• For the third time Alfred V. Friedrich has been elected mayor of Traverse City. Last year in a contest in which the conditions were familiar to those of this year, he only had a majority of 16. This year his majority was 100 in the largest vote the city has ever polled in any election. The saloon element and the mix-up in the books of the city clerk had something to do with favoring Mr. Friedrich.
• Rose Lardie, of Old Mission, is going to Detroit this week to have her eyes treated. Mrs. Cornell of Wexford is going to keep house while she is gone.
• Owing to the south winds yesterday, the ice in the west bay near Greilick's and Carter's moved out as it should and left the blue bay as a cure for indisposition. The ice which still remains is rotten and honeycombed and likely to move off at any moment.
• Frank Kilderhouse has taken up his residence in Acme again. He drove from Alpena, 180 miles, making it in seven days with a load of household goods and a cow and says the roads were none the best.
• Tuesday Mrs. A. S. Barnum, a resident of Mayfield, had a severe attack of purpureal hemorrhage lasting about twenty hours. She is better at present as there has so far been no return of the trouble but is still very weak.
• Mr. and Mrs. R. Midde of Empire were in the city last Thursday after making a trip to Coldwater where they adopted a bright little 4-year-old lad, Walter, whom they had with them. He formed one of three little children, who on account of the loss of their mother six months ago, found refuge in the state school.
• H. L. Carter has returned from Grand Rapids where he has made inroads into the great casket industry which is carried on in that city. While there, he secured recognition for Traverse City's casket company which though small, is rapidly gaining recognition and the result was that orders were secured for sixty-five burial cases which are manufactured by his son, Claude Carter.
• Dr. J. C. Gauntlett of Elk Rapids, while trying a gun a few days ago, had the misfortune to suffer a bad accident. The hammer went through the cartridge and an explosion followed, where in one of the pieces flew into his left eye. It was extracted and Mr. Gauntlett is fortunate in escaping serious injuries.
• The Northern Michigan Transportation dock was opened Monday to receive freight. Agent Burns began his duties by inspecting the warehouses which he found in a bad condition as extensive areas of the roof had leaked and the floor was drenched in consequence.
• The American Butter Dish Company's plant which for the past two months has been gradually nearing completion, is ready at present to turn on the steam. With the present outlook, work may be started within a week or ten days.
• The vote on the proposition to build one mile of state road on the peninsula was lost Monday by a vote of 48 to 95. The cost would have been about $1,000, $500 of which would have been returned to the township by the state.
• A party from this city headed by L. K. Gibbs of Mayfield, have been on the Boardman River during the past week surveying and doing some preliminary work in the interest of the new company which proposes to dam the river near the state road bridge to secure electrical power.
• Advice on deportment. In introducing any relative, the full name should be given, as "This is my cousin, Miss Mamie Morton."
• Medical advice of a century ago. From six to eight hours sleep are generally held to be sufficient.
• Best buy of the week. Men's Spring Suits, $10 to $20 at J. W. Milliken.