• Herbert, the 10-year-old son of Thomas C. Shugart of Bay Street, who is attending the Michigan School for the Deaf at Flint, was carried to Frankfort by mistake last week while on his way home for the holiday and forced to stay over night there. He arrived safely in Traverse City the next day. He had been in charge of the conductor who had evidently forgotten to transfer him at Copemish.
• The Sidney O. Neff laid up at Manistee the latter part of last week after her season's work. The barge wintered at Grelickville last year, but was sold to the Nessen Co. of Manistee in the spring. Following the resignation of Captain Franklin, two other skippers attempted to fill his place but it has been a rough year for the barge having been run aground, smashed into piers, broken a rudder, chains and other similar experiences
• Charles Howard, foreman of the Hannah & Lay Co.'s flour mill is taking the first vacation he has had in the past twenty years. He has been employed at the mill for that time and has not been absent from work except when forced to do so by illness. He is spending his vacation at a lumber camp near Empire.
• By the bite of an infuriated hog, Fred B. Stephenson lost a portion of the middle finger of his right hand yesterday. Mr. Stephenson had six hogs in a pen and was holding one away from the rest when another one of the swine rushed at him evidently to rescue his fellow creature. The man attempted to hold to one hog and fight the other but the latter attacked him with his teeth, taking about an inch of the finger before the affray was finished.
• H. O. Joynt of the firm of Barnes & Joynt has retired from the firm, the change taking place Saturday night. Mr. Joynt has not yet decided what he will do in the future, but will take a short rest before embarking in any other business.
• Chief of Police Ashton presented the police force with new billies last Monday night which are patterned after those used by officer in larger cities. One of the force has often expressed a desire for an extra large club and he got it.
• Captain Munselle of the local corps of the Salvation Army was interviewed today by a representative from this office and stated that in regard to the condition of the poor people in the city, the cases of suffering were much fewer than last year. While he found some men out of work they were men who were unable to go out and do hard manual labor. About one hundred thirty baskets of food were put out, the recipients being people who only eked out a bare existence from day to day.
• Phillip Enders of Ionia suffered a painful injury to his left hand yesterday while at work in the Pere Marquette round house. The man is a boilermaker and was at the time at work on a damaged locomotive when a portion of the front of the boiler fell and caught the member under it. The hand was badly crushed and Enders went to his home where he can be cared for to a better advantage.
• Miss Meda Schoolcraft of 718 Washington Street entertained a number of her friends Friday evening in a very pleasant manner, the affair being in honor of her eighteenth birthday. The house was prettily decorated in evergreen and holly and during the evening a number of games were played. Refreshments were served along with a birthday cake in which was a thimble which played a considerable part in the entertainment.
• After three years' of work in this city, the Rev. R. N. Holsaple will leave the city to begin his labors with the Anti-Saloon League of Michigan. The change will carry with it a decided increase in salary and will give Mr. Holsaple a much larger field for his work.
• During the coming session of the legislature a bill will be introduced calling for the registration of nurses in Michigan. This is an important measure and the bill should be passed. That the public may be protected from incompetent people, this bill has been devised and framed and in no manner restricts the care of the sick.
• Advice on deportment. A married lady, when calling on another married lady, leaves two of her husband's cards along with her own.
• Medical advice of a century ago. A mild laxative and a simple fever remedy are all that are required to treat chicken pox.
• Best buy of the week. Mandolins, $5 and up at Grinnell Bros. Music House.