The Yale expositor., 1895-08-09
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.

About 60 tannery employees went on
u strike at Cheboygan for higher
wages.
Matthias Vantyne, aged 76, committed
suicide at Kalamazoo because of family
troubles.
at Narenta in attempting to board
train in full motion.
Fire destroyed the residence of DIR.
David A. West at Lexington. Loss
$1,000; insurance $4,000.
Branch county Patrons of Hus-
bandry hold their annual picnic at
Coldwater on August 20.
Two frame barns belonging to Cal
HoSner, near Lawton, were burned to
the ground. Loss $1,000.
Hay is so scarce at Hart that farmers
use sailed pea vines, procured at the
canning factory, for fodder.
Mrs. w. j. White, of Mt Morris, at
tempted suicide but was discovered by
her husband in time TO save her life.
The offices of the Daily News, the
TimeS-Se ntinel and the Democrat were
burned at Manistee with loss of
$1,000, fully insured.
The residence of r. A. Snyder was
burned at Chelsea together with its
contents. The fire caught from gas
oline stove. Loss 81 900.
Fred Simpson and Horace Elliott of
DEVILS Lake, and j. McCool. Addison,
were arrested charged with selling
liquor without license.
Louis Sander, of Grand Rapids,
loaned 81 900 to two horsemen, taking
several diamonds as security. The
diamonds proved to he paste.
Fred Simpson, Hold Elliott and Jack
McCule were arrested at Manitou
Beach near Hudson, for selling intoX-
C ating liquors without a license,
An East Marinctte grocery man,
Erick Starrin, on account of family
troubles, committed suicideby swal
lowing dose of ''rough-on-rats."
A Buffalo dispatch says Chas #.
Baker, of JACKSON, Mich, disappeared,
taking So, 900 belonging to Mrs. Baker.
They were only recently married.
The c. & G. r. railway pumping
The fire department arrived too late
TO save the building. Loss $4,000.
Mayor Starkweather, of West Supe-
rior, Wis. was lmpeached by the com
mon council on charge of extorting
money from tiremen and policemen.
Mrs. Eliza O'Brien, aged 20, jumped
from the Third street bridge into the
river at Bay City. Jerry 1'imicll, of
Saginaw, jumped in and pulled her cut.
Emma Barley. aged years. was
run over by an electric car at Menom-
nee, and both legs and arms were cut
off and head crushed. death resulting
The Sylvan Beach resort, at White
hall. has been purchased by Grand
Rapids parties for $1,000. They will
build 81, 900 hotel and improve the
grounds.
Minnie Abbott. aged 20, near Will
iamston, shot herself near the heart
with 32-caliber ball, which passed
nearly through the body. No cause
known.
Bert Jackson, aged is, borrowed 80
bushels of oats from a farmer near
Owosso when the farmer was away.
Bert sold the oats, pocketed the cash
and skipped.
Emancipation day was celebrated in
| splendid style by the colored people of
| the state. Battle Creek, jackson,
Grand Rapids and Saginaw were the
principal points.
The Mile Mining Co., at Iron
| Mountain, has announced a raise of
wages of employees of from 10 to 25 per
| Oro - haincr hustlad from, This
range at rapid rate.
Wellington Il. Grace, well-to-do
farmer, near Bclleville, attempted sui
eide by taking teaspoonful of paris
green. Prompt medical aid saved his
life. Family trouble.
w. c. Clark, publisher of the West
BAY City Independent, has fallen heir
to $50, 900 by the death of his uncle in
Scotland. He will establish a daily
paper in West Bay City.
The Babcock Lumber Co. of Manis-
tee, cut wages % cents per day in it's
shingle mill All the men struck.
/ The company says they will get the
timber sawed at Stronach.
The dead body of George nenwood
was found under the rear platform of
Brecheuscr's grocery at Dowagiac. lie
had committed suicide by taking car
bolic acid. No cause known.
Port Austin boys stretched wire
across the street. throwing and seri-
ously injuring two women. Geo. Nc
Kay, Roy Mcdonald and Alfred Brown
NAV be sent to reform school
George Harmon, of Chebovgan, was
found dead i'm Jail where he was con-
fined for drunkenness. He had lived
on whisky for years and the sudden
stopping of supplies killed him.
While bathing in Flint river near
Otter Lake John Crawford was seized
with cramps. Herbert Smith jumped
to the rescue and was drowned, but
Crawford was helped out. Mrs. Smith
saw her husband drown and is insane.