The Yale expositor., 1895-04-12

Peter Garyntyziz, Polish miner, was
instantly killed at the Tamarack mine
by falling ore.
Ia military company is being formed
at Petoskey which will be known as
the Petoskey Rifles.
A white swan six feet ten inches
from tip to tip, was shot by Benjamin
Carpenter, near Adrian.
Lowell Lamkin, a merchant at Good
Hart, lost his store, house and house
hold goods by FIRE. Loss $1,000.
VIM. Maitland, a Niles barber, is
under arrest at Cassopolis, charged
with passing counterfeit money.
Lewis Smith was run over by
Michigan Central freight train at
Charlotte and died from his injuries
John Canerdy, while jumping off
the street car at Port Huron, was
thrown to the ground and very severely
injured.
NJ. w. Parker, well-known man of
st. Johns, Mich, fell from the Burling-
ton train at Aurora, Neb., and frac-
tured his skull.
The strike of the 500 employees of the
Round Oak stove works at Dowagiac
was settled and the men returned to
work Immediately.
George Cross, in Jail at Kalamazoo
in default of money to settle an un-
lawful parentage case, in some way
secured morphine and suicided with it.
John Stratton fell l6 feet in the
paper mill at Otsego and into hot
water vat, scalding himself terribly
about the legs and injuring himself in
ternally.
A footpad tried to hold up Dr. Crouch
near Corunna. The doctor leaped from
his buggy, downed the highwayman
and then marched him to Shaftsburg
and turned him over to an officer
Louie Tol1la, a miner at the Tilden
mine at Bessemer, was killed while
coming up one of the shafts on cage.
In some way his head got caught in the
timbers and was cut from his body.
Capt. A. Ford Hursley committed
suicide it the Park hotel at Sault Ste.
Marie. He shot himself through the
head with 3s-calibre revolver. He
was one of the best known lake captains
Edward Kirkland, farmer near
Grand Rapids, committed suicide by
shooting. He retired to the woodshed,
placed the business end of a shotgun
to his left side and touched il off with
stick.
One of the most prominent men in
| Grand Traverse county, j. Il. Gowdy,
was killed on the q. X. & 1. railroad at
Traverse City. lie fell between the
coaches of a passenger train and had
his head crushed.
Frank Tompkins, of Girard, got up
at a. m. and built fire, and then
went back to bed for just one more lit
tie nap When he awoke the house
was almost consumed by the flames.
| The house and contents were insured
for $4,000.
The Eureka mine at Ramsey, closed
down, throwing 100 men out of en-
plovment. 1t was caused by the ore
| playing out. Other mines in the
vicinity are increasing their forces and
the prospects for good summer are
very favorable.
Frank w. Hillman, travelling man
employed by the Buckeye Supply COM
pany of Toledo, committed suicide by
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Detroit. Dependency over his in
ability to conquer the drink habit and
his family troubles were the causes.
The Port Huron Chamber of Com
merce passed a resolution protesting
against the present revision of the fish
law. There is $40, 900 interested in
local fisheries, and companies put up
400 tons of ice annually, employ $50
men and Is in winter mending nets
Frank Kimball, who was arrested
charged with breaking into Mrs.
| Young'S house in Potterville and as
saulting her and demanding money,
has been identified as Rodney Frisby,
who escaped from the asylum for in
sane criminals at Ionia last Novemb Der.
Robert Stewart, well-to-do farmer
near Carson City, was arrested by
Deputy u. ;. Marshal O'Donnell and
taken to Grand Rapids, charged with
sending obscene matter through the
mail. Mrs. Florence Van VOORHEES,,
a young grass widow" made the
complaint.
Mary, the 1s-year-old daughter of
| Farmer Dado, near Battle Creek took
a dose of paris green, and died in great
agony. She wanted to go TO a dance
and her parents refused the request,
and she took the poison just to
brighten her people, not expecting
that it would prove fatal.
Old Nick Mans, of Marlette, died
from grief over unfounded suspicious
against his good name. Gossiping
neighbors attributed his daughter s
children to him, and church investi-
cation was ordered. The very day he
died the girl made a confession, com.
pletely generating the old man and
laying the guilt to other persons.
The University calendar shows an
increase in attendance of $50 students
over last years enrolment. The mum.
Der of students now in the University
of Michigan is 2,s15, which is divided
as follows: Literary, 1,514; medical
374; law, Gas; pharmacy, II; dental
1855; homeopathic department, II stu
dents
Sheriff Mills arrested Justice of the
Peace Frank n. Campbell, of Erie, for
burglarizing Z. j. Drouillards general
store at Erie. Mr.. Drouillard claims
two boxes of cigars and S92 in silver
were stolen. Campbell confessed when
arrested, and gave up $50. The rest nc