The Yale expositor., 1902-01-31
MINOR MICHIGAN MATTERS.

Bloonlngdalc has seven eases OF
smallpox.
Detroit Is now In the throcs of "A
plague of Cuban Itch.
Suspicious ease of sickness AT the
agricultural College. May be- smallpox.
James Hadlow. a well known Benton
Harbor fruit grower. died Of hic-
coughs
Mcndon will get new Hour mill
when tile new dam j. built across the
~. Joe river.
\ Kalamazoo man Il enthusiastic
over a nugget of gold which he found
in u h"n's crop.
David Clark has lived on thc same
farm in Eagle. Clinton county. over
siyty-s!N years.
The postonirc ~ Clcon. Mnnlstrc
county. has been discontinued. mail
going to CcPomish
Saginaw claims 20 bc the first city
in the world tu award a contract FOR
electric street lighting.
There are two mild ease. of small
pON Ia the Northern Michigan insane
asylum In Traverse city.
\ new rural mall route out OF Du-
rand will be- established March !. This
VIII hC the second one.
uur woman In Cadillac has set all
the othcrS guessing hy sending Ou;
cards FOR "li0llrc klatch.'
Secretary Storrs says that the next
national conference OF corrections ana
charities may ic held In Detroit.
The town of South llaycu viii vote
next March on the proposition Of In
cooperating the village as u city.
II g. proposed 90 observe McKlnlcy'S
birthday in Grand Rapids in thr
schools and 10y public meeting.
Tie carpenters ~ Adrian have or
gluizcd They Will apply TO the na
tlnnal usyuciation FOR charter.
The courthouse nt GraylIng has been
completed aud the present term Of the
Circuit Cugr, H. being held Ia the new
building.
Seventeen thougand farmers In Mich
lgan are engaged in raising brcts. and
they were paid S3.lTO,52O last year by
+ tlir sugar companies.
NoWaygo sportsmen have finally sue.
I cccdcd In shooting a large white owl
+ which has bccn killing large numbers
/ ur quail In that vicinity.
Albert Radley Of Muskcson has becn
/ convicted Of hoisjCrou> conduct FOR thr
thirteenth time. Ills Inheritance of
t Sl.OOO has now been squandcred.
After trying II for three months
/ without telephones. the physicians uf
Marlctte have backed down from the
( stand they took and have had their
! telephones replaced
George HIartcr's shinglc mill ~
/ Fnlthoru Junction burned to the
ground Thursday. \ crew of men
were sent from Mcnomlncc and the
mill will be rebuilt NJ once.
Smallpox has broken ont In two
/ families IN Weldman. There are threg
eases I'm all. AMI the health authorities
have ordered all public meetings tu
cease for the next ten days.
FN- senator Sayre and Postmaster
/ Halliwill. OF Flushing. have purchased
several hundred acres Of land In Turn
er township. Arennc county. aud will
start nn extensive stock farm.
HOLLANDS new shoe factory Is al
ready Ia start operations This Is one
of the new factories that tho city 80.
cured with the SJO.OO0 bonus fund
Z voted by the citizens last fall.
Iohn Paul. Of OwOssO. who has n
criminal record. risked his life by
climbing into the Capac Packing 60
plnnt 10 steal number of hams. Il Is
/ alleged. lie has hcen arrested.
Harry BYE ami John Sopcr. or Ions
RapIls. uuarrsled over a harness. By'
I got possession aud started away witt
( IN. when Sopcr returned to the house
/ and bringing out shotgun. fired ni
/ Byc. nlling his side and arm with No
shot. 4 warrant has been issue,
Tor Soper's arrest.
EN-Speakcr Edgar !. Adams. whose
bribery trial came 10 a sudden end M
| Mason. owing tO the fact that the Su
prcmc Courts ruling shut out the ies
tlmany of Charles ". Pratt. has writ.
ZEN roast" ON Pratt. Adams says
Pratt DETAINED him because be- tAdams
refused % procure railroad transpOrta.
] ton for Pratt.