The Yale expositor., 1900-06-15
MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.

at Michigan's gretna green on the 10th.
Manistee has issued $40, 900 in bonds
to extend her water works system.
Monroe has new paper-the Mon
roe Record-Republican in politics
A genuine case of smallpox has de-
veloped in the business portion of
Jackson.
BY the will of the late David Ward,
of Pontiac, each of his ii grand-chil-
| dren gets ST., 1000.
Bronson's two free rural mail deliv-
cry routes are success. A third route
may be established.
Daily shipments of Strawberries at
st. Joe now average $4,000 crates.
This will be doubled shortly.
The Spanish cannon will be unveiled
at Three Oaks on June %. Miss Helen
Gould will be the guest of honor.
Port Huronites who desire to explode
fireworks on the Fourth must secure a
permit or spend some time in Jail
Gov Pingree has re-appointed Je-
rome w. Robbins, of Pontiac, mem
Der of the state board of mediation and
arbitration for three years.
The report that the Henderson mes
Co., of Kalamazoo, would move out of
the state is without foundation. A re-
organization of the company is on foot,
however.
Wheat fields in Calhoun county
which two weeks ago promised a fair
crop are now considered worthless, as
result of the Industrious work of the
Hessian fly.
Ionia supervisors have wound up
their work. The total increase in val
uation over 1899 is S694, 27O. The in
crease in realty is Sl3l ,155, and in per-
sonal Sl63,1 15
Enos Kewaygesllick shot a magnif-
cent black bear two miles west of Pc
toskey on the eth. 1t weighed 3s5
pounds. the largest ever known in that
region and the first for many years
The late Mrs. Justin Il. Whiting, of
st. Clair, in her will, leaves an estate
of $50, 900 to her husband during his
lifetime, after which it goes to the
children then living.
Coldwater is to have another factory.
Knott Bros, of Gloversville, y. y,
have purchased the old Tibbits factory
building and will begin the manufac-
ture of sanitary appliances
The increase in assessed valuation in
property in Coldwater over that of last
year is S725, 100. Supervisors report
that the largest part of the increase is
the result of the new tax law.
Grand Rapids capitalists have consul
mated a deal for 40 acres, giving them
half mile front on the east end of
Crystal lake, and will organize stock
company to build large hotel.
The new tax law has added about
$40, 600 to the personal tax assessment
of Tecumseh this spring, and has
added about $4,000 to that of the
township outside of the village.
Geo. S. Bennett, of Coldwater, who
was arrested at the instance of Presi-
dent Campbell, of the state tax com
mission, on a charge OF tax lodging,
pleaded guilty and was fined $500 by
Judge Adams on the 9TH.
There is a sinkhole on the c. & G.. r.
Ry. near Elba which is a corller. Four
Thousand carloads of dirt and the for
est trees from 50 acres of land have
been dumped into it, but apparently
the hole is no nearer filled up than it
was at first.
John Goslin, of New Baltimore, was
attacked by a sea serpent while out
fishing recently, and after a 15-min-
ute battle succeeded in killing it. The
snake was brought to land and meas
ured and found TO be 16 feet long. It's
body was four inches in diameter.
Two shafts at Hecla, which were
closed because of the mine fire, were
opened on the 10th and little gas was
found. Other shafts at the north end
of the mine will be opened at once and
a large force of men, who were out of
work because of the fire, will be started
again.
The amount of personal property as
sessed in Holly township this year is
| 1897, 1926, which compared with S165, $50
assessed last year, makes gain of over
40 per cent. Many people whose
names never appeared on the tax rolls
before are down for sums exceeding
$4,000.
Mrs. John Muller, of near Warren,
was the victim of brutal assault on
the sth Her assailant was Polish
man, who had purchased a buggy and
harness from her few days previous,
and had came for his goods when he
attempted to assault Mrs. Muller. Her
screams attracted assistance, and the
would-be assaulter made his escape.
Prot Martin ID. Atkins, chief of the
department of physics of the Agricul-
tural college, had the sight of one eye
destroyed and his face and one hand
badly cut by the explosion of a bottle
of gunpowder in the physical labora-
tory while experimenting with the
! spectroscope TO show the spectrum of
! gunpowder on the 4th.
| Gen. Macarthur repo rts that unof-