The Yale expositor., 1898-02-04


with sawmills.
EllSs have subscribed 227 shares of
stock, amounting to So, G75, for a new
temple, and an opera house is talked of,
in connection.
j S. Stearns, OF Ludington, has an
nounced his candidacy for the nomina-
ton of secretary of state on the Re-
publican ticket.
During a raging blizzard the dwell
ing of VIM. Walton was burned TO the
ground, at Sutton's Bay, with all their
household effects.
The first grand jury in 10 years in
Bcrrien county, has been impaneled to
try numerous saloonkeepers and drug
gists for alleged violations of the liquor
laws
The Goth annual state convention of
the Y. M. c. A. at Kalamazoo, Feb. 10
to 10, is to be one of the most success
full in the history of the organization
in the state.
Rover Snow, farmer near Battle
Creek, while preparing a windmill was
struck by the fan and thrown TO the
ground, As feet, striking on his head
He died instantly.
Arthur Kangas, aged 10, was run
down by work train at Calumet His
right arm was severed from his body
and his head split open. He died in
short time in the hospital.
Coloma is excited over the alleged
discovery of petroleum. Chicago
man is organizing a company to inves-
tigate surface indications which have
been found on Paw Paw lake.
Rev. Isaac Matzinger, pastor of the
German church at Elk Rapids, was
found dead in front of his church. He
had been cleaning the walk of snow
at night when stricken with heart di-
Sease.
Laadan Winchester, of Byron town
ship, Kent county. celebrated his Tooth
birthday, and among his descendants
at the reunion were "a great-grand-
children and one great-great-grand-
child.
George johnson has started from
Sault Ste. Marie with a dog team and
a sled eight feet long, carrying $50
pounds of supplies, and expects TO
average so miles a day on a trip to the
Klondike.
Charles Rowland died at Copemish
during an operation, performed by DIR.
King, of Manistee, to find bullet.
He had been shot in the stomach by
w. L. Hobson during trivial quarrel.
Hobson was arrested.
August Kollas, aged %, of Romulus,
tried to punch rabbit out of a hole
with the stock end of his gun. The
weapon was discharged and his right
arm was so terribly lacerated that he
died from loss of blood.
Franklin b. Carson, of Woodruff,
ILL.,, was arrested at Boston by u. 5.
officers on an indictment warrant,
charging him with sending an obscene
letter through the mail to Miss Blanche
Lurton, of Ann Arbor, Mich.
Washington authorities have decided
that the Bay City custom house shall
be kept open during the winter.
There will be no extra expense at
tached, as the government acquires
the service without additional cost.
The boiler of VIM. Benjamin's trac-
ton engine exploded near Constantine,
fatally injuring Herman Lane VIM.
Benjamin, John Born and James Davis
were also badly hurt. Davis losing
hand. Four other others were scalded
more or less
Four prisoners in the county Jail at
the 500 escaped. They unlocked the
door of the cage, wrested a bar from
the Jail window and crawled outside.
All were awaiting Trial for serious of
lenses. Six other prisoners, in for
short terms. remained in jail
Arthur Manner, an escaped convict
who was sent to Ionia from Detroit,
March /, 1894, on l5-year sentence
for robbery, has been captured at Daw-
son, Ky The young man was allowed
outside the walls ms a trusty. On June
6, 1896, he skipped and has been at
liberty since.
New Michigan postmasters: Vickery.
vile, Montcalm county. Frank Heacox;
Cone, Monroe county, Frank Il. Ray
mond; Corey, byron Hunt; Hamblen,
Fred Erbsh; Twin Lake, c. +. Putnam;
Wildwood, Henry Benson; Arland,
A. Il. Lyman; Atlanta, George NJ Bah
cock; Lambertville, III. l.. Van Orman.
The officials of the proposed Lansing,
Dexter & Ann Arbor Electric railroad
made a trip over the line, and are
greatly encouraged with the promises
OF aid which have been received.
Meetings were held at Holt, Mason.
Dansville, White Oak, Stock bridge,
Plainfield, Gregory and Pinckney, and
committees appointed to solicit sub
scriptions.
There is row in the Saginaw board
of trade because the powers that be in
vited Mayor Maybury, of Detroit, TO
speak at the annual SEA plate banquet
Fcb12. Gov Pingrees friends claim
that this is direct snub and an insult
to the governor, and they declare that
they will not attend the banquet, but