The Yale expositor., 1896-10-09
THE TWO PENINSULAS.

GOlu mas utcn ulSCONSICu az iNO'hp"i y
At Hastings Geo. Landid's drug store
was ruined by fire.
Jos. Kissiclls barn and stored crops
burned near Negaunee.
An epidemic of typhoid fever is
spreading at South Haven.
st. Marks Episcopal church at Grand
Rapids celebrated its Goth anniversary.
Holly farmers disposed of 10000
bushels of cucumbers at the pickle fac
tory this season.
Forman b. Phelps, aged GO, commit
ted suicide by drowning in Nolan S
pond, near Romeo.
Tecumseh celery-growers will lose
money this year, the plants being seri-
ously affected with rust.
Thos johnson, aged 90, fell into the
hold of the steamer Atlantis at Port
Huron and was fatally injured.
Harry Noble was found dead in his
brothers tinshop at Battle Creek. lie
had taken corrosive sublimate.
Miss Maggie Wilson shot and killed
l95-pound alligator which the owner
had become tired of at Coldwater.
About II union tailors. on strike at
Adrian since May, 10 get pay for EEK
tras.'' have decided to return to work.
Judge Burlingame. of Grand Rapids,
refuses to issue naturalization papers
to foreigners who cannot read the
English language.
The Women's Relief Corps of the
Tenth district, comprising 10 counties
and 80 corps, held their annual conven'
ton at Traverse City.
While temporarily insane VIM. Sipe
aged Is. a barber ut Newaygo cut his
throat with razor. lie leaves
widow and six children.
L. ii. Stafford e Co.. of MuslSegon
have shipped consignment of Office
desks to Constantinople some of then
foi' use in the Ottoman bank.
f. & p. NJ and Lake Shore freight
backed into each other at 'Y, nea
Monroe. demolishing both cabooses
five ears and considerable freight.
At n special election at Grand Havel
the proposition to bond the city 70
SIC. 900 to build its own electric Ugh
plant was carried by a majority of l.
While hunting near Twin Lakes
Alva Try, aged 16, was instantly kille
by the accidently discharge of his gun
the ramrod going clear through hi
: head.
The Superior Iron Co., at Ishpemint
has begun to remove % dwellings frol
the territory over which the Lake ST
perior & Ishpeming railway will be e.
tended.
The three-year-old son of A. ID.
Thurston. of Sturgis took a large dos
, of morphine pills which he found.
took two doctors and n stomach pun
to save his life.
i, Expert accountants have found
shortage of 81, 700 due the city of We
Bay City, caused by errors in keepir
accounts. One ex-ofiicer is held r
f sponsible for 5000.
I The bridge war between Menomin'
ana NuTlUCItc btth SSNehSN W
c bitration in favor of Menominee, al
. Marinette will have to build 96 fe
C more than she wanted to.
!, Capt Henry L. Hunt. of Co. ID,
. Jackson, has received commissi'
! from Gov. Rich promoting him to
= funior major of the First regimen
Michigan National Guards.
The Excelsior furnace at Isbpemii
IS will close down indefinitely. No 81
a for iron is the reason given. Abo
IS 10000 tons of pig iron are in stoC
ID Fifty men were employed.
ID City Clerk Farrow, of Sturgis, VIII
IN in the act Of striking a blow with
ak. caught it in clothesline. The
"a came down upon his head cutting
Of large cash in his forehead and scalp
ID The night before his wedding d
re Engene Ncrber, of Albion, drew all
%. money, about $50, with which to ST.
- housekeeping. He foolishly displaye'
a. before h. went to bed and the next
1t was gone, The wedding is postpon