The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-12-27

Ishpeming is figuring on a fine city
hall TO cost Sl50,000.
Theodore A. Johnson was killed by
an angry bull near Alma.
Ypsilanti is in the midst of a war
between Chinese laundrymen.
Otter Lake business men hustled for
a grist mill and finally secured it.
Alpena. with population of 10000,
has recently added l0l members to its
y. NJ. c. A.
While delirious from excessive drink
Durand Mintline, of Caseville, -cut his
throat with iackknife.
The male department of the newly
opened Upper Peninsula hospital for
the insane at Newberry is full.
The Ingham County Poultry and
Pet Stock association held a three
days exhibit at Lansing with 300 ca
tries.
4 South Shore train killed three fine
deer near Marquette. Wonder who
will be tried for killing 'em ont of
season?
The farmhouse of G.. w. McCrumm.
of Eagle township, Clinton county,
burned to the ground with its con-
tents. No insurance.
Chief of Police NJ. A. Ward. of Niles,
has resigned his position To take sit
uation as superintendent of the Allie
gan Paper Co S mills at Allegan.
Orpheus Smith, a patient ut the
Northern Michigan asylum at Traverse
City. left the building and, going TO u
thicket, hanged himself TO tree.
At the special election for bonding
the village of Lowell for SIS, 900 for a
municipal electric lighting plant. Is
were against the measure and 363 for it,
Joseph Hanaw, the jackson Hebrew
who, was arrested for embeZzlement.
was let off with $500 fine and 81. 505
costs. because of his age and his serious
illness.
Joseph Humphrey. trucllman at Lud-
ington. while sick with the grip got
out of bed at night, went out into the
yard and cut his head nearly off with
a razor.
1nquisitive Master Willets took the
filling from a cartridge. placed it in n
can and dropped a match in it TO see
what would happen. 1t cost him his
eyesight.
A large barn containing - fine Jersey
cows, 10 horses and all of the farming
Port, was totally destroyed by fire
The loss $3.50
The dry house of the Jackson Coal
& Mining Co., near Jackson, burned.
together with over 100 suits of miners
clothes The building was insured.
but the mems loss is complete.
At Rroclxway two stores burned. one
kept by VIM. Mckinney, the post
master, and the postoffice was also
located in the burned building. The
other store was kept by Martin j.
Burke.
The common council of Menominee
condemned the second bridge between
that city and Marinette. Both places
desire TO have one constructed. but
cannot agree on the cost TO be shared
10y each.
The Bricklayers' union at Kalama.
700 has imposed fine of 500 on Rick
man d Atkins for cutting the scale of
wages and. according to the bylaws.
they cannot employ union men until
the fine is paid
Louis Smith has resigned as assistant
postmaster of Saginaw, to become
manager of the Michigan Horse and
Sporting News, recently removed from
Detroit He is succeeded in the post
Office by Peter Redmond
VIM. Bean is in jail at Flint in de.
fault of $500 bail, on the charge OF
incest with his own sister, Rosina
Severance. 1t is alleged that the two
have lived together for several years
and have two children.
Dick White, aged 10. while coastine
near Rockford was struck by single
sled descending the hill. lie wa,
thrown 10 feet into the air, falling
upon his head and crushing his skull
lie died soon afterward.
St Patricks Catholic church in Graf
tan township. near Grand Rapids, i.
badly split because FIR. Crumley didnf
run the church to suit all of his parish
oners, and refused communion TO the
children of some of the kickers.
j. ii. Worden, of Cedar Springs. ha.
purchased from VIM. Mcpherson, o.
Howell, 1900 acres of timber Lane
near Tustin, estimated to contain up
wards of 10, OOO, 900 feet of logs, abou
half of which is fine grade of hard
wood. A large saw mill will be
erected
The site of the old saw mill at Han
cock is being cleared for a new hard
wood mill. The immense forests o
hardwood in Ontonagon. Houghtol
and Keweenaw counties. containing
the finest standing timber in the state
will be tributary TO- the new mill
which will be the first of Us Kind il
the district
Deputy Warden Northrup, who wa
nearly killed by riotous jackson con
victs. still suffers great pain and is un
able to leave his room. AS his injuries
affect the spinal column his recovery
will be slow. Keeper Henry Mellen
camp is also hurt worse than was a
first supposed.
Lake county taxes run from TO
per cent They fall upon the aetna
settlers, the timber having all beei
removed. There has been much ex
travagance In the management of tn
county affairs. especially in the schoo
districts. II is a heavy drain upon tn
faw-noverg IN supnorf them. some n