The Yale expositor., 1895-05-17

The Cleveland CliffS company re-
fused to advance wages and closed
their Ishpeming mines for the season.
Shelby's common council voted S35
reward for the arrest and conviction
OF every violation OF the saloon ordi-
nance.
A flag pole 10 feet high is being
erected in front of the Flint high
school. 1t took six horses to draw it
to the city.
Enlargement of the heart is causing
the death of a large number of swine
in Calhoun county. The animals die
very suddenly.
Mrs. Addie A. Randall, of Bay City,
recently released from Pontiac asylum,
announces she will prosecute those re-
| sponsible for her Incarceration.
A Hillsdale farmer says he has made
a discovery. In each potato hill he
plants n bean and he has never been
| bothered by potato bugs. lie has also
raised good crop of beans.
First Sergt. Fred A. Smith, Of com
pany ID, 10Th U. S. infantry, blew his
head off with an old army musket at
Fort Brady, Maclxinac Island. He had
been in the service for 20 years.
| Miss Anna Schroedel, highly es-
teemed young lady, about 81 years of
age, committed suicide at Saginaw by
shooting herself in the temple. No
reason can be assigned for the rash
act
Henry Ward, of Pontiac, has sold
1000 fine grade sheep, which will be
| taly 10 ha iuC la hA
sheep industry in this section of the
state is new industry, but is rapidly
growing.
In the trial, before the common
council of Ann Arbor, of Albert NJ.
Clark, president of the beard of public
works, Mr.. Clark was acquitted on all
four charges made against him by
Capt. Manly.
Three prisoners held for burglary
broke out of their cells at Gaylord.
The sheriff's wife grabbed one, but he
knocked her down. She gave the
alarm, and in Is minutes all thee
were back in Jail.
Several hundred miners have been
added to the force of the Chaplin mine
at Iron Mountain. Skilled miners are
becoming very scarce, as thousands
left the iron range during the depres-
sion of the past two years.
Gov. Rich has appointed Rev. T. F.
Slattery, of Lansing; Rev. Charles o.
Reilly, and Mrs. X. Ii. Robbins, of
Adrian, delegates TO the national con-
ference of corrections and charities, to
be held at New Haven, Conn, this
month.
Nearly $50, 900 peach trees have been
set in Oceana county this spring. be-
sides large quantities of small fruit.
| The refreshing rains came just in time
to help the new trees and fruit grow
ers are iubilant at the prospects of a
heavy crop.
Maurice Kimberly, of Bellevue,
hasn't been able TO talk for three
years. While washing his face in cold
water, he accidentally snuffed some up
his nose and was about to whisper his
displeasure, when his voice came out
full and strong.
i. w. Wheeler, the Bay City ship
builder, has practically closed a con-
tract with syndicate to build 90 tow
boats and four steamers, of the regular
Erie canal size, to trade between Ohio
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to be completed early next season.
Lightning struck the hardware store
of Il. IL. Rose at Sherman and set fire
to the building. The flames spread,
causing a loss of several thousand dol
lars. The Rose store, the American
express Office, the insurance Office of
5. Gasser and the big double store of
| Gilbert IL Sturtevant were destroyed,
together with valuable stocks of goods.
1t is learned that the Baltimore e
Ohio railroad has purchased the st.
Joseph Valley railroad, running be-
tween Buchanan and Berrien Springs,
and the Elkart 81 Western road. and
that it is the intention soon to build a
! branch from Milford, Ind, to Benton
| Harbor. The Ii. e. o. has been want
ing branch to Lake Michigan for a
! long time.
Mrs. Addie A. Randall, of Bay City,
confined in the Pontiac insane asylum
for Is months, and declared by many
people to be of sound mind, was re-
leased by DR.. Christian, the medical
superintendent. She left the institu-
ton with her brother, Charles Eagan,
! of Petrolea, Ont, and when she real
lied that at last she was liberated her
| Joy was unbounded.
Michigan's fruit belt will yield one
of the largest crops ever known, says
n Fennville correspondent. The warm
weather has pushed everything, and
this section looks like a beautiful
flower garden. The apple crop will be
light. Thousands of acres of small
fruits have been set this spring, to
take the place of peach orchards de.
stroyed by the yellows
M. j. Tanning, of Jackson, chair.
man of the Prohibition state central
committee, asked for the resignation
of Hon. A. NJ Todd, of X alamazoo, as
member of that committee, on
charges of immortality. Mr.. Todd de-
manded an investigation and the COM
mittee, after a days hot work, cleared
Todd's name of all odium, and informed
! Mr.. Tanning that he had merely
made an error of judgment.
The first collision of the season &C.
Cured off Skilligallee light, when in a
dense fog the steamer Cayuga, of the
Lehigh Valley line, laden with mer-
! chandise, and the Joseph l.. hurd, of
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