The Yale expositor., 1901-09-06
MINOR MICHIGAN MATTERS.

mlNOK MiCttlGAN MAI IERS.
Giles Gricc. n wealthy Niles farmer
died from heart disease.
The Standard Vehicle Company has
broken ground for its building at Pom.
tiac.
Capt. w. S. Logan. the first white
boy born in Kalamazoo county, is dead
at Mitchell, s. ID.
Standish school expenditures for the
past year have been $3643 43; re-
ceipts. SI.2I1 "a.
The state military board has pur-
chased n siX-inch brcech-lOading rifle
Of modern design.
A hot spring has been discovered at
Mackinac Island near the water works,
10l degrees Fahrenheit.
John o. Beidler, an 1S-year-old De
troit boy. is under arrest for setting
his fathers house OH fire.
A new company has taken charge of
the Adrian gas works and the price Of
gas has been reduced to 81 GO.
Lewis Sperry, of Bcrvillc, has just
discovered that five head of cattle
were killed by lightning Monday.
John Il. Vernon of Marshall. has a
tomato vine which stands over nine
feet high and is four feet across.
Mrs. Ora Dixon. residing OH small
farm. has just been left fortune of
$4,000 by an uncle in New York.
Paul Weston and Henry Hahn, of
the Flats, are under arrest charged
with selling liquor without n license.
Leonard Green. II years old. of
Eaton Rapids. died of injuries from Il
beer bottle being thrown ut his head.
The board of state auditors has
caused it to be understood that junk
cts will not be paid for by the state.
Rev. \. j. Richards. one of the old
est members of the Detroit conference
of the VI. T.. church, died Saturday at
| PetOSkey.
Lloyd Van Wagner. of Owosso,
aged IL, may lose his eycsight from
powder explosion. He will be dis
figured for life.
A thief stole 3-year-old unbroken
colt from the farm of John Redmond,
near Durand, and got away safely
with the animal
1t IS estimated that 10000 people
visited st. Joseph Sunday, but the
number of marriages performed fell
below the average.
Mary Stewart and Dan Whitman.
fearing arrest for illegal cohabitatiOn.
walked from Lansing to Jackson, and
eluded the officers.
The 3-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs Ralph Osborn, of Hamilton town
ship, ate ten medicinal tablets and
died within 20 minutes.
There Is not a house in Tekonsha
for rent. and people are driven to the
| necessity of either buying property or
moving into the country.
The hearing of DR.. Prohert. of Niles.
| for whom Il requisition from Indiana
has been sent to Gov. Bliss has been
| postponed to September q.
Herbert Musselman of Branch coun-
ty. struck Benjamin Noble because Of
Il dispute over Il dollar and the JUS
! tce assessed him SIS for the job.
! Mrs. Charles Sherman. of Benton
I Harbor, has fallen heir TO n share.
! which she estimates Mt 100000 in Il
! million dollar estate in Cleveland.
! VIM. Osgool. cf Jackson. WITS tlker
! suddenly III at Michigan Center ana
died soon att: being rcmavcd To- Lis
! home. He lriv's an aged :huthCr.
The secretary of state has sent to
the county clerks 10000 hunters lcen-
ses TO be issued this fall. Figuring OH
| past experiences that number will be
needed.
T.. Buchanan. one of the well-known
merchants of Gladstone, attempted to
commit suicide by hanging. He recent
| ly failed in business and became des-
| pOndcnt
The worst hail and wind storm Es-
canada has ever had visited it Thurs
day. breaking plate glass fronts, over
! turning trees, fences and doing much
damage to the farmers.
A big raft of pine logs has reached
| Saginaw from Canada. which finishes
the importation of Indian reserve land
timber, as the Canadian governments
has forbidden any more.
Mrs. Ada Rundell has caused the ar
rest of Conrad Mehlenbachen. the
OwOsso saloon man who escaped the
charge of Detroit detectives, for sell
ing liquor to her minor son.
Twelve loaded ore cars on the South
Shore road got away from the pocket
tenders mt the Cambria mine Thurs
day and ran down n steep incline. col
liding with other cars and demolish-
ing about %. -Four men who were OF
the cars, jumped for their lives and
two more were seriously injured. The
wrecking train was called and worked
all night to clear the tracks. The nc.
cident will cost the railroad company
about $1,000.
Mrs Manwarring. mother OF Frank
Manwarring, the treasurer of the Port
Huron Cigarmakers Union. who 1t Is
claimed skipped out with $40, has
paid the shortage to the union.