The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-12-13
MINOR MICHIGAN MATTERS.

deer allowed him with only two shots
The citizens OF Iron Mountain VIII
petition for municipal electric light
inE plant
Thirty thousand dollars has been
raised for the beet sugar factory at
Fowlerville.
10 Is reported that branch of
Dowie's Zion will bee started In Grand
Haven soon.
Willlm Hand was held up and rob
bed ia Howard City by two men
Thursday night
What Is supposed to be- asphaltum
has been discovered at the new mill
race In Buchanan.
Beets that have tested u per cent
of sugar have been raised by farmers
In the vicinity OF -. Louis.
James Tate was killed M Muskcgon
sunday by the bursting ~ n fly wheel
at the Central Paper Co.'S plant
Lizzie sheldon. aged II. OF Cold
water. with n revolver that she didn't
know was loaded. shot her sister IN
the shoulder. The girl Is paralyZed.
The Kalamazoo telephone girls
rule 10y the Michigan Telephone co.
docking them for being late To work.
\ Washington dispatch conveys the
news that Representative II. &. smith
has selected Frank l.. Priddy To sue
coed Doe Smith as postmaster OF
Adrian.
Chas Bonnoll of Lincoln township
escaped from the Kalamazoo insane
asylum and walked all the way back
to his home lie Will bc returned 10
the asylum.
Asa Draper. an aged and respected
citizen of Franklin township. fell from
buggy Saturday and broke his neck.
lie died Instantly. lie was subject To
fainting spells.
BEGINNING at midnight on Dee. 30
the Michigan Central road will operate
under the general railroad laws of
Michigan, which means a 2-cent rate
on the main line.
Rep. II. &. smith. ~ Michigan, will
introduce bill providing that the
postoflice department shall maintain
mail boxes IN connection with the ru-
raj mail delivery service.
seneca litchurd the man who was
struck by an electric ear - days
ago. Is stu unconscious go the Uni
vcrs!ty hospital He occasionally
mumblCs incohrrcut words.
The Stephenson Lumber Co. OF
Walls. Mich. have bought the Kirby
Carpenter Co.'S brick min complete
ami will move 10 Ia Walls In the spring
. FOR H." rs q hard wood MIL.
search for the bodies of Gcorge W
and Abel Levin and Emil and Alhin
/ Carlson. who were drowned in Lake
Michignmmc several weeks ago. has
been abandoned or account OF the ice.
Alvin r. Hewitt OF Vienna. and Cora
7 Tuderhill of LcnaWcc county. were
married M Flint Monday. The groom
. secured n divorce from his first wife.
F who h sister of his second. only a
/ month ago.
/ II is expected that the Chicago &
I Detroit electric line will Ice running
ears 10 Detroit by spring. Grading
ou the Battle Creek division has been
finished half way from Marshall Ia
\ Battle Creek.
There are many eases Of smallpox
In the state which are being treated
I locally aS Cuban itch. cedar itch or
/ chickenpoX. and as consequence the
/ disease Is spreading. IL is now re-.
ported az 80 places.
\. Mornings 1-ycar old daughter
started fire with Kerosene oil. an cN.
( ploslon followed aud the child was
/ covered with blazing oil. Before as
sistuncc could reach her she had been
I literally cooked To- death.
\ Niles policeman named Ullcry has
published Ia local paper challenge
{ to T.. w Cook. editor OF another pa
per. 10 fight duel 90 the death the
weapons 10 be rcvolvcrs of - caiihrp.
and the distance 10 PAGES. 'S'dcath.
/ Bclud,
4 S2OO.OuU chemical plant will De-
/ erected Ia ~. Louis. and excavations
viii begin Immediately The old bro.
mide wells viii be used and several
1 new ones sunk The Institution will
employ 900 men and Will run night
and day.
After an idlencss Of several years
| the Argo Touring mill 10 Worthwhile
/ Is 10 be- opened again. The mill Is
one II the oldest Hour mills Ia this
section ~ the country. having been
built when the country was almost u
\ wilderness.
Many parents Of children attending
the west side public schools Of Bay
Z City have become alarmed 10y the pre-
valcucc 81 chicken poN among tho
school children OF that district School
rooms are almost deserted as a result
/ OF the scare
Ira Taft. an iS-ycar-old student az
the Wchbcrvlllc high schools last
\ years graduating class. took lnudanum
Saturday ou account 81 piquc at the
actions Of l5-yeur-old school girl who
/ refused his tender ~ photograph. II
I will probably pull through.
The body OF \. w. Covert Of owes
so. was found setting against log In
the woods near Garland yesterday ar.
tprnOOn. with n shotgun between his
knees. The charge had entered his
breast lie had announced the pur.
pose of going hunting and Is not
known 20 have had any troubles.
In an unanimous opinion rendered
/ Tuesday the supreme court denied the
mandamus asked 10y Journal Clerk
sam T.. Cook of the house. to- compel