The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-10-04

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association was held at Newaygo with
II large attendance.
Chas. Willett, a Lake Shore brake
man, of Monroe, was run over by an
engine at tho Air Line junction. lie
will lose both arms.
Ralph Scholten, superintendent of
the city dumping grounds at Grand
Rapids, was killed by having load of
garbage fall on him.
Rev. f. A. Perkins. of st. Johns
started for. Holly on his bicycle and
while descending a grade he fell off
and broke several ribs.
Anderson & Orth's pretty drug store
at Midland was wrecked by an eXplo-
sion of crude carbolic acid which an
assistant was dlstilling.
The trustees of Hillsdale college
have made military drill compulsory
aud decided that all students must
wear the cadet uniform.
August Wyline, Buechol Bros. and
Matt Miller, saloonists at Center Line.
Oakland county, have been arrested
for keeping open on Sundays
The corner stones OF two new Bap-
list churches, one in the east end and
the other in the southwestern part of
the city, were laid at jackson.
The annual meeting of the State
Horticultural society was held in con-
nection with the Grand Traverse fair.
The fruit exhibits were very fine.
Gratiot county capitalists are again
agitating the building of a railroad
from Lansing to Ithaca, by the way of
Dewitt, st. Johns and Maple Rapids.
Sanilac Centre. will soon have an
other Touring mill in the place of the
one recently burned. 1t is to cost
$4,000, of which citizens gave 81 900 as
n bonus.
President Brennan, of the Port
Huron a. Lexington railroad, has been
unsuccessful in interesting capital in
his project and has about abandoned
the work.
Joseph Bushway, aged 30. of Detroit,
a brakeman employed in the Michigan
Central railroad yards. had both legs
crushed by the cars and died soon
afterward.
The Monroe Electric Railroad Co.
was orgarized at Monroe with a capital
stock OF $50, 900. A road will be built
between that place and Dundee, 10
miles distant.
John Il. Franks of Moorland, was
convicted of criminal assault on his
ll-year-old daughter. and sentenced TO
the Marquette prison for % years. He
is 40 years old.
2The business men of Port Huron and
Sarnia are tired of the alleged shabby
treatment the Grand Trunk railway
has given them and will work to Sc
cure competing line.
While riding his bicycle after dark
in Tecumseh Rev. Hudson. pastor of
the Baptist church struck Miss Wood
ward at a crosswalk. iujuring her so
severely that she died.
The Union Music hall at Allegan
was Quilted by fire. which was caused
by cigarettes. The loss on the hall is
1000; on Tripu's drug stock and j. G..
Stems grocery, Sl,200.
Walter H. Palmer. aged 30. of De-
troit. committed suicide by jumping
into the Detroit river, from the Wind
sor dock. Dependency because his
wife was suing for divorce.
A freight train on the c. & w. NJ.
railway was stuck in the sand, which
had blown upon the track near 81.
Joseph. Gangs of shovelcrs cleared it
away after several hours work.
Ex-Treasurer Erratt, of Cheboygan
county, was found not guilty of en-
bczzlcmept. The suit against his
bondsmen to collect $4,000 alleged
shortage will be pressed.however.
Elias McKinn lost his carriage shop
and contents at Cass City by fire. Loss
was Sl,100; insurance $1,000. The
offices of A. ID. ellis, L. Il. Laudon, aud
G. u. Strifler were also destroyed.
Lieut.. Mortimer O. Bigelow, form
~ly OF Birmingham, now of the
Eighth L. S. cavalry. who graduated
ut West Point last June. has left to
begin his duties at Fort Meade, S. d.
Judge l.. s. Montague. aged 80. died
at Howell, of pneumonia. Mr.. Mon
tague was appointed judge of the new
judicial district of Livingston and
Shiawassee Counties on May 10, 1895.
Niles, Buchanan and Benton Harbor
have organized company
TO manufacture pressed brick and tile
at buchanan. The clay there is said
to be the best in the world for the
purpose.
Adrian's board of health ordered the
canning factories to cease throwing
refuse in the river. and now four large
plants, employing hundreds of hands,
claim they will be forced to cease
business.
The Elliott house and contents, the
barns and two horses were destroyed
by fire at Ludington. The loss is Sill
900; insurance $500. i. A. Arm
strong's barn and contents were also
destroyed.
A number of farmers about Mes
have been victimizcd by two unknown
men, who purchased hay from them,
had it pressed and shipped TO various
points When the time came TO settle
they had disappeared.
M. M. Slocum, of Port Huron, dis
played a wholesale" liquor sign when
had only n retail license and Uncle
sam soon had him in hot water. lie
was bound over. with bail, to the IT,
5. district court for trial.
In August, fSss. Chas. o. Seaman
was sent 20 jackson prison for 10