The Yale expositor., 1896-12-04
THE TWO PENINSULAS.


while hunting near East Jordan.
The village of Talbot has serious
epidemic of diphtheria and poor health
board supervision.
1t is estimated that 5000 deer were
killed in the upper peninsula during
the recent hunting season.
Fire destroyed the barn and crops of
George Griffin, near South Haven.
The estimated loss is 81, 200.
Mary j. Service, of jackson county,
hanged herself at the Kalamazoo asy-
lum with Il stocking over bed post.
Albert Farrer, of Westwood, yawned
so hard that his jaws became dislocated
and doctors services were required
to replace them.
Anna. the wife of James K. Gordon,
of the Detroit journal, residing at 43l
Military avenue, died from the effects
of a dose of arsenic taken by mistake
for dose of epson salts.
John Worden, Benzie county pris-
oner at Jackson, had both legs crushed
under a heavy machine which he was
helping TO move. His life is despaired
of by the prison physician.
The University of Michigan football
eleven met their first defeat of the
season at the hands--or feet-of the
boys of the University of Chicago, at
Chicago, 10y a score of to 6.
George and Peter Brisho, of Oswego,
n. Y, on their way to Lansing, to visit
! Al ~. D,,
run down and killed by a Lake Shore
passenger train at Sandus.,y, Q.
The Newsboys' association at Grand
Rapids has been provided with an as
sembly hall 54x7O feet in size and in
| tended for their exclusive use. The
| Evening Press was responsible for the
move.
George T. Hoxie was convicted in
the recorders court at Detroit, of Grim
inally assaulting his 15-ycar-old
| daughter. Mabel Louise, and was sem
fenced by Judge Chaplin to state prison
at jackson for life.
Fred II. Lewis, of Flint, hurled a
stone at bird, but his aim was bad
and it went through a window at the
Lewis paper mill, striking Patrick
Stanton on the left temple, and he
died from the blow.
The third annual convention of the
Saginaw Valley district union of Christ
Endeavorers, with $50 delegates in at
tendance, was held at Lapeer. There
are 1873 societies in the district, which
is 90 more than last year.
Anton Campau, an old Detroit vet
eran. who is blind, fell through hole
left open by the contractors at the hos
pital of the Soldiers home at Grand
Rapids. His shoulder was dislocated
and two ribs broken. On account OF
his age Campau may not recover.
Louis German, sent up from Mecosta
county for five years for perjury ha:
received a pardon from Gov. Rich
German was an honest old farmer who
was used to prove an alibi for the Ran
dali gang. He fixed dates by n receipt
1t now appears that he was just ;
week off IN his calculations, and tina
he had no intention of doing wrong.
Edwin Ruggles heard n peculiar moist
in the basement OF his feed mill. a
Three Rivers but thought nothing o
it and when his work was done he shu
the mill and went home. His 6-year
old daughter was missing. Returning
to the mill he found the child dead il
the basement almost every bon
broken. She had been caught in belt
O. d. Woodworth, of Grand Rapids
= shot deer while hunting north of 81
t Ignace. While the animal was dow
4 but still kicking Woodwork jumpc
h. astride its body to cut its throat. Tn
r deer jumped up and started throug
. the underbrush with the man hangin
e on for his life. Fortunately the anims
5 ran in a circle and as they approache
= the scene OF the beginning of the fu
= the animal ran against a tree and wa
, stunned so that it was soon dispatched
4 Woodworth's clothing was nearly tor
, off by the trees in the mad race.