The Yale expositor., 1894-10-12

to Sugar Loaf Lake with view To
drawing the supply of water from
there.
The coal lilns of the Spring Lake
Iron Co., as Shelby, which have been
closed down for some time, will re-
sumo operations.
Oxford held special election to
decide the question of putting in
water works system. There was
majority of SO for them.
Warden Van Evera, cf the branch
state prison at Marquette, demanded
the resignation of Deputy Warden
Albert Foubert for drunkenness.
The Alaska Refrigerator works, at
MuslSegon, shut down in July, have
been enlarged. The works will start
up again soon with 200 more men, 500
in all.
The sawmill of the Saginaw Salt &
Lumber Co.. at Crow Island, has closed
for the season, throwing 175 men out
Of employment, The docks are full of
lumber.
Rev. Wm. Walker, of Ann Arbor,
who has just returned from two
years European trip, has accepted a
call TO tie congregational church at
| Chelsea.
Two electric cars collided in front of
the Dental building at Ann Arbor with
terrific force. Henry Allmand, motor
man, was fatally injured. The blame
is placed on him.
Edmund Hall is contemplating the
building of a branch of the Flint e.
Pere Marquette railroad TO his pine in
Gilmore township, Isabella county, to
start from Farwell.
Pauline Schltz and her five children,
who live near Grand Haven, have had
black diphtheria in its worst form.
Three children are already dead, and
it Is feared others will die.
w. II. Thac,5er. the convicted wife
poiSOner in jackson prison. relieves
the monotony of prison life by teach
ing Sunday school class, an occupa-
tion with which he was familiar in
former days
Albert, the 13-year-old son OF Michael
Herbst, of Saginaw, fell 30 feet from
an electric tower and struck upon his
| head, sustaining concussiOn of the
spine and terrible bruises He is in a
critical condition.
When the saw mill of Hackley &
| Hume at Muskegon. shuts down this
! fall the company's business will be
NEEDED so far as numbering at this point
| is concerned. There is no more tim
Der on Muskegon River.
BY an explosion caused by the clog
| ging of fire under the engine at Slagh
IL Smiths planning mill at Holland, MIR.
Smith, of the firm, was badly burned
about the head, losing all his hair and
whiskers. He max recover.
The Oakland county fair has sunk
5000 further in debt, making SIS, 900
altogether. 1t is proposed TO sell the
fair grounds, now in the heart of the
city, for SIS, 900, pay off debts and start
anew in some other locality.
The creditors of the Lansing Iron
! and Engine works have decided to ask
Hon. o. NJ. Barnes to foreclose the
trust mortgage of s277,0OO upon the
property of the company. Mr.. Barnes
expressed his willingness TO comply.
j. w. Simson, Lake City hermit,
has been missing for several days, and
as his boat containing clothes and
some fish and trolling line came
been drowned. lie gained his liveli-
hood by fishing.
Incendiaries forced open the grocery
store in the Starkweather block at
! lower Plymouth, and after obtainiuga Il
! quantity of kerosene, proceeded to
build bonfire with the intention of
burning up that part of the town. The
fire was discovered and eXtinguishcd
hof arint Il
Kate Dusseau, of Monroe, was con-
| fined in the Dearborn retreat. Her
parents took her out, thinking that
she was all right. The next morning
the girl caught sight of her brothers
razor, and she grabbed it and cut her
throat, just missing the windpipe So
much blood was lost that it is doubtful
| if she can recover.
Harry Cottrcll, well-dressed young
man, from Chicago, who has spent sew
eral months in Port Huron made a
desperate attempt at suicide. lie cut
horrible cash in his throat with an
old jackknife, and when discovered
was unconscious and nearly dead from
loss of blood. Dependency caused by
a long spree the cause.
Hon. Z. S. Woodman, of Worthwhile,
| uleu from neafJ 1allure. DecedSeu
was 81 years old. Mr.. Woodman was
a member of the legislative committee
that drafted the constitution of Mic h
| igan, and was member of the legisla-
| ture one term. He was one of the
originators of the Oakland County
| Pioneer association, and was we'll
known throughout Michigan.
The work on buildings for the new
| Upper Peninsula insane asylum at
Newberry is progressing finely, and
they will be completed within the con-
tract time. They will have to remain
vacant until the next legislature ap-
propriates money to furnish them, as
the last legislatures appropriation COW
cred only the cost of the buildings and
did not provide for furnishing them.
While Joseph Wells and family were
absent from their home near North
Adams, a tramp entered and stole S100
| in money, then took off his own clothes,
| put on young Wells best suit, piled
chairs, clothing and bedding on the
| floor, saturated them with oil, set them