The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1902-10-03
AROUND TnE STATE.


The old settlers Of Mecosta county
viii hold their annual picnic at Biz
Rapids on Oct. :.
Edgar Lewis. Of Grand Rapids. has
been appointed 10 a $500 clerkship I'm
the war department
Enrolment Of students az the Mich
igan College OF Mines this year will bc
larger than In previous years.
The Bay city school census shows
".3ln Young people OF school age. as
against S.Si2 last year, u net increase
Of AZ
Joseph Ccnkoviak. Croatian miner ~
Phoenix mine Calumet. was killed In
stIntly 10y premature discharge of
blast lie was 81 years old ana single.
Daniel Callahan. a well known farm.
or aud son Of James Callahan. Of Mt
Morris township. has been arrested
charged with forging his fathers name
10 u note for S325
Mrs. Jane 4. Church. one OF Michi.
gads pioneer newspaper woman. died
at her home nc OwoSsO. aged ~ years.
she had been gradually failing FOR
months.
Upon his return 10 Port Huron from
Detroit Fred II. Davis found his moth
or dead In her rocking chair. She was
- years OF age. and one OF the oldest
pioneers OF that city.
Thos. Sossc. 81 Midland. fell 30 feet
while working on the Valley Sugar Co
building at Saginaw. breaking his
wrist and wrcnching both knees. IL
Is believed he will recover.
resident OF the copper country. expired
suddcnly ~ Eagle llarhor He leaves
a widow and daughter. lie came there
fr1u Detroit half a century ago.
Henry Kahn. arrested in BAY city
TO- counterfcitiug drug labels. has
beer identified in Niagara Falls. y. y.
~ Herman llerwitZ. arrested June -
1895, FOR smuggling phcnacctinc.
Three little boys were found drunk
Sunday morning on the steps OF the
Fremont school In Bay City. Acquaint-
anccs got them 10 their homes before
the police patrol wagon was called.
\ new organization Of Lansing meat
dealers will seek To- prevent the mid
night trips Of dcliycrymcn on Satur-
day. AMI bring about the discontinue
nnce OF the custom OF giving trading
stamps.
The funeral Of George smith. mur-
dcred Friday night Ia Leonl township
10y Fred Siclon'. took place at the home
Of smiths mother. The widow and
her fathcrlcss children were seated
about the coffin.
II all the claims FOR damages against
Grand Rapids which have been HE'D
during the past Few weeks. should l."
settled. the municipality would require
special bond issue OF over SluU. 600 ia
meet the tax on the treasury.
While Mrs. J. Hamilton. OF Port
Huron. WAS telcphoning Tor a physi-
elan. She received the information that
her son-in-law had lied suddenly 90
san Francisco. and that his body was
on It's way tu that city. Mrs. Ham!l-
ton is ln a serious condition.
John Scit. the Ann Arbor young man
whose uncomfortable desire for liquor
led Him into burglariZing two saloons
aud stealing thcrcfrom four quarts OF
booze In two days has had q had ease
OF snakes" NJ the iail. lie drank
ncnrly all the liquor himself
State Tax Commissioners Freeman.
NuAft hltu JtllkN are tnEuEfN ~ boost.
ins assessments. The Kalamazoo Cor
set Company. assessed az SSOOOp. was
raised 90 S2S1OOn. 10 II estimated TINT
several millions will be added Co the
assessed valuation OF the city's prop.
erty.
Walter Apsey. living five miles east
~ ElmirH. lost his llfc 10y drowning
on POrcupinC lake near his home Fri.
day evening Mr.. Apscy and two chill.
drer were ont boating. when one child
fell overheard. The father brought
the boy to the boat safely. hut was
exhausted and drowned In the act.
Saginaw valley coal mine operator,
are complaining Of the scarcity OF ears
Tile Somcrs mine at ~. Charles was
forced Co shut down half n day Snfur-
day owing 10 the inability OF the rail.
roads 90 furnish 4 sufficient number.
Tho are also complaining Of the low
prices Of coal In many places hard
coal II retailing az Si2 and So n ton
and soft coal 81 and Sc
ON Saturday night n car on the
Michigan Central was broken into M
Ann Arbor and seven dozen pairs Of
mems shoes stolen. There seems 20
Ice an organized gang 90 freight train
robbers In that city. as these occur.
rcnces are frequently reported