The Yale expositor., 1897-01-15

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II. T. Crawford, for 10 years Grand
Trunk train dispatcher at Battle Creek,
has been made chief train dispatcher
of the division from Montreal to Port
land, Me.
A daughter of Sewell Cline died of
diphtheria at Lexington last week and
Mr. Cline followed few days later.
Now the mother and son are danger
ously i'll.
Thomas O. Doremus, was crushed
under the wheels of an engine at Jack
son, and died of his injuries. He was
one of the best known railroad men in
Michigan.
Cleveland capitalists are preparing
to commence the manufa cture of stone
cement at Bronson, there being big
deposit of the material in a marsh near
the town.
Alonzo McDiarmid was struck by the
cars while walking on the track at
Elmdale. His arm was crushed, sew
eral ribs and his jaw broken, and he
will probably die.
An electric railroad will be built
next spring from Battle Creek to Kali
amazoo, touching Bedford, Augusta,
Galesburg and Comstock, with branch
from Augusta to Gull Lake.
Mrs. Charles Hagadorn, who was
charged with conspiring with two farm
hands against the life of her husband,
has been acquitted at Ionia. Sam
Reeves is serving II years for shooting
| Hagadorn.
PetoslIey officers arrested Charles
Green and Lou Bright, young lumber
men, for stealing rubbers and horse
blankets. One hour later they had
been convicted and sentenced to IL
days in Jail.
The Germania, Norrie and Pabst
mines at Ironwood will add to their
present small forces. The outlook is
much improved for employment of al
least a portion of the l, 500 idle men in
Ironwood and Hurley.
Chas. Short, aged II, took dose o.
morphine at the home of his uncle
Brazil Short, in Bethel township
Branch county, and will probably die
Failure in business, and domestic
troubles caused dependency.
Stirred up by the recent tragedy
the killing of Bunk Treadwell, sa
loonist. by Il policeman-the polic'
commissioners of Grand Rapids an
nouce that hereafter all saloons mus
be closed on Sundays and legal holidays
As a result of the resolution of thu
| Michigan Soldiers home board to dis
charge all able bodied inmates, abou
40 veterans will be turned out to shift
for themselves. The action was neces
sary because of the crowded condition
of the home.
The Livingston county board of su
pervisors passed a resolution whicl
stated that the publication of the docu
ment by the state known as Farm
Statistics" was useless expense ant
asked their Legislators to try TO hav
it discontinued.
Lansing citizens want the count
seat of Ingham county moved fror
Mason 20 Lansing, but only II super
vsors could be persuaded to vote
favor of submitting the question to tn
people, and as II are required Lansin
will have to wait.
Alfred Brooks, the school teache
who. it is alleged. broke into the ROOF
of Miss Sarah Otis. at her home in Be
lin township. Ionia county, and a
tempted to assault her, died in Jail {
Ionia from dose of morphine he swa
lowed when he was arrested.
DIR. NJ. p. Johnsons livery and fee
barn burned at Allegan, with all tn
contents except five horses. ,Fourtee
horses were cremated, a chore boy ma
rowlv escaped burning to death an
the proprietor's hands were PAINFUL
burned. Loss IS, 900; no insurance.
The Michigan Republican Press a
, ISOLATION held brief session at La
sing. &. Il. ellison, of Benton Harbo
presided. Measures will be taken
guard the interests of publishers,
legislation this winter and a trip
: Washington on the occasion of Mcki
ley's Inauguration was partially a
S ranged.
$ The s3-year-old mother of Hen
Garfield persisted in fire at her sol
c house at fIillsdale while the son w
v at work. Her name was Mrs Geor
Lake. Neighbors rushed in, but Z
O old lady's bedroom was empty and
i was supposed that she had escape
Later. however, the blacllened renal
=, Of her body were found in the ruins.
>. The Kalamazoo board of supervise
has presented claim for S372 again
=. the estate of Mrs. Mary Stanley,
- Schoolcraft, who recently died in t
asylum. When she was sent 10 t
asylum she was represented to
> without property and the county pa
&c for her support, but since her dea
considerable property has made its
i'll pearance. There are said to be ma
a similar cases in the asylum.
s. George Whitney commenced a S
at Maple Rapids against DIR. George
nr Bliss, for SO, 900 damages on the char
d. of alternating his wife's and child's
t. fections. Whitney was apparently
,o ING with his wife very happily ur