• Slot machines have been a rare thing in Grand Traverse county but Sheriff Johnson unearth four that were doing a big business at Grawn the latter part of last week. The proprietors of the places of business in which they were being operated promised faithfully to put them out of commission and will probably do so in order to avoid prosecution.
• The 18-year-old son of Mrs. and Mrs. Oscar, who live on West Front Street, died last night of consumption. The young man was attacked with hemorrhage and died before medical attendance could reach him.
• A petition was filed today by the widow in the estate of Alpheus Ramsey electing to take under the statutes her share of the estate. This is the first time that this has every happened in this court. The real estate is valued at about $5,000 and the personal property at $2,500, there being six children among whom to divide it.
• The Lake Ann and Oviatt Telephone Company has just placed an order for forty-two miles of wire for the new line. Fifteen hundred insulators and brackets have also been ordered and it is expected that the line which will tap much well settled territory will begin operations next week.
• A declamatory contest to be given later this month is being prepared for by high school students, there being about fifteen who will go into the contest. There has been more work along this line for the past two years than ever before. In order to stimulated interest in the public contest, prizes will be offered, the two highest probably being medals. The affair will be held in one of the theaters.
• The auction sale of T. J. Conklin at Williamsburg at which he sold his farm implements and horses was well attended. The weather was not good but everything was cleaned up.
• The first of a 2,000,000 foot shipment of hardwood timber for the Wells-Higman and Oval Wood Dish companies of this city came over the T. C. L. & M. this morning, there being four cars of the logs. They are shipped from Suttons Bay, Keswick and Hatches Crossing, being cut during the winter and will probably arrive in small quantities daily from now on. The timber, with the potatoes that are moving over the road every day, will make the T. C. L. & M. freight heavier than ever.
• The board of public works have begun filling under the Park Street bridge so as to allow Patrick Burden, proprietor of the Columbia Hotel, to fill in back of his building. The prosecution of this work brings forcibly to mind the necessity of radical improvements along the river bank. The Park Place sewer enters the river adjoining the Columbia Hotel and a condition of filth exists there which is an emphatic demonstration of the need of improvements.
• The annual ball of Company M took place Monday evening last in the City Opera House. This social function, under the auspices of the soldier boys who served in Cuba and the Philippines, has for several years been one of the most pleasant of the year. The proceeds will be devoted to the care of the graves of the departed members of the organization.
• A petition was filed yesterday asking for permission to place Tony Schruap, the man who was picked up on the peninsula a week ago, in the asylum. Tony is a little better although he insists on praying a large portion of his time. It was found that he was brought over from Russia and received at New York by the Elk Rapids Iron Company.
• Arthur Chubb, a resident near Pomona, is in serious condition today as the result of a knife wound said to have been inflicted by Clarence Rohr last night. Rohr who is about 14 years old, has not yet been arrested but it is thought that he will be before the day is over. The Chubb boy is about 12 years old. No one seems to know the exact cause of the trouble but it is thought to have been some school boy affair.
• Advice on deportment. It is a breach of etiquette to remain at a friend's house when, upon your arrival, you find the host or hostess dressed to go out
• Medical advice of a century ago. When a person is injured far from home and must be moved a considerable distance, the first thing to do is to apply to the fractured limb a temporary splint.
• Best buy of the week. Men's Rubber Hip Boots $3.98 at The Globe Dept. Store.