The Yale expositor., 1899-09-15

500, 900; insurance $4,000. Many boats
were destroyed. The factory will be
rebuilt at once.
Two cases of smallpox were reported
to the ate board of health on the 18th
from Maple Grove township, in Sagi-
nav county The disease is supposed
to have been brought there from
| Cleveland.
Ossie Coldren, farmer living west
of Worthwhile, took teaspoonful of
paris green to end his life. Doctors
| pumped him out He was respondent
over his failure to conquer his appetite
for liquor.
Mayor Townsend, of Marshall, sur
prised his friends on the 9Th by quietly
marrying his domestic and leaving the
citys affairs in charge of his assistant
while he and his frau took a trip to
Niagara Falls.
1t is said that the body of Frank c.
Ives, the brilliardist, who died in
Mexico, will not be brought to the
United States until winter, the inter
national sanitary laws preventing its
removal from Mexico now.
The first rain in two months fell at
Overisel on the 4th. 1t was not a
heavy fall of rain, however, and did
little good Members of the Reformed
church are still holding special meet
ings, and praying for rain.
Sebewaing people have started
crusade against saloonkeepers who
keep their places of business open on
Sunday, and eight of the latter have
been arrested on the charge of violat-
ing the liquor law in that manner.
Mrs. Ida Gardner, living two miles
west of Holly, is under arrest. 1t is
charged that during quarrel with
neiVhbor, w. II. Walton, she threw
acid in his face. The acid did little
damage, but he made a complaint
against Mrs. Gardner.
The case against Mrs. Mary Butter
field Sanderson, of Battle Creek, who
is charged with the attempted murder
of her aged husband, r. Sanderson, by
eeding him with powdered glass in
his oatmeal about a year ago, will
come up for trial this month.
The home of w. f. Christopher at
Traverse C ty, was struck by lightning
on the sth. Fourteen people were
sleeping in the house at the time but
no one was injured. The bolt played
havoc with the furniture and croclIery
and tore ptrt of the building away.
The remains of John Hipler, who
disappeared from his home in Allegan
tow nship over two years ago, was re-
Gently found by some boys in the
woods. The jury returned a verdict
that Kipler wandered away from home
while demented and died OF starvation.
The superintendent of public instruc.
ton on the 18th received from the city
of Marquette a check for $4,000, that
being the sum eXacted OF that city by
the last Legislature in return for the
location of the new state normal school
there. The site for the school was
also donated
Railroad Commissioner Chase S. Os.
born recently returned from n 1900
mile ride over the c. & w. NJ. and g..
r. e /. railroads. 1t was an inspec-
ton trip. Most of the time he was
riding on the cowcatcher, making a
personal inspection. lie found the
roadb beds in excellent condition.
Renorts to the state board of health
show that diarrhea, neura gia. rheu-
matism. dysentery and bronchitis, in
the order named, caused the most sick
ness in Michigan during the week end
ing September 2. CONSUMPTION was
reported at 20J places, typhoid fever
al 76, scarlet fever at IS, diphtheria
at 13.
State Salt Inspector Caswell's report
for August shows the following out
put: ManIstee county, 3l0.336 barrels
, Mason, 20 $50; WAYNE. 52,O73; st. Clair,
53.7S1; Saginaw, 5l,57s: Bay, 4G, 267
Midland, 3 900; total, 500 9S5. This is
the largest inspection for a month
since the state inspection law became
operative.
On the 18th fire swept 1.-The midway,
a row of Jewelry and agateware stores
extending from the new Petoskey
block TO the dock at Petoskey. The
buildings were light structures fol
summer use, but the st 'cls were large
I
and valuable. The total loss was he
tween S25, 200 and $4,000 with SIS, 5Ot
insurance.
Three thousand people were present
, at the laying of the St Joseph county
court house at Centerville on the 7th
Ceremonies were nducted by III,
Masonic grand lodge and speeches
were made by Grand Master Frank Il
Lodge and Circuit Judge Geo. l.. Yaple
A fierce rain storm began just as tn,
I ceremonies ceased
Recently Mary, wife of John Cog
gins, of near Flint, took some medi
cine supposed to be quinine ant
: whisky. and shortly died in agony
y The stuff has been analysed and ar
: senic was found to have been substi
!. tuted for quinine. II was oh aimee
y from a drug store in Flint, and tn,
e authorities intend to push the case.
d State Superintendent of Public In
. struc ion Jason e. Hammond has pre-