The Yale expositor., 1895-10-25
PENINSULAR STATE NEWS.

Lew Van Horn slipped from wagon
near Pontiac and broke his neck
Fred Stockwell was fatally injured
in runaway accident at Hartford.
The shingle mill of Albert Hayley,
at Omer, was burned Loss, s., 600.
The 12-year-old son of Bert Mann,
of Rochester. is down with smallpox.
Miss Mary Bailey, aged rs years, was
instantly killed by a freight train at
Milford.
Martin Dunn was found dead in bed
at Cadillac. 1t is supposed TO be case
of suicide.
Hog cholera is epidemic near White
Pigeon. One farmer has loss II swine
in n week.
The residence of n. L. Robinson, of
Nicksburg, was destroyed by fire.
Loss 81, 500.
There are at present IL students en-
rolled in the Michigan mining school
at Houghton.
The Detroit Drydock Co. will build
two of the new gunboats for the United
States government.
Fred Hagerman's saw and planning
mill was burned at Paw Paw. Loss,
s., 900; insurance, $500.
Miss Kittie Beach, prominent young
and talented musician of Hudson, has
become violently insane.
After being in darkness two months
West Bay City has made a new con-
tract for electric lighting.
The Episcopal convention at Mime
| apolis authorized the formation of the
new dioceve of northern Michigan.
A wild animal, resembling panther
is terror,zing farmers northeast of
Niles, and few venture out after night
Capt. Charles Corlctte shot and in
stantly killed settler named James
! Probes at Phillips. Ole mistook Probes
| for a bear.
The. barns owned by I. III. Allen and
| William Porter burned at Springport.
| Allen was badly burned about the
face. Firebugs.
The Methodists of Van Buren,, near
Traverse City, are hustlers. They plan
ned, built and dedicated a new frame
church all in 10 days.
Ten freight cars in the Michigan
Central yards were ruined with their
contents in collision at Niles. The
loss will exceed $4,000.
A wild steer ran amuck through the
streets of Pcntwater and the residents
sought refuge in the stores until an
ex-cowboy lassoed the brute.
Rev. w. O. Lowden, who is charged
with forgery at Hastings, was bound
over for trial. He was unable to get
bail and was committed to Jail
Escanaba is trying GUST the present
water works company claiming that
the service is not up to the contract
| The citizens want a municipal plant
Auditor-General Turner will appeal
| from the decision of the Iron county
circuit court, in which all the taxes
Of 1898 from that county were declared
void.
The eastern association of the Con-
gregational churches and ministers of
| Michigan held the semi-annual session
in the Congregational church at st.
| Clair.
Hialmar Erickson, aged 81, was
! found dead in his fathers barn at Cal
umet with n bullet hole in his head.
1t is supposed that he accidently shot
| himself.
Children are dying at Coleman of n
| disease which some doctors call ton
! silitis and some call it diphtheria.
Many children are in the meantime
! being exposed
At Rains island, near the 800" the
steamers America, upbound, and Gill
/ bert down bound crashed together.
/ The America was sunk. but the Gilbert
escaped uninjurcd. No one was hurt.
Two tramps tried TO hold up Wash
ington avenue trolley car IN the SUI
/ burbs of Kalamazoo. Armed with
clubs they stopped the car and de-
man1ed the conductors cash, but he
succeeded IN knocking them off the
platform, and the car sped away.