The Yale expositor., 1900-10-26
MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.

Manchester has adopted standard
time.
Bad Axe newsboys have organized a
brass band.
Hartford is to have electric lights
for her streets.
A postoflce has been established at
Highwood, Gladwin county
Ground was broken for Marine City's
new SIS. 900 school house on the 18th. ,
Detrots total registration this year
is 80, 100, against "a, 36s four years ago.
The Featherbone company at Three
Oaks now employs 800 hands regularly.
Flint's assessed valuation has been
placed at s24, 800, 2@3 by the supervisors.
The Saginaw Suburban Railway Co.,
on the 10th, filed IA trust mortgage for
$4,000
The total value of real and personal
property in Cass county, as equalized,
is So. 49,, 900.
Holland poultry farmers have organ
lied and will hold bench show some
time this winter.
There is possibility that Romeo
may secure the bridge factory now To-
Gated at Richmond.
lightning set fire TO a farm barn
near Spring Lake on the 18th, and it
was totally destroyed
Rural free mail delivery service has
been ordered established at Emmett,
st. Clair county, Nov. /.
There is a diphtheria scare at Mar
lette, and the schools have been closed
as a matter of precaution.
The Occaaa county voters will de-
eide at the coming election a PROPOSE
ton for new county Jail.
Chelseas council has granted W. A.
Rowland franchise to operate a street
railway through the village.
Traverse Citys street fund is ex-
hausted and all work on her thor
oughfarcs has been abandoned.
jackson county's equalized valuation
is placed at $50, O00, 900, and the city of
jackson must pay half the burden.
The saw mill owned by w H. John
son. OF Gladstone, was totally destroyed
by fire on the morning of the 18th.
aBy vote of l6 to IL the board of
supervisors OF Washtenaw county re-
iected the adoption of standard time.
East Tawas citizens are trying to
raise bonus by subscription to secure
the erection of "A college at that place.
The Grand Rapids board of trade are
working for an appropriation to con-
struct 10-foot channel in Grand river.
1t is now a sure thing that the silk
! fabric mill which has been talked
about for some time past will be built
at lieldlng.
There have been more auction sales
in Sanilac county this year than during
any other single year in the history of
the county.
There arc 75s convicts at the Jackson
prison. Fourteen of these are in the
! first grade. 80 in the second and the
remainder in the third
"a youth of so years appeared before
the county clerk of Eaton county last
! week anu lOOk Out a. ilCtuSc 10 'WeO Il
| little girl of 90 summers.
The Berrien Springs Canning Co. re-
Gently shipped two cars of canned peas
to China the first Berrien county pro-
duct TO go to that country.
The Colby mine at Bessemer closed
down on the nth. letting out about
800 men. A complete shutdown is ex-
pected No reason is given.
Monroe is having little more trou-
BILE than usual with the small boy and
! his Flobert rifle. Several narrow es-
capes have been reported.
After two days had been spent in Sc
curing jury for the Brumm murder
trial at Charlotte, one was finally Sc
cured and the trial commenced on
\ the 18th.
The directors of the board of trade
OF Holland have decided TO assess each
business man of that city the sum of
s. for the purpose of paying the ex-
penses of the board and for fund for
entertaining guests and prospective
manufacturers who visit that city.