The Yale expositor., 1896-09-25

1 AOnSlunllnts quar-
relied with his wife, and then hanged
himself. lie leaves n widow and three
children.
Fred Il. Read, 10 years of age, hanged
himself in the woodshed of his fathers
house, 33 Linden street, Detroit. lie
had quarreled with his father and
brooded over this.
The twenty-lifth annual reunion OF
the Eighth Michigan cavalry and Bat
terry ii. of First Michigan Light artil
lery was held at Holly, with about 1OC
members in attendance.
A. $. Boyd, stranger who arrived
at Saginaw from Cincinnati two
months ago, died suddenly at his board
ing place. His home was Macomb, Ill,
1t is thought to be a suicide.
Macomb and st. Clair county soldiers
and sailors marched Ion to Richmond
Mich where they held their annual
reunion and had fine time. A dress
parade by 200 vets was a feature.
Lansing is now without street car
service. The city insisted that the
company pave between their tracks
but the company preferred to forfeit
its franchise and stopped the cars.
The Ingham County Soldiers and
Sailors association held their twenty.
second annual reunion at Mason. The
city entertained the boys" in splendid
style. EX-Gov. Luce made a speech.
The Battle Creek guards were in.
spected by Inspector-Gen. Walsh snd
Adjt. Gen. Green who complimented
the members on their appearance and
accepted the company as Co. d, Second
regiment, NJ. n. G.
The latest attempt, which was by
Milwaukee parties, to find the steamer
Pewabic, which sank in Thunder bay
off Alpena with a valuable cargo OF
copper during the war, has been aban,
doned after spending a large amount
of money.
On Grand Encampment creek, about
As miles southeast Rawlins, Wyo., A.
! II. Huston and Ben Cullen, at depth
of IL feet, have, it is claimed, found q
pay streak of gold % inches wide
which assays from 5000 to so, 900. The
vein has been traced for several mines
There is great excitement.
An Ohio Southern freight jumped
the track at Limestone street. Spring
field, and six cars of merchandise were
telescoped, and several ears crashed
! into the n. Y, = & O. freight house
and Mr.. Scott, a clerk escaped with hi:
life by jumping out of a second-story
window. No one injured.
The new ID. & NJ. railroad sent its
first train out from Bay City with Rail
road Commissioner Billing, the Passen
ger Agents association and a number
of newspaper men on board. They
reached Alpena in 4 hours and 30 min.
utes The party was well pleased with
the trip and with the road.
The steam barge Lizzie Madden
with consorts Noquebay and Mantinae
of Bay City, lumber laden, and Duluth
TO Tonawanda. ran in at L'Anse for
shelter. The Matinee lost her fore
mast and 200, 900 feet of lumber, also
her forward bulwarks, off Copper Har.
Dor. She is water-soaked and will be
unloaded and taken to the drydocll.
The fleet with cargo is owned by Capt
| Thomas Madden.
The was a bad smash-up on the ID.
! l.. 81 y. railroad at Okcmos. The west
bound freight. a long train. took the
siding. but two ears trailed back on
the main track. These were run into
by the eastbound freight, running at a
high rate OF speed. The fireman and
engineer jumped and escaped injury
but the locomotive and two freight
cars were demolished, and several
other ears badly wrecked.
After del'berating five hours the
jury in the James Appleyard murder
trial at Chcboygan returned verdict
of murder in the second degree and re-
commended the prisoner to the mercy
OF the court. When the final argu.
| ments were given many of the audience
shed tears. Appleyard shot Dan Gahan
for wronging II woman whom Apple
yard afterwards married. and conse'
quently he has much sympathy.
The four weeks work of the quin
quennial session of the Michigan state
board of equalization for the valuation
of all of the property of the state foi
the purpose of taxation has been com
pleted. The board has reduced the
i'valuation of most of the upper PENN
sula counties. and particularly the
numbering and mining counties, MAX
ing total reduction of $50, 300,0 900
Wayne county, however, is increased
SIS, 900, 900; Kent, So, 500,O 900, and sew
eral other counties smaller amounts
making the total increase S25, 400, 600
leaving a net decrease in the state OF
! S24, 900,0 900.
The men of a Mennonite colony in In
diana, hitherto bound by its creed to
abstain from voting, have revised their
creed and decided to participate in the
coming election.
The annual report of the Maine Bible
anxiety showG that ninoty-fiye towns