The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-07-06
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will not be more than half crop at
the most.
Marine City residents experienced
the heaviest electrical storm in years
on the eth.
The personal taxes for brighton
township, Livingston county, has been
increased SlO7, 900.
Through service on the new electric
line between Detroit and Port Huron
was inaugurated on the Goth.
South Haven is running in opposi-
ton to st. Joseph, and is getting quite
n reputation as Gretna Green.
Burglars made an unsuccessful at
tempt to blow open the safe in the
postollice at Brown City on the 9sth.
A manual training school will be
erected at Marquette to be run in con-
nection with one of the ward schools.
Several barns in Grand Traverse
county were destroyed by fire on the
27th, being touched off by electrical
fluid.
The razor trade at Cheboygan has
having raised the price of shaves 50
per cent.
Wayne county farmers are gathering
their best crop of hay in years. Corn
is in poor condition, and wheat will be
a total failure.
The University of Michigan still re-
tains second place in point of attend
ance with Hazard, the latter having
| 4,947 students and Michigan 3,447.
Grasshoppers are getting in their
work all around Dowagiac, and be-
sides attacking the grass they are also
showing partially for sugar beets.
Some of the townships in Newaygo
county are infested with shcep-killing
dogs and the average farmer would
( sooner kill one of the ours than snake
Fruit growers around Musl1egon have
II new enemy to fight, in the shape of a
small beetle called the rose chafer,"
which attacks both large and small
| fruits.
1t was two years ago June % that
the Michigan boys who took part in
! the Santiago campaign as members of
the 33d and saith Michigan regiments,
| landed on Cuban soil at Siboney.
! Kalamazoo's chamber of commerce
has been abandoned, but the business
men of the city will form another or
| ganization along different lines to
work for the welfare of the celery city.
GRural free delivery has been estab-
| lished at Alma, Gratiot county, to take
| effect July IS. The route to be covered
is 20 miles long, covers an area of 30
square miles and serves population
of 729.
The supervisors of Delta county have
! voted TO build Il new Jail at an expense
of $50, 900 if the people of the county
will authorize the issuing of bonds to
that amount at the regular fall cleo
! ton.
About 1000 excursionists and seven
bands visited st. Joseph on July 1.
! Fourteen couples were married The
number of Chicago weddings at Mich
| igan's popular Gretua Green for the
month of June was an even 200.
The Michigan Traction Co. ran their
| first car over the streets of Battle
Creek on the 26th Regular cars will
be run between that city and Gales
burg, and from Galcsburg and Kala-
mazoo, July /, and from both cities to
Gull lake, July 4.
| The South African war is n long way
! from Michigan, but it's effects are being
felt in at least one Michigan city. One
! e 4 l,,,-
| closed down because of the cessation
of the demand for its output, which
| has heretofore all been exported TO
South Africa.
Oil was struck at the RycrSon & Hills
/ test well at Musllegon on the Goth. and
! the first three minutes after the strike
was made, 90 gallons of petroleum were
pumped. The valve then broke and
! operations had to be suspended until
repairs were made. The depth was
about 900 feet
Justices of the peace who were
elected at the spring election must file
| their bond before the Fourth, or for
felt their right to occupy the office.
| There arc said to be large number
failed to perform this important quail
| fication.
A wholesale poisoning occurred at
Kalkaska and vicinity On the cath and
! 25th, there being "a cases in all-l5
! cases in town. 8 cases ut the home of
James Earl four miles north Of Kali
kaslxa, and one at Alden The poison
| ing was caused in each case by eating
| pressed beef The victims suffered
great agony. and prompt medical aid
was all that saved the lives of several
Reports to the state board of health
| show that rheumatism. neuralgia, ton
sillitis. bronchitis and diarrhea, i'm the
| order named. caused the most sickness
! in Michigan during the past week
Cercbro spinal meningitis was reported
at : places, smallpox at Z, diphtheria
at %, typhoid fever at %. whooping
cough at 81, scarlet fever at AZ, measles