The Yale expositor., 1898-03-11
MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.

burned at Carson City, but the stock
was saved
The Masons of Belleville have adj
vertised for bids for $4,000 addition
TO their hall.
Arthur Crane, of Moscow, killed an
American eagle measuring eight feet
from tip to tip.
Moscow, was destroyed by fire. Loss
$1,000; insured.
Parker Divine, aged 6, was drowned
by falling through hole left by ice
| cutters at LalIeview.
Maria Degan, a. young woman, was
! found in n shed at Ann Arbor dead
drunk and half frozen.
Gov. Pingree has contributed S95 for
the relief of the families of the Kala-
mazoo explosion victims.
ii. C. Hamill, for years publisher of
the Alpena Pioneer, has sold out to DIR.
! T.. Il. Meers, of Kenosha Wis.
The Fox Light artillery, of Grand
Rapids, has offered its services to I'm
Wool-growers of Calhoun county
have organized a county association
for protection and mutual benefit.
The house of Ernest Botsford, four
destroyed by fire. Loss about $1,000.
Mrs. Sarah Gates, aged AZ, has been
taken TO Detroit; 65 days for assault
ing her 73-ycar-old mother at Lansing.
The st. Joseph county grand Jury,
having retured 20 indictments during
the past four weeks, has finished its
work.
The jerks Shipbuilding Co. will es-
| tablish a steel plant at Port Huron.
Hitherto only wooden boats have been
built there.
+. O. Grosvenor, Michigan's food and
dairy commissioner, attended the ma
tional meeting of food commissioners
at Washington.
Fannie McCracken, an art teacher at
Benton Harbor has fallen heir to about
500, 900 by the death of relative at
st. Cloud. Mimi.
Miss Nan Sheppard, an elderly maiden
lady, of Traverse City, will take up
claim at Cooks Inlet Alaska, and do
sewing for miners.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Johnson cele-
brated their golden wedding anniver-
sary at Metamora. They were mar
ried at the same town.
In three-style wrestling match at
Calumet, between Rowett, the Cornish
champion and Farmer" Burns Rowett
was defeated by Burns.
An electric railroad to run from Pom
tiac to Flint is being projected, via
Drayton Plains, Waterford, Ortonville,
Goodrich and Grand Blame.
VIM. Huldane, founder of the Grand
Rapids furniture industry, died in
that city, aged 81. He started a chair
and furniture works in 1886.
The postollice at Dundee will be
raised from fourth class to presi-
Dental Office April /. The salary of
the postmaster will be 81, 900.
Gov, Pingrec has appointed Henry j
I MocSner, of Menominec, as a member
of the Ontonagon relief commission, to
| succeed James Mercer, resigned.
While digging well on the farm of
Mrs. Anna Hobart, about mile from
Eaton Rapids, workmen struck vein
of coal about four feet thick at depth
of $50 feet.
Saginaw Knights of the Grip have
adopted resolutions against the pro-
posed two-cent railroad fares, claiming
that they would concentrate trade in
the large cities.
Mayor Stowe, of Grand Rapids, is
stirring up manufacturers to give en-
ploycs Saturday half-holiday during
the summer, and several have con-
scented TO do SO.
Mrs. Maggie Isbell, bride of four
months died after an illness of four
| days, at Stockbridge. aged 10. Her
birth, marriage and death all occurred
in the same room.
Thomas G. Gready has been appointed
postmaster at South Lyon, Oakland
county. Congressman Shower has re-
commended William j. Seton for post
master at Palms. Mich.
Mrs. Robinson, colored, was found
dead in an old wood shed at Lapeer.
She had apparently been dead for two
weeks and it is thought by some that
she died from starvation.
Mrs. Robert Mantell, whose stage
name is Charlotte Behrens, who has
been i'll at the Hotal Harrington at
Port Huron for the past few weeks,
took a turn for the worse, sank rapidly
and died.
Fred Opper, an old soldier living
near Fraser. committed suicide at his
home by shooting himself. He had
/ been suffering for some time with "a
cancer of the throat and feared starv-
| ing TO death.
John Kropenhoff, an old farmer, was
! found dead in his home near Muslxegon.
lie had apparently been dead several
! days, and the cause was probably old
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