The Yale expositor., 1899-06-16
STATE GOSSIP.

Union City business men have organ
lied an Improvement association to
boom the town.
Two Huron comfy children picked
and sold over 600 quarts of wintergreen
berries this year
Wild cats are still being killed by
hunters and trappers in the woods of
northern Michigan.
The Goethe collection in the general
library of the University of Michigan
contains 9is volumes
One of Iron Rivers long-felt wants
is to be filed about July l by the es-
tablishment of a bank.
Bear are still being caught at Alger,
and trappers there are adding one or
two each week to their catch.
Owners of apple trees in Berrien and
Cass counties say that indications are
favorable to a very large crop.
The Schwartz foundry at Alma has
been destroyed by fire, throwing so
men out of work. Loss 81, OOO
Chas. Il. Mains, of Marshall has COM
menced his suit in the circuit court
against Attorney Hubert for SEQ, 900
damages.
Thirty-two marriage licenses were
issued in Calhoun county last month,
and only three divorce cases were
started.
Commencement exercises at the Uni
versity of Michigan occur Thursday,
June ~. A class of about 700 will be
graduated.
Five persons have committed suicide
in Detroit in the past few days. Three
by eating Rough on Rats" and two
by hanging.
w. Chiesman, of Sherwood, was
stung by bee and nearly died from
the effects. The doctor had to work
hard to save his life.
The frequent heavy rains through
ont Sanllac county are running all OF
the crops in the low lands The out
look for wheat is very discouraging.
The glorious Fourth will be cele-
brated at Standish, Omer, Pinconning,
West Branch and many other northern
Michigan towns in true old-fashioned
style
The Lewis art collection OF the L. of
NJ, which was bequeathed by Henry
c. Lewis, of Coldwater, consists of
about 700 paintings and IS pieces of
statuary.
L. i. Mueller, the chicory manufac-
turer, is building factory at Port
Huron and will also establish a plant
for the manufacture of cocoa and
chocolate
Contrary to expectations, after the
recent early frosts, there will be "a
large crop of hucl1leberries on the
plains and swamps of northern Michi-
gan this summer.
John Finnegan, who resides two
miles south of Stanton, has cut down
his peach orchard of 100 trees. They
were all killed by the severe weather
of the past winter.
Louis Anderson, farmer living near
st. Joseph, shot and wounded hobo
in the leg on the 10th. The hobo was
one of gang which attacked Anderson
! and tried to rob him.
The civil service commission an
nounces that an examination will be
held on July IL at Holland, for the APP
| pointment of a clerk and carrier in the
postoffice at that place.
The Globe factory at Worthwhile,
which was recently destroyed by fire,
| II ~ ha ,.ohpilt HA,un,a,
ville's Improvement association thinks
| the factory will be replaced two others.
The Detroit, Plymouth & Worthwhile
railway has commenced to lay its
| track in Worthwhile. Work will be
pushed rapidly toward Plymouth to
connect with the line in operation
there.
The Methodists of Sanilac are going
| to have a fine new church, which is
now in course of construction and
which is TO cost $1,000. The corner.
stone of the new edifce was laid last
week.
The contract for the new Detroit,
| Rochester, Romeo e. Orion Lake elec-
trio railway power house, to be built
at Rochester and completed ready to
furnish power by Aug. 18th next, has
been let.
A special election was held at Mar.
quette on the proposition to bond the
city for 5000 to aid in equipping the
new normal school. This is in addi-
ton to the site of 20 acres which must
be given by private donors. There are
at present three sites available in that
city for the school.
An interesting document was fled
with the probate judge of Isabella
county last week. 1t consisted of the
will of an Indian resident of the county
and was written in the Indian Ian.
guage, being the first of the kind ever
presented for probate. The will was
admitted and allowed.