State News

- ironuac ua justmvesieu i,uuu in a Silsby fire engine. - Dr. Henry Keynolds unfurled the temperance banner at Ionia Feb. G and 7. - Hon. Uzziel Putnam Jr., of Cass County, a gradúate of tho state university, died on Monday. - The Senate confirnied as postmnsters in Michigan Luther Whitley, Muskegon; S. D.Bingharu, Lansing; Chas. D. Crandall, Big Rapids. - Flint stock dealers havo oponed up quite an extensive trade direct vvith the Euglish ciarko tand have al readyshipped quite a number of ear loads. - The Manufacturera' National Bank of Throe Eivers divided $15,000 among its ten stockholderslast week. The bank couldn't use it profitably. - Ex-Senator Chandler had aometliiiig wise to say about farraing whon he addressed his neighbors at hisfarm iu Mic:h igan. "If I had a boy,"he exolairued " I wo'jld rather put hiui on an 80 acre farm that had never had a plow or ax on it than place him in the best govern ment office in the land." - The original name of this city i first given was Michigan afterwan changed to that of Lansing. Tho firs notice of this change came in a lette written by Alpheus Felch United State Senator at Washington, to John J Adam, Auditor General. The lette was dated April 25, 1848. and containcc the following words: "The name of you postoffice has been changed by tha dp