The city schools opened very auspiciously on Monday morning, there being a large attendance for the fall term. The attendance for the High and Central schools is about as usual, or a little larger. Prof. Bemis asks that people take particular pains to visit the schools and see for themselves what is doing. The annual school census was taken this year by Miss Lettie Nichols. The total census of the district is 1501.

Charles, two year old son of Vanasterick, Orleans, died Friday of cholera infantum. The infant child , Frances G., aged four months, of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Townsend of Ionia township, died Monday also of cholera infantum. Hazel E., four months old child of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Austin, died Monday of the same cause.

Dr. E. F. Beckwith Monday performed a very successful operation, removing the right eye of Russell, aged 15, son of G. E. Waring, M. D., of west Sebewa. The boy several years ago was snapping gun caps between a couple of stones and a piece of a cap struck him in the eye, which resulted in the loss of the eye sight within a few months after the accident. A piece of the cap had remained inside the eye and keeping up a constant irritation resulted in the entire destruction of the sight. For the past two years chronic disease of the eye has been a constant menace to the left eye making an operation necessary which was very skillfully performed by Dr. Beckwith. The boy is doing finely and expects to go home with a glass eye in two or three weeks. He will also take with him the piece of gun cap which has been in the eye about four years.

A Milwaukee undertaker was stoned by a mob when he attempted to convey the body of a smallpox patient to the cemetery.

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A car load of Arabs passed through the city the morning of Sept. 7 en route to the state fair at Detroit. At noon, two Indian canoes, novel looking in appearance, from Samoa, were shipped through by express to the same place.

Mrs. A. J. Webber and daughter Mary returned home from Annapolis yesterday, where they have been to see Charley, who recently returned from his Mediterranean trip. They report him well and happy. He gained 30 pounds in weight during the cruise.

The Muir school opened last Monday morning, in charge of an entirely new corp of teachers. Prof. L.G. Holbrook is principal. All the teachers have had more or less experience in the school room, as instructors, and they all come highly recommended. Director Town has completed the school census, which shows that there are about 190 children of school age in the district – a few more than last year.

Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Just and Miss Nellie returned from Chicago last night. Mr. Just says the newspapers do not exaggerate their accounts of the awful fires in Minnesota, in fact they could not begin to tell it all. He was in Duluth the day the train went down to Hinckley and brought away 500 persons who were surrounded by fire on every side. Many were left, the train being crowded, and the next day only their charred bodies were found.

State fair opens at Detroit Monday.

Saranac has 316 school children a gain of 28 over 1893.

Erwin, aged nine years, son of Otis Ferguson of Orange, died Friday, of typhoid fever. Funeral at 12 o’clock Sunday from Levalley church. Services conducted by Rev. John Dobson. Interment at Tuttle Cemetery.

Miss Elizabeth Weisgerber, graduate of the State Normal school of Indiana, comes to Port Clinton highly recommended as a Christian lady and teacher of kindergarten methods. We speak for a patronage of our families with little ones to educate. – Port Clinton Republican. Miss Weisgerber who formerly lived here has opened a private school in the basement of the M. E. church at Fort Clinton.

LUDINGTON, Sept. 4.—Forest fires are raging throughout the county. Acres of valuable timber and farm lands have been destroyed. Settlers are endeavoring to save their homes, and help is being sent from this city. The lake is continually covered by a cloud of smoke making navigation dangerous.

EMPORIA, Kan., Sept. 7.—Hog cholera appears to be epidemic in this (Lyons) county. Already over 4,000 hogs have died from the disease. Many breeders have lost their entire stock. The long continued drought is believed to be the cause of the epidemic.