminghum. The family was absent,troit Training school; Miss Maud Hall, and the fire is supposed t" have beenof the State Normal school; Supt. J. \V. caused by tramps.Smith, of Hay City; Miss Grace GoodThe Henton Harbor and St. Josephrich and Miss Hose Harlow, of Detroit:joint committee, whi h has been apMiss Lathrop, of Grand Hapids, andpointed to get the court house awayMiss Miller, of Saginaw. The primaryMclion elected M l L o u i MillurrofJ ' h a V e U n l U : d U, 0aSaginaw, president, and Miss Margaret i B B , t e I n J o s , e P u Wise, of Ypsilanti. secretary.During a drunken quarrel a t Bagley,Papers were read by Dr. N. E. Wads- 1 a little village in Menominee county,worth, of the Michigan Mining school; I Jim McKinney shot and killed a manC. W. Hill, of P e n twater, advocating by the name of Jim Palterson. McKlnthe township system; Prof. Lyon, of ney has been arrested.Detroit, "Vertical Writing." lion. A.William H. Ashley, of Eckford townS. Draper, of Cleveland, 0 . , gave a ship, Caihoun county, hanged himselffcplendld address upon "Teaching as a In his Imrn.Despondency broughtProfession."about by sickness was t h e probableOfficers were elected as follows: cause. He was about 45 years old.President C. T. Grawn, Traverse City;Harriet Dennison, has commencedvice-presidents, A. Lode man, Ypsilantiand N. W. Uichards, Greenville; secre- suit by Bumtnous against Charles Vantary, F. R. Hathaway, Hudson; treas- Wormer and his bondsmen for sellingurer, F. L. Evans. Jackson; executive her husband, an habitual drinker ofDamages claimedcommittee, B. A. Helnsdale, Ann Lansing, liquor.Arbor; Miss Florence Fox, Lansing; W. 810,000.A. Ellis, Detroit; members of the puMiss Lizzie McSweeney, of Detroit,pils' reading circle committee, C. 0. has been admitted to practice a t theHoyt, Lansing, and J. W. Simmons, Wayne county bir. She is t h e first ofOwosso.her sex to be admitted a t Detroit, andThe resolutions adopted strongly in- also t h e first female graduate of thedorsed the aggressiveness of the state Detroit College of Law.superintendent in matters pertainingWhile hunting, Israel Wagner, sonto teachers; approved the action of t h ecollege section in taking steps toward of a farmer In Moore township, Sanisuppressing objectionable features of lac county, was accidentally shotin thecollegiate sports: recommended the back of the head by William Delille,establishment of another Normal his companion. Wagner died instantly.school; extended the kindest wishes to Both boys were about 15 years old.Prof. W. 11. Cheever, the retiringA mall bag stolen from the Bronsonpresident, in his new field. The ex- depot two weeks a?o was found twohibit of the work of the schools of the miles from town. The mail was vainstate which were confined to kinder- able, b u t not a letter was touched.garten work, language work and maps The only things taken were pensionand written work on geography, was certificates, of which there were manyvoted a success.in t h e mall.The county coramissioners of schoolsJ o h n Peterson "got cold," so he says,listened to addresses by President E.Andrews, of Harry and others. Ashley in t h e Calumet jail and lighted a roarClapp. of Kalamazoo, was elected presi- ing fire from his bunk and some shavInstead of escaping, as hedent, D. M. Brown, of Big Rapids, vice ings.resident, and J . A. Cleary, of Paw hoped, he was nearly suffocated andwould have been a dead man had notWw. secretary and treasurer.the turnkey arrived just In time.Circuit .luftge* Orpuilxe.Now that Conductor S J O U has beenA well atlfnded meeting of the acquitted a t Marshall, It is extremelyjudges and judges-elect of the circuit doubtful if Engineer Wooley will evercourts of Michigan was held In the be brought to trial. Certain it is thatsupreme court a t Lansing. A tempo- no jury could be found in Calhounr a r y organization was effected with county, if in the state, and ProsecutorJ u d g e Russell, of Hart, to