The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-05-03
MINOR MICHIGAN MATTERS.

Five cases Of smallpox are reported
at Marshall
Bay City is to have the largest ce-
ment factory in America.
Houghton now has daily paper
The Daily Copper Journal.
Houghton's council has rejected the
bonds of six saloonkeepers
A new postoffice has been esta blished
at Huber, Ncwaygo county.
Frankfort has new bank known as
the Benzie County state bank.
The molasses output of the two sugar
companies at Bay City will be con-
verified into alcohol and chemicals.
1t is now expected that the Ropes
gold mine, in the vicinity of Ishpem-
ing, will resume operations by the
first of September, when a large force
of men will be put to work.
The contract for furnishing all of
the steel mail boxes to be placed in use
by the government for four years after
July has been awarded to the Michi-
gan Steel Box Co., of Adrian.
AS there was no testimony strong
enough to hold Drs. Bailey and
McLaren, charged with manslaughter
in the Mahan case at Detroit, Justice
Sellers on the 22d exonerated them.
The state military board met at Lam
sing on the 23d and discussed at length
the advantages of the several sites Of
fered for the state military encamp-
ment. No site was selected, however
The half hundred saloonkeepers of
Kalamazoo got together on the Goth
and signed an iron clad agreement to
cut off all extras in the free lunch line
and in the future serve only crackers
and cheese.
Prosecutor futile says that the work
of preparing full and complete state
ment of the French, Pratt and Adams
cases for submission to Judge West, is
going rapidly forward, and the report
will probably be made some time this
week
The contract for Port Huron's canal
was finally let on the evening of the
cath. The Standard Contracting COM
pany, of Cleveland, were awarded the
contract at 500, 400, which price is to
include all bridges and the necessary
right of way.
Pearl Marvin of Cadillac was roughly
handled on the night of the Goth on "a
farm near Walton by n gang of men
who gave him thorough horse whip
ping and then treated him to a coat of
tar and feathers lie was charged
with undue intimacy with a family
while the husband was in the hospital
at Ann Arbor.
The supreme court has made the or
der in the habeas corpus proceedings
brought in the interest of James H.
Brumm returnable May Z, when the al
legged insane man will be brought into
court by the sheriff of Eaton county.
The authorities of that county will
have to show cause why Brumm is de-
tanned in custody.
Thirty-one head of cattle, 600 BUSH
els of grain, l2 tons of hay and several
hundred dollars worth of machinery
belonging to Stephen ID. Foreman, a
farmer of near the Michigan Ohio line,
was destroyed by fire on the
Goth. A tramp, who was thrown
out of the house by Foremans son, is
supposed to have set fire TO the barn.
The returns from the various coun-
ties on the recent state election are al
most all in, but the few still out must
come before the official canvass can be
made. From such figures as are in,
however, it appears that the majority
of Montgomery over Adsit for supreme
justice will be nearly $4,000, about
twice rs much as was figured just after
election day.
Mrs Ruth Ayers, aged so, of Spring
vile, near Adrian, widow residing
alone, was gagged, blindfolded and
bound hand and foot on the 26th and
robbed. How much the robbers Sc
cured is not made known, but on the
floor was found n $50 and $50 bill
which the thieves had evidently drop
ped. The woman thinks she could
identity the two miscreants.
During one of the performances al
Wonderland, Detroit's popular play
house. on the eth, small boy pitched
over the railing in the gallery and
landed In the lap of a woman in the
parquet The lad made complete
summersault ia making the descent.
Tie was quite seriously injured but IL is
thought he will live. The woman was
badly frightened. but not hurt
The Detroit aud Chicago Traction
Co. has purchased site for its power
house Mt Jackson. IL will be located
near the prison. twill have n capacity
of 5000 horse power and will cost
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