The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-11-08

few days, and two have proved fatal.
There was a peculiar coincidence in
connection with a funeral at Hastings
last week. The deceased and all Of
tho six pallbearers were of the same
age, having been born in 1928.
John Earl, of Bunker HILL Ingham
Co. tried to drive home from town
while intoxicated, with the result that
both legs had to be amputated.
Sixty employees of the Battle Creek
board of public works are on strike.
demanding twenty cents an hour for
an eight-hour day, and time and a
half for all work over eight hours.
At the Paw Paw carnival, Prof. Cal
loway. balloonist, tried to make an
ascension. His balloon exploded when
UP 100 feet. Galloway fell and was
hurt considerably, although not seri-
ously
The liquor taxes of Copemish pay
the expenses of the town. and citizens
do not pay Il cent. There are no pave
ments, no water works, no electric
lights, no taxes, no trouble; all is
lovely.
\ Dowagiac salOOnkeeper refused to
sell a drink to Il certain citizen who
had the gold cure year ago. He said
he was in the business to sell whisky,
but not to men who had made an effort
TO quit
The special charter under which the
Michigan Central railroad main line
in this state has operated since its or
ganlzation will stand repealed, under
law passed by the last legislature
from Dee. 81 next.
The Lloyd block in Saginaw col
lapsed Friday morning, but no one was
injured though there were five people
| in the building and five working near
! it, Excavations for new building
We're in process in the adjoining lot.
A fire broke out in the sheds of the
| Standard Hoop Co.. OF West Bay City,
burning all night before it was eX-
tinguished. Between 100000 and A.
| 100000 hoops were destroyed. Loss
over $1,000, nearly covered by insur-
| ance.
The Emmanuel Missionary College,
under the direction of the Advent
church. has opened the old county
building at Berrien Springs. The col
! lege has an attendance of 800 students,
! and all available rooms in town are
rented.
W. c. Sanford. of Battle Greek, has
| just completed Il bicycle trip around
! the world He started in May 1899,
| going westward. He spent year in
| Manila carrying dispatches and the
like. The only place he took the cars
was across the Alps.
Frank Fay. noted gambler. who
| formerly made Lapeer his headquar-
tiers, was shot down in n Missouri
town and will be brought home for
burial. Deceased married Miss Phoebe
Swain of Lum, at which place the
remains will be buried.
Peter Sampson was found uncOn-
/ scious Wednesday morning in the pub
| lie highway near Naomi, u miles from
Benton Harbor. He had bad wound
in the head. Physicians give some hope
of his recovery. Sampson is unable TO
account for his condition.
The present car famine on Michigan
railroads is unprecedented. The single
station Of Leslie. on the Lansing
branch OF the Michigan Central. Is
thirty-livc cars behind orders, and be-
tween Jackson and Saginaw the line
is said to be short 700 cars.
a line fence dispute between two
well known Bronson farmers has just
ended in the Circuit Court. The case
occupied several days. ut cost to the
county of over $400. and the plaintiff
was awarded six cents damages. The
land in dispute does not exceed $50 in
value.
Worthwhile cellars and chicken houses
! have been receiving the attention Of
thieves lately. The joke is rather on
! the ladies of the Methodist church. as
| their announcement of Il chicken-pie
supper was simultaneous with one Of
the robberies of prominent citizens
! hen roost.
Mrs Washington Bingham, Of
! Venice. Shiawassee Co. is missing. and
her 72-year-old husband has given up
the chase after a three days hunt.
! Riugham alleges that his wife drove to
! Owosso Saturday. left the rig in n
livery barn and took n train Before
| leaving OwosSo Mrs. Bingham turned
| her business over TO an attorney and
| took steps to file a bill for divorce from
the old man. Mrs Bingham is n beau
tifui woman of %. She married Bing-
! ham two years ago. She is his second
| wife. Mrs. Bingham was one of Il
| crowd OF homeless Boston girls who
were brought to Michigan twenty years
ago.