The Yale expositor., 1896-04-24

Caro- citizens are investigating sem
sational charges against the keeper of
the county poor house. Cruelty is the
principal allegation against him.
Mrs. Fort Allen, aged G6. attempted
suicide by jumping from the Johnson
street bridge ut Saginaw, but was
seized by Bridge-Tender Lemckc.
Luke Reilly, Bay City sailor, was
slugged in IA saloon, robbed and left
unconscious on the sidewalk, because
he refused to treat the saloon gang.
Frank Foster. conductor of switch
engine in the Michigan Central yards
at Ypsilanti had both legs cut off by
| falling under his train. He cannot re-
cover.
Henry Anderson, an insane Swedc,
who wanted to tell Pres ident Cleveland
how TO save the country, strangled
himself to death in his PRISON cell at
Washington.
While attempting to run belt on n
revolving pully in an EllSton mill, l.. c.
Stiff slipped and fell, his head falling
into the arms of the pulley, causing
fatal injuries.
Laban Wood was struck by light
ming while working in his garden ut
Palmyra and instantly killed. The
bolt pierced his skull, followed down
the BODY and divided on each limb.
Fire in the Houcll furniture factory
at Battle Creek burned the entire
plant to the ground. 1t was owned by
u stock company. The building and
machinery cost $26, 500; insured for.
s., 800.
The four-ycar-old son of Gideon
Bettner, near Reed City, was fatally
injured by the kick of horse while
spending the day with his parents at
the farm home of w. A. Smith at
Crapo.
Charles S. Hampton, of Petoskey,
has issued call for the Democratic
editors to meet in Detroit the day be-
fore the Democratic state convention
for the purpose of forming an editors
association.
While Samuel Van Wey, Palmyra
blacksmith, and wife were driving at
Adrian, they collidcd with another
team. Their horse ran away, and they
were both thrown out. Mr.. Van Wey
is very badly hurt.
Chas. +. Hills, cashier of the Belding
Savings bank has disappeared and II
preliminary examination of the books
shows Il shortage of $500. Hills was of
good family and was a good business
man, but drank little.
Mrs. ii. Havenga was found dead at
her home at Spring Lake. The body
was found hanging directly over the
bed. The rope had been passed
through Il staple in the ceiling and her
knees nearly touched the bed.
The threatened discharge of 700 men
at lshpeming Nav l is followed by the
announcement that the allotment of
ore for this season made by the Lake
Superior Bessemer ore pool at Cleve-
land has been cut 1000, 900 tons.
Ionia citizens are being stirred up
by repeated charges of city officials
being lax in their duties and of astound-
ing and unscemly violations Of the law
by the lower classes of the inhab-
tants-and some of the upper circles
also.
An electric light wire set fire to the
Boston clothing store at Traverse City
and the guests of the Hotel Whiting
turned out in their night clothes.
Julius Johnson attempted to cut live
wire and was severely, but not fatally,
shocked. The fire was put out with IL
loss of only $1,000.
The three principal mining compan-
les of lshpeming, Lake Superior.
Cleveland Cliffs and Lake Angeline
will make a considerable reduction in
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that between 800 and 1000 men will
be let out. Ovcrproducton is assigned
as being the cause of the curtailment
in forces
Supt. A. j. Murray, of the state pub
lie school at Coldwater, announces
that children under two years of age
may now be admitted to the school
There are many fine boys there from
two to 10 years of age still waiting for
homes. But very few girls are in the
school and only - boys over 10 years
of age at present.
Henry II. Rosenkrans, formerly
ell.llnown miller at Byron, was
found dead on the floor ut his home,
in Lansing. The discovery was made
by Mrs. Rosenkrans upon her return
to the city, after an absence of about
week. The body must have been
dead two or three days, as it was in "a
very bad state of decomposition.
The labor exchange recently estab.
lished at Saginaw is dong big busi-
ness. Members out of work take any
goods which they may manufacture to
headquarters, and receive in exchange
the goods they want Checks arc
issued which are accepted at other
stores, and in this way the burdens of
many are made light. A laundry is
proposed.
In the woods near Charlotte. rihed
mail pouch was found. 1t contained
large quantity of mail, among which
were notes, drafts money orders, etc,
amounting to $4,000 The mail was
mostly from Bay City, Saginaw and
surrounding points for Detroit, dated
Nav "A and IS, 1895. The letters had
all been opened, apparently in search
of currency.
A special session of the state grand
lodge of Odd Fellows will be held in
Battle Creek April 95, for the purpose
of excmplification of the unwritten
work to the lodges of southern Michi-
gan and for the comforting of the past