The Yale expositor., 1897-01-01
THE TWO PENINsuLAs.

4. Il. Rlce, OF NllllamSton, was badly
injured by his horse running away.
Erastus Thatcher, the first mayor OF
Pontiac, died at his home in that city
at the age of IS
The Greenville Implement works.
which have been closed several months,
have started up again.
Five miles east of Birmingham, a
Polish family have lost three children
with virulent diphtheria.
Frederick Wright, of Brady, was
bitten by a squirrel and nearly lost his
life from blood poisoning.
H. j. Lobdell has been appointed
postmaster at Munising, Alger county,
vice A. s. hester, removed.
The Anti-saloon league at Kalama-
zoo is pushing an ordinance TO restrict
saloons to a district five blocks square.
Delos j. Holden, of jackson, aged rs,
is dead. He was a pioneer and mem
Der of the first class in the state normal.
Corrigan, Mckinney & Co., of Cleve-
land, have purchased the Blue iron
mine at Negaunee. The consideration
is $4,000.
While the family was absent the res
idence and shoe shop of VIM. Orr, at
Caseville were totally consumed by fire.
No insurance.
The game warden is after the hunt
ers who kill deer out of season, and
four arrests have already taken place
at Kilinanagh.
A Cuban junta agent is said to have
obtained the names of 50 Battle Creek
young men who are willing to bleed
and die for liberty.
Banking Commissioner Anger has
called on state banks for a report of
their condition at the close of business
on Thursday, Dec. II.
The Saginaw Valley Medical college
at Saginaw, started six months ago in
the old Unitarian church, already has
35 students and is booming.
The new Y. NJ. C. A. hall, at Cold
water, the gift of the widow of IL. IL.
Lewis, is completed and is one of the
best of its class in the state.
Joseph T. Wellman, aged 20, tailor,
has been arrested at Grand Ledge,
charged with assaulting the S-year-old
daughter of Martha Leudemann.
The Legislature will be petitioned to
improve the bed of the Kalamazoo
river. Every spring the lowlands are
flooded and much property damaged.
Although fodder is plentiful at Sand
Hill, horses are too numerous. Perrin
Burgess gave away a good working
team to escape feeding them all winter.
1t is understood that the Republican
state central committee will open
headquarters at Lansing and conduct
the spring campaign for supreme justice
from there.
The public buildings committee of
the national house of representatives
has reported favorably the bills for new
government buildings at Grand Haven
and Owosso.
DIR. John Bell has bought all low
land separating Benton Harbor and
st. Joseph for the st. Joseph Valley
railroad, which will cut slips for ship
ping purposes.
Victor No., al'Ss Charles Z. Steele,
who escaped from the prison at Ionia,
Sept. Is, by scaling the walls with
ladders, is in Jail at Laporte, Ind, on
the charge of horse stealing.
Hite Gallagher did a brave deed at
Alpena. His friend, Roy Pierson,
broke through the thin ice while skat-
ing. Gallagher dove eight feet into
the cold water and rescued him.
Harry Cole, aged Il, lies at St Mary's
hospital. Saginaw, in very critical
condition, as the result of his left leg
being shattered by his gun being acct
dentally discharged while hunting.
The enemies of Sheriff Mallory. of
st. Clair county, have petitioned Gov.
inhuman treatment of insane persons
confined in the Jail ut various times.
1t is said that owing to threatened
radical railroad legislature at the com
ing session, the c., NJ. & st. =. railroad
has announced that il will not build
its extension from Ontonagon, next
spring.
Frank Ashley was convicted at De-
troit of the murder of James Magee.
Immediately after the jury had rem
dered verdict of guilty Judge Chaplin
sentenced Ashley to jackson prison
for life.
Ii. II. Cook, furniture dealer, OF Al
Logan, has filed chattel mortgages for
some SIS, 900 $40, 900 The mortgages
are in favor of his wife and his father.
Business will undoubtedly be con-
tinued.
Herman Huss, of Milwaukee, war
veteran, aged 6s, tried to commit sui
eide by jumping into the river, but
was rescued by friends. Last week
his wife had him arrested for non
support
Frank Liverance, aged IA, of Will
iamston, shot himself in the right side
with n target gun, and the bullet came
out near the left side. inhicting prob
ably fatal wound. He didn't know il
was loaded.
Hector McKinnon, aged SO, of Sagi-
naxu foil from, n load of 1ouS at RliSS C