The Yale expositor., 1896-06-19
NEWS FOR MICHI0ANDERs.


The Catholic church at Clifford was
destroyed by lightning.
Joe Shellette, aged 10, was drowned
while fishing at Bay City.
John Bonnie, aged 10, fell from a
| trapeze at Vandalia and was killed.
While bathing in the river at Clare
Henry Alger, aged 10, was drowned.
Lonnie Williams, aged six, met death
by falling under wagon near Vassar.
August Jensen, aged II, was drowned
in Perch lake at Gowen while bathing.
Joseph Spisler, farmer, near Gale
donia, hanged himself. No cause
| known.
Richard Williams. a farm hand near
Hamburg, cut his throat. Despondent
from ill-health.
Lulu Stoll, aged 13, was probably
fatally bitten by rattlesnalie, while
berrying near Constantine.
A drunken Englishman named James
Bucknell was killed by Michigan
Central train near kalamazoo.
A loose coupling pin flew from pass
ing engine and struck Thomas Holland,
near Elsie, causing fatal injuries.
Oakland county's new national party
ties split from the Prohibitionists)
have perfected county organization.
Spontaneous combustion caused a
fire in the Beelman furniture factory
at Saginaw which caused "a loss of
| So 5000.
Herman Showalter, aged 25, was
drowned in Gordon's lake near One
kama. He jumped into the water to
swim, but got stuck in the mud.
Fruit growers about South Haven
report reach trees so heavily laden
that many have to pick green fruit to
prevent the limbs from breaking.
Mrs. Frances +. Burns, newly elected
great commander of the great hive of
Lady Maccabees, was given a big re-
ception upon her return to st. Louis.
Frederick Goeschell's large hay and
grain barns, near Wales, were de-
stroyed by lightning together with
contents, including two span of draft
horses. Loss; $4,000.
VIM. Saunders, young man of Wat
ford. Ont, went to Port Huron to see
the sights. He spent $50 in two days
and then became so remorseful that he
suicidcd with laudanum.
VIM. H. Lampham. proprietor OF a
cheap lodging house at Grand Rapids,
was shot and killed for calling Geo. r..
Sullivan "a thief and a liar during Il
quarrel over a laundry bill.
Chief of Police Murphy, of Bay City,
has given saloonists warning that they
must close their saloons at IL p. IN.
every day and keep closed on Sundays
under any and all circumstances.
Last spring the clerk of Montmorency
county was elected as supervisor and
he refused to resign either Office. At
torney-General Maynard has decided
that he cannot retain both positions.
The decomposed body of n man was
found in the river at Bay City. He
was dressed as a laborer and there
were cuts which suggested murder.
The body was identified as that of
John Dorr.
A year ago lightning damaged the
residence of c. 5. jerks, on Paw Paw
lake. near Watervliet, and now it has
taken a second whacli at it and all that
is now left is pile of charred ruins.
Loss $1,000.
Bella Hubbard. aged SO, one of the
| oil sc
dieafter an illness of several weeks.
lie had been identified with Detroit's in
terest's since the early territorial days
of Michigan.
The brewers of jackson held a picnic
at Pleasant lake near Leslie and
brought large quantity of liquor.
They got into row with the country
boys. Finally clubs and stones were
resorted to and several men were given
very sore heads.
John Cornelius is under arrest al
Grand Rapids, suspected of foully deal
ing with Jacob DeBag. Cornelius and
DeBag lived in shanty in Byron
township and worked among the farm
ers of the neighborhood. The two
men had quarrel week ago and
since then DeBag has not seen.
Detroit was booked to entertain / zoo
delegates to the convention of the Ma
tional Tariff league, which was de-
signed to try to take tariff matters out
of politics. However, only about so OF
the delegates put in an appearance and
the convention was rather fiat failure
although an organization was effected
Over 5000 German from Detroit, To
ledo and Owosso were picnicing al
Owosso when free fight broke
out which could not be quelled
Revolvers, clubs and knives were USED
and several people were badly hurt
Thos. Wasso cannot recover. Sunday
liquor laws will be enforced in Owosst
in the future.
"Uncle Billy" Acllerson died at Ithacs
at the age of 1Ol. He was born in En-
gland and came here 40 years ago. III,
was strong and hearty up to two weeks
ago. Mr.. Ackerson was married tire,
times. twice in England. He survived
all the children who came to Americ;
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