The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-03-06
MICHIGAN NEWS.


works employing 100 hands.
Albert III. Townc, of Grand Rapids,
! will go to Alaska with 90 men to
search for gold.
The Michigan Wood Pulp Co. is
building large factory at Niles for
the manufacture of paper.
Mrs. f. l.. Wedgewood, injured in
the Houseman block fire at Grand Rap
| ids, died from internal burns.
Fire destroyed the Miner planning
mill at Big Rapids. Loss S., 00O insur-
ance $500. Probably incendiary.
ID. During, of Coloma, suicided at
| the Midway hotel at Benton Harbor
by turning on the gas in his room.
A secret society with the promotion
of free silver as its object is said to
have been organized in Arenac county
and is said to be spreading rapidly.
j. Geo. Cavill, aged 25, died at Ian
sing, a victim of the cigarette habit.
His mouth and stomach were in terri
bic condition and he suffered intense
agonles.
Port Huron's new military company
has been mustered into the state SER
vice as Co. f, Third regiment, NJ. N. e.,
with 63 men enrolled and Il. S. Petit
as captain.
Beecher Kimball, aged IS, died at his
home at Oscoda, from blood poisoning
caused by copper wire piercing his
hand while at work at the electric
lighting plant at Standish.
Two enterprising Grand Rapids men
1. ,,r1r, . - -
for permission to erect poles and string
wires for the construction of an cleo
trio parcel delivery system.
Fire destroyed the water works, Jail
and hose tower at Pinconning. Bust
ness is at standstill, as all mills were
supplied from the water works. The
loss is $4,000; partly insured.
The local option election passed off
quietly in Osceola county, and large
vote was polled. Reed City and the
township went wet by a majority of
1856, but the county went dry by so
majority.
Adrian is ambitious to be railroad
center and is after the new Lima
Northern, the Michigan. Ohio ,S South
ern and the abandoned Columbus,
Lima IL Milwaukee, which may be re-
suScitated.
A public meeting was held at st.
Joseph to consider the question of
widening the Benton Harbor ship
canal and narrowing the river. A COM
mittce of government officials were
present and approved the scheme.
tt.-Gen. Maynard. in response to
many inquiries, has issued an opinion
| that women cannot vote ut school, viii
| lage and city elections. the law of '93
giving them that privilege having
been declared unconstitutional by the
supreme court.
Seventh Day Adventsts of Battle
Creek, whose sanitarium has become
| world-famous, have been offered the
castle of a rich Italian nobleman on
the island of Capri, within sight of Mt.
| Ncsuvius, for sanitarium. The prop
erty is worth 100000.
j. S. II. Holmes, the Grand Ledge
youth who killed Albert johnson at
Grand Rapids and who has been re-
leased on bail, contrary to most prece-
dent, was given reception by his
friends. Grand Rapids people don't
| like this and threaten violence to him.
Arthur Berry, an aged colored man,
was found making his bed in fence
corner near Greenville during the re-
cent storm. He was once well-to-do,
but through bank failure and the
dishonesty of supposed friends he lost
everything and was on his way TO the
poorhousc when found.
David Heaney, PiclSford merchant,
left Sault Ste. Marie with load of
general merchandise for his store.
His sleigh upset If miles from the 500
and he was buried under the goods.
| Help was near at hand, but he was
dead when extricated. 1t is said he
was somewhat intoxicated.
The faculty of the U. of M. is deter
mined To brace up the work of the
students. In the law department Is
have been fired for poor showing, six
placed in lower classes and scores given
| notice to show immediate improvement.
The literary, medical and engineering
departments have also been shaken up.
The Detroit 81 Mackinaw railroad is
cmbling all its building material at
| Omer. One hundred cars of steel rail,
enough to build 30 miles on the extern
sion to Bay City, are being unloaded
there. The right of way is being Sc
cured rapidly so that the work of con-
struction will be started as soon as the
weather will permit in the spring.
Samuel Edison, of Port Huron,
father of Thos. A. Edison, the inven-
tor, died at Norwalk, o., after an ILL
ness of several weeks, aged 03 years.
Mr.. Edison left his home just before
the holidays, intending to visit his son
in New Jersey, and at his sons in
Florida. He stopped to visit his grand
daughter and was taken sick. Mr..
Edison was born in Nova Scotia.
The Detroit White Lead works suf-
fered $50, 900 fire which destroyed all
the machinery, large amount of fin
ished paints ready for shipment and a
great quantity of raw material A
leaking varnish pump near gas Jet