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

The smallpox epidemic is at an end
at st. Johns The city had twelve
Cases and three deaths.
A. G. VanHees, of iceland, has been
elected president of the South Ottawa
and West Allegan agricultural society.
Hiram Wright, one of the founders
of Boyne Falls, and veteran who
drew S72 per month pension for blind
ness, is dead.
Diphtheria continues to thrive in
West Bay City. There have been three
deaths this month and there are now
10 cases in the city.
Charles Swanson fell under the
wheels in jumping off II moving car at
Tustin. His right arm was cut of at
the elbow. lie may not survive.
Hon. w. r. Burt says that there is
no truth in the report that the c., ). 81
M. railroad is to pass under the man
agement Of the Ann Arbor road.
Seven unoccupied buildings have re-
Gently been burned at Alma. Citizens
fear the fire bug will soon turn his
attention to more valuable buildings.
The trustees of st. Johns will ask
| the Legislature for city charter. 1T.
Johns has population of $500 and of
250 villages in the state only three are
larger.
Jessie Pratt, IS years of age, of
Lansing, was very respondent since
the death of his wife and he took "a
large quantity of gum opium with
fatal results.
A. Mcmillan, retiring commander of
| u. 5. Grant post q. A. r., of Bay City,
has been appointed aide-de-camp on
the staff of the COMMUNICATIVE chief,
Thomas G. Lawler.
In the Michigan supreme court issues
were framed for jury TO pass upon
the case brought by the state TO collect
from Bay County S131, 900 back taxes
claimed to be unpaid.
George Randall, foreman of the car
! repairers at the Grand Rapids & In
diana yards, fell from the top of
coach into a pit filled with dead steam.
He was fatally scalded.
Joseph Atzenhoffer, for Is years
| Michigan Central ear inspector at
Jackson, became suddenly violently
insane and attacked his wife and
daughter threatening them both.
The Methodists of Lapeer thought
they could remodel their old church,
! but have decided that they will put
SO, 900 into new structure. Ithas also
been decided to secure new site.
Bell Wardell, aged four years, was
badly burned while playing around
bonfire at Dimondale. Ills uncle,
Chuck Darling, was also severely
burned while trying to rescue the
child.
Mrs. Julius Gunther, of st. Clair, was
seriously injured at Port Huron.
Her horse became frightened at pass
ing load of hay and ran away. She
was thrown out and her left arm was
| broken.
The ladies of Port Austin have an
improvement society which devotes its
entire time to improving the appear
ance of the town. Their latest bene-
faction was the stringing up OF lot of
LAMPS about the town.
The Kirby Carpenter lumber COM
pany has contracted with the st. Paul
railroad people to haul 5000, 900 feet
of logs from Ontonagon county to Me-
nominee. This is all timber scorched
by the fires last summer
The annual reunion of the old Third
| Michigan infantry was held at Grand
Rapids with large attendance. Ben
Gilden. of Grand Rapids, was elected
president, George L. Judd, secretary,
and Fred Shriver, treasurer.
GThe ladies OF Port Huron worked for
charity by issuing the Port Huron
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street sales of the paper nctted 500 in
one day. They issued an lS-pagc
paper, furnishing all the matter in il.
The supervisors OF Eaton county by
a vote of 10 TO decided that the petit
tons for the resubmission of local
option were either faulty or fraudulent
and refused to cal an election. There
was talk OF prosecuting those who
made false afiidavits in the matter.
/ John 5. Monteith died at his home
in Martin township, Allegan county,
on October 81 last. Poisoning was
suspected, and the body has been dis
inferred and the stomach, liver and
kidneys sent TO Ann Arbor for analysis.
Monteith was rich and leaves widow.
South Haven voted on the question
of bonding the city for SO, 900 for an
electric light plant instead of renting
of someone else, as now. There was a
small majority in favor of bonding,
but the charter requires two-thirds
majority. 1t will doubtless be tried
again.
VIM. Wickwire, who was recently
shot by masked man at his home
near Climax, has identified Michael
Callahan as the man he quarrelled
with at Climax the day he was shot.
Callahan had denied being in Climax
on that day, and also swore that he
never talked with Wickwire.
While Miner Collins was standing
by the shaft in the sawmill of Eugene
Allen, at Paw Paw, his overcoat caught
and commenced TO wind him up, and
before the mill could be stopped it tore
all his clothing off except one boot
and sock and part of his undershirt
sleeve and terribly bruised his body.
lie died in great distress.
While the Michigan Central train
from the north was running nearly 4C
miles an hour between Oakley and
Owosso, prisoner who was being
taken from West Branch to Ionia to
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