whose ef- Clark will probably dismiss the case.f o r t s the meeting is due. as chairman,Mike Mulvlhill, a Detroit hard chara n d J u d g e Vance, of Port Huron, as acter, became insane from the effectssecretary.of bad whisky, and a f t e r d e f y i n g oneGov. Rich spoke briefly on "Ourpolice station ran down a well-filledPenal Instltntions" and papers werestreet, slashing a t men, women andread as follows: "Circuit Judges and children with a razor and a club. Het h e Criminal Law,"' Justice Grant. was finally downed by t w o ofiieers,Lansing; "Avoidable Delay in t h e Cir- b u t only gave up when choked almostcuit Courts of This State,"' Judge insensible.Moore, Lapeer: "The Rotation ofIn the northern part of the stateJudges," J u d g e Da boll, St. J o h n s : "TheDuties of Judges in Exparte Divorce many counterfeit Columbian half dolCases," J u d g e McMahon. Ludington: lars are bald to be circulating. The The Court and the J u r y , " J u d g e Aid- counterfeiters, however, owing to therich, Cadillac; "Some Questions Arising fact t h a i the Columbians sell for 81Under Recent Tax Laws,'' Judge Max- each, have taken a new s t a r t and buildwell, Bay City: "Measures for t h e Pre- t h e coins of pure silver, instead of thevention of Perjury."' Judge Dodds, ML baser metals, so that in ring andP l e a s a n t Each of the papers were weight they are all right.discussed more or 'ess, some of the disThe Grand Traverse region is notcussions being quite animated.suffering from commercial depression.An organization was effected with Merchants have done E bigger businesst h e following officers: President, F. than they did last year, while post.1. Russell, Hart; vice-president, S. B. office receipts show a marked increase.Da boll, S t Johns; secretary, and treas- In the lumber woods men are gettingurer, J . B. Moore, Lapeer. The asso- from S20 to 826 a month, and there Is aciation will be known as t h e Associa- brisk demand. I t is believed that 200tion of J u d g e s of Michigan. It is to more men, if competent, could getbe composed of the supreme and cir- work there.cuit judges and judges of municipalMembers of the boards of examiningcourts of record.surgeons for Michigan have been apTook PoSaon, Then Hung liimM-lf.pointed as follows: Dr. G. R. HerkimerJacob Eopp. a German of Grand Rap- and Otis Moore, Nlles: C. J. Enhis andids, was found hanging by the neck Thomas N. Rogers, Sault Ste. Marie;from a s h a f t in the chemical works Samuel M. Post and J o h n W. Pollard,building a t Belding.His face was S t Johns; John W. Brosnau and Georgecovered with paris green, and it was W. Niliart, Kalamazoo: J . B. Martin,evident t h a t h e had t a k e n a dose of Traverse City, and J o h n T. Denslow,Muskegon.this. Out of employmentJFEMININITIES.In Spain tho infant's foco Is sweptwith a pine tree bough to bring goodluck.Peacock fcailiera are being sold intho streets to m o u n t on hauii fireplacescreensMine. B e r n h a r d t has taken back toParis with hor from her South Ameflean tour about 200 birds.Spiders a r e on sale in the West Ind : a Islands Every housewife has acollection for extermlnatinir insects.Toper—What shall I lake, doctor,to remove the redness of my nose?Doctor—Take nothing — for threemonths.The correct t h i n g for a lady to useIs a white linen handlcorchief, hemstitched and having a monogram Inwhite embrol :ered in one corn r.Mrs. Sarah Kitchen, who recentlydeparted this life a t tho ago of 93,had been for seventy-four y j a r a thos.