The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-12-10
MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.


An alarming epidemic of hog cholera
! is prevalent north of Lansing, one
farmer losing over 30 head of hogs.
II. Roscoe Wheeler. of Detroit, has
been disbarred from practice before
the u. S. patent office, because of sir
regularity in practice"
John Dagle, late postmaster of South
Boardman, was sentenced TO the De-
troit house of correction for two years
aud fined S47O in the United States
court for embezzling that amount.
Jos. Ferguson, aged 2s, of Detroit
was found frozen to death at st. Clair
Flats He had evidently been thrown
into the water by his duck boat cap
sizing, and was so compile tely exhausted
on reaching land that he could not
reach shelter.
The board of trustees of Albion coll
lege unanimously elected as president
of the college DR.. John p. Ashley, prin-
cipal of the Genesee Wesleyan semi
nary, Lima, n. Y. He will take charge
Jan. I. Horace Hitchcock, of Detroit,
was elected president of the board of
trustees.
A bold and wholesale robbery of
sheep occurred on the farm of G. G.
Speer, in Maple Grove township. This
is 30 miles from Saginaw, yet an en-
tire flock of merinos and other fine
varieties of much value were driven
there, killed and disposed of before
the owner discovered that portion of
his farm stock had been stolen.
Gov. Pingree's object IN getting pos
session of Venezuelan asphalt lake
is now asserted to be for the purpose
of breaking the asphalt combine, so
that municipal ownership of asphalt
paving plants may be assured, and to
permit laying of asphalt payments by
local contractors instead of allowing
the combine to monopolize the business.
Mrs. Martha Turner, of Flint, n Y,
while on a visit to her son, eX-Ald.
Turner, at Battle Creek, received a
letter which recalled the fact that she
had brother, Albert Sherburne, liv-
ing at Allegan. Mr.. Turner wrote TO
him and the brother and sister had a
reunion after So years of separation.
Mrs. Turner is now "A years of age and
Mr.. Sherburne SO years.
The house occupied by Joseph Helm
at Bay City was almost totally de-
stroyed by fire. Helm was asleep on
the floor when the fire was discovered.
Neighbors went to the place, broke in
the door and dragged the unconscious
man out of doors just in time to save
his life. He was dazed and fought
fiercely against being disturbed while
slumbering. The loss is about 81 900.
Ionia militia men are sore because
their new company was not mustered
into the state service. The officers
claim they had the assurance OF the
three members of the military board
that they should surely have the pref
erence and intimate that the name, the
White Guards, given the new Grand
Rapids company SO ticlSled ON. Gen.
Whites vanity that he forgot his
promises.
Unusual preparations are being made
for the forty-seventh annual meeting
of the Michigan State Teachers asso-
citation, to be held at Lansing, Dec. IS,
20 and 30, and it is expected that the
attendance will reach fully 1900 and
will exceed that of any previous meet
ing. The stellar attractions will be
Bishop John ii. Vincent. of Buffalo,
and DIR. jacques w. Roadway. f. K. G. 5.
of New York.
]. II. Fraser, who owns cigar fac
tory at Ann Arbor has mysteriouslv
disappeared. In September hIs wife
disappeared and was found dead in the
mill race. Fraser seemed broken
hearted and at the first announcement
of his disappearance it was suggested
that he had followed her by commit
ting suicide. The police, however, say
Fraser has lived under a cloud and
that the woman drowned was not
and lived with him. The police hint
at very sensational developments soon.
For two and half days the steamer
ii. 4. Runnells, of Port Huron, was
ashore on the end of Point Abbaye, be-
fore the first news reached a place
from which help could be summoned,
when the mate and one sailor arrived
at Pequaming. The Runnells struck
on the Point in heavy snow storm,
about midnight. She was laden with
coal for Lake Linden. A heavy sea
was running and to prevent pounding
on the rocks the captain ordered the
ship scuttled. In spite of this, the hull
received hard usage on the rocks and
is very badly damaged and was re-
leased with much difficulty.
$4,000 Slain In Battle In Indian Ter.