The Yale expositor., 1900-08-24
MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.

Ter WORKS purposes.
Lightning caused a 81, 600 fire near
Cherry Hill on the l4th.
Six cases of smallpox were discovered
at Champ on on the 18th.
big Indian camp meeting will be
held early this fall near Pinconning.
The contract has been signed and
Galesburg is assured of electric street
lights.
The question of new school build
ings for Pontiac is being agitated Wig
orously.
The Riverside Coal company is sink
ing another shaft for coal south of
Saginaw.
The resorters at Maclinac Island
suffered SOS, 900 fire loss on the night
af the 10TH
Safe blowers received $40 in cash for
their trouble at Oxford on the night
of the 18th.
Work on the new Lansing, st. Johns
& st. Louis Electric railroad has been
commenced.
Gov. Roosevelt will make his first
campaign speech in Michigan at De-
troit, Sept. Z.
During the bombardment of Pekin
it is estimated that tho Chinese loss
was about 400.
Fifty-eight weddings, 80 of which
are suppressed, were solemnized at ST.
Joseph on the 10Th.
Allegan claims the distinction of
having moro old maids than any other
town in three states.
The business men of Laingsburg
have decided TO hold a three-days car
nival Sept. IS, 10 and 20.
new postoflicc has been established
ut Hard Grove, Crawford county, with
Esther Kent as postmaster.
The proposition to bond Mayville for
S., 900 for municipal lighting plant
was voted down on the 18th.
About 10000 people attended the
pioneer picnic at Fairfield on the 18th.
The affair was great success.
MllSmen at the 500 have formed n
judicious combination and boosted the
price of their staple % per cent.
The Detroit Steel &. Spring works at
Detroit, was destroyed by fire on the
night of the 10th. Loss, SlOO,OO
Twining was visited by severe hail
storm on the 18th. Some of the hail
stones measured four inches in dame
ter.
The German day festival at Menom-
inee on the 10th was a grand success.
1t is estimated that 80, 600 people were
present.
A violent wind storm on the 14th
blew down trees and lcveled corn with
the ground in the vicinity of Hand
Station.
The annual reunion of the Lenawee
County Soldiers and Sailors assoca-
tion will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 4,
at Adrian.
Nine Flint milEmen are charged with
using an embalming fluid by State
Food and Dairy Commissioner Z. o.
Grosvcnor.
A swarm Of bees took possession of a
IT, S mail box near Union City re-
Gently. The question arises, TO whom
do the bees belong?
The Calumet & Iecla Mining Co.
will soon take on a new lease of life as
result of the stockholders annual
meeting at Boston on the 18th.
A severe wind storm passed over a
| portion of Livingston county on the
night of the l4th, blowing off the roof
of several barns and doing other dam
age.
The only remedy to prevent ''yel-
lows" in peach orchards, according TO
Prof. L. Il. Taft, of the Agricultural
college, is to dig out the trees and burn
I them.
Midland papers say that wheat in
that county is "A much better crop than
! last year. If that is so, it is the only
county in the state to report such a
condition.
John G.. Hawley, of Detroit, a prom
| inent member of the Michigan bar, and
well-known authority on criminal
! law and extradition, died on the night
| of the 18th.
Secretary of State Stearns has caused
to be complied an up-to-date compila-
4 w
being distributed. Copies may be had
on application.
Forest fires caused much damage in
Altoona county. The rain of the 18th
and 18th put an end to the hottest and
driest siege that was ever experienced
in that section.
death certificate was received at
the secretary of states Office at Ian.
sing the other day in which the sex OF
the deceased was given by the regis
trar as Congregational"
Another effort is being made al
Romeo to work up sentiment for the
establishment of condensed milk fac.
tory. Such an institution would be a
good thing for the farmers of the vi
cinity, but the promoters are having Q
hard time to make them see it that
way.
Some wag at Cheboygan sent re-
porter for one of the local papers on q
wild run to the other end of town af