• George Brownell, who has been looking over the Manistee River with Dan Albertson and F. E. Roberts, has purchased an interest in the Electric, Land and Development Company and will assist Mr. Albertson in construction. Mr. Brownell will become the permanent electrician of the company. Borings on the Manistee have proven very satisfactory as a much better bottom was discovered than had been expected.
• Hurled from a saw with awful force, a piece of edging struck Richard Ogg, an employee in the East Bay Lumber Company's mill in the left forearm, going almost through the member, Monday morning. Ogg was given an anesthetic while the skin was cut away to enable the physician to clean the wound of splinters which would tend to start blood poisoning.
• Charles Steimel, marshal of Suttons Bay, died last week just as the polls were opened, his death being due to the results following an operation for appendicitis. Mr. Steimel had been marshal ever since the village had been incorporated seven years ago.
• At the annual village election held recently at Kingsley, 37 votes were cast, exactly the same number that was cast last year. Little interest was manifested as there was no special issue before the people.
• George McCloud of Big Rapids, started to work at Holdcroft's camp near Mayfield Tuesday last. He had only been there about an hour when his axe glanced and made an ugly gash in his foot. One toe was amputated and he will probably lose another.
• Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Smith were pleasantly surprised last Monday evening when sixty-two of their friends and neighbors thronged in their home at Holmes Siding to help them celebrate their 39th wedding anniversary. The ladies brought well-filled baskets of goodies after which recitations were presented and games were played. It wasn't until the wee small hours in the morning that the gathering broke up and the merrymakers left for their homes.
• Closing another successful day's business last night, the W. E. Williams Company this morning was but a smoldering heap of cinders, charred pulleys and twisted irons. Fire, raging madly, swept the plant at the foot of Boardman Avenue early in the evening, causing a loss of almost $50,000, only a part of which is covered by insurance. The origin of the disaster is unknown.
• While Driver James Baker was working on the east side of the building where he keeps his team, he heard a splash and saw a man's head sticking out of the river. He immediately went after him and hauled him out. Just as he got him on the bank, Mr. Baker slipped and went in himself but got out without difficulty.
• In an effort to retain the services of their pastor, the Rev. J. Ambrose Dinkel, who is considering an advantageous call to New Castle, Pennsylvania, the Warren Avenue Presbyterian church at Saginaw has offered a substantial boost in salary. A number of local residents have heard Rev. Dinkel preach and believe he is one of the most gifted religious orators in Michigan. Several of them have stated that letters were sent to Saginaw encouraging a vote for the increased salary.
• The town of Buckley is rapidly developing as an agricultural center and first class potato market. Last week 3,000 bushels were received on Thursday and Friday and on Saturday 2,000 bushels. This showing for so small a place gives that village a distinction that is gratifying to its residents.
• While playing near his home on Second Street Sunday morning, Charles Klepach fell into a hole in a vacant lot, breaking his left leg above the knee. The injury is a severe one and he will probably be laid up for several weeks.
• Advice on deportment. Never write "regrets” or "accepts” on a card; always respond with a formal note in such instances.
• Medical advice of a century ago. To treat mumps, care should be taken to avoid exposure to cold and the patient should be fed on liquid and soft foods.
• Best buy of the week. One Lot Boys' Norfolk Suits, Ages 3 - 9, $1.65 at Hamilton Clothing Co.