The Yale expositor., 1897-08-27

MADE ana oJherS Delng neBOtlateu 1or
will create a demand for labor.
Emmett county Indians have organ
lied an Indian pioneer association, and
will hold their first annual picnic at
Cross Village, Aug. 25. The Indian
band will furnish music and the speak
ers will be Indians. A large attend
ance is expected.
Pat Kelly, of Marcelius, whose neck
was broken several weeks ago, is still
alive and actually recovering. At first
he was paralyzed below the hips, but
now he is able to sit in chair and
move his legs, and expects soon to
walk as well as ever.
The striking miners at the Monitor
coal mine near Bay City have resumed
work, having compromised at SIS
cents ton when they struck for 90
cents. The Bay nine which was pay
ing IS cents voluntarily increased to
the new Monitor scale.
The state convention of the Baptist
Young Peoples Union was held at
Fenton with n fair attendance. The
program of addresses, discussions and
conferences was enjoyable, interesting
and instructive. A picnic at Long lake
was one of the features.
Frank Thomas, of Merrill, took his
wife and two children and two children
of j. ii. Whitney out for ride. The
horse became frightened at barking
dog and ran away, throwing them out
Mr. Thomas xvaS Yt1n QUAR- and lyillaH
but the others were uninjured.
Mrs. Ursula Burpee, who was ac-
quilted of the charge of scalding the
legs of her foster son, Ira, till his legs
had to be taken off, has been bound
over for trial on the charge of aban-
doning the 2-year-old child of foster
daughter at Owosso.
The creditors of the broken Mecosta
County Savings bank at Big Rapids
are talking of converting the hand
some Comstock block, which, being
owned by the bank, is really their
property, into sanitarium, to be con-
trolled by stock company made up
among the creditors.
There is strange kind of bee, some
what smaller than the native bee and
with two web feet, robbing the tame
bees in Laketon township. The sting
of the native bee seems to have no eff
feet on this stranger They come in
such numbers that they will clean out
two or three hives in a day.
Farmers in northern Michigan are
long on potatoes again this year, and
are hopeful that, in view of the numer-
Gus reports of crop failures elsewhere
on account of the bugs, they will re-
ceive prices for their crop that will
leave them decent margin of profit,
something they have not had for sew
eral years.
Several boys were playing in the
wheat bins of the elevator at Centre
vile when Roy Butler, aged 10, got
into bin that was being emptied.
He at once discovered his danger, but
before the others could assist him he
had sank out of sight. Six men worked
Is minutes to release the little fellow,
but he was then dead.
The last rail of the new Milwau-
road, from Benton Harbor to Blu
chanan, has been laid. The people of
Berrien Springs celebrated the event,
which is expected to result in a big
boom for the village, so long without
communication with the outside world,
save by the wagon roads.
The largest artesiau we'll in that
part of the state, on the grounds of
the Northern Michigan asylum, struck
water at 95 feet and has flow of
20, 900 barrels daily. 1t will be piped
through the institution and grounds
and will be more than ample for the
asylum, which now has over 1000 pa
tients. 1t will be saving of several
thousand dollars annually and will
furnish better water and more of it.
The entire plant of the chemical
works of the Elk Rapids Iron Co. was
totally destroyed by fire, which caused
loss of $4,000 The loss will be
greatly felt Us it was one of the princi-
pal industries of the town. Alva Parks
was thrown from a buggy and the hose
cart passed over him causing paralysis
from the neck down, and he cannot
recover John Herman was badly in
jured by falling from the roof of the
burning building.
In April, 1894, Newell b. Parsons,
confidential clerk of the Wells-Stone
Co., of Saginaw, stole 81, 600 worth of
iewelry and $500, 900 worth of bonds
from the vaults and skipped. He was
captured at Grand Rapids and nearly
all of the stuff was recovered. Parsons
got five years at jackson on one charge,
with other charges hanging over him.
The prosecutor has had the latter nolle
pressed and Parsons friends are now
working for a pardon.
Gen j. III. Kidd of Ionia, was called
to Lake Champlain, n. Y, where he met
President Mckinley and party includ-
Secretary of War Alger, and was ten
dered and accepted the position of sec
rotary of the board of engineers for
deep waterways from the Great lakes
10 the Atlantic seaboard. The position
carries salary of $4,000 a year and ex-
penses. The other members of the