The Yale expositor., 1899-12-01

The electric railway which is TO run
between Rochester and Orion will, if
some Unforeseen delay does not occur,
be in operation by the first of the new
year. The roadbed is now graded 10
within less than six miles Of Orion.
ottawa coonty boasts of two ccpteL-
arian residents, both women. Mrs.
Ostrosser, of Port Sheldon, the elder of
the two, has los years TO her credit,
and Mrs Sylvia Duran, of near Coop
ersville, is good second at 103 years.
Chas. r. Mains, the attorney recently
barred from practice in this state, has
started suit for 100000 against nine
| persons, whom he claims have either
individually or collectively ruined the
business of the Homer Steel Fence Co.
An old law seldom used was enforced
| at Brighton the other day when n
| farmer was brought before justice on
a charge Of cruelty to turkeys, IL of
which he had tied by the legs so they
could not run away. He was fined 81
and costs.
Louis II. Beck president of the board
of poor commissioners of Detroit, while
in a melancholy mood on the 23d at
! tempted suicide. He severed his wind
| pipe and gashed his arm with razor,
but is still alive, although in critical
condition.
Diphtheria now exists at White Pig
con in malignant form and the school
and churches have been closed for the
| time being. One little girl who was in
! school on the Goth died of the disease
on the 23d, and about 400 pupils were
| thus exposed.
Iosco county residents want grand
jury to investigate charges against Of
! ficers of the defunct State SavingE
bank Of East Tawas, officers of cs;:G
/ ing loan association and :. county Off
cial, against whom serious charges are
! floating around.
Corunna has a bread war started by
new baker in town named Hayes.
! He has cut the price to three cents a
| loaf and another baker has gone him
one better by Offering the same price
and n rebate of one cent when the
paper sack is returned.
Frank Tilton is the name of painter
and paperhanger at Allegan who
doesn't have to bother with ladder
when doing inside work. lie stands
six feet eight inches in his bare feet,
and his extreme hight is a great con-
venience to him in his trade.
Big Rapids grocers are having a
! price-cutting war, and the residents of
the city are showing their appreciation
of the state of affairs by investing all
their surplus funds in staple groceries,
many of which are being sold at less
than they usually cost the grocers.
1t is feared that Carey Durham, of
Lawton, manager of the Southern
Michigan Fruit association, has met
foul play at Minneapolis. He went
there the first of the present month to
settle with the different commission
merchants and nothing has been heard
of him since the 10th.
Farmers around Pennington have be-
come so eXasperated at the depreda-
tions of chicken thieves that they have
formed vigilance committee and
sworn to shoot the next chicken thief
they find on their premises after dark
In some cases recently rs many as so
chickens have been taken from one
farmer.
Reports to the state board of health
show that rheumatism, neuralgia, tom
! sillitis, bronchitis and diarrhea, in the
order named, caused the most sickness
in the state during the past week. Con-
sumption was reported at 207 places;
typhoid fever, %; scarlet fever, 20;
diphtheria, "a; measles, rs; whooping
cough, 25; smallpox, z, and cerebro-
spinal meningitis, 4.
In the new park which Pennington
is going to have will be placed what is
probably the most historic band stand
in the state. 1t formerly stood on the
site of the Detroit city hall and from it
Seward, Douglas and many promi-
nent speaker of 40 years ago addressed
Michigan audiences, and from it all
Michigan soldiers were reviewed on
their way to the front in 81
At the October session of the Calhoun
county board of supervisors a commit.
tee of three was appointed to investi-
gate the accounts of the superinten-
dent of the poor The committee was
in session nearly two weeks, and as a
consequence it was deemed cxpedent
to call a special session of the
board. This was done and number
of discrepancies were found in the way
OF overdrafts and duplicate bills,
which brings the total shortage up 10
nearly ST, 200.
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