The Yale expositor., 1903-11-20


Dickinson county people want a
fence around the all e; Iron Mountain
high enough to keep prisoners from
climbing over and 20 Keep hotes and
weapons from the inmates.
Hog cholera Is dccimnting the drovcs
Of farmers In several townships OF
Clinton courty. Ina Bengal alone T.i5
head hnvo already died and 100 more
are afflicted with the disease.
Van Buren rural letter carriers re-
Gently met aud organized for mutual
benefit. After officers were elected.
better roads. better salaries and more
uniform service were discussed.
Galcsburg claims the champion pota.
10 digger. Joseph Smith has dug 1900
bushels during the present season.
LOO being for one man. Mr. Smith Is
cons idcrabiy over 90 years OF age.
Through permission OF Gov. Bliss,
Geo. Hardy. a 'lifcr." at Jackson pris-
on. who was sentenced - years ago
for murder. attended the burial of his
aged father az Duck Lake recently.
In some old papers which had re-
maincd undlsturbed for 80 years. n SO
coupon on q war loan bond dated 1869
was found. IL was presented to the
Kent county treasurer for payment.
After losing his watch last spring
while plowng a field. Yankee
Springs man kept his weather eye OPP
on while plowing the same field this
fall and turned up the lost timeplece.
Although for the last 10 years Mrs
Katherine Kool OF Kalamazoo. has re-
ceivcd aid from the county and city
poor officers. she was discovered to be
the sole heir 10 an estate valued at 81
600
Hazel Wallace. the li-year-old
OwCsso giri abducted by Mrs Mullins.
Chicago spirituAlistic medium, Is
back M her nome. Mrs. Mullins said
Hazel was too homesick 10 become a
medium
Though Harbor Beach has n good
system OF water works. fire insurance
rates are higher than they were NJ.
teen years ago. when the village had
no IRE protection whatever. The people
are kicking.
Editor Newell. OF C0ldwater. "a wag.
Ing war against the chewing gum
girl" Says he: a girl will place sew.
eral sticks of gum in her mouth. lapse
Into state or uncunccrn, aud bliss
fully chew
After the Lansing police commission
had ordered the patrulneu 20 enforce
the law requiring the use ~ lights On
bicycles az night. one of the first Of
Tenders gathered ln was a member ~
the commission.
4 young woman carrying a babe
Jumped or train near Emmct She
was badly bruised. but the babe
escaped without a scratch. The woman
said she thought the train would not
stop at the station.
Calamity item from the Lexington
News: An empty whisky bottle was
found az the waters edge. In u was
this message Dear Jennie | went 10
the bottom lie probably means the
bottom OF tho bottle
when Menomlnee man had I'm.
ger cut of Ia a woodsawing machine
he calmly picked IL up. put u In his
pocket. went 20 a surgeons aud had
the remainder OF the member taken
on without au anaesthctic.
when Turnkey Belts " Adrian
went to arrest Peter Pieh. near Deer
Held. ne found that the man had
thwarted him Ivy ending HE life hy tie
suicide route rieh was a heavy drink
er and probably despondent
While Mrs. Albert Reese. os Ford
River. was carrying pan Of bot water
10 her husband. who was scalding hogs
In the yard. her little girl bumped into
her The water drenchcd the child
aud shc died from her burns.
\ Bcllcvillc man shot aud killed o
large gold eagle which ne found feed.
lng on dead COW on his farm. IL
measured seven feet siN inches from
tlp to tip of wings The gold eagle
Is rarely seen 10 this vicinity.
Maybe you wouldn't believe 70, In,
there Is one editor in Michigan who
offers to reward anyone who viii sep.
crate him from his fob. He j. the pen
and scissors wieider on Progress.
the worthy paper issued In the brunch
state prison "a Marquette. and IS q
"ifer"
The village of buchanan las IN.
nos. unique hre engine In the world
N having been built over a century
ago fought hres ia and around Bu.
chausn for 60 years aud was through
the blg Chicago Gre IN 1871 The New
York Historical society has made a
bid for It's purchase.
A handsoms booklet IL heing issued
hy the Board OF Trade OF Traverse
city with view to advertising that
hustllng town. !ts beauties. resources
and industrial opportunities. The Ia.
formation - set forth Ia concise and
yet comprehensive manner and from
the printers standpoint. the brochure
is a typographical gem
Cadillac merchants stand 10 lose a
good many thousand collars In the
trade or farmers this year A com.
hinat!On OF potato buyers exists there.
Il ~ said. which Is keeping the price
of tubcrs ten or fifteen ccnte below
what 8. paid Al other pla,es In the VI.
cinity. and growers are not taking
their crops 10 Cadillac on this account
south Haven citizens summoned be.
fore the grand jury at Paw Paw 10