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Minor State Matters. May Decker of Bay City took an overdose of morphine. Prompt work by physicians saved her life. The saw mill of Welch & Ford, at Bay City, which has been idle for a year, will resume operations at once. A stock company has been organized at Marcellus for the purpose of operating a creamery. It will be opened this fall. The citizens of Mason County will vote this fall on the county road system provided for by the Legislature several years ago. About sixty families in the vicinity of Bad Axe are preparing to stake out homes in the Canadian Northwest next spring. Ten young men and young women, graduates of the Schoolcraft high school, will attend the University of Michigan this year. At St. Clair, the baby of Mrs. Louis Heythaler was burned to death and Mrs. Heythaler was also so badly burned that she is expected to die. The 3-year-old child of George Halterman fell into a boiler of boiling water and was terribly burned at Shepherd. Its recovery is doubtful. The farmers of Alcona County have long wanted a cheese factory. They will have it at last, as one is to be opened at Mikado in a short time. Charles E. Siple, ex-postmaster of Hamilton, was removed from office and disappeared. A postoffice inspector is investigating his accounts. S. R. Curry of Lansing, in order to prove that Michigan has had an unusual season, produces ripe strawberries, the second crop from his vines. At Shepherd, Rollen Kinter was injured by being run away with while operating a corn cutting machine. He was seriously cut about the feet and legs. Receiver Stone of the Central Michigan Savings Bank at Lansing, who has already paid dividends aggregating 55 per cent, expects to pay 75 per cent in all. Food Commissioner Grosvenor has sworn out warrants for persons selling colored butterine at Detroit. The list includes many prominent dealers and manufacturers' agents. The steamer John Rugee, ashore on Bois Blanc island, was released by the wrecker Favorite after lightering 200 tons of coal. The coal was reloaded and the steamer proceeded on her way but little damaged. At Birmingham, the home of J. F. Sparling, the Detroit merchant, was entered by burglars. The thieves secured about $3 in cash, and were then frightened away. They gained an entrance through a screen door. The total earnings in Michigan of railroads for July were $2,423,412. or $168,891 less than for July, 1896. The aggregate earnings to Aug. 1 were $15,281,871. This is $1,339,970, or 8.06 per cent, less than for the same period last year. While Stephen Larsen, Alpena, was driving across the farm of Mrs. Gilbert, in Alpena township, the woman shot him through the arm. She has been pestered by persons stealing her fruit, and she thought Larsen and a companion were trespassers. Alpena schools are closed because of the epidemic of diphtheria in that city. The disease is now decreasing, but the schools will remain closed until it is completely stamped out. William Davis, who has lived alone in the woods of Kingston for years, was adjudged insane by the probate judge of Tuscola County and Sheriff Lennox took him to Pontine. The residence of Frank Carver, a farmer of Emmet township, during the absence of the family was robbed of clothing, jewelry, bedding, silverware and other articles amounting to $100.
