The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-09-20
MINOR MICHIGAN MATTERS.

The convention OF Universalists of
Michigan will meet at Lansing, Oct.
Z, s and 0.
Ann Arbor school population shows
a decrease Of A over last year. The
total is 5000.
A vein of fine bitunlnous coal has
been found in Robinson upon the farm
of Fred Bethke.
At a special election Allegan voted
TO bond the city for $4,000 to improve
the water works.
George Ward. aged Il years, was
accidentally shot by companion ana
seriously wounded.
Gus Gustafson, of Iron Mountain,
was probably fatally shot by com
panion while deer hunting.
The fifty-first annual fair OF the st.
Joseph County Agricultural society
will be held at Centreville Oct. l, :, .
and 4.
James Summers dropped off n NOV
ing train and fell under the wheels.
His left leg was amputated below the
knee.
Spencer Berry, OF Reading. was
found guilty OF running Il blind pig"
has acquired an unenviable reputation
of late.
A telegram announces the death ut
Kansas City, Kan, of David Il. Smi-
ley. formerly Il keeper ut the Jackson
prison. and for four years sheriff Of
Calhoun county.
4 Pcre Marquette train ran over and
mangled beyond recognition middle
aged man supposed to be named
Priest, near Page, on the lIarbor
Springs branch.
The residence OF Edward Ewald, in
Fair Plains, was burglariZed. The rob
bcrs smashed down the rear door with
an AK and secured valuables amount
ing to about 500.
At special meeting of the North
Vile council il was voted to request
| the Pcre Marquette Railroad company
to construct Il tunnel under its high
tracks at the depot.
Dr. w c. Garvin. of MillingtOn. vas
! badly bruised. and his son Charlton
! lies ut the point of death with IN eight
! inch cut in his scalp They were
| struck by a runaway team.
Department Commander VanKleecli.
! Of the Michigan G.. \. r.. has issued
( general orders regarding the death OF
/ President Mckinley in which the
( dcad chicftain is warmly eulogized.
Aeronaut EoIt Truman fell from his
balloon from the hight of - feet at
! North Adams ana was seriously in
iured The balloon became entangled
in telephone wires as it started to as
ccnd.
Mondays storm blew down the huge
smokcstacll Of the Mmroc Manufacture
. ing Co. MuSkegon. badly damaging the
factory building. About sixty men are
thrown out OF employment. No one
was injured.
The children of John Kramer, who
was a prominent farmer in Paris
| township. 30 years ago would like
to know whether he is dead or alive,
as considerable property awaits him
! in Holland.
Messrs. Lamb and Washburn. of
Titusville. Pa, have been investigating
lands surrounding Port Huron. with a
view of further developing its oil re-
| sources They will sink number of
experimental wells.
Mrs. Isaac Redfern. OF North Ian
sing. attempted suicide and murder by
jumping into the river with her 4-year-
old daughter clasped to her breast.
Mother and child were rescued by
some nearby fishermen.
The heavy gales along the Lake
Michigan shore are doing thousands Of
dollars damage to the apple crop. 1t
is estimated that 10000 bushels of APP
pies have been blown from the trees
within the past - hours.
The village OF Jones boasts the
Youngest editor in the state Miss
Grace Erway. aged l., who edits ana
publishes the Jones Star. The paper
is Il full-hedScd country weekly, with
Il good advertising patronage.
! ongrcssmau>Forducy. of the Eighth
district who has been spending some
time in the timber belt in the state
of Washington. shot and killed one of
the largest mountain lions ever bagged
in that state. He will bring home the
pelt as trophy
j. +. Mcknight. in the dark, Tues
day night. drove his horse off an en-
hankment near Henderson, and horse,
buggy and driver rolled over and over
to the river 100 feet below The horse
lost an eye. and the driver came near
losing his life
Mrs. Lizzie Palmer of Port Huron,
it Is claimed. was to have been mar
ried Sunday to Louie Lambert. of De-
troit. and when he failed to arrive she
resorted to carbolc acid and alcohol.
She is about A years old; her re-
covery is doubtful.
On the farm formerly owned by the
late Ira Smith, some miles southeast
of Niles. $1,000 has been found in an
old wagon box i'm corn crib. When
Smith was killed by lightning some
months ago il was known that about
he feared banks.
The village of Kingsley. fourteen
miles south of Traverse City. vas
visited by disastrous fire early
Tuesday morning. -Four stores and
stocks were burned. The fire broke
out IN the town hall. which was also
destroyed. The loss IS $4,000
DIR. c. \. Stewart of Bay City. who
was assaulted last Saturday by per.