The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-07-26
MINOR MICHIGAN MATTERS.

acres of land in Michigan.
The salt and lumber mills of Manis-
tee are shut down by a strike.
Detroit will he in gala attire during
the Cadillac celebration on July %, 20
and ~.
The first peaches from the Michigan
belt were shipped from st. Joseph
Monday.
The Michigan Salt Association has
reduced the price from 40 cents to 10
cents per barrel.
Ike Bonds, aged IS. was drowned in
DickinsOn's lake while bathing. The
body was recovered.
Ludington is putting up hard fight
for new fish hatchery, with good
prospects of securing it.
Van Buren, county voted bv about
300 majority to appropriate $35, 900 for
a new county building.
Francis Dowell. of Dcerfield, has
been held for trial in $1,000 bail on
charge of criminal assault.
Andrews hotel barn and contents,
including a horse, burned at Holly.
Loss 5000; insurance 5000.
The Flaked Food Co. has been or
ganized at Battle Creek. capital $780,
O0O to make breakfast food.
This year any brewery can send beer
to the state encampment. Last year
Detroit concern had cinch.
The state pardon board will meet at
Saginaw Tuesday to consider the cases
of convicts from that locality.
The total expenses of the state tax
commission for the fiscal year, which
ended June 80, 1901, We're 100000.
BY slipping into soss-bucket in the
Muskegon rolling mill. George Mohr
was severely scalded about the feet.
The Allegan village council has
named the village park Pingree park,
in honor of the late former governor.
1t is alleged that California woman
will prosecute John Mccormick for
bigamy. He has n wife in Saginaw.
Glen, the S-year-old son Of Lawrence
Glessner. of Clayton, is dead from be-
ing kicked in the stomach by horse.
The Methodists of North MuSkegon
built Il bonfire in the main street. III
which they burned 5000 mortgage.
Flint farmers cannot get men to har-
vest their crops. and are offering as
high as So per day in some instances
The Kirby Carpenter Co.'S brick mill.
of Menominee. has shut down for one
year. throwing 100 men out of employ
ment.
Benjamin Luger. of Colon. deliber-
ately walked in front of IL train near
Milford and his body was cut to
pieces.
The survey for an electric road from
Pennington west TO Lansing has be-
gun. This will make Il direct line to
Detroit.
Matilda Caniff, mother Of W. II. Ga
niff. president of the Nickel Plate rail
road. died of paralysis ut her home in
Clayton.
The raspberry crop is ruined in Bcr-
rien county by the continued dry spell.
representing Il loss to the farmers of
100000.
Work was suspended ut the Michi-
gan Portland Cement works. in Quin-
cy. Saturday. and everything is being
put in order
Grand Rapids is going to have fight
on with the government over the qucs-
ton Of closing the Grand river channel
inside the city.
Charles Richie. an Inmate of the
northern asylum. eluded the vigilance
of brother. and hanged himself from
a tree in the woods.
Two Alpena fircmen were seriously
injured by flying debris during n fire
which nearly destroyed the plant of
the Beck Brewing company.
Mic Ann. I ncIia tbn dro N, In critic
of Chicago, and Frank H. Buck, a hO-
tel employe Of Chicago. were married
at st. Joseph Il few days ago
Max Summers, farmer living near
Sheridan. left box of Paris green ly
ing about where his cows could get ut
it, and three of them are dead
The main belt on the generator at
the Buchanan electric light station
broke. and the end Of the belt. striking
the switchboard, demolished it.
Henry Larnee and Ed. Van Fleet.
who broke Jail in Concord. have been
captured ut Niles. They are wanted at
Jackson on Il charge of burglary.
Gabel Jones, of ST. Joseph. is suf-
fering from terrible knife wounds. al
legged to have been inflicted by man
whom he had generously befriended.
Mrs. Nellie Il. Krogman has taken
charge of the postotice ut Isphemlng.
She is the first poStmistress of a sec
ond-class office in the upper peninsula.
Five tramps were captured near the
north limits of Adrian. They held up
/ Dwight Hin5lev near the Lake Shore
station and took two So bills from his
/ pocket.
| Forest fires in Alpena and Montmo-
! rency counties are assuming threaten
/ ing proportions. and quantities of tim
! Der and forest products are being de-
! strOyed.
There will he another old-time en-
campmcnt of soldiers. sailors and ma
| rines of both wars held at Camp Houk.
| Oceana county, Mich, Aug. 10 to 23,
! inclusive
George Hodges. aged 43. is charged
with committing criminal assault on
| Tillie Taylor. aged II. the daughter OF
Royal Taylor at Black Lake. Cheboy-
! gan county.
The section foreman ON tbn Grand