The Yale expositor., 1901-09-13
MINOR MICHIGAN MATTERS.

convention in Detroit.
A Prescott farmer reports 40 bushels
OF wheat to the acre.
Eighty big school and church bells
were placed by the Worthwhile foundry
during August
b. G. Jones has been appointed post
| master at Belmont. Kent county, vice
G. n. Reynolds, resigned.
Firebugs are creating a reign Of ter
ror in Niles and every effort is being
| made to run them down.
Mrs. Patrick Costello. Go. walked to
Clear Lake. six miles from home, and
drowned herself. Dependency
The annual reunion of the Allegan
County Soldiers and Sailors Assoca-
ton will be held Sept. Is. 10 and 20.
The reports to the sugar beet com
| panies indicate that Michigan will pro
duce Il fine crop of these roots this sea-
son.
MarshalPs women taxpayers turned
| out to vote at the school election and
helped William H. Porter to succeed
himself as trustee.
The only breach of promise suit
started in Allegan Circuit Court in
many years has been dismissed on pc
titiOn of the complainant.
Branch county points to the fact
that 20 colOred children of school age
reside in the county. an increase Of
nearly 100 per cent in 10 years.
The 2-year-old son of William Way
ant, living south of Colon. was struck
by a Michigan Central passenger Ell
CINE Saturday and instantly killed.
The Detroit. Pontiac. Lapeer &
Northern Electric Railway Co., capital
$1.000.000, has filed articles of incOr-
poratiOn with the secretary of state.
Janette Clark. cOlored girl of Bat
tie Creek, has been discharged from
the Girls Industrial Home as incor-
rigible. She was utterly unmanage-
able.
The home of r. Summers. of How
ard City, was burned to the ground.
caused by Il small son trying to light
fire in stove. Loss 800: no insur-
ance.
j. c. Post, attorney of Holland. with
County Register of Deeds Peter
Buche, and other capitalists. will
build and open bank ut Grand
Haven.
Supply of late fruits i'm Kalamazoo
county is enormous. Peaches almost go
begging ut 30 cents per bushel. while
plums melons and tomatoes are equal
ly plentiful.
Bertha Reynolds. of OwOsSO has
brought suit against her eX-husband,
Charles Anderson. for damages for
securing a divorce in another state un-
known to her.
officer c. c. Rittcnhause. Of st. Jo-
seph, Gived from the Three !. railroad
bridge. ana saved the life of Elmer
Hasselgrien. who was going down for
the third time.
George Smiths portable sawmill
near the Grand Trunk tracks. Lapeer.
caught fire and was burned to the
ground. The loss is estimated at ST.
500; no insurance.
]. II. Pearce and Alfred Cameron
two young business men of Lake Lin
don. were drowned in Portage lake by
the overturnng of a rowboat in which
they were racing.
Experts inform the state board of
auditors that few repairs to the roof
and stone work, which can be made at
slight expense, will make the state
capitol rs good as new.
Lincoln ]. Carter. the playwright and
theatrical manager. has secured an OPP
ton OH a 20-acre tract on the lake
shore, near Benton Harbot, and will
! erect summer cottage.
Potatoes in Wexford county will be
a larger crop this year than for many
/ years, and will average over 100 bush
/ els per acre. The corn crop will be
/ larger tlan for ten years.
| Rev w. S. Ament. the Chinese mis-
! sionary now in OwoSso. will return 10
! Pebin This fall. Mrs. Ament will ac-
| company him. Their children will at
! tend school ut Oberlin, Q.
Patrick Burns. in the employ OF the
| Pcninsular Cedar 4 Lumber Co.. Me-
nominee. was accidentally shot ny his
companion. Edward Johnson, while out
/ hunting near Trout Creek.
During row in Bay City Charles
Davis assaulted Joe Dclumme. OF Es
seXvilIc. slashing his throat. The
wounded mans condition is critical
Davis claims Self-dcfenSe.
Henry Young. under arrest i'm Elsie
lOI ~ NIlHllidl dSSlull OH Alice lTlte
Il 9-year-old girl. attempted suicide by
cutting his throat just before his eX
! animation He will recover.
In return for concessions made the
Pere Marquette company agrees &c
build n new passenger depot i'm Bay
City to cost $4,000 and to spend So
600 in identifying the surroundings.
A. Il. Cummins, of Hillsdale. ex
register of deeds. pleaded guilty to q
charge of false pretenses. and will b,
the principal witness against Swaney
his brother-inlaw. charged witt
forgery.
Word has been received Of the con
| viction mt Unalaska of the men Har
rington and Newton for the murder 81
Con and Florence sullivan. formerly
Of Muskegon. The two men have beer
sentenced to he hanged
Silas Finkell. an employe of tho
Church Manufacturing Company
Adrian. was badly wounded Wednes
day while testing u handfire extin
guisher. Acid burned his clothing of
and he may lose his sight.
The wood works plant of McGraft {