The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1894-12-28


Jacob Harder, aged 65, a well-to-do
farmer, fell dead on the streets of
Adrian while blanketing his team.
The University base ball team next
season promises TO be n corker. They
will go into training shortly after the
holidays.
! An electric railroad between Char
| lotte and Grand Ledge is one of the
possibilities. 1t will carry passengers
and freight.
Samuel Holford, 81 years old, took
out license Mt the jackson county
CLERK office and subsequently was
united in marriage with Hulda Ann
Ta,e, aged 81. Mr.. llolford lives at
Napoleon.
Dennis DeBal1er, of Muskegon went
to Grand Rapids In t week. IL was
the first time in 80 years he had been
outside of Muskegon county and for 20
years he has lived within the city
limits. He is So years old.
Fire started in the law Office Of Geo.
ID. Bar1en, at Lake Odessa, and before
it could be controlled it burned the
bank, postoilice and four other bust
ness places. The loss is $4,000, par
TALLY covered by insurance.
The La Grange mill dam above Dow
agiac went out releasing 600 acres of
water. The flood did little damage to
the town. but the loss of the dam
owner, Il. ID. Beckwith, is large.
Lumbermen are greatly discouraged
on account of lack of snow. The Man
istee Lumber company have 100000
feet on sllids and were obliged TO let
most of their men go. Other compa-
MES will be obliged to follow suit
unless snow comes soon,
Judge Padgham, of Allegan, does
not take kindly TO the arrest of the
sheriff and deputies of that county for
alleged interference with United
states officer. He calls it contempt of
court and has ordered the prosecuting
attorney to investigate the affair fully.
The T., A. A. & n. NJ. railway COM
pany, having purchased branch of
| the d., l.. Il y. between Alma and
ithaca, party of surveyors is at work
mapping out "a new line through Alma.
! When the connect ons are made it will
! be used as the main line of the Ann
Arbor and will shorten the road about
| four miles.
Sadie Mitchell purchased n can of
kerosene at Lansing, but was given a
can of gasoline by the grocer. When
she attempted TO light a lamp filled
with the stuff an explosion took place,
in which the girl had her hands badly
burned. Her sister Ada threw
blanket about her and eXtinguishcd
the flames.
John Schuster, a farmer living 10
miles from Detroit, was overcome by
smoke and burned to death while try
ing to rescue his cows from burning
barn. Ills body was a black, charred
mass when taken from the ruins.
Schuster was fairly well-to-do Ger
man farmer, about SO years old lie
had lived on the same farm % years.
A report comes from Bay City to the
effect that the new owners of the d.,
b. c. 81 A. railroad, which runs from
Alger to Alpena, viii expend the road
along the shore of Lake Huron into
West Bay City, and will also push it
north 10 Cheboygan. 1t will thus be-
come a strong rival of the Michigan
Central for northern tourist business.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Clisbe celebrated
their golden anniversary of their we'd
ding at Quincy. Mr.. Clisbe is the old
est pioneer in the country and has
been married three times He has
lived half a century with his third
wife. The family consists of eight
ch ,ldren, 90 grandchildren and several
great grandchildren. The family has
never suffered death.
While Austin Potts, of Galesburg,
was saving raddles for a thrashing
machine q spark from the engine
ignited the straw roof of a temporary
structure used as a stable and almost
instantly the entire building was in
flames Fearing he would lose his
team, Mr.. Potts rushed into the
flames aud was horribly burned about
the head and hands. The horses were
burned TO death.
The furniture manufacturers of the
state held session at Grand Rapids,
with about 20 in attendance to discuss
ways of means to secure desired legis-
lation to stop the manufacture of fur
niture in the prisons. A committee
was appointed to outline a plan of
campaign: George II. Hummer, Hol-
land; ID. NJ. Estey. Owosso; George A.
Davis, Grand Rapids; George Il. Massey,
Detroit; Z. w. Wait Sturgis.
The question of permanent head
quarters for the Michigan department
c. A. Il. is now being discussed, and
will in all probability come before the
next encampment for action. The two
points favored are Lansing and the
Soldiers Home at Grand Rapids. Asst. =
Adjt Gen. Bennett would make not
only the headquarters permanent, but
the Office OF assistant acknowledgement
a permanent one during good behavior.
superintendent of Public Instruction
Pattengill says there are in Michigan
677,676 children of school age, with
ass, sos enrolled; number of pupils in
select schools 41,717. There are Is, 305
teachers employed, of which 1905
are women. The total wages paid is
given at 3,75s, o05.56. Male teachers
are paid an average of S4Ss9, while
women are paid but $J4.36. There are
:, 96O school houses in the state, worth
nearly 100000.
The ministerial association at Sagi-
nav declares saloons and houses of
ill-fame are run in open violation of
the law and demands that the law be
enforced, that police commissioners do