The Yale expositor., 1895-05-24


that the late Henry Kiddle, whom the
county supported for several years,
left an estate of several thousand dol
lars.
ABOUT so, 900 bushels of wheat were
fed to stock in Lapeer county this win
ter. 1t Is now impossible TO buy wheat
in Lapeer and mills and elvators are
closing.
Lieut. Gov. Mines sent his resigna-
tion to Gov. Rich TO take effect May 81.
That is the day when the Legislative
session closes and when Mines duties
as president of the senate cease.
At Washington, Harvey o. Carr,
superintendent of the Grand Rapids
police department, was reelected sec
retary and treasurer of the National
Association of Police Superintendents.
George Mcdonald, a Detroit mer-
chant, is the latest victim of the deadly
folding bed, and he lies at Harper hos
pital threatened with permanent pa
ralysis.
At Summit City a gang of rowdies
attacked Charles Wood, and one of
them struck him in the face with a
heavy stone inhicting injuries which
may prove fatal.
A well flowing 10000 gallons of
water every "a hours has been struck
on the farm of VIM. Fox, near Roch-
ester. The roar of the water can be
heard several rods.
Gerrit Van Lenta, an employe of the
Walsh Deroo mill at Holland, had his
entire arm and side from the shoulder
down to his ribs ground into pieces
between two cog wheels
A huge meteor fell near Niles and
exploded. The sound was heard a
long distance and frightened many
farmers. The meteor was accompanied
by brilliantly colored lights.
Mrs. ]. G.. Ross left her home at
Rochester to place flowers on her
daughters grave, as was her custom
twice week. A few hours afterward
a boy found her lying at the cemetery
gate, dead.
An amendment to Jaclson's charter
this year changed the time for pay
ing city taxes from May to July, con-
sequently the treasury is empty and
no prospect of replenishing it for
nearly two months.
William III. Smith, aged 35, an al
legged leader in the famous strike on
the Grand Trunk railway last year,
was arrested on his fathers farm, near
Holly, charged with causing the fatal
wreck at Battle Creek last July.
The lumber outlook at Muskegon is
improving. The Thayer lumber com
pany will stock their mill with timber
cut near Hungerford, Newaygo county.
Their tract of pine in that section is
estimated to contain 40,000,00O feet.
The new city administration is re-
forming Bessemer. Not only are
houses of ill-fame, saloons and gamb-
ling houses kept closed on Sunday, but
restaurants, billiard halls, club rooms,
stores, livery barns and barber shops
as well.
ID. d. Vannockcr moved his elevator
from Ridgeway to Britton on 6O-foot
fiat car over the c., j. & NJ. road, over
two miles, in two hours and 20 min
utes. The building is 22x5O and 40
feet high, with a capacity for 5000
bushels.
Henry Wegel shot himself in the
right lung at the rooms OF Nora Arsen-
Jordan. They had been in each
others company a great deal, although
both were married, but the woman
had refused to receive Wcgel lately.
Danaher & Melindy, of Ludington,
will begin work next month on a saw
mill on the Tahquamenon river, eight
miles east of Seney. The firm have
over 100000, 900 feet of pine to cut,
enough to keep a mill of average
capacity busy for eight or ten years.
Fire destroyed over half of the lum-
Der and all of the buildings of the
Dwight Lumber company, at Detroit.
The plant of the lumber company is
situated at the corner of Scotteu ave-
nue. and the NJ. c. railroad and extends
over two blocks. The loss is fully
$50, 900.
Mrs. Kate Garrett, of Adelaide,
South Australia, and Mrs. Broughton,
of Saginaw, have just been reunited
after separation of 40 years. They
left England when Young women,
soon after marriage, one coming to
this country and the other going to
Australia.
The news came from New York that
CharleS Z. Poe, the only son OF zen. y.
NJ. Poe, had died suddenly. Mr.. Poe
was 36 years old. and was born in Mas
sillon, o. He graduated from the
Annapolis Naval academy, and organ
lied and was commanding officer of
the Detroit branch of tho naval re-
serves from which sprang the Michigan
organization.
The 2lst annual reunion of the
| Loomis Battery was held in Coldwater.
Officers chosen: President, A. j.
| Hanna, Coldwater; vice-president, c.
A. Lee, Coldwater; secretary and treas
urer, j. Il. Beadle, Detroit; captain,
Murray Tilton, Matteson; historian,
;. +. Dwight. llillsdale: poet, John Il.
Jack, Detroit; orator, j. w. Streeter,
Chicago. The reunion closed with a
banquet. The next session will be
held in Coldwater, May, 1896.
The Prohibition state central COM
mittee held heated session at Grand
Rapids on the Todd-Fanning contro-
vcrsy. The resolutions adopted at the
''snap" meeting at Lansing, exonerat-
| ing A. NJ. Todd, of Kalamazoo, of the
1 charges made by Chairman Tanning,
/ were uuanimOuSiv adODted Chairrn IN