The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-06-21


notices in the paper.
The Grand Ri err l. o. o. i. picnic
association, comprising the counties OF
Eaton, Ionia, Clinton, lngham and
Shiawassee will hold their fifth annual
picnic on the Seven islands at Grand
Ledge, July is.
lCarl Lambrechts residence at Bay
City was partially destroyed by fire.
The family was attending an enter
tainment and left a lighted lamp on
the organ, and it is thought the fire
originated from that.
The common council of Jackson de-
cided TO call a special election on July
s TO vote on the proposition TO bond
the city for $50, 900 TO provide addi-
tional fire protection for large manu-
factories in the suburbs.
Louis Dawes, an inmate of the
Soldiers Home at Grand Rapids, was
found dying in an alley in that city
minus his pension money which he
had received that day. 1t is thought
he was drugged and robbed.
The two-year-old child of William
RumseY, at OwoSso, was attacked by Il
game rooster, which fastened its spurs
in his temple, knocked him down, tore
his face and would probably have
killed him had not help arrived.
Fifteen Eastern capitalists and lum-
Der buyers at Menominee several days
looking over the stock of the largest
concerns. They represent that this
is the best market to procure large
quantities of tine grades in lumber.
A disastrous confagration ragged sew.
eral hours in the lumb yard of Henry
Stephens & Co., at st. Helen. The loss
will reach SIS, 900. A fire engine sent
65 miles, from Bay City, worked all
night. The town narrowly escaped.
Ex:Superintenden w. r. Bryan has
begun suit for $40, 900 damages against
the board of education of Utica. Each
member is sued individually for $40, 900
Bryan claims an illegal dismissal from
service and defamation of character.
The chamber suit manufacturers of
the country met at Grand Rapids and
recommended that the price of goods
be placed up at not less than 10 per
cent profit on the actual gross cost
based upon system adopted at the
meeting.
j. III. Johnson's elevator at Meta
mora, was destroyed by fire entailing
a loss of S12, 900. The entire town had
n narrow escape. The insurance was
So, 500 NJ. n. Kelley had 900 bushels
of wheat stored in the building. Mr.
Johnson will rebuild
The Ohio Southern railroad has prac-
tically decided to extend its line from
Il
meet with the Wabash and thus gain
the shortest route by 20 miles between
Cincinnati and Detroit. Senator Brice,
of Ohio, is back OF the project.
w. =. Kibbe, sentenced to ninety
days in the county Jail at Harbor
Springs for petty larceny, and another
prisoner, made their escape by saving
hole through the floor. A silver
table knife was made into "a saw
Kibbie was recaptured at Aver.
Between 1000 and 5000 people cele-
brated the opening day of the new
electric light plant and glove and nit
ten factory. A wheelmen's tourna-
ment was held, with about 100 wheels
in line. In the evening the electric
light company gave fine display, fol-
lowed by tremen's dance.
Joseph Strobel. Charles w. Cannon
and Eudebe Crozc have been arrested
charged with keeping saloons open at
lloughton on Sunday. The Law and
Order league has succeeded in closing
saloons Sundays in Calumet, Laurium,
Red Jacket, Lake Linden and South
Linden, and has now begun operations
at Houghton.
The regents of the University made
the following appointments in the
homeopathic college: DIR. Leseure, De-
troit, surgery: Dr. c. Il. Long, Ionia,
therapeutics; DR.. Copeland. Bay City,
ophthlamology: DIR. Miner, Grand
Rapids, materia medica. No action
was taken on the removal of the col
lege to Detroit.
Mrs c. Grove and Mrs. William Os-
borne attempted to cross the ID. 81 NJ
tracks near Pewamo in front of the
through freight. The engine struck
the rear end of the carriage, throwing
the ladies down the embanlxment.
Mrs. Grove died few moments after
the accident. Mrs. Osborne is in very
critical condition.
A Nj. G. train struck rig containing
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Cousino, at cross
ing near Monroe. The occupants of
the rig were thrown about 40 feet and
the buggy was splintered. The horse
escaped unhurt. Mrs. Cousino sus-
tanned probable fatal internal injuries,
and triple fracture of her arm. Mr. =.
Cousino was also badly injured inter-
nally, and his recovery is doubtful.
They are each nearly 20 years old.
When win Davidson, clerk in the
county treasurers office at Bay City
lighted the gas in the vault, an ex-
plosion followed. One of the windows
was blown ont. Davidson was burned
about the head and hands, and Deputy
ID. Hawkins lost his hair and mus
tache, besides being burned on the
face and hands Register of Deeds
Lew Andrews was burned on the hand.
The papers in the vault were scorched.
A leaking gas jet caused the trouble.
Fred Plate, a colored man from
Battle Creek, made balloon ascension
at Marcellus. He hung on the bar
when the balloon rose, but after it had
gone TO a little hight the gas began to
escape. He could not use the para
chute, as the distance was not great
enouuh for IL Tn Snead bofore reachi