The Yale expositor., 1895-04-12

A silver club has been organized in
Brighton with rs members.
An Eaton county grand jury is in
quiring into local option law viola
tons.
Fire destroyed two buildings owned
by N. Wallace and valued at $4,000 at
Belding. Insured.
The University o. Michigan Athletic
association has 81, 900 in the treasury,
a very unusual state of affairs.
Charles Willis, married man aged
35, was arrested in Detroit on the
charge of assaulting a 4-year-old girl.
"Our Crowd, a company of Marshall
young ladies, recently walked to Bat
tie Creek, distance of IL miles, on
wager.
Worthwhile will have another industry
to be known as the American Bell
Foundry Co. New buildings will be
erected at once.
Rose and Ann Wilkinson and Ethel
Tilley, of Battle Creek, were found UNI
conscious from coal gas and resusci-
tated with difficulty.
A site for the Aged Woman's home
in Marshall has been purchased, and
work will soon be commenced. Mrs.
Dulcenis Daily left S25, 900 for the pur-
pose.
Mrs. Lizzie Carleton, while remov-
ing the harness from 3-year-old colt
at Bellville, was knocked down and
trampled on, and is in very critical
condition.
Holland, having voted to issue
S15,O bonds for electric lights, is try
ing to buy out the Wolverine Electric
Co. and go into the commercial light
ing business.
The 17-year-old son of Noah Tomp-
lSins was seriously injured by the acct
dental discharge of a revolver at Eos
toria. The bullet passed through the
hand and into the groin.
Veterans are leaving the Soldiers
! home by scores. On February 0 there
were 645 inmates, now there are only
| 525. Many will work on farms. There
are 80 women in the annex.
Rev. FIR. Paradis, promoter of the
plan to send hundreds of Houghton
county French-Canadians to Canada,
is dangerously i'll at Lake Linden, and
1T is feared his project will fall through.
While sitting in the yard at his
home at Mt. Pleasant. Ezra Hamilton,
13-years-old, was shot and fatally in
jured by a stray bullet from gun in
the hands of some boys in field
nearby.
Jessie Grant, aged 10, Port Huron
domestic, died suddenly and was buried
within "a hours. Rumors of crimi-
nality became rife and the body was ex-
humed. There is probably trouble
ahead for some one.
There is talk of an electric road be-
tween Carsonville and Sanilac Center
The latter is the county seat of Sanilac
county, and the only way of reaching
1T from the railroad station is over
eight miles of corduroy road.
Eber Childs, aged 10, was instantly
killed at the Star Woodenware works,
Standish, while adjusting a belt. His
clothing and one arm were torn from
his body, his legs were broken in sew
eral places and his body badly crushed.
The report of State Salt Inspector
Hill shows the following inspection of
salt in Michigan during March: Bay,
81, l25 barrels; Saginaw, 81. 274; Manis-
tee, 9,064; Midland, 1000; Mason,
1925; total, So, Cos barrels, as against
GO, 800 in February.
Alvin Bailey, Seth Flint, Robert
Barnes, George Barnes, George Murray
and Charles Richardson, all of South
Haven, pleaded guilty to violations of
the local option law in circuit court at
Paw Paw. Each was fined 500 and
costs or 60 days in Jail.
Roscoe Z. Young and his brother-in
law, VIII III. Allen, while walking in
the yards of the c. & e.. Il. railway at
| Marcellus, were run down by the cars
and thrown into siding. Mr.. Allen
was instantly killed and his companion
probably fatally injured.
VIM. Nichols, charged with the muir
der of Charles Golet, near Williamson,
last November, was discharged on ex-
animation. Nichols. who has been
confined in Mason Jail for the past six
weeks. will bring suit against the
sheriff of lngham county for false inn
prisonment.
The Duluth, South Shore &c Atlantic
railway has cut all salaries from en-
| CINE wiper to general manager of tn e
road. After the men had been shown
financial statements of the earnings
and expenses of the road for three
years past they took the cut without
much protest. 1t ranges from to 90
per cent Those below 500 a month
lose 3 per cent, with gradual rise to
10 per cent on salaries of 500 per
month. The 20 per cent operates on
annual salaries of SO, 900 and over.
Malta Blow Up n House-Five Dead.
The terrible, bloodthirsty secret