-xton of a Lelce»t;rihlre, England,church.She, sadly—Take back your ring.You said when we became engagedt h a t you wore t h e luckio t man in theworld. Ho, t a k i n g the ring—Now Iknow I am.She—I never saw such a man! Honever has an f money but he f r i t t e r sIt awav? Ho—Aren't you then a f r a i dof marrying him? Sho—Oh. dear, no.After he has married me he'll neverhave any money."Ah! my beloved, may I hope toclasp you to-morrow to mv bosomand depict to you airain our f u t u r ehapninoss In t h e glowing colors ofphantasy?" "No. love; n o t to-morrow—to-morrow is wash d a y . "If vaseline or b u t t e r be applied tothe skin ImmeJlatcly a f t e r a blow ofany kind t h e r e will be no discoloration; b u t to be effectual It must beused directly a f t e r the a c c i d e n t T h ebruised feeling moy bo relieved bywitch hazol.T h e r e are 6,335 women postmastersunder t h e United States government,the largest number In any stale. 43ii,being In Pennsylvania and one InAlaska. The oldest Is Miss MarthaE Stone, of North Oxford. Mass., whohas held her office forty-six years.Women have in various Europeancities done remarkably well as photographers. In Copenhagen one w o m a np h o t o g r a i h e r has ior several y e a r sbeen favored with very f l a t t e r i n gcommissions from the court, and InSt-.-kholm another counts royaltyamong her patrons.GRAINSOFCOLO.A chronic grumbler can be sot d o w nas a person who loafs too much.An easy chair for a discontentedman is n o t to be found in any m a r k e tThere is not much good in the manwho does not want to be good clearthrough.Unless a man has a character t h a twon't show dirt he had better k e e pout of politics.The man who works t h e hardest forthe least pay is the one who has t h ebiggest fortune.Never tell all you know, for he whotells everything he knows o f t e n t e l l smore t h a n he knows.A man's real possession is h ; s memory. In nothing else is he rich, innothing else Is he poor.There a r e few people who can pay ajust debt without acting as if theywere conferring a favor.We could all be groat men If wecould be measured by the groat thingswe in 4 "d to do to-morrow.The population of London increasesa t the rate of 200 souls a day.An American living In France hassucceeded in making a clock entirelyof papcf, which will r u n two yearswithout wearing out.In Liverpool there a t e technical educational schools for teaching cookery,laundry work, dress cutting andhousehold sowlncr a t two pence perlesson.The observatory on the top of M tBlanc is an accomplished f a c t Thefoundations Imbedded In t h e Ice areconsl lercd perfectly safe. It will booccupied continuously during the fineseason, and self-registering Instruments will be l e f t behind for the winter.A clockwork mileage indicator forcycles has been invented by HectorLevy, Paris. It is fitted to the steering socket j u s t above the f r a e, beingconnected by a rod with tho axle oftho front wheo'. The d'al is clearlymarked and its position shows thodistance ridden a t a glance.In the Sandwich islands the applehas become wild, and forests of treesof many acres a r e found in variousp a r t s of the country. They extendf r o m the cvel of the sea f a r u p intot h e mountain 6id3B. It is said t h a tmiles of these ap-de forests can occasionally bo seen One traveler givestho extent of ono of them as betweenfive and t - n miles In width and a b o u tt w e n t y miles long.An interesting question is raised inParis bv twn men who have startedthe business of pol shlng u t ) old playing cards so t h a t they may bo usedagain. They charged eluht cents forcleaning and a pack could be cleanedthree times. The government hasstepped In and seized the plant of thethree factories, on the ground t h a ttho renovated cards should pay t h eusual excise tax imposed upon n e wcards. The card cleaners are resolvedto fight the case In the courts, as t h ebusiness was very profitable.READYCURIOUS .CLIPPINGS.Roman schoolboys used a wax tabletand pointed stylus instead of slatoand pencil.Great Britain got two of her possessions from pirates—the Leewardislands in Borneo and Sarawak In thenorthwest of Borneo.A Birmingham official greeted tholocal chief m a g i s t r a t e with 'Hollo,old boss!" Tho old boss, or rather,tho mayor, fined him 8l0.An English woman had t h e tulsfartuno a few evenings ago to fall andbreak a leg