The Yale expositor., 1897-05-28
THE TWO PENINsULAs.

Ray Irwin, aged is, was drowned in
the Grand river at Onondaga.
The electric light proposition car
ried by vote of $50 TO 20 at Romeo
The Queen mine at Negaunee has
shut down indefinitely, throwing out
300 or 400 men.
j. Rodman, of Wilbur, will try to-
bacco raising this season. He will
plant two acres.
Mrs. Martha buchanan, aged 60, fell
down stairs at Allegan, fractured her
skull, and will die.
Mr.. and Mr.. james Haig, of Convis
township, Calhoun county, celebrated
their golden wedding.
At mass meeting at Willow, 400
bushels of corn were contributed for
the starving people in India.
Mayor A. nj. Stearns, of Kalamazoo,
was operated upon for appendicitis
and is in serious condition.
DIR. L. f. Richardson's house, library
and surgical instruments, valued at
81 600, were burned at Dundee.
Fred Britton, of Grand Ledge, hav-
ing a crooked toe that bothered him a
good deal, cut it off with chisel.
Charles Goliath. of Saginaw, was
literally cut to pieces by n Michigan
Central train at Michigan City, Ind.
Roy Miller, aged is. fell from a barn
scaffold 30 feet high. at st. Louis. and
struck on his head. He cannot live.
Arthur j. Grants house in West Bay
City burned at a IN. Two sons had
TO jump from a back window. Loss,
81 800.
An OwoSso publisher sued several
delinquent subscribers and obtained
judgement for the amount and costs in
each case.
a Deming, ship carpenter, fell at
jerks shipyard at Port Huron, break
ing his back and one leg, and died of
his injuries.
Burglars got $50 worth of cigars
from Anderson & Orth's drug store at
Midland and tried to open the vault
in the savings bank.
Nancy l.. Stevens. an aged lady who
is almost deaf. was run over by an
electric car at jackson and it is feared
she will not recover.
West Bay City police discovered
counterfeiters' den and arrested Jos.
Turcott The molds and IL spurious
dollars were captured.
Simon Z. Smith, who died recently
at Marine City had lived in the same
house for Go years. He was the oldest
pioneer IN that section.
Timothy Preston, farmer near
Dundee, was thrown by a fractions
horse iuto deep ditch, receiving in
ternal injuries that may prove fatal.
The people of Jacksonville and vicin-
ty have collected over 500 bushels of
corn for the starving Inhabitants of
India. Another carload will follow
soon.
The Haclxley park assembly grounds
and the l. o. G.. L. temple adjoining, at
Lake Harbor, near Muskegon, have
been sold to Thos. Thorkildsen, of
Chicago
While $. II. Watkins, of Frontier,
was at church his house was burglar
lied. A writing desk, containing $40
in bank certificates of deposit was
taken away bodily, also watch and
articles of jewclry.
The twenty-third annual meeting of
the Michigan Pioneer and Historical
society will be held in the senate
chamber at Lansing, june and 3,
that is, providing the legislature adj
iourns on schedule time.
1t is reported that negotiations have
closed for the sale of the South Haven
81 Eastern narrow guage TO the c., j.
e. NJ, and that branch will be built
TO Benton Harbor, giving the c.. j. g.
M. the long-coveted lake port An
other strong rumor is to the effect that
the new Detroit, Lima & Northern will
purchase the G.. j.. I'M. with this new
lake connection aud will establish u
line of steamers TO Milwaukee,
Miss Mary Corcoran wcll-lnown
and beautiful girl Of Escanaba, acct
dentally swallowed "a short hat pin.
An operation was performed, but she
died few hours afterward.