-- Death came to Mrs. Sophia Herman, aged 22, last Monday afternoon while she stood talking with her husband, who had just finished loading a sleigh with logs prepatory to bringing them to town. As it was getting late, she went out to where he was working and advised him to delay the trip until the next day. He unhitched the horses, and as he led them away from the sleigh, Mrs. Herman plunged forward, falling across the wagon tongue unconscious. She was carried into the house and a physician was called but within a half hour, she was dead. The cause of death is attributed to hemorrhage of the lungs.
-- After spending 33 years in the Kneeland Building on Front Street, Dr. G. A. Jarvis will move into the City Book store building next week and bid farewell to the old familiar rooms that he has occupied longer than any other business man in the city. The building will be razed to make room for the handsome new brick structure which the First National Bank will erect in the spring.
-- The recent blizzard in Michigan is the eleventh and is definitely the worst. From Port Austin in the east to Kalamazoo in the west, railways are down and out so far as regular schedules apply. The Grand Trunk and the Pere Marquette appear to be suffering the most.
-- One thousand Michigan dairymen in session at Battle Creek, many from the Grand Traverse area, have vigorously denounced the state law allowing oleomargarine to be shipped to state institutions. The report charges unfairness in not allowing creameries to submit bids.
-- A fight between two men, one using a knife and the other a pitchfork, resulted in a near tragedy at a lumber camp close to Rapid City yesterday. A last account reports that both men are not suffering any severe injuries. A man by the name of Rose quit his job and asked the foreman for his pay. Mr. Rose alleged that an alteration had been made to his pay and was being held by the foreman.
-- C. T. Cederstene, of Keystone, is all ready for trout fishing as he has discovered an abundance of live grasshoppers on his farm, bringing in a bunch to Bert Winnie's barbershop. The hoppers were quite lively but seemed to have grown discouraged by being confined in a glass bottle. Grasshoppers in February are somewhat of a rarity.
-- The people of Cedar, learning that the the birthdays of D. G. Shorter, Mrs. H. Trotman and Mrs. Robert Payne came this past week-end, congregated at the Shorter home Saturday evening to celebrate the events at one time. Music and a guessing contest were part of the entertainment after which a sumptuous supper was served.
-- The saloon question was considered in several pulpits Sunday and some telling arguments were made in favor of local option. The fact that the churches all contained large congregations shows conclusively that there is a tremendous interest in the coming campaign and that interest is on the right side.
-- Mrs. Lawrence, a resident of Yuba, has found homes for her children. Mr. Hale is taking one, and Mr. Lane another so they are all in the Yuba school district which makes it much pleasanter for them. Mrs. Lawrence, a widow, is not well and has no relatives in the area to offer assistance.
-- The home of George Martin was the scene of a most beautiful affair Friday when in the presence of about forty guests, his youngest daughter, Miss Anna Belle was united in marriage to Henry J. Bogart. The rooms were beautifully decorated in pink and white festooning with wreaths of evergreen hung with pink and white hearts.
-- Little Willard Mungerson passed away Thursday evening at the family home in Bendon at the age of eight years of typhoid fever. He had been improving, but Monday he grew steadily worse until death came. His funeral was held Sunday at the M. E. church, the Rev. E. M. Koons officiating. Pall bearers and singers were chosen from the school he attended.
-- Advice on deportment. Widows are expected to wear full mourning dress for two years; everyone else less - children mourning parents or vice versa one year, for grandparents and siblings six months, aunts and uncles two months.
-- Medical advice of a century ago. To treat glaucoma, warm applications may ease the pain. Medical treatment is of value in some primary cases.
-- Best buy of the week. Parlor Lamps with Chimney and Wick, Decorated Globes, $1.25 at J.W. Slater.
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