The Yale expositor., 1899-08-25

tOle Tor the people VINO TSSlue Wibhih
hearing distance of their place of woi-
ship.
Farmers in western Oakland county
are becoming alarm d at the continued
drouth, the dry weather and high
winds having dried up things so badly
that all crops are looking in poor con-
dition.
Oakland county expended SIS, 1872 70
for It's poor people last year. There
were 72 inmates IN the county house,
and the average number was 4s. OF
this number, 3s were men and "a
women.
There is said to be great scarcity
Of teachers in Mason county this year
for the district school work, barely
half enough experienced teachers TO
ill the schools holding certificates in
the county.
The boiler of threshing machine
engine whi h was Icing ol Grated on
the farm of Michael Kerns, five miles
from Empire, exploded on the 10th,
killing three persons outright and in
juring three more.
The clerk of Montcalm county the
other day issued marriage license TO
- man aud woman who had previously
been married six and three times re-
speciively. The groom was 65 and the
bride Sc years old.
In Jackson they have an ordinance
that prescribes certain hours in which
citizens must sprinkle their lawns.
One hot day recently 90 good ciliz~ns
violated the law and were Obliged to
drop 81 in the slot or have their water
turned off.
Pipestone man tried to shoot dog
in the road recently, but his shot
struck little sou of a neighbor The
injury to the bov was slight, but it
cost the shooter S40O TO square mat ers
with the youngsters father for his bad
Workmanship.
When residents of Worthwhile be-
come disgusted with the appearance of
some rookery in the will &c, the peo-
living on the street uoon which IT
sands club together and purchase the
building. Then thev have 1T torn
down and burn the lumber.
Hillsdale county people are congrat-
ulating IN ms Ives that they brilt
their new courthouse when they did
1t cost S45 600, but now, it is estimated,
il couldn't be matched for less than
S6n, 900 owing to the great advance in
ali kinds of building materials.
4 Il, 10 n
l.sned at Grass Lake and viii go into
ooeration September l. The poslotfice
at Sharonvi lie has been di con iuued
and the mail will be dis'r,b buted dailv
to al residents within radius of IL
miles east and south Of Grass Lake.
The body of d. II. Doud, an old set
tier, reported missing Two we, Ks ago,
was found on the Goth seven miles
north OF Allegan, in Monterey town
| SIN p. He had wandered away fr' IN
/ the home of his son, Ernest, in Heath
township. and had starved To death.
BY the death OF Mrs. Liz c Whit
! lock. of Batavia township, Branch
| county, probably the heaviest woman
| in he state has been removed. On
| Aug. 13Ch she weighed eXac ly ESQ
rounds. The caSket was so large that
| it could not be placed in hearse. For
/ wears she travelled with Bdrnum's cir
I Gus.
Burglars terrorized the family of J.
! b. Schicht, of Dentons. early on the
morning of the 2Oth, by pointing re-
vulvers at them and threatening to
| shoot fferent members il they did
not reveal the whereab uts of their
va uabeS. The thieves secured alb ut
$50 worth OF plunder. They then
helped themselves to lunch before
leaving
Fire is destroying much property
! throughout the country owing To the
drought. On the Goth a big gang of
men were at work fighting fire east OF
Attica. Several buildings belonging
| to Charles Burlington. together with
his near orchard and grape arb,r, have
been destroyed near that place. Fences
are being buI ned by the wholesale.
On the evening of the 18th James f.
Cook, living near Clio. was awakened
by the stamping Of horses. He investi-
gated, and his son dld likewise, but by
another door. The son mistook the
father for burglar and cut him up
badly with an AK. The horri6ed son,
on discovering hi, mistake. drove with
his father several miles to Clio for a
surgeon. The father may recover
,ecial Deputy Collectors Bailey and
Beattle an Marshal Butler made an
important arrest and SEIZURE at Recor's
Point, 2X miles north of Marine city
on the 18Th. The m n arrested gave
their names as jaime, Merlines and
Moses Dover, Of Som "ra. Ont. The Of
dcers secured 90 pounds of wool and 6
sail buat. couple of men who were
evidently waiting for the wool, escaped
with their rig.
A singular case OF prostration ol
ca,alepsy has been attracting the at
tention OF physicians at Coldwate er foi
the past three weeks Miss Mary
Clennesmith, aged IS, is the victim
On Aug she became unconscious ant
remained in hat condition until Aug
16. during which time she appeared