The Yale expositor., 1898-03-11

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lies the entire village. At the depth
of 535 "A vein several feet thick has
been struck, and at 1850 a vein 30 feet
in thickness was found.
The Crump Manufacturing Co., of
Bay City, has received IA large order
for dynamite and cartridge boxes. As
the government manufactures its own
boxes TO meet ordinary demand this
must be an emergency order.
EX-Secretary of State j. W. Jochim,
of Ishpeming, announces his candidacy
for the Office again. Gov. Rich removed
him for neglect of duty in connection
with the salary amendment frauds,
and Mr.. Jochim wants vindication.
Emerson A. Holmes, publisher of the
Cross Roads Weekly, brought suit at
Metamora against 20 signers TO the pc
tition to the village council declaring
him to be public nuisance. The
charge is SANDER and $4,000 damages
is asked.
Congressman VIM. Alden Smith, of
Michigan, is off for Cuba on an investi-
eating tour. He is accompanied by his
wife and a party of congressman.
They all sailed on the private yacht
of Editor Hearst, of the New York
journal.
The demand for state lands is increas-
ing. The receipts of the state land
Office for February were So, 1888, an in
crease of 81, 100 over February of last
year. The lands disposed of were for
the most part primary school and Agri-
cultural college lands.
Secretary Baker, of the state board
of health, sent three samples of st.
Clair drinking water to the L. of NJ.
for analysis. He has been advised that
it was very bad water. There is no
doubt that the epidemic of typhoid
fever is due to the water.
Sheriff Cloonan, of Pontiac, went to
jackson prison after Benny Campbell,
whose five-year term for burglary has
expired. Campbell was rearrested on
the charge of grand larceny, the offense
being committed while he was out on
bail awaiting his-other trial.
There are 40 cases of fever in st.
Clair. Some physicians say it is ma
laria and others claim it to be typhoid.
Two deaths have occurred. 1t is al
legged that the sewage from Port Huron
is the cause, as the people obtain their
water supply from the st. Clair river.
Chris keenan, and Frank Shane,
nightwatchmen employed by merchants
at Menominee. have been enemies for
years. About . n. IN. they met und be-
gan firing at each other with revolvers.
keenan, was wounded in the wrist at
the fourth shot. Shane gave himsclfup
Owen McArron was convicted of
manslaughter ut Fort Huron for caus-
ing the death of Kilbourne Seaback on
the night Of July -. 1897. McAaron
was tried twice, the first time being
for murder and the jury disagreed.
The trial just closed was for man
slaughter. The evidence was entirely
circumstantial.
The state board of education has
granted state certificates, good for life,
to the following teachers who have
passed the required examination:
Franklin c. DanecLe, Gladstone; Clark
b. Chaffee, Farwell; George L. Nor
cross, National Mine; j. A. O'Leary,
Paw Paw; c. f. A. Adams, Detroit;
Frank +. Burkhcad, Moline, Ill.
Christopher. Rathfon, of Ypsilanti,
who committed suicide in Pittsburg
hotel, was poor orphan farmed out
by Boston asylum - years ago He
prospered at Ypsilanti and four years
ago married daughter of John Els
worth, wealthy farmer He disap-
peared a short ago, and leaves a fine
home and n widow with two children.
Mrs. Enoch II. Jones, respectable
colorcd woman who resides near the
C. & G.. Il. shops at Battle Creek, was
outraged by two white men. supposed
to be tramps. who hang around the
yards in great numbers One of the
men had red handkerchief tied over
his face. The other had revolver and
knife in hand. They also took Sis in
money from her person.
The poor authorities at Kalamazoo
were called upon to aid Dell Lucas, n
died in Almena, Van Buren, county, a
week before. Lucas says he applied to
a supervisor for assistance in burying
the infant, but was brusquely refused.
An effort to get help at Paw Paw re-
suited the same way. The body was
decomposed when buried at Kalamazoo.
A frightful accident occurred in
Clark e Acker's shingle mill at Wet
more. The boilers blew up. entirely
destroying the mill, killing two men
and fatally lnjuring others. The dead
are: Hugh Long and Peter Morris.
George Moore, of Au Train, ex.sheriff
of Alger county, is perhaps fatally in
iured. Peter BriX and Herman Zantz
are both badly wounded, while several
others have slight injuries. The loss
is estimated at about $4,000.
St. Joseph has been deprived of its
great industry of fishing by the present
state fish law, which provides that the
mesh i'm nets now in service are illegal