The Yale expositor., 1900-06-29
MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.

IhC dBRTcBdJC NdludbiOh VI ehS wv
of Ypsilanti for 1900 is 81, O42, o45.
Mackinac Island is now connected
with the outside world by telephone.
The Methodists of Bad Axe dedicated
a fine new $40, 900 edifice on the 18th.
Sault Ste. Marie has voted to spend
$1,000 in extending its water works.
The Simpson park camp meeting will
open at Romeo, July 20, and close
August S.
Flint suffered $4,000 fire loss on
the Goth. The revolving hat case factory
was destroyed.
The State Horticultural society holds
its midsummer meeting at Newaygo ON
July II and 19.
The Huron Condensed Milk Co. made
it's first shipment, amounting to 2s,s0o
cans, on the Goth.
Miss Maude Summer, of Kalamazoo,
suicided by the laudanum route at
MuslSegon on the cath.
The census of Port Huron for 1900
shows an increase in population from
ilfO III loJO, W lOsoOO III lvOOs
The Baptists of Pennington town
ship have commenced improvements on
their church which will practically
give them a new edifice.
Many northern Michigan towns will
celebrate the Fourth in a grand style,
including Standish, Turner, West
Branch and other places
The Inlay City Fair association has
decided not to have any horse races at
the fair this fall, as it is thought other
and better attractions can be secured.
ROGERS City, with a population of
500, boasts four saloons, and three
more will be opened during the sum-
mer. A brewery is also being pro-
jected.
The state encampment of the Sons of
Veterans at Goguac lake was a great
success. All the A lodges in the state
were represented and military rules
prevailed.
Copemish will celebrate the Fourth
with a union Sunday school picnic
under the combined efforts of the bus
mess men and every Sabbath school in
that section.
James II. Poage, of Chicago, had an
exciting fight with a bear while fish
ing near Escanaba on the Esd. A COM
panion came to his rescue just in time
to save his life.
An independent military company is
to be organized at Cadillac, with the
idea of seeking admission TO the ma
vacancy occurs.
BY the explosion of $50 pounds of
powder in the Champion mine on the
23d, four men were killed in the bot
tom of the shaft, % feet below the
level. Cause of the accident unknown.
| Census enumerators in the northern
counties are meeting with much diff
Guilty in completing their work owing
to bad roads, farms widely separated
and many people being away from
home.
Henry Maltir, Dalton farmer,
started out to find his cows. Not re-
turning, a search was instituted and
his body found in field, his face and
hands having been eaten away by
hogs. Heart trouble.
The canning factory at Berrien
Springs is in full blast putting up peas,
which yield profit to the farmers of
from SIS TO $50 per acre. The works
are running day and night, with 100 to
125 men and women employed.
Although no official announcement
has been made, it is practically settled
that none of the grand jury cases
against state officials will be tried at
the present term of court. All will be
continued to the September term to be
held in Lansing.
Major Smith, young man of Niles
attempted to board an excursion train
which was moving at the rate of sew
eral miles an hour on the 18th and was
thrown and terribly injured. 1t is
thought that he cannot recover. lie
has wife and one child.
Fire destroyed the large grist ant
saw mill belonging to r. X. Farnum
at Almont, on the 2lst. The loss i:
about S., 900; no insurance. 1t was
only by hard work that their large
elevator was saved from the flames
Origin of the fire unknown.
Durand business men have formed
! an organization for the purpose of pro
viding free musical and vaudeville en-
tertainments in the village every Sat
urday during the summer, the idea be
ing to attract farmers from the vicin
ity to the village to do their trading.
The military board will ask that tn
Sl2,0 900 paid back to the state by tn
Henderson Ames Co. as the profits &C
cruing to that firm from the militar.
clothing deal be transferred to the mil
itary board Unless this is don
there will be no state cncampmen
this year.
Great preparation is being made 70
/ the big arrangements day celebration
) TO be held at Saginaw, July 12. Every
thing indicates that this will be tn
/ largest demonstration of the kind eve
D held in Saginaw Valley. orangeme