The Yale expositor., 1896-01-24

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Clarence Gawthrop at Cassopolis.
William Bowshcr was accidentally
killed while hunting near Lacota
Willard Veau, aged II, fell into II
well at Stephenson and was drowned.
Patrick Meehan, of Port Huron, was
killed by falling tree near Waters
meet.
A broken axle caused the demolish-
ing of nine loaded freight cars near
Capac.
Prominent Lansing citizens passed
resolutions condemning the Armenian
massacres.
Gust Skoglund fell from the roof of
the town nall at Laurium and died of
his injuries.
Dwight Gilbert, aged %, blew the
top of his head off with "a shot gun at
Benton Harbor.
VIM. Seaton, of Flint, goes to Jack
son for 10 years for assault on 10-year-
old Laura Pease.
Two freight engines collided on the
D., Il. c. & NJ. railroad near Bay City.
No great damage.
Christian j. Ortman. of Bay City,
shot himself through the heart in the
presence of his wife.
Burglars worked hard to open the
llammel Cigar Co. S safe at Lansing,
but secured only SIS.
Great crowds witnessed the dedica-
ton Of the new Bethlehem Evangelical
Lutheran church at Ann Arbor.
The trouble between the Saginaw
Central Labor union and Col. A. Il.
Hiss has been settled and the unions
boycott withdrawn.
A. j. Davis, proprietor of a restau
rant at Niles, committed suicide by
shooting himself. He was once wealthy
but met misfortune.
Geo. Jefferson, the Ludington fire.
man who set the courthouse on fire to
see the boys run, was sentenced to five
years Imprisonment.
While John Vegter was engaged IN
cutting stumps at Musliegon one fell
on him and crushed his life out. He
had just warned another man to look
out, but the stump fell unexpectedly
toward him.
Supt. Pattengill deemed it wise to
have board inspect the Agricultural
college, and named Cornelius A. Cover,
| of Lansing, Richard M. Bates, of Hast
ings, and Fred III. Stone, of IIillsdalc,
to make the inspection.
NJ. 5. Britten and 4. w. Blalssley. of
Conway, were run into by the Michi-
gan Central northbound passenger at
Owosso. They were both considerably
cut and bruised, the buggy was
smashed and the horse killed.
Inspt. Gen. Walsh has issued cir
cular, saying that military companies
must be ready for inspection at any
time Shortness Of notice will be con-
sidercd no excuse for poor showing.
One day will be considered sufficient.
State Food Inspector John /. Breck
has caused the arrest of Charles Cor
| rao, +. w. Hahn and ShumalSer &c
Shaber at jackson for violation of the
state law and using olcomargine with
out displaying the signs. All are res
taurant keepers.
Food Commissioner Storrs reports
that of n samples of food examined he
found 81 of them adulterated. He now
| announces that thus far his work has
been mostly educational, but that
henccforth he will prosecute all viola
tors Of the pure food laws.
Over 300 leading business and pro-
| fcssional men of Detroit assembled at
| the Chamber of Commerce in mass
meeting to consider the Cuban ques-
| ton Hon. Don. NJ. Dickinson made
stirring speech favoring the immediate
recognition of the insurgents as bel
| ligercnts by the L. ;. congress.
The Michigan Marble and Granite
| Dealers association met at Detroit,
and the following officers were elected:
President, o. T.. Cartwright, of De-
troit; vice-presidents, A. Bate, of Bay
| City; c. :. Harris, of Lansing; L. ID.
Black, of HASTINGS; secretary and
treasurer, Nj. 5. Dart, of Detroit.
1t now turns out that besides the
$4,000 embezzled from the grand lodge
of the A. q. L. w. by the grand treas
urer, James w. Wood, of Battle Creek,
that he took about $500 from the
county treasurers Office Of Calhoun
county. He was acting as deputy.
Mr.. Marble had to make good the
amount out of his own pocket.
A half dozen officers tried to arrest
Cornelius Bavless at Ann Arbor on a
charge of appropriating to his own use
a large amount of timber in Clare
county where he has mill. After a
long search the officers found Bayless
under the woodhouse floor. He re-
fused to come out even when threat
ened with a revolver, and they had to
chop away the flooring and pull him
out.
Two little sons, aged two and four
years, of Lewis Sanger, of Hubbard,
were burned to death in a fire which
consumed the house and contents.
The father was away from home and
the mother locked the children in
while she went to call on q neighbor.
few moments later the house was
discovered to be on fire, but the fire
had gained such Roadway that all
efforts to rescue the boys were useless.
While Mrs. Archie McMillen, wife of
guard at Jackson prison, was prepar-
ing breakfast, the gasoline stove ex-
ploded without apparent cause, scat
tering the blazing fluid in all direc-
tions. Mrs. McMillcn was enveloped
Al l.. 4. 4.