The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-08-02
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.

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Detroit to celebrate Labor day.
VIM. II. Simpson suicided by hang
ing at Detroit. Illness the cause.
A stack of lumber fell upon James
Fell at Standish, breaking his back.
The hucllleberry crop is reported as
being very heavy about Marquette.
Thomas johnson, a farmer near
Williamsburg, lost his house by fire.
Howard Hendershott, of Brooklyn,
aged IL, was drowned in the mill pond
Geo. Sparkling, aged 10, shot himself
at Port Huron because he had been
scolded.
Troops d, Fifth Michigan cavalry,
will meet in reunion at Worthwhile,
August II.
Beverly Bugg, of Saline, fell under a
train at Pittsfeld and may lose both
of his legs
Thomas Martin, near Walton, lost
his barn, farm machinery and hay and
wheat In store.
Six boys from to 10 years of age
were arrested at Bay City for stealing
a pail of candy.
Libbie Smith, of Jonesville, aged GO,
was struck by Lake Shore train and
instantly killed.
Three of the leading BARRIERS of Mt.
Clemens were fined for violating the
Sunday closing law.
Arthur Goss, aged s, went bathing
at Cedar Springs while perspiring and
the shock killed him.
Bridge No. on the Grand Rapids &
Indiana railway, south of Childs,
burned by forest fires
A new three-story brick hotel will
re place the Anderson house at Croswell
which recently burned.
Fire destroyed the residence of DR.
David A. West at Lexington. Loss
81, 900; insurance $1,000.
Branch county Patrons of Hus-
bandry hold their annual picnic at
Coldwater on August %.
Wheeler & Company, the Bay City
shipbuilders, posted notices of a ten
per cent increase in wages.
Kalkaska county farmers will organ
lie a. luSllbulC Vic law
passed by the last legislature.
Another sewer cavern at Ann Arbor
came near killing Albert Schultz and
Arthur Sweet. Both were buried an
hour and were seriously hurt.
An old feud caused Cassimer Gandz-
Vile to ST DOT Joseph Olchawski near
Crystal Springs. He will recover.
John Il. Franks, near Muskegon.
was arrested charged with criminal
assault on his 11-ycar-old daughter.
While crossing the Lake Shore tracks
at Detroit Mrs. David Robinson, aged
"a, was struck and killed by a train.
Mrs. n. w. Burkhart, wife of the ex-
chief of police of Jackson. was thrown
out of buggy and broke both arms.
Capt. and Mrs. Parker, of the Saliva
tion Army have been working IL weeks
in Coldwater and have secured so fol-
lowers.
Mrs. Nellie Pringlc disappeared
from East Tawas and left letters sug-
costing suicide. Family trouble, APP
parently.
DR.. f. w. jerks, Of Detroit, has been
| appointed a member of the state board
of correction and charities vice DIR.
Bell resigned.
John Moore, GO years of age, an old
resident of Trenton, attempted suicide
by shooting himself with revolver.
He was respondent.
There is still hope for Grover. Mrs.
John Guger, near Muskegon, presented
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new arrival having preceded by nine
girls.
John Pulcipher, near Traverse City
pastured herd of Jersey cows in q
wood lot, which caught from neigh.
boring forest fires, and the cows were
burned.
The early peach shipments from the
neighborhood of Saugatuck were the
largest ever made in July, the first full
shipment to Chicago being $4,000 peck
baskets.
The old club house at Idlewild, be
tween Little and Big Clam lakes a
Cadillac, burned. This was formerly
popular place of resort, and an ole
landmark.
The barn of Brewster Peabody, neal
Allegan, was destroyed by fire to
gether with 400 bushels of wheat. TIL,
fire caught from threshing machine
Loss 81 800.
Herman Conklin, of Leoni, wa
killed at Snyder's Station by an Air lin
passenger train. lie went 20 sleep b,
the side of the track and was strucl
by passing train.
The remnant of the once powerful
Chippewa Indians held an old-tim
ghost dance and pow-wow at Indian
town, near Saginaw. Several hundre
white people attended the affair.
William Bradley, n hobo of IL year
standing, while intoxicated attempte
TO board train at Lapeer. He los
his foothold, and the wheels passe
over both legs, cutting them off.
The Detroit Grays military organize
ton camped at Marine City and Mayo
: Pingree and other Detroit official
visited them and made speeches. TIL
event was made gala day for Marin
City.