The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-08-28

book relating tales of alleged cruelty
at the asylum.
Ray French, aged 10, living near
Caro-, was crushed by stump machine
on the farm of l.. ii. Wright, near Cass
City. His knees were driven into the
earth six inches.
Frank Hanly, who was struck in the
gan and died from the blow. He
leaves widow and six children in
New York state.
Prof. Eugene j. Euvrard, we'll
known teacher of language in the
Detroit seminary, was beheaded by a
train near Williamstown, Mass. He
was riding on his bicycle between the
tracks.
There has drfted ashore near Port
Hope, the body of an unknown man
about 35 years of age, 5 feet inches
tall, weighing about TO, clean shaved,
with short black hair, upper teeth
missing.
President Cleveland has notified ex-
Congressman Levi II. Griffin of his APP
pointment as pension agent at Detroit,
to succeed the late III. III. Wheeler
Mr.. Griffin will assume the duties of
the Office at once.
Mrs. VIM. Glasgow, of Midland, has
been adjudged pyromaniac and sent
to Traverse City for treatment. She
has Il mania for setting buildings on
fire and tried to burn the homes of
several neighbors.
Edward Morrissey put his arms
around the neck of Lizzie Kellogg,
aged Is, and tried to kiss her, at Kali
amazoo. lie pleaded guilty to assault
and battery, and Judge Peek fined him
$50, or 90 days in the stoneyarl.
Mrs. Jane Randall, near Elsie, re-
ing little faith in banks she hid the
money in the house, but while she and
her son were working in the fields
someone entered the house and stole
the treasure.
The +. 81 p. NJ. Railway Co. has COM
menced the building of docks and slips
at Ludington for their car ferry, which
is being built at Bay City. The
changes and improvements contem-
plated are extensive.
Peter Lajiness, of Frenchtown, is in
Jail ut Monroe on n charge of criminally
assaulting his step-daughter, aged 13.
He confessed. There are two other
prisoners in Monroe Jail awaiting trial
for the same offense.
The steamer Fannie c. Hart. wrecked
her engine near the straits of Macllinac
by the dropping of crosshead key.
She was lowed to Manistee to receive n
new fore and aft compound engine at
an expense of $1,000.
For the first time in six years the
village of Waldron, has been visited by
fire. This time large portion of the
business part of the town has been
destroyed, and a few dwellings. The
loss will be over 5000
A run on the City National bank at
Lansing was stopped by the officials
piling up bundles of currency and
stacks of the yellow boys in plain sight
customers to show that all demands
could be met.
The quinquennial meeting of the
state board of equalization at Lansing
was one continual wall of woe as the
board listened to the appeals of repre-
senatives of every county for reduc-
ton in their assessment owing to the
poverty of their counties.
Paul Reiger, farmer near Bridge
e., -, l,nl
was so badly decomposed that post
mortem could not be held. Some of
the neighbors think he met death by
foul means He live alone, his house
being neat and we'll kept.
The Methodist Protestant conference
in session at Lansing elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, A. Smith, of
Three Rivers; secretary, Charles L..
Ellis, of Flowerfield; assistant secre-
tary. c. f. Perry, of Adrian; treasurer,
james A. Morey, of Lawton.
While padding across Grand Trnv-
erse bay in small canoe, with Theo.
Ludgatc, j. w. Fleming, of Traverse
City, was capsized and drowned. Mr..
Fleming's wife was in another boat
and saw him go down. Ludgate was
saved with great difficulty.
The Polish National Aid society has
been running fair at Grand Rapids.
Bishop Richter issued notice that any
Catholics visiting or patronizing the
fair would be accommodated. The
Poles are greatly stirred up. Bishop
Richter has always prohibited church
fairs.
The Adrian district of the Epworth
League met at Adrian and reported
ASH members in 46 chapters. Officers
elected: President, G. Il. Wakefield,
Morenci; first vice president, Miss Lena
Swick, Milan; second, A. Il. Oversmith,
Manchester; recording secretary, Miss
,, Maggie Sutton, Clayton; corresponding
secretary, Miss Stella Duvey, Spring
Vile; Junior league superin tendent,
Miss Nellie Wesley, Adrian.
The latest state weatherand crop re-
port says rain has been general in all
sections of the state and has relieved
the drouth in the upper peninsula and
| in the northern counties of the lower
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