The Yale expositor., 1901-11-15
MINOR MICHIGAN MATTERS.

OXFORD VIII nave a 8peclal mai
route from the Flint Office over the
electric road.
OwossO II expecting the establish
ment OF a screen cloth factory TO en-
ploy 100 men.
The crop OF the 50. Joseph grape dis
trict amounted this year To about H.
100000 pounds.
Il Is claimed that oil has been
struck In the Saginaw valley. The To-
cation is kept secret
Judge Bullock OF Sterling has been
adiudged insane. and taken TO the
Traverse City asylum.
William Darby fell n victim I'm the
corn shredder near Sanilac Monday.
losing his arm below the elbow.
Carl warsow. OF Bay City. a Ia.
borer. aged 40. asks protection from
the "witchcraft" OF his neighbors.
Elmer Il. Curtis. Fenton druggist.
has fled a petition In bankruptcy with
liabilities az $1,000. and assets at $500.
The postal receipts az Detroit ag-
gregatcd $Si.203 In October. against
ST3.5i1 for the corresponding period
last year.
The Methodist ministers az the Kali
amnZco district have passed rcsolu.
ton I'm condemnation of the ST. 10
marriages.
The Botsford elevators. Port Huron.
destroyed 10y lire will not be rebuilt.
The insurance on the grain they held
amounts To- S2j3,OOO.
Wesley c. Miller. of Mendon. fell l2
feet through a trap door In a barn.
lie struck on his head and shoulders
and is seriously injured.
10 Is believed nc Kalamazoo that the
tunnel projected at Benton llarbOr
will be- built and will be- used 90 bring
the Three |. road to Kalamazoo.
one Of the landmarks of the city OF
Grand Rapids. the plant and business
OF the Michigan Iron Works. Is 10 be
closed and It's affairs wound up.
Doubled up like a jackknife. the
body OF Christian Hazenbaugh. an old
pioneer. was discovered hanging In
his barn. one mile west OF Sherwood
The stockholders OF the Citizens
National Bank of Niles have been AS
sesscd 100 per cent on their stock TO
pay creditors. The bank failed two
years ago.
officials OF the banks OF Benton IIar-
hor aud 81. Joseph report that the
farmers OF southwestern Michigan are
Z In better circumstances than they
were i've years ago.
Bear are so thick around Prescott
and az other points north OF Standish
that they can be seen any time OF day
or night In the woods and around
camps and new farms.
Pontiac boasts that II has four fac
I tories. n hose house and water works
| In process OF erection. and that two
/ more factories are under considcra-
I tlon. and mechanics are working full
4 time
Work Of Misunderstanding the Grand
! Trunk west of Lansing was begun at
/ Pottervillc. The roadmaster says
| that they could put thousand more
/ men NJ work at once IL Il was possible
/ To get them.
jamie Thompson OF IIillsdale, prom
/ irent society girl, came 60 Detroit
/ Monday. met Clarence Prentice and
married him. jamie was supposed to
/ bc In school till telegram announced
/ the marriage.
Walter Bowerman. OF Fostoria. l6-
/ year-old boy. accidentally shot a toe
OF and the joints below IL were so
Y severely spllntered that % pieces OF
/ bone were removed. An artery burst
cd and he Is In a critical condition.
Algcr county Is said To be literally
hunting paradise this fall. Part.
ridges are 80 numerous that bags OF ~
ana 30 are common. Deer are every
where reported rs very plentiful.
Bears. too. are unusually numerous.
Martin V. Edison. OF Lansing. has
received n letter from Mrs. Annie
Edison Taylor. OF Niagara Falls fame
confirming his idea that they are
brother and sister lie says that her
Z age has been given wrong. and that
she Is at least 81.
Emma Sanger and a friend named
Duncan signed an agreement several
years ago 10 commit suicide. The
! Duncan girl drank carbolic acid imme
diately and Monday Miss Sanger
hanged herself In Chicago. Both the
girls lived In ST. Joseph.
\ serious wreck was avcrted on the
perc Marquette Tuesday night hy a
train slowing up To permit lone pas
sengcr Co get aboard nc Meridian. Tho
brake rod OF the engine broke. throw
ing the switch after the engine and
tender had passed over. The bnggag,
car. smoker, parlor ana day ear were
dcrailed. aud the passengers severely
shaken M.
Arthur Brookins. the man who was
found In his room In the burned Phoe
nix hotel Charlotte. after the fire was
put out. II In critical condition
! When discovered he was on the floor
Unconscious The mirror was broken
the crazed man having taken u foI
n window. y. W. Foster. OF Oneida
y. Y. who was taken out OF the
building. may lose his sight. as botl
eyes were badly burned.
Secretary Wilson. of the department
u agriculture. proposes 20 make n dc
,ermincd effor; To develop silk culturs
In the United States if'oongrcss give.
him the $4,000 he has asked for ex
I pcrimont1l work Secretary Kyficop In