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HISTORY OF SAGINAW COUNTY.

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March 13-Serious accident on the J., L. & S. R. R., near
St. Charles —two men killed.
April 10-Twelfth annual meeting of the Michigan BeeKeepers' Association convened at East Saginaw.
April 13-A skiff capsized in the Saginaw river at Saginaw City, drowning two boys and severely injuring another.
April 17-Annual plowing match of the Flint River Valley Society at Taymouth.
May 4-Death at Pine River of Royal C. Remick, of East
Saginaw, an enterprising lumber merchant of the Saginaw Valley.
June 3-Laying of the corner-stone of Teutonia Hall, at
Saginaw City, by the Turn-verein of that city.
June 17-Laying of the corner-stone of the German Catholic church of the Sacred Heart, at East Saginaw.
July 3-Death of Ephraim Guenther, the first musical
director of the Germania Society of East Saginaw.
July 17-Death at East Saginaw of David Ellis, an old
pioneer of the Saginaw Valley.
July 16, 17, 18-Ssengerfest of thePeninsular Saengebund
held at East Saginaw.
July 28-Completion of free bridge at foot of Johnson street,
at East Saginaw; cost, about $19,000.
Aug. 1-Heavy rain and hail storm at St. Charles; some
damage done.
Aug. 11-Annual "harvest festival" of Frankenmuth township; large attendance.
Aug. 14-Death of John J. Stevens, one of the oldest residents of East Saginaw.
Aug. 14-Destruction by fire of Sears & Holland's saw-mill
at Saginaw City; loss, $50,000; insurance, $30,000.
Aug. 20-Death of Phineas G. Spalding, at the residence
of his son-in-law, in Spalding township, named after
deceased.
Aug. 26-Meeting of the State Teachers' Institute at Saginaw City.,Sept. 13-Dedication of the St. Joseph Total Abstinence
Society Temperance Hall at East Saginaw.
Sept. 16-Organization of Herb's Germania Band, of the
3d Reg., at East Saginaw.
Sept. 24-Opening of the Saginaw Central Agricultural
Society Fair at Saginaw City.
September —Completion of St. Mary's Academy of the
Catholic Church, at Saginaw City.
Oct. 11-Thirteenth annual gathering of the 23d Reg.
Mich. Vol. Inf., at Saginaw City.
Dec. 4-A. P. Brewer's mill property at East Saginaw,
destroyed by fire loss, $50,000 insurance, $30,000.