while dancing a t a saburban ball. She alleges t h a t tho fallw a s duo to tho clumsiness of tho gentleman. I t would not be polite, ofcourse, for him to set u p contributorynegligence on the lady's part, so he iswondering w h a t the penalty will be.Professor Tcheraz tells some interesting legends from the folk-lore ofArmenia. Ono of these is t h a t t h eSavior was assing through a certainfield where all the plants In tho fieldbowed down to him with the exception of the tobacco p l a n t Displeaseda t this the Savior said: "Accurst thoaa r t ; burn forever." "Tho Armenians,"added the professor, "assist largely incarrying o u t tho sentence which theybelieve to havo been pronounced onthat p l a n t "Mrs. B a r t l c t t wife of the owner ofthe magnesia mine in Chiles Valley,Cat., was o u t with a 22-caliber rifleshooting a t fences and rocks, whenshe noticed a can some fifty yardsaway. T a k i n g aim, sho fired a t it,and a big explosion resulted. T h ecan did not happen to bo an emptyone. I t contained twenty-five poundsof giant powder. By its explosionfences wore torn down and posts razedto the ground. The shock broke allthe windows in the house, tore off t h eweather boarding and threw Bartlettand William Bradley, who were In t h ekitchen, in a heap upon the floor.Luckily Mrs. Bartlett the innocentcause of all this commotion, was n o linjured.FEMININITIES.Recent statistics show t h a t Englandcontains over a million widows, whilethe widowers number only half t h a tmany.The only time a man is willing t o lay a t home and t a k e care of t h ehouse is when his wife wants him togo to prayermeeting with her.Tramp—Madam, have you an axe?Lady of tho house—No. "Have yona saw?"' "No. I havo no saw." " T h e ngive me u little something to eat,please."J u d g e Dnffy—What is your age'.'(Female witness hesitates.) "Don'thesitate in answering the question.The longer you hes.taie the olderyou'll be."Rose—Couldn't we get u p a lotteryfor t h e lienetit of the church? Daisy—A lottery? Our minister is so opposed to lotteries t h a t he has conscientious scrunles about performingthe marriage service.Arrangements have been made bythe German m i l i t a r / authorities onthe first intimation of war to instantly convey by rail all the womenand children in such large towns asMelz and Strnsburg. as well as smallerplaces, into Germany.Aged Husband—I ivgin to think.Man*, t h a t I've wrecked your youngha -piness by permitting vou to marryan old man like mo. Young Wife—Oh, no, indeed! I expect, to make mysecond husband very jealous t e l l i n ghim how fond I was of you.WtCt-A-WEEK;pP"INN E W S P A P E R D 0 M"Twics-A-WntK" la the new name glvea to theSemi-Weekly Detroit Free Press. Tho ' TwioeaWeek " baa taken the place of the old Weekly editionwhich, after an exiateooe of 03 yeara. waadiacontinoedNov. 80th, 383S. A wwkly paper is no longer fuDyadequate to the requlrementa of this progrraaive age. The Free Preaa, first in crerytbin?. In UK first to pro- vide for Its great hoat of roodera a "Tu ice-n-Week,"—complete In every detail of the modern newxpapcr,—at a price ( 1.00 ayear) hitherto unheard of for an K-jia e acnil-weekly family journal Thiaia indeed a newapaper revolution—a revolution the beneflta of which accruewholly to the reader. The spirit of Free Press enterprise ia over alert topromote the interest# and welfare of jiatroiif.SOMETHING TO REMEMBER:1st.—The Twlce-a-Week Free Press comprises 8 or morepages and is published every Tuesday and Fridaymorning in time for early outgoing trains.2nd.—It is the largest and best Twice-a-Week in America and contains all the News,Markets, Literary Miscellany, etc., brough

VOL. I. LOWELL, KENT COUNTY. MICH., JANUARY 6, 1894, NO, 28. GLIARANGE SALE S SHOES Sixty Pairs, broken sizes, Ladies' Kid Shoes, Worth 5.00, 4.50 and 3.50. Wc nill Sell This Entire Lot at the Uniform Price of PER F-A-IR G. A. R. JUBILEE. Old toldiers, Their ladles and Friends Injoy