The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1898-02-22

Village Clerk o. V. Plea, of Stevens
vile, left for st. Joseph over week
ago, and was last seen at Galien. A
Mrs. Donovan is also reported missing.
Plea has a wife and three children.
Ed. Stevenson has been appointed viii
lage clerk in Pleas place.
New Michigan postmasters: Prestel,
Clare county, William McWath; Sagola,
Dickinson county, John O'Callaghan;
Sears, Osceola county, VIM. j. Manley;
Inlay City, Geo. w. Jones; Hancock,
George w. Emery; Fairview, Oscoda
county, Robert harrington.
The two largest vacuum salt pans in
the world are being made at Manistee
for the r. G. Peters company. They
are 80 feet in diameter and 60 feet high,
with total weight of 500 tons. Each
pan has over 5000 fiues three feet long,
making about three miles of piping in
each pan.
There was rear-end collision on the
c., Nj. q st. p. tracks at Carney's spur,
six miles south of Iron Mountain A
way freight crashed into logging
train which was switching. Twenty
cars and an engine were wrecked, and
Conductor Anderson, of Iron Mountain,
and Brakeman John Tews, of Green
Bay, Wis, We're killed.
Fire broke out among the lumber
piles in G. Merrill & Co. S mill yard,
known as Whittier mill, on the west
bank of the river at Saginaw, and
1,500, 900 feet of lumber was burned
The loss will be about S25 200, but the
amount of insurance is small. Hon.
Il. w. Palmer, of Detroit, is largely in
terested in the property.
A number of special services were
held in Ann Arbor churches in behalf
of the Anti-Saloon league movement
Rev. j. +. Brant, of Lansing, sent a
party out TO investigate the saloons and
claims to have found nearly all violat-
ing the law. About 70 business men
and professors met to devise scme
means to combat the evil.
G. j. Eaton, aged 81. until recently u
resident of Lowell, died at cheap
boarding house at Grand Rapids. De-
velopments show that he had property
worth ST.. 200 or Sl5, 900 On his per-
son were found certificates of deposit
aggregating $3.50. He was an old
soldier and was very eccentric. He
leaves three married daughters.
Secretary Gage in bill sent to the
House recommended the consolidation
of customs districts all over the country
and figures on making an annual saw
ing of 100000 in Michigan alone. He
asks that the collectors at Detroit
Port Huron and Marquette alone be re-
tanned and deputies be placed in charge
at Grand Rapids and Grand Haven.
Rev. Kendall Brooks, ID. d., who has
been dean of Alma college for several
years is dead. He was appointed presi-
dent of Kalamazoo college in 1868.
which Office he held 10 years. In 1888
he went TO Alma as professor of mathe-
matics. One son survives him, an
alumnus of Alma college class of '97
and now principal of Alma high school.
The report of the treasurer of the
state Y. M. c. A. showed receipts dur
ing the year $3,113s9, disbursements
S2,926.11. The resources are S749.9s,
liabilities above resources, $5S6.S5. +.
III. Burt. assistant state secretary of
Illinois, made an appeal for personal
and association pledges for state work,
and pledges were received amounting
to something over 81 200.
New Michigan postmasters: Au
Train, Alger county, George A. Bald
win; Azalia, Monroe county, L. III.
Noble; Clifford, Lapeer county, Henry
A. Pullin; Shiloh, Ionia county, George
w. Brown; Cleon, Manistee county,
VIM. j. Ridout; Cohoctah, Livingston
county, w. II. Trowbridge; Hopkins
Station, Allegan county, c. T.. VOL
finger; Troy, Oakland county, Frank
ID. Cutting.
Mrs. Richard Clegg was fatally
burned by hanging lamp falling from
the ceilin - her home at Adrain The
hook gave away and the lamp, when it
broke in pieces on the floor set fire to
the steaming oil, quickly enveloping
Mrs Clegg in the flames. Her grand.
daughter, Mrs, Abbie Campsie. rushed
to the old ladys aid, and in attempting
to smother the flames was badly burned.
Very little damage was done to the
house.
An explosion of giant powder at the
Newport mine near Ironwood killed
three men: Peter Biazza, Emanuel
Naimo and Mike Sadia. They were at
work on the ninth level. Biazza and
Naimo were en- route for the powder
chest when the explosion occurred.
Just what was the cause is not known.
These two were literally blown TO
pieces, while Sadia died from the effects
of gases. Three other men were over
come by gases, but will recover.
j. j. Holmes, proprietor of the Ban
ner Touring mills at Cadillac, was
caught on the main shaft and was being
whirled around it at a great velocity
when his wife happened in. She at
tempted TO rescue him. but her clothing
also caught and the pair were in great
danger of being killed. Her clothing
was nearly all torn off and she Tel. TO
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