The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-06-26

| Stevensville for drunkenness and in
sulting girls, set fire to the village Jail.
| He was nearly suffocatcd when found.
| rinton, led the horses to water, but
did not return. He had been kicked
| by horse and lived only "a few hours.
During the short absence of the
mother, the one-year-old daughter of
| Henry Boesllool. farmer near Hol-
land, fell into tub of water and was
drowned.
Samuel Bray, brakeman, while
shunting cars in the c. q q. Il. yards
at Port Huron was knocked from the
top of one of them, and probably ia
tally injured.
Curley Walker, agent for patent
fence was held up at Hudson and rob
bed of SIS. He displayed roll of bills
in "a saloon and was attacked on his
way to the train.
During the races at Vicksburg the
rider of Mrs. Myrtle j. Hoffman's run
ming horse was injured and she pro-
ceeded to ride the animal herself, get
ting second place.
VIM. Bradley, aged 40. was instantly
killed while working on scaffold 40
feet high at Grand Rapids. He fell
and his face and head were crushed be-
yond recognition.
The new Peoples church at Glenwood
was dedicated with appropriate exer-
cises under the direction of Rev. Caro-
line j. Bartlett, pastor of the Peoples
church at Kalamazoo.
Over 1000 Swedes attended the an
nual picnic of the Norden brothers at
Musllegon. There was IL big parade.
an address by ID. =. Lindstrond, of
Chicago, ball games. etc.
Potatoes are now six cents per bushel
in Lapeer county and farmers are hast
ened to unload their stocks at that fig
urc. which IS expected to decline still
further before long.
The Standard Oil Cos warehouse.
including rs barrels of oil and 125
empty barrels, was destroyed by fire
at Cadillac. Frank Adams, an employc.
was nearly sutfocatcd.
Decatus citizens appointed commit
tee TO investigate the Benton IIarbor
81 Eastern electric railway scheme.
which is to run through Berricn, Cass
and Van Buren, counties.
MissaulSec county people have offered
right Of way and ties if the G.. r. d !.
will extend its line from Lake City 10
Moorcstown. via Stittsville. The prop
osition will probably be accepted.
Matti Lima, a miner in the Quinn
mine at Ncgaunec. was instantly killed
by falling down a shaft. He fell dis
lance of 90 feet. He leaves a young
wife and Il child eight months old.
The burning of the wooden bridge
across the river has cut off all travel
between Muskegon and North Muske-
gon, except by ferryboats. 1t will
take several days to repair the loss.
During a heavy thunderstorm at Mu-
NTH lightning struck and killed ~ val
liable sheep belonging to Eugene Nc
Intyre. The wind and rain did con-
siderable damage to the corn and bean
crops.
The Hancock Business Mems asso-
citation has decided to donate a site for
the proposed Finnish seminary to be
erected there. Finnish citizens have
already subscribed $1,000 towards the
project.
Experts reported to the Port Huron
council that cX-Controller Waite's total
shortage is 81 ,053.7S. The speculations
began June /, 1898, and continued till
April %, 1895. Besides, there are miss
ing about 81 900 Of taxes.
The 7-year-old son of Thomas Jones,
of Waterford, while riding
Il horse near Pontiac was thrown Off
He became cntangled in the harness
and was dragged a long distance.
There is no hope of his recovery.
The biennial assembly Of the Ma
tional Union of Michigan was held at
Owosso w. L. Beals. of Detroit, and
C. ii. Devlin, of Bay City, were re-
elected senator's to attend the union
senate at Niagara Falls July 81.
Samuel Mitchell, president and man
ager of the jackson and Negaunee
mines, has purchased the big rolling
mill ut Negaunee from Geo. l.. Beecher,
of Detroit, and will reopen the prop
erty which has been idle some ID years.
Advices received from Damascus say
that the Druses have revolted and have
annihilated four companies of Turkish
troops and captured several guns.
Twelve battalions of troops will be inn
mediately dispatched from Salonica to
Syria.
The twelfth annual reunion of the
Eighth Michigan infantry, at Mason,
was attended by nearly $50 veterans.
Officers elected: President, John II.
Dougherty, of Lyons; vice-president,
o. u. Hendce, of Collins; secretary and
treasurer, Frank II. Gleason, of Lyons.
Judge Buck, having denied the mo-
ton to dissolve the injunction placed
on the issuance of Vicksburg's water
works and electric lighting bonds by
reason OF Irregularities of the councils
proceeding and errors at the election
of April %, the council abandoned the
whole matter and ordered another
special election to be held June 20.
Fox e. Mason's furniture factory was
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