The Yale expositor., 1901-01-04
MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.


in the spring.
Calumet was visited by $1,000 fire
on Christmas day.
There were Al deaths in Oakland
county during November.
Burglars operated at Flat Rock and
Waltz on the night of the Goth, but
did not secure any booty.
The present Indications are that the
village of Homer will be involved in a
fight in the courts to secure the privi-
lege of selling the $40, 000-wat works
bonds
GKalamazoo is to have another paper
factory in the near future for the man
ufacture of Manila tissue paper. The
new company will be capitalized at
500, 900.
Malcolm j. Mcleod, walking dele
gate of the Detroit Street Railway
Mems association, has accepted the po-
sition of deputy labor commissioners,
rendered him by Gov. elect Bliss.
The First National pank of White
Pigeon was closed on the eth by Ma
tional Bank Examiner JOS. w. Selden,
pending the appointment of u receiver.
Depostors Will undoubtedly be paid in
full.
Three cars of sugar and merchan-
disc were spilled along the tracks of
the L. & p NJ. at Worthwhile on the
25th, caused by collision of passen-
ger and freight train. No one was
hurt.
Shippers of live stock in Branch
county are raising howl against the
railroads because they do not get
prompt shipment of live stock. They
have appealed to the railroad commits
s.oner.
The city council of Detroit on the
night of the Goth granted j. W. Mar
tin an ordinance for a new telephone
exchange. Mr.. Martin will commence
the organization of the new company
at once.
A nervy thief stole into the waiting
room of the Michigan Central depot,
Detroit, on the morning of the 23th
and stole u mail pouch containing
checks and drafts valued at 1000.
No clue.
Eau Claire was visited by a destruc.
tive fire on the morning of the 25th.
Fully one-third of that hustling vii
lage was destroyed. The aggregate
losses are estimated at $20,0 The
stores destroyed will be rebuilt.
According to Railroad Commissioner
Osborn's annual report there were 1914
persons killed and 800 injured by the
cars in this state last year. He adj
vises that electric roads be brought
under police power of the state.
Tom L. Johnson, for many years one
of the stockholders in the Detroit Cit
liens Street Railway company, has dis
posed of his interests in that company
to L. I. Wilson and Chas. Pack The
actual work of consolidation will now
be completed without further delay.
According to an opinion handed
down by Atty. Gen. Orcn it is the duty
of each township in the state to es-
tablish its own hospital for communi-
cable diseases. However, adjoining
townships may go in together and es-
tablish quarantine grounds at the joint
expense of the townships using it.
Proof that u man may live with a
bullet in his heart was afforded by the
use of the X-ray upon Chas. Il. Nelson,
of Cadillac, at Chicago on the cath.
Under the microscope the ball in Mel
sons heart could be plainly seen rising
and falling with each pulsation of the
vital organ. The bullet has been there
since the night of July 1, 1896.
The state board of auditors has fin
ally allowed Prof. M. e. Cooley's claim
of 81 900 per month for his services as
chief appraiser of the value of railroad
property Also C. ID. Joslyn. of De-
troit, an additional $500 for his servi-
ces in the beet sugar bounty case,
which is now in the federal supreme
court, making his total allowances
thus far 81 800.
One of the old hunters in the vicinity
of Grand Marais says that more deer
are killed by wolves and wildcats than
by the hunters bullets. On his cruise
through the woods during the open
season lie came across large mber
OIL uecr CdrCdSScS bIldG DOTc eNlueuCcS
of having been hunted by the wild an
imals Similar reports have been re-
ceived from other parts of the upper
peninsular.
A little Battle Creek girl received an
odd Christmas present. little walnut
cradle made by her grandfather from
leaf of the first table owned by her
grandfather and grandmother, and in
the cradle is tick made from the first
tick owned by them and filled with
feathers that were picked by her
great, great grandmother. This is the
end of the century, and the feathers
were picked before the beginning of
the century.
The smallpox situation in Greenup
county, KY, is critical and the state