The Yale expositor., 1897-03-26
THE TWO PENINSULAS.
,arrvton is to have a bank.

John Schleur's foot was caught in
planer and cut off at Bad Axe.
Farmers have raised the necessary
81, 900 stock for n butter factory at San
lilac Center.
John Spade, aged IS, near Holland,
accidentally shot himself in the left
breast. Fatal.
The Loretto sisters arc planning to
erect large Catholic seminary at
Sault Ste. Marie.
Thomas, the only son of VIM. May,
was drowned while fishing on Pleasant
lake, near Leslie.
The grocery store of John Rose, of
Fisher avenue, Bay City, was destroyed
by fire; loss $1,000.
The Kalamazoo gas company fur
nishes free gas stove to all families
who will use gas as fuel
j. Russell was found dead in his hut,
east of Seney. He was an old hunter
and is thought to have frozen to death.
Henry Golden, aged Gs, was very
severIy injured by falling down stairs
at Wales while carrying bag of beans.
The Senate committee on the Uni
versity of Michigan recommends an APP
preparation of $40, 900 for a law library
at that institution.
In the homeopathic hospital at the
u. of NJ. new cure for rupture has
been discovered and is proving success
full in great many cases.
Peter Olson was delivering goods on
the west side of Grand Rapids when
his little boy wandered away from the
wagon, fell into the canal and was
drowned.
The U. S. supreme courts have de-
cided that states have the right to tax
the franchises of corporations, such as
express, telegraph and railroad com
panies.
Judge w. T. Grove of the Kent cir
cult court, has sent his resignation to
Gov. Pingree because the supervisors
cut his salary 1000. Gov. Pingree
will appoint his successor.
Fire destroyed the residence of
Charles Dawson at Pontiac The ex-
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the blaze. The building was totally
destroyed, but some of the contents
were saved. Loss 1900 tt
After jilting young farmer at Zil-
waukee and marrying Sanford Secord,
aged a., Maud Wrightman, a pretty
! girl, aged Is, was content only one
week and now seeks divorce so she
can marry the younger lover.
Postmasfer-G General Gary, has made
the definite announcement that, except
in a few cases, where removal fol
cause was required all postmasters
fourth class as well as presidential
would be allowed to serve out a tern
of four years. This affects 7o,675 post
masters.
Newaygo county's school commits
sioner fight is peculiar one. Tive
years ago Fs c. Stillson ran on th'
emocratic-Populist ticket, defeating
the Republican nominee, John Har
wood, of White Cloud. This year Still
son is the Republican nominee, and th
Harwood faction in that party is pre-
pairing to knife him by voting for tn
Democratic nominee.
One child of Frank Nowart, of Calu
met died after few days illness an
lay in the house two days. After IT
burial two more children came dow
, with diph iberia and another died thre
: DAYS later. During the second funera
/ the mother gave birth To another child
Now the whole family is i'll and severs
of the neighbors' children are dow
with the dread disease.
Col. Hiram c. Hodge, aged AZ, die
4 at the home of his son, DIR. III. /
; Hodge, at jackson. Col. Hodge wa
elected to the lower house of the stat
legislature and then to the senate, an
in 1880 he ran for congress on I'll
Greenbaclx ticket, but was defeated
He was a great traveller and wrot
brilliantly fol leading papers and MAJ
zines. He was blind for several year
Joseph Schluchter, produce me
chant at Pigeon, has written Ma
! Pebbles, of the Salvation Army at ID
troit, saying that If the latter will ser
= him $50 sacks, he and other citizens
!, that town will fill them and ship the
to Detroit at once. The railroad cor
: pany has agreed to transport the pot
p" toes free, and it will be the large
single consignment thus far receive
n for the poor of Detroit.
d Joexe Wiersma, a farmer three mil
north of Holland, was moving his RET
D. dence when the foundation gave WI
l. and. the entire building, weighing Sc
4 eral tons. landed on his chest and hiI
For nearly half an hour he lay in I'll
n position, breathing heavily, but seei
rs ingly uninjured. When the house W
k. raised few inches It fell back, N
this time every rib in Wicrsma's bo
n was broken, crushing the bon
n through his lungs Even in this con
is ton he lived several hours, but final
died 10 awful agony.