-- The first bird store in this city has been opened by S. Meyer of Chicago who has secured the building, 118 South Union Street and already has a stock of nearly 500 birds. There are tropical birds of various kinds and others chosen for their beauty as well as song. Of all the collection, the Australian Love bird is the most beautiful and its songs are the sweetest.
-- Charles Berlin, coach cleaner and night man at the G. R. & I. station has been appointed special police by Mayor Germaine. Edward Liddy, agent, has for some time wished to do this as it has been impossible to control the crowds that gather there both by day and night, making a good deal of disturbance and giving the place an unsavory reputation. Hereafter all disorderly persons will have to leave. The railroad hopes by this means to be able to make the place such that it will become popular with the town at large.
-- The Woman's Civic Improvement Association has erected the first public bath house in Traverse City, the bath house being built on the bay shore on the G. R. & I. grounds near the Wequetong Club. It is not an elaborate affair, 8x15 in size with a bench running around the inside with plenty of nails on which to hang clothes.
-- Pansy Betts, the 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Betts, of Benzonia, was drowned in Long Lake last Sunday. Desperate efforts were made by the Rev. Fred Carter to rescue her after he recovered the body. The little girl had come to visit her sister, Mrs. Roy Carmien, and was having a great time at the lake, being especially fond of the water. She thought that she was a strong swimmer and ventured out until she got into water about 12 feet deep, then suddenly sank and failed to reappear.
-- The annual picnic of the Needham Business College will be held at Charlevoix this year and a large crowd is expected as a fare of but 5 cents for the round trip has been arranged. Tickets are to be obtained from the school before next Wednesday.
-- After a week's illness, Mrs. Laura Lutz, wife of John Lutz, passed away Thursday night last at her home on Oak Street. She leaves a son four years old, several sisters and one brother. She was 26 years old. Her marriage to Mr. Lutz took place about five years ago and after residing on a farm near Kingsley for several years, the young couple moved to this city.
-- After being in convulsions since Saturday, Mrs. Lorin Castor, who fell from a cherry tree at Old Mission is resting easier. Mrs. Castor was picking cherries on Frank Edgecomb's farm on a ladder and whether she became suddenly dizzy or slipped is not known. She fell backward from the ladder, striking in such a manner that her spine was injured and the convulsions began.
-- Our correspondent at Grawn reports that painters have been busy in that area. William Batey had his residence painted last week and D. W. Reynolds is having his store repainted. Both will add a handsome and fresh look to the neighborhood.
-- The ever popular hotel, "The Pines" at Old Mission is housing a jolly bunch. They are Mrs. E. O'Brien and Miss O'Brien, George Chalmers, Mr. and Mrs. R. Williams and son of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. George Sellen and son of Galesburg, Illinois, Miss Mary and Addie Spencer of New Orleans, Mrs. A. Doherty and daughters Gladys and Kathryn and Mrs. E. F. Doherty of Baton Rouge.
-- Miss Mabel Curtis, who was employed as trimmer in the millinery department of the Globe store last season, had a narrow escape recently when a chafing dish she had just filled with alcohol exploded as she attempted to light it. She picked up the lamp and threw it into the bath tub, turning on the water which extinguished the blaze. Her hair was singed and a finger was burned.
-- J. C. Russell, who for the last five years has been in the United States army, has returned to the city, having served his term of enlistment and will now take up the ordinary duties of a citizen. Mr. Russell was in Company G, Twenty-first infantry and was located at Ft. Logan, Colorado
-- Advice on deportment. Only simple refreshments should be served at an afternoon tea. Thin slices of bread and butter, sandwiches, fancy biscuits or cake, tea.
-- Medical advice of a century ago. To treat intestinal round worms, the diet should be restricted before the remedy is administered, fluid extract of spigelia often being the most effective.
-- Best buy of the week. Iron beds, $1.38 at The Globe Dept. Store.
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