The Yale expositor., 1902-10-17
STATE NEWS CONDENSED.


Burglars broke into Walsh's general
/ store at bennington ana dyuamltcd
/ the safe. securing S2.SOO. OF which ST.
/ 900 was lu cash and Sl.JuO la certIh-
| Gates of deposit They escaped before
any clue To- them could Ice secured.
/ Herman Lundin. surface man nc the
/ Aragon mine. Norway. while going Ia
/ the shaft house. walked into n barrel
. Of boiling water that was sunk in the
ground. the top being on level with
. the ground. lie was badly scaldcd. and
/ IL IS thought. cannot live.
Adam l.. Picsa. living az Vulcan. was
I found dead IN the woods. lie had been
I hunting and was shot In the stomach.
I His gun was found thirty feet from his
I body. where IL Is supposed he dropped
/ IL when IL was discharged. lie leaves
I "a widow and three children.
Mrs. L. \. Hunt. an old lady aged
I about II years. committed suicide at
I Wchhcrvillc by cutting her throat
with razor. She was found some
I hours after I'm the garden dead. tho
razor lying 10y her side. She lived
with her nephew. II. W. Silsby.
The recent rains have practically
ruined Michigan's bean crop w. II.
:. Wood. Of Howell. makes an on
/ hand estimate Of the loss 90 Michigan
7 farmers at Sl.O0O.OOO Co S2.OOOOO0.
/ The price OF beans has risen from
+ Sl.Ju 10 S2.2j or more bushel
/ The farmers who have beans Of
last years crop on hand are Ia luck.
/ IN view of the price 10 which the
I failure of the crop this year William
/ Rolston. of Argentine, sold 2,JO0 bush
/ cls OF his 1901 beans at s. bushel.
Thomas \. Steward. accused of
granddaughter. was released from Gus
toby Saturday. George j. BarrIngcr.
while drunk. forced his way into
I Stewards house ana insultcd the lat
tcr's wife steward threw him ont
OF the house so violently that death
resulted.
During the trial Of Aid. II. X. Haah.
of Battle Creek. for alleged fraud
against the city. the defense brought
out the fact that city officials had
I banquet at GOguac Lake. az which
cigars and liquid refreshments were
served. the bills for the same being
/ paid 10y the council
The plant Of the Schonherg Lumber
Z Co. nj Good IIurGor was destroyed by
fire Wednesday night. Tho loss on the
mill will reach SiJ.OpO. 0n lumber So
. uur. shingles $1,000 slabs Si.JOO and
I Schnnhcrg's residence 500 One-thlrd
at the loss II covered bv insurance.
The fire cnught after the men had re-.
tired. II Is thought. from sparks from
a barge.
TIE National Gct-Coal Convention.
called 10y DctroIi's mayor and com.
I mon council. adopted strong resolu-
/ tinus demanding immediate action hy
I the federal government and the gov
/ crnor OF Pennsylvania. Present laws
are considered fully adequate. The
7 3Du representatives 81 dozen states
aud dozens of great cities made fine
I dcllbcrativc body.
John. the ll-ycar-old son Of Ira
/ Huniley of Caledonia township. died
/ 81 lockiaw Thursday. The boy
/ stepped on u broken board about three
/ weeks ago. and u silver. which was
not removed. penetrated his foot for
u depth OF several inches. Blood
I poisoning set Ia. \ few days ago.
7 lock Jaw followed. and no relief could
hc given TIE sufferer
David Chnssee. farmer living on
I the banks OF the Mcnomlnce river.
I has discovered large bed Of clam
shells IN front of his place. and tests
made IN Chicago show that they are
very valuable They are used for the
manufacture 81 buttons. 4 number
/ of valuable pearls have also been
/ found. and Chnssce will proceed 10
mine his wealth M once.
/ John \. Ilargraves. OF Traverse
+ City. convicted Of manslaughier. was
/ sentenced Co IL years az hard labor M
/ Jackson. In giving sentence. Judge
I Mayne said that from evidence given
Y IN the ease lIargravcs deserved the
/ full limit. When asked by the Judge
/ II he had anything 10 say. Hargrayes
+ declared his innocence of the crime.
Z aud said that not an angry word had
passed between himself and his wife
on the morning 81 her death.
\ The oil portrait OF the late Justice
\ Charles ID. Long was presented 10 the
| supreme Court Tuesday. The DOR
trnit. drnped with black and embel.
/ ushed with wrcaths OF roses and "A
sheaf of rlpencd wheat tied with
\ white satin ribbon. occupied place
ON an easel near the bench. The por.
trait was presented on behalf OF the
donors. who are members Of the Mlchl-
I gan har. by John J. Carton. 81 Flint.
Grand Rapids II ont IN earnest 20
/ secure the state Odd Fellows home.
! and M the meeting at Fort Huron Oc.
tobcr II Co decide upon n location foe
! the institution VIII make an offer OF
forty acres OF land free as n site.