The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11

Louis DantOS clothing store, John
Gardeners drug store. Hubbell's opera
house and John Schilling's residence
were burned To the ground at Even.
Loss on stock and buildings $1,000
Daniel barrow, aged IA. was playing
in an elevator in Crump's box factory,
in West Bay City. When the elevator
was ascending the boy stuck his head
out and it was crushed by the floor.
John Balsorock. a Polish timber
man, was killed in No. shaft at the
Tamarack nSne. He was struck in
the head by rock which had been
loosened by recent blasting and death
was instantaneous.
DIR. Myron S. Brownson, of Kings
ley, charged with causing the death
of Hattie Belle Coe, aged 30, at his
sanitarium, was found guilty of man
slaughter. The trial at Traverse City
was sensational one.
Postmaster-Ge General Wilson has noti-
fed Hon. Don NJ. Dickinson that he
will give his personal attention to the
matter of securing better mail facili-
ties for Michigan. He will begin work
on the undertaking at once.
s. j. S. McQuinn, of West Bay City,
missed his five-year-old boy and after
considerable search the child's body
was found under a tree in an outlying
ward with its neck broken. He had
evidently fallen from tree.
Peter Wickes, aged 10, caught u
horse in pasture near Flint and in
leading it to the stable tied the halter
around his waist The horse tried to
get away and dragged the boy around
the field for some time, probably IA
tallyinjuring him.
Williamson suffered from n large
fire which consumed seven buildings on
Grand River street. The fire started
in A. c. Grattan's carriage shop. Loss
about S., 600, insurance 81, 900. 1t was
only by hard work of the people that
the town was saved.
Report of state salt inspector for
September is as follows: Manistee
county, 1s3, 760 barrels; Mason, SO. 273;
st. CLAIR, 5s,6O6; Saginaw, 56,1s7; Bay,
So, 643; Iosco, l6.147; Midland, 1910;
Huron, 1890. Total inspection for the
month, ABS, $50 barrels.
Samuel Smith was terribly lacreated
by a rip saw in Quinn e. Fahrenkopf's
mill at Gagetown. He sat down on
the saw, which was revolving like
lightning, and a cash was cut six
inches in length, severing the intes-
final canal. lie cannot recover.
The body of Mrs Christina Krauter,
widow aged 80. was found in a els
tern at her home at Bay City. That it
was case of suicide was proved by
the fact that the woman was obliged
TO crawl through small hole to reach
the cistern.
Allegan will be connected with
Saugatuck and holland by an electric
road. A steel dam water power will
generate electricity enough to run a
train of cars over the line at rate of
so miles an hour. The road will carry
freight and passengers and will reach
the heart of the fruit district.
Eight lady Maccabees from Shop
herd started to visit the l.. O. T. NJ.
hive at st. Louis. Their horses ran
away and Mrs. John Drum had her
thigh dislocated; Mrs. j. r. Knapp had
an ankle broken; Mrs. Ezra Furlong
had wrist broken and Mrs. w. +.
Drake had her back and one side
badly bruised.
Joseph Baker, of Camden. was TAX
ing n load of cider and apple jelly
home from the mill when he saw that
IL was leaking and got down to stop it.
The barrel exploded covering him
from head to foot with the contents.
The horse promptly ran away. The
cider and jelly were total loss: also a
sCit of clothes.
J. Pierpont llorgan and party, of
New York, on a special train consist
ing of two coaches and a baggage car
made the long-distance record break
ing trip over the Michigan Central rail-
road from Buffalo through Canada and
Michigan to Chicago-521. miles in 0
hours and As minutes. Considerable
of the trip was made at speed of over
a mile a minute.
Gov. Rich has appointed the follow
ing delegates from Michigan to the
good roads parliament to be held at
Atlanta, Ga. Reuben Goodrich of
Traverse City; III. III. Hatch, of Detroit;
John Welch, of West Bay City; A. J..
Aldrich, of Flint; w. II. Wallace, of
Bay Port: Charles ii. Peters, of Sagi-
nav; X. w. Roberts, of Saginaw; Il.
JOY, of Springport; f. Rutan, of Green
vile.
Several years ago Higman's large
stave mill burned on piece of marshy
ground around which much sawdust
was EMBEDDED, at st. Joseph. Every
summer fire breaks out at this
spot. 1t did not break out until late
this year and it was thought to have
subsidized, until flames were again seen.
The fire cannot be extinguished with
water, and will probably continue to
smolder until snow falls.
Nearly 100 survivors of the Seven
teenth Michigan infantry held reun-
ion at Lansing. The interesting feat
Lres was the presentation to the state
of the old battle flag which was cap
tured by the enemy at Spottsylvania
Court House and recently returned
through the war department.. The
presentation was made by Senator
burrows and the flag was accepted on
behalf of the state by Gov. Rich.
The Detroit Drydock Co., was the
lowest bidder for the construction of
singles crew gunboats for the United
States and will probably be awarded
two contracts. They will avoid con-