The Yale expositor., 1896-11-27


ters to his married daughter.
The Calumet & Hecla Mining Co. has
just declared its fifth dividend of S.
per share for the fiscal year. This
brings the aggregate disbursements of
the company up to $40, 770, 900.
The Cleveland Cliffs Co., at Glad
stone, has made sales of pig iron since
election sufficient to warrant running
its furnace to its full capacity. For
some time it has been turning out only
about 100 tons daily.
The Jackson council voted unani-
mously TO give the old Purifier build
ings TO the George Il. Smith Milling
Machinery Co.. of Cleveland, rent free,
for 19 years. The company agrees to
employ IS to 200 daily.
A party of 10 prospectors who left
Grand Rapids under the leadership of
John Towse last spring and went to
the Alaska gold fields, have returned.
They are not very enthusiastic over
the results of their trip.
The body of W. w. Ingram, of Chi
cago, was found in the woods near
Michiganmc. lie had been hunting
and was found lying alongside a deer
which he had shot. Both were covered
by snow near three feet deep.
Grover Manchester and his father
went hunting near Standish. The
father heard gun and on investiga-
tion found his son with the entire top
of his head blown away. The breech
pin had penetrated the brain.
5. w. Tyler & Sons shingle mill and
salt block at Crow island was the scene
of n big fire. The salt block and drill
room were completely destroyed, but
the firemen succeeded in saving the
mill. The loss is about $4,000.
The returning board of the Michigan
l.. A. w. has declared the following
officers elected Chief consul, Edward
~ Hines, of Detroit; vice-consul, +. f.
Kemp. of Grand Rapids; secre tary-
treasurer, l.. A. Caro-, of Grand Rapids.
Miles Mumstead went hunting with
party of ladies at Summit City. He
climbed tree so as to scare squirrel
out for the ladies to shoot at He got
a charge of shot in the leg and vows
he will never go hunting with women
again.
Il. c. Sweet, of Niles. received let
ter informing him that his father jim
Brooklyn. y. V. had died. leaving him
Il fortune of S47,0OO and a lot of real
estate. Sweet left home years ago,
had never returned and was surprised
at the windfall.
Fire broke out in the laundry room
at the Michigan home for feeble minded
and epileptic, at Lapecr, and 500 dam
ages was done. Supt. Polglase has a
we'll organized fire company which
prevented heavy loss and probably
averted catastrophe.
Safe-cracllers blew open the safe in
the ticket Office of the Big Four rail
road at Niles. but got only cents.
This makes the seventh time that Office
has been entered and the fifth time
the safe has been blown open. The
entire sum stolen will not exceed So
Taumcr Terpining farmer living
six miles south of Brown City. while
hunting met with a serious accident
which may prove fatal. The breech-
pin of his gun blew out, striking him
in the forehead, tearing out piece of
his skull and exposing the brain. He
cannot recover.
Jason +. Hammond. superintendent
elect of public instruction, announced
that his deputy will be ID. L. Mcclure,
of Shelby, his chief competitor for the
nomination. One of Supt. Hammond's S
clerical force will be Miss Violet Mode,
of Midland. The others have not yet
been decided upon.
Mrs. +. L. Woods caught burglar
going through her room at Battle
Creek. She did not scream but
promptly made a grab at him. Then
she called for help and her son re-
sponded. He chased the fellow down
the street in his night shirt and threw
him down and held him until an officer
arrived.
The craze for dancing has disrupted
two homes near White Feather Mrs.
Susan Budd is the wife of young
farmer. Tom Gilmore is another
farmer. Mrs. Gilmore and Mr.. Budd
cared nothing for country dances, but
their respective spouses did, and it is
said. they soon danced into each others
heart and then skipped together.
George Stearns and Palmer Kellogg.
inmates of the Soldiers Home at Grand
Rapids. roomed together. Kellogg was
an early riser and this habit disturbed
Stearns and led to frequent quarrels.
fight was the natural result. Kel-
logg struck Stcarns with chair, and
Stearns very seriously stabbed Kellogg
three times with pair of shears.
Cornelius Mccrtens. a wealthy con-
tractor at Holland. never tasted liquor
until Labor Day, when he got out
with the boys" Since then he has
been on protracted spree, abusing his
family and driving them out of the
house. He lived alone then for week
and tasted no food in that time. His
family caused his arrest and ne was
sentenced to 20 days in Jail in hopes
that he would sober up and come to his