The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-08-16
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.

MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
Frank Jacobs, aged s, was drowned
while bathing at st. Joseph.
Huckleberries and blackberries are
IA total failure about Schoolcraft-
Mackinac island has been formally
transferred to the state of Michigan.
Tommy Oxford, aged 12, living near
Hart, was drowned in Pentwater river.
Joshua Belts, pioneer farmer, was
fatally injured by runaway team at
Carsonville.
Detroit officials entertained 107 re-
representatives. of the official family of
Columbus, o.
During a storm at Hart, lightning
struck the NJ. L. church doing consid-
able damage.
Children played with matches near
the barn of Chas. boutwell,, near Mt.
Morris Loss, 1000.
Lightning struck j. c. Jensen's barn
near Greenville, and burned it with
contents. Loss, $1,000.
Martin Dubbs, aged %, was killed by
being buried 100 feet deep in well he
was digging at BayshOre.
A G.. L. & l. train was ditched near
Edgerton and ii loaded freight cars
demolished. No one injured.
A stepladder fell upon the only child,
three year-old boy. of Gustave Bake,
at Owosso, killing him instantly.
Andrew Corcoran and George Curtis
were fined at Perry for catching fish
with nets in Looking Glass river
Willie Ganss. aged 10, was drowned
at Saginaw by falling from log on
which he was playing in the river.
Calvin Il. Becbe, aged 81, one of the
oldest men connected with the state
prison at Jackson, died of apoplexy.
j. w. Underhill, of Flushing, was
arrested charged with improper inter
course with his 16-year-old daughter.
A bountiful rain fell at Kalamazoo
in time to save the celery crop. The
growers had begun to feel pretty blue.
August Slate, who visited St Joseph
on an excursion from South Bend,
Ind. was drowned while bathing in
the lake.
John O'Iara was kicked in the tenn
Pile by a horse at Minden City. His
skull was smashed, and the brain
oozed out
Chas. Harter was instantly killed by
being struck by pieces Of bursting
emery wheel at Bos;wicll's factory at
Millington.
\. Perkins was in the undertaking
business at Clayton u years and has
buried over 1000 persons. He has just
retired from business.
Mrs. Geo. Il. Boynton attempted to
suicide by jumping into Black river at
Port Huron. She was rescued by the
bridge tender. Sickness.
Mrs. Richards and Pat Mcdonald,
both of Traverse City, were severely
injured 10y the overturning of coach
on the G. Il. & L. railroad
Battle Creek has dropped out of the
state base ball league and Jackson
parties have purchased the Findlsy,O o.,
team and win fill the gap.
Chas. Faust and John johnson were
caught in a cavcin at the Chaplin mine,
Iron Mountain. Faust was killed and
and johnson seriously hurt
The Drunk Shirt Co., of Albany,
N. u, signed contract with Warden
Chamberlain, of Jackson prison, TO en-
ploy 300 convicts to make shirts.
Owing to a drop in salt, from SIS to
d cents a barrel, Thompson Bros, of
st. Clair have suspended salt manufac-
turing operations for the time being.
Henry Doberton. night operator of
the G.. X. & |. railroad at Sturgis, was
held up in the office and SCI of the
company's money taken, by a masked
robber.
A la-year-old son of o. w. Riley at
Greenville, got caught between a
wagon box and beam at the Ranney
refrigerator sawmill and his skull was
| crushed.
John Young, of Grand Traverse
county, is wanted at Nicksburg for an
assault on an old man, in which the
latter had his skull fractured and five
ribs broken.
A farmers institute society has been
organized at Coldwater, under the law
of 1895, with Hon. l.. M. Marsh as
president. and A. j. Aldrich as secre
tary and treasurer.
While learning to ride a bicycle l..
L. Roscnfeld, of Detroit, slightly hurt
his ankle, blood poisoning followed
aud bis leg was amputated, but he died
despite all the care.
Chas. Hemming's planning mill was
destroyed by fire ut Sebewaing. IL
had not been run for three years and
| IL is thought that enemies of Mr.. Hem
ming started the blaze.
John McDonough, Will Barnes, Asa
henson and Frank Ludwig. of South
Haven. were jailed on charge of al
legged illegal liquor selling, the result
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