The Yale expositor., 1903-07-17
AROUND the STATE.


county. near Fahlus.
The water works building In Far
well was destroyed by fire Friday
night.
The North Adams council has let
The contract Tor the village lighting
plant.
\ cement pllat will lac built on
Plack Lake, about seven miles from
Onaway.
The Grltlut county JAN h much too
email. and eight new cells are being
Installed.
The Review at Eaton Rapids has
changed hands. W. G.. Whitney being
the new owner.
Ncwbcrry will have coopcragc
plant which viii give employment To
about lifty men.
The nrst Michigan peaches OF the
season were shipped by a ST. joseph
grower this week.
The chemical works ~ Mincclonl
were damaged by lire "Wednesday -
the extent OF $1,000.
Harry Shafcr has boon brought
from Berlin ont. 10 Hastings. Mich.
on charge 81 burglary
Stephenson is to have a new indus.
try. A pickle factory will be- erected
there al cost Of $4,000.
I'll" dates OF the annual fair of the
Genescc County Agricultural society
az Flint. are September 80 O. :" IN
elusive.
carload OF flour. contributed by
Michigan millcrs. was shipped from
Lansing Monday to the Hood sufferers
at Kansas City.
The coruice ~ Richard Carman's
house at puttcrylllc Is occupied 10y =
swarm Of bees. They are putting %
their supply Il honey.
In Sanllac aud nelghburing counties
500 acres ~ bcets for the Croswcll
sugar factory are growing. and most
al them are in fine condition.
Just forty years ago Wednesday
Senator II. a. Alger was severely
wounded In the battle of BoOnsboro.
Md. well.known engagement In the
civil war.
James Wilson. OF Nlpcua. who
pleaded guilty To- the charge OF
forgery. was sentenced Law Iudgr I'm.
crick Ia fifteen months d" the prison
at Jacks,n
The electric light plant al Brown
city VIII he purchased 10y the village
and run hereafter under municipal
control. IL VIII he enlarged and I'm.
pro, eel 40 once.
Frank Van Gordcr. of Icon Noun.
tain. who killed John Salrhertuu We'd
ncsday with q shot aimed az sheriff
Lawrence. has been released from jail
on Slj.UO1 bail
Parole Is recommended BY the state
board Of pardons for Paul Nelson. who
was convicted In CalhoUa county OF
shooting az an officer and sentenced
10 ten years In Ionia.
4 heavy wind blew down the fence
OF the jail yard al Grand Rapids the
other day. and the prisoners are hav.
ing rest from their duties al the
stone pile until Il Is rebuilt
clyde Sanford. OF Albion. charged
with cruelty 60 animals. pleaded guilty
aud paid line lUd costs amounting %
81 lie had allowed u horse wiki
q broken lcg io stand Tor sixteen hours
without care.
Employees ON Charles Dccrhnm's
beet farm. near Owosso. demand sl7J
instead uf $50 day and the dls.
charge OF the proprietor himself as
their boss. on the ground that he Is
slave driver"
lronwood NAV lose les military COM
pany The report OF the regular army
officer who recently inspected the
fstt q.
company may be dropped by the state
military board.
The Sawycr-Goodman Lumber com.
pany. of Marinettc. Wis. has bought
two sections of timber land Oh t'r
rnSt branch of the Ontonagon river
from w. \. Jameson. The purchase
pric, was $22..iD
\ man. supposed To- u" III. III. Ia
wilson. OF Chicago. was drowned In
The river 80 South Haven Monday
Witnesses OF the scene say he WIS
pushed or the dock 10y an unknown
uan in Scuiiic
James Crawford. of Galicn. who at
tempted 10 commit suicide nearly
month ago by shooting himself through
the head. Is dead from the effects of
the wound. Had he lived he would ~.
ways have been blind.
John Peck. nf Mendon. probably
holds tile threshlng record Of the state
Va point uf year. of service lie is ~
years old. has followed the business
for sixty years. las a new outfit and
proposes to keep az 10.
About four miles southeast of
Srhoulrraft ~ hlg peat hog. and
Schooicraft. Grand Rapids aud Fond
du Lac capitalists arr organizing
company g. build plant tu prepare
lhc peat Tor the market
Unknown parties blew MP Justice Il;
T. Millcr's residence in Iron Mountain
Friday night The cntlrc side ct thu
building was blown out. Hundreds of
dollars worth ~ bric-a-hrnc were d.
siroycd No ore was injured.
Frank Bclill was arrcsicd In Birch
Run and taken 40 the county jail az
Saginaw Monday. charged with biting
on the nose OF Samuel Becker al Tny.
mouth In April. 1901. Following the
aght IN which the deed was committed