The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-05-29
NEWS FOR MICHICANDERS.

again ruined lne DlueDcrry crop In tnt
upper peninsula.
An insane girl was found by The
roadside, near Bad Axe, without &
stitch of clothing, and taken to jail.
The 0-months-old child of Thomas
Higgins, of Dollarville, pulled, over d
kettle of boiling water and was scalded
to death.
The May musical festival given by
the Choral union at Ann Arbor closed
with Saint Saen's Samson and Delilah'
and was a spenGlid success.
It is said that many of the business
men recently burned out at L'Anse will
never rebuild j. Il. Smith, one of the
mainstays of the town, will move to
Detroit.
J Mrs. l.. Clark, of Port Huron, placed
5000 worth of jewelry in the stove for
safe keeping and later started fire in
the stove, running the treasure com
pletely.
Warrants were sworn out at Muslle-
gon by Secretary w. W Locher, of the
| Y. M. c. A., for the arrest of five of the
men who played base ball on Sunday
and also the umpire.
Several weeks ago the women of
Lansing formed an association for the
purpose of establishing n cottage hos
pital. They went vigorously to work
and succeeded splendidly.
Owen Mcclellan and w. 7. Price fell
distance of 25 feet at Benton Harbor
from scaffold, which gave way. They
were thrown to the stone walk below,
sustaining injuries from which both
will die.
committee appointed by Superin-
tendent of Public instruction Patten-
gill to visit Agricultural college has re-
ported in favor of adding instruction
in the mechanic arts; also that n ladies
course be added.
The army worm is worhinS' great
Mrs. Harrison Young's apple orchard
was strippedsDare in "a hours. Louis
Stough's orchard, in Royal Oak, was
ravaged in the same manner.
The state live stock commissioners
at Alpena killed four thoroughbred
Jersey cows from the herds of Z. O.
Avery, two from the herds of w. l..
and Ill. ID. Churchill and one belonging
j. A. Widner. tuberculosis.
August Hartman, farmer, near East
TawaS, literally blew his head off. He
placed a heavy charge in a shotgun
filed the barrel with water and placed
the muzzle in his mouth. Then he
pushed the trigger with a stick. Fam
lily troubles
DR.. j. A. Morey. of Riverdale, com
mitted suicide by taking morphine at
Cadillac, where he was living under an
assumed name. He left a long letter
to his wife at Riverdale and other pa
pers by which his identity was revealed.
Morey was physician of the X. o. II.
Nj. of Riverdale, and serious charges
were pending against him.
Eight miners had narrow escape at
the Ashland mine at Ironwood. They
were working in No. : shaft. drifting
on the third level about 300 feet from
the surface. when cavern occurred.
The accident took place shortly after )
a. IN. and it was thought their doom
was sealed, but by diligent working
the men were released by 0 o'clock.
The feeling toward Cashier j. l..
Kleckner o. the Citizens bank. of Ed
harrisburg, since the discovery OF his
alleged shortage of $1,000, has been
anything but friendly and eliminated
in a very pointed demonstration of dis
approval. A large crowd gathered at
the Citizens bank and proceeded to
hang Klecliner in effigy amid the boots
and the bowls of the mob.
There is more trouble between the
Kalamazoo foundrymen and the union
molders. The latter have been called
out of Wilson's foundry. and the shop
of Buckley Il Co. The cause of the
trouble is the refusal of The firms to
make the minimum wages s. per day.
They wish to pay each man according
to their estimate of his worth without
consulting the union.
Secretary Storrs. OF the state board
of corrections and charities. has made
an official inspection of the jails in
Ogcmaw. Roscommon. Altoona. Craw-
ford. Iosco Otsego. Alpena and Che
boygan counties. There was but one
prisoner in the iails at Alpcna and Che
boygan. and mono in the other coun-
ties. Secretary Storrs says that this
record is unprecedented.
About 20 of the surviving members
of the celebrated Loomis battery held
their twenty-sccond annual reunion at
Coldwater. At the business meeting
the following officers were clected:
President. G. A. Lee. of Coldwater:
vice. James Harris. of Adrian; secre-
tary and treasurer. X. G.. Chandler. of
Coldwater: captain. Ad. Burch, of Ba-
tavia. \ banquet followed.
Lightning struck the house of Justice
VI. l.. Borland at Ribblc postotiicc and
set it on fire. The family had only
time to save Il few household goods
The postoflicc was kept by Mrs. Bor-
land. and all the mail matter, pouches.
etc. were consumed. While Mr. Bor-
land was trying SO save the stamps and
mail. he was overcome by smoke and
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