The Yale expositor., 1901-08-09
MINOR MICHIGAN MATTERS.
McBain wants grlst mill.

MCBain wants 4 gl'lst mill.
Freesoil, Mason county, is to have
rural free delivery.
Nathan Benedict Of Marshall, is %
years old, hale and hearty.
Miss Eta Auringer, of Owosso. will
go to South Africa as a missionary.
The Belgian chicory mills, Essex
vile, were burned, involving Il loss of
$4,000.
Fred jenkins. nm EastOn farmer. fell
off load of lumber and was instantly
killed Thursday.
\ mad dog was killed in Lawton
after tearing the dress off woman
and doing other damage.
The cash balance in the state treas
ury ut the close of business Wednes-
day night was $3,555S42.
DR.. Arthur c. Perbert, of st. Luke's
hospital, Niles, is wanted in Indiana
on the charge of wrecking bank.
Early peaches are ripening and are
being contracted at so cents a bushel.
The largest crop in years is promised.
Charles Bell, young Christian
scientist employed on the farm of John
Nicholson, near Parma. shot himself
Monday.
Robert Hamlin, of Saginaw, was vic
iously assaulted Sunday by two men
who cut him severely on the face and
the head.
Farmers claim that fully three.
fourths of the wheat in Missaukee and
Osceola counties is ruined by the hot,
damp weather.
Charles Ritchie. an inmate OF the
northern asylum. eluded the vigilance
of n brother and hanged himself from
tree in the woods.
The Bloomlngdale Cheese Factory
received over 27,OOO pounds of milk
during the month OF May and paid the
patrons for the same S1,6T2.
County Clerk Church. of st. Joseph,
issued 1G marriage licenses Sunday,
making 40 for the week. Over G,O00
eXcursionists visited the city.
The temperature in Detroit in July
was higher than in any single previ-
Gus month since the weather bureau
commenced to keep the record.
The w. II. Sweet grocery store of
st. Joseph was broken into Sunday
morning and safe blown open. The
cash contents. 5000. was taken.
An unknown young man was killed
Thursday ut Dorr. He had been beg
ging and gave his name rs Frank Web
ber and his home Howard City.
Myron Stark. IIcsperia farmer. re-
Gently cut his finger off in n moving
machine. After two weeks he was at
tackled with lockjaw and is dead
Dennis \. Barnum. prominent
Owosso man. has drawn 1G0 acres in
the government drawing at oklahoma.
He expects to sell it for $4,000.
A man answering the description of
Albert Ryan. wanted OH charge of
shooting his wife on Wednesday. July
II, ut Litchfield, has been arrested at
Au Sable.
The little settlement of Wagar. six
miles out of Hesperia. consisting of IL
sawmill. store and number of dwell
lings. was burned, excepting the store
and one dwelling.
Miss Floyd Gilmore. of Laporte. who
graduated this year from the law de-
partment of Michigan university, will
practice in Manila, leaving this week
for the Philippines.
Erick Johnson and John Perucheti.
of Negaunec, miners Of the Prince of
Wales mine. of the Regent group. were
crushed to death under thousands of
tons of ore Saturday.
Ed. Deforest. of Battle Greek. is un-
der arrest. charged with poisoning the
peaches which were left at Mrs. Clara
Wandell's door. and from eating which
her death nearly resulted.
Aug. 81 will he Three Rivers day at
Otsego, when the Three Rivers fire
department will pay their annual visit.
There will be every sort of amusement
and n hot time generally.
The w. II. Sweet grocery store i'm st.
Joseph was broken into Monday morn
ing and the safe blown open with dy-
Mantle. The cash contents, amounting
to $500, were carried away.
Dogs still continue TO kill and mutt
late sheep I'm Huron township. Sheep
valued at about $500 have been killed
aud mutilated since last April. and not
single dog has been captured.
Walter Richardson. of Millington. n
few DAYS ago found n letter near his
house. In which the writer threatened
to kill Richardson and burn his barns.
He thought nothing OF IL, and i'm n
day or two another letter was found.
pinned to the gate. renewing the
threats. Yesterday lie was away on
business. and when he returned found
the barns In flames.
Julius Clifford, OF Burlington. will
come before the circuit court for trial
on the charge of committing an indig-
nifty against the S-ycar-old daughter OF
DIR. Brown. Of that village Clifford is
in the county Jail in default of $1,000
bail bonds.