The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-01-31

The construction gang on the Lake
! Superior ~ lshpeming railway found
| big deposits of non-Bessemer ore in
the cut near the jackson mine, near
| Negaunee, only seven feet from the
surface.
The Woman's League at tho Uni
Nersity of Michigan has decided to Of
| fer matriculation fees and tuition for
one year to any member of high
school, the courses of which are APP
proved by the university, who shall
succeed in raising $500 for the fund de-
voted to the erection of the woman's
gymnasium.
| A three-days' session of the Most
| Worshipful Union Grand Lodge, +. 81
A. NJ, of Michigan, with jurisdiction
over portion of Wisconsin, was held
at Saginaw. Thirteen colored lodges
were represented, which include a
membership of about 700. The visitors
were entertained by grand full dress
ball and II banquet.
About % Pennsylvania students who
| intended to practice in their native
state after graduation from the u. of
Nj. next June are looking about for
locations elsewhere. The new Penn
sylvania law on admission to the bar
requires years study in lawyer S
office in that state and imposes a most
ragid examination.
The annual convention of the Mlchi-
gan Association of Sheriffs and Chiefs
of Police was held at Jackson. Sheriff
| Collins, of Detroit, presided. Officers
| elected: President, Chas. Il. Collins, of
| Detroit; vice president, H. o. Carr, of
Grand Rapids; secretary-treasurer, j.
p. Sanford of Lansing. The next
meeting will be held at saginaw.
George g. Lawrence, of Flint, caused
n little sensation by marrying his own
wife, to whom he was united 40 years
| ago in Saratoga county, n. Y. 1t
seems he couldn't get certificate of
his marriage in Saratoga county, be-
cause he didn't know where it had
| been recorded. and in case of death he
didn't want his wife to have any
trouble in proving a legal marriage.
Fire was discovered in the Baer
block at Port Huron. This was the
finest business block in the city, and
| Chas. Baer, the owner, estimates the
damage to the building alone by fire
and water was about $4,000. The
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! by James Towards furniture store
and his stock was damaged about
$1,000 by water. Fully covered by in
surance.
M. j. Howe, q farmer near Azalia,
who is boring gas well on his farm,
came near meeting Il fearful death.
lie set Il lantern on the well platform
and the gas in the well ignitcd with
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distance and burning him severely.
The flames assembled nearly 40 feet
and came near firing the Howe resi-
dcnce. Mr.. Howe no longer doubts
that he struck gas.
Thos. McVeigh, Jr., of Detroit, was
TO lecture at Mackinac island, and with
| County Clerk lloban and four others
of st. lgnace, left the latter place in a
sleigh to cross the straits on the ice.
| When about one mile out the horse
and sleigh broke through, and the
whole party had a narrow escape from
drowning. The horse broke through
the ice three times, and at one time all
the men were in the water together.
After five hours they arrived and Nc
Weigh delivered the lecture.
w. NJ Featherly, who founded the
| Au Sable Lakeside Monitor IL years
ago, and made it one of the best known
weehlies in the state, has sold the
paper to c. 5. Pierce, publisher of the
Oscoda Press. Mr. Eeatherlv will re-
move south and engage in the news
paper business on "a more extensive
scale He is Interested in valuable
lands in Dade county, Florida. Mr..
Fcatherly is fearless, Woodworking
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his Michigan friends wish him all
prosperity in his new home.