The Yale expositor., 1898-12-23
STATE GOSSIP.

house.
Hart shipped 40 cars of potatoes in
one day.
A 4O-foot vein of coal has been struck
at Alpcna.
VIM. Bain. jagged lG years. OF Morley,
was accidentally killed while hunting.
Charles Odds of Traverse City, was
struck by Il falling tree and fatally in
jurcd.
Mrs. J. II. Smith. of Milan. cut her
throat with butcher knife with sui
cidal intent
Charlie Clark. aged II, was drowned
while skating on the ice in the river
at Saginaw.
1t will take 1900 acres OF bccts to
supply the three sugar factories of LAY
City next fall
Brig. Gen. Tyrrcll, of the Michigan
National Guard, has established head
quarters at Jackson.
The lockout Of the freight handlers
likely to be long one.
The date of the DELEGATION of the new
law building ut the u. of NJ. has been
set ahead to Feb. 10.
Another coal mine is to be opened in
Monitor township, BAY county, by the
North American Chemical Co.
John Thon, blacksmith. was killed
by an Il. & T. NJ. train while walking
on the belt line tracks at Saginaw.
Wallace Twins barn, northeast of
Ithaca, burned, together with two COWS
and one horse. Loss $500; insurance
$500.
Jacob Kiehlcr, switchman on the
+ & l. NJ. fell from the top of box
car at Saginaw and was ground to
pieces under the wheels.
Frank Parker has sold his stave and
heading factory ut Armada, to an Ohio
company. which will erect n large mill
and employed 80 men the year around.
Gov. elect Theodore Roosevelt, the
famous Rough Rider, will probably
participate in the annual banquet of
the Michigan club at Detroit, Feb. %.
Tue Mt. Clemens Sugar Co., has been
formed. One thousand acres of sugar
beet lands have been contracted for,
and the project will probably be n go.
Cot j. T.. Petermann, of the 34th
Michigan, is to have the rank OF brevct
brigadcr.gcneral conferred upon him
for mrritorious services in the Cuban
campaign.
Albert Larsen, aged 81, of Manistcc
while dressing suddenly dropped to the
floor and expired. lie had just been
joking and laughing with members of
the family.
Henry Zeran, postmaster, and ]. b.
| Mills, general merchant, Of Prescott,
killed two bears, weighing 4os and SOL
pounds respectively, while hunting
near the town.
Walter O. Roberts. aged 90, brake
| man, who was making his fourth trip,
fell between the cars at Rives Junction
and was instantly killed, his body be-
ing badly mangled.
Gov, Pingree thinks that the militia
companies will get their $500 annual
! allowance for armony rent just the
same, whether a portion of the militia
is in the field or not
| The annual report of the board OF
state auditors for the year ending June
| 30, 1898, shows that the total allowances
of the board were l,439.s2, against
S2S4.Ol7. SO the preceding year
At large mass meeting of farmers
! at Kalamazoo formal steps were taken
| looking TO the establishment of beet
sugar factory there. Farmers will
| pledge TO raise 5000 tons of bects.
The worlSmcn at the Michigan
Coal Co. S mine at Bay City have struck.
They were recently notified that wages
would be reduced from So to Sl.75 per
day and hours heightened from eight
to nine.
New Michigan postmasters: Chase,
Lake county, Alvin Seabuclt: Gleenie,
Altoona county, Joseph ii. Hayes; La
sale, Monroe county, John C. Bot
timer: Clarenceville, Oakland county,
4 Herman Shoupeter; Pittsfeld, Washte-
nav county, Geo,B. Crippen.
The schooner San Diego, OF Detroit
recently taken TO the Atlantic for coast
trade was so badly wrecked by con-
tinued gales off the Nova Scotia coast
| that she had to be abandoned, the
crew being rescued by fishing
schooner. The San Diego was built at
Detroit in 1874. was 76s tons register,
valued at SIS, 900, insured for $4,000.