The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-02-09

ii. Blood and DIR. DIR. Dunn. of South
Haven, became involved in quarrel
over the ownership of n five-cent lead
pencil. The dispute was carried into
the courts and the doctor must pay six
cents damages and IS costs.
Kalamazoo county must pay the city
of Kalamazoo the full amount of the
bills for the care of contagious disease
patients. 1t will be remembered that
the supervisors cut the bill to less than
one-half, and the city sued for the full
amount with the above result.
The same engine which killed Flag
man Alex Sim at railroad crossing
in Detroit recently, killed David Pat
terson, another hagman, on the even
ing of the 31st. The same engineer
was in charge on both occasions.
The proprietors of the box and bas-
lIet factory at Bangor, the principal
industry of the village, We're preparing
TO move their plant, when citizens
bought controlling interest in the
company and thus saved the town.
The Grand Haven council on the 3Oth
granted franchise to the Grand Rap
ids, Grand Haven & Musllegon Electric
railway to operate line between that
city and Grand Rapids. The road is
expected to be in operation by July.
On the 20th negotiations were closed
for the sale OF the Homer creamery
plant to the stock company which is
operating the Litchtleld butter and
cheese factory. The new owners will
take possession and commence work
soon.
Farmers around Ovid will have a
chance to become proficient in the
raising of cucumbers, as sailing sta
ton for q pickle factory is TO be estab-
lishcd there which will require the
product of 800 acres of cucumbcrs TO
keep it going.
During the past winter 1O5 bills for
divorce were filed in Ingham county,
and Al divorces were granted. At the
close of the year there were 100 divorce
cases pending in the circuit court. In
30 of the "A cases, the wife was the COM
plainant, and cruelty was the charge
in majority of the cases.
Reports to the state board of health
show that rheumatism, bronchitis, in
flucnza, neuralgia and tonsillitis, in
the order named, caused the most sick
ness in Michigan during the past week.
Smallpox was reported at three places
crebro-spinal meningitis at four,
whooping cough at 30, diphtheria at
! 81, typhoid fever at 50, scarlet fever at
! rs, measles at 90, and consumption
! at 1T.
If congress will appropriate $780,
| 900 n system of pneumatic tubes to
carry mails from depots to the post
/ Office and thence to the sub-stations
will be installed in Detroit before long.
! Cast iron tubes with a 12-inch bore
will be laid four feet beneath the
ground along the proposed routes. 1t
! is estimated that within five minutes
after the arrival of a train at the depot,
| the distributing clerks would be sort
ing the mail.
1t now looks as though Fred Foote,
of Fenton, the convict who is charged
with breaking his parole, will be
/ obliged to serve out his life sentence,
/ simply because he is unable to leave in
! toxicants alone. One of the conditions
upon which Gov. Rich paroled Foote
was that he should abstain from the
use of intoxicating liquors No such
! pardon was ever before known in this
( state. Foote was serving a life SEN
tence for murder in the first degree,
! His fate will be decided Feb. -.