The Yale expositor., 1897-04-23
THE rwo pEMINsuLAs.

Mrs. Hagcrmaster, living near New
Haven drowned herself in small pond.
The 2-ycar-old son of Robert Smith,
OF Elva, fell into an open well and was
drowned.
Two valuable horses burned in A.
w Larzeler's barn at Dowagiac; total
loss $1,000.
Thieves entered the house of Wm
Wausnydcr at Stevensville, and Sc
cured $3.50.
The Brody house at Oakley, was de-
stroycd by fire. Loss about $4,000,
partly insured.
Allegan has n scheme on foot to dam
the Kalamazoo river for the production
CT electric power.
The Michigan state fair will not be
held in Detroit in 1897 owing to fl
nancial difficulties.
The Queen mine at Ncgaunec has
closed temporarily, throwing nearly
500 men Out of work.
Lee Corns, of Toledo, chief engineer
on the tug Blazer. was drowned during
u blow on Lake st. Clair.
John A. Sherwood, aged so, partly
deaf and blind, was killed by c. S
w. NJ. train at Casnovia.
Fire destroyed the j. A. Lockwood
Exchange hotel at Fowlerville, caus.
ing loss of $1,000; no insurance.
Charles Stevens, farmer near st.
Johns, shot himself through the head
with Winchester rifle. Ill health.
The Michigan Salt association has
advanced prices cents a barrel, MAX
ing rise of 10 cents within a month.
John Lerix, of Jennings, drowned in
Crooked lake by boat upsetting. A
companion was rescued but may die.
While hunting, Albert Rogers, aged
si. of Goodland, accidentally shot him
self in the leg and blcd to death before
help came.
Mrs. George W. Axtell, aged IS, was
found dead hanging by the neck in her
bedroom at Howell She was sick and
dcspondcnt.
The safe in the country store of
Henry Rederink at Drenthe, nine miles
from Holland, was blown open by bur
glars About $500 was taken.
The ll-year-old son of Peter Cook, of
Matteson, stood near another boy who
was fooling with a gun. His right
arm was shot off near the shoulder
James Moffett, a farmer of Ossineke
township, Alpena county, was instantly
killed by a large tree which had
burned off at the roots falling on him.
Grand Rapids business men are di-
vided as TO the advisability of issuing
$500, 900 bonds to improve Grand river.
Congress has already appropriated
$4,000.
Mrs John T. Noble, wife of the chief
of the st. Louis fire department, fell
from a second-story window and suf-
fered severe internal injuries, but will
recover.
Fred Ronschke. aged 40, of jackson,
was playing leap frog with his children
when he fell against the kitchen stove,
dislocating his neck, and he died in "a
short time. He leaves seven destitute
children.
Peter Bcnna, an Austrian timber
man. was instantly killed in the
Osccola mine at Calumet by piece of
vein rock falling on him from overhead,
crushing his skull. He leaves a widow
and two children.
VIM Sheemerhorn, a Three Oaks
farmer. says nc has received letter
from Washington to the effect that he
is one of about 100 heirs in the United
States to an estate in Germany worth
nearly $50, 900, 900.
Adolph IIamerlund, George Green
and Ole Christensen. boys aged about
| 10, were capsized in a skiff at Muske'
| gon. Christensen swan ashore, Chas.
Wover jumped and rescued Green al
the risk of his life, but Hamerlund was
| drowned.
Congressman Wm. Alden Smith, o.
Michigan. called upon the secretary o.
agriculture and was informed that an
other consignment of sugar beet seed
had been purchased and Michigan
farmers can get some by writing theii
congressman.
VIM. Huclxle, cx-treasurer of Ben
zonia township. Benzie county, is shor
in his accounts $1,000. He has turned
over his grocery business to his bonds
men. He acknowledges that he pu
the township money in with his owl
and drew indiscriminately to pay pub
lie and private bills
Farmers in Bay county and othe
parts of the state are preparing Il
raise chicory in large quantities, a
they have been assured that there viii
be market for it when the Dingle.
tariff bill has passed. as il provides
one cent duty on the raw produc
which has heretofore been supplied b.
Germany almost exclusively.
The steamer Frank Woods of tn
Graham & Morton line, between Ben
ton IIarbor and Milwaukee. the sam
route the ill-fated Chicora was on
reached Benton Harbor after tightin
terrific storm ON Lake Michigan fo
over 4s hours. The steamer ran out c
fuel and the crew was compelled to us
a carload of -four in the furnaces