The Yale expositor., 1895-05-10
Mrs. Hendrilsa Geulles, of Kalama-
zoo. aged 81, hanged hecself.

MuskeBon.
Woodruff Parmalee was held for
trial for the murder of Julia Curtiss at
Trav erse City.
Algonac's village council refused
licenses to the four saloons, but granted
one to n druggist.
Z. C. Warmer, principal of the Bat
tie Creek high school, has accepted
similar position at Saginaw.
John Il. Corliss, of Detroit, has OBJ
tanned franchise for an electric road
from jackson to Vandercook lake.
John Mcclellan, aged 81, stole his
fathers chickens at Battle Creek and
now takes his meals at the Detroit
house of correction.
Peter Iederdam, aged 70, was found
dead in his dirty little room at Muske-
gon. lie was a miser worth $40, 900,
and lived alone. Over $1,000 was
found in his room.
Adam c. Arnold, who has been on
examination for numbering his son
George at Battle Creek was held for
trial to the circuit court on the charge
of murder in the first degree without
bail
The Michigan Trust company, of
Grand Rapids, has been appointed re-
ceiver of the buchanan Power and
Light company on the ground that the
assignee is not properly managing the
property. The liabilities are S67 900;
the assets, Sl60,00
Wyandotte citizens were justly in
dignant when it was reported that the
L. l.
been brought from lockwood and
taken to the Old Western hotel on the
orders of an undertaken. The hotel
has been quarantined.
A. p. Crell, of Ionia, claims to have
perfected an electric mail car which
will revolutioniZe the present system
of transporting the mails. He says
the car will travel 200 miles an hour,
making the trip from New York City
TO Chicago in five hours.
The poultry department is something
new at the Agricultural college and is
attracting much attention. Before
| the season closes there will be 500
| lively Observation-Disclosures chicks, and in
another year 1000 will be raised. 1t
is the design TO show the farmers that
there is money in the business.
In Monitor township, five miles from
| West Bay City, five wells have been
sunk to determine the extent of the
body of coal that was discovered there
last fall. In each hole evidences of
gas were discovered and in the last
hole pocket of gas was entered that
made blaze as large as a barrel
The law giving villages the option of
suppressing liquor business within
their limits will be tested in the sa-
preme court by Chas +. Shafer, pro-
| prietor of n hotel at Worthwhile, whose
| liquor bonds were refused by the viii
lage council. Mr.. Shafer contends
that n hotel with barroom attached
is not saloon.
jackson is in the midst of Francis
Murphy temperance revival. The
police and the Liquor Dealers associa-
ton united in ordering all saloons
closed on Sunday, and Jackson was
dry. The few saloonkeepers who sold
liquor will be prosecuted. This is the
first time in years that Jackson has
had dry" Sunday.
The latest grand jury at Bay City
has returned 81 indictments. The
jury roasts the superintendent of the
poor who, it is alleged, have conducted
their business loosely and sold many
goods to themselves contrary to law.
Judge Maxwell instructed the county
treasurer to collect from each superin-
tendent the $50 fine which the law
specifies.
The residence of Mrs Oscar Allen,
an aged Coopersville widow, was bur-
glari2ed during her absence. The
thieves got $1,000 in gold and bank
bills, $50 in negotiab BILE notes. lot of
silverware, a pair of gold-rimmed
glasses, two pairs of ladies' shoes and
dress waist. Mrs. Allan did not be-
lieve in banks and kept her money in
the house.
A post mortem examination and an
investigation into the death of Julia
Curtiss, who was found dead in the
woods near Traverse City reveal the
fact that the girl was about TO become
n mother and that she had been cholScd
TO death, instead of having suicided as
at first supposed. Wood Parmalee. an
old resident, was arrested on a charge
of murder.
Reinwaut's tailor shop, the CONNER
cial house and keystone hotel were de-
stroyed by fire at Manistique while
Thompson meat market had TO be
torn down in order to prevent the
spread of the flames. The total
loss is about sos, 600 The wind was
blowing n gale, and for time the
entire business portion of the town
was threatened.
John +. Adrian, of Bedford Station,
was arrested on the charge of assault
| with intent tO do oreat bodilv harm,
The complainant is Miss 10 NJ. Weeks
who recently caused the arrest OF
Adrian's brother and had him fined on
the charge of leaving a dead horse un
buried. lie drew out pocket-knife
and stabbed her in the side. But for
her corset she might have received
fatal injuries.
Over $500 factory workers are out
on n strike at Sheboygan, Wis.
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