The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-05-20
MICHIGAN NEWS IN BRIEF.

me, ting that 2i4,Sll pounds OF butter
had been made during the year, FOR
which S5i.9lo 30 has been received
Three prisoners I'm the Wayne
county JAN Harry Conway, Joseph \.
nemling and Harry Bond, are NOR
phine dends. They use 50 much OF the
drug that the county is now buying the
stun I'm bull
Herman O'Connor's drug store and
postoilice IN Holton was robbed Thurs
day night The crooks secured $50 IN
money ana some stamps. There was
great excitement, hut the citizens were
unable TO capture the gang.
Wilhelmlna Erdman, OF Ann Arbor,
died after an Illness OF several days
of perltonltis. Her two young sons.
aged 10 ana IL. cared for her. ana
ncighb0rs know nothing OF her Illness
until IL was too late 20 aid her.
There Is a possibility that Flints
new postotiicc for which the citizens
have been waiting for many years.
and which was thought would be.
come realty during the coming sum
mer. will not be built this year ~ all.
The United States government au-
thoritles are investigating number
II complaints by Detroit business men
relative 90 cleyerly raised 81 bills \
lumber Of 81 bills have been raised.
80 that they have been successfully
passed as $40 bills.
AZ It's Lake mine az Ishpeming. the
Cleveland GINS Iron Co.. II big indie
pendent producer OF iron ore. with
mines on the Marquette. Gogeblc ana
Mcsnha ranges. Is completing one of
the finest power plants Ina the entire
Lake Superior district.
During the past four years Leopold
Baylas. Hungarian employed rs a
moldcr NJ the Malleable Iron Works.
/ Delrny. managed TO accumulate bank
account of S2Go0. Yesterday Leopold
drew his roll and went back to Buda-
pest to renew acquaintance with his
wife.
River drivers are scarce and in lie.
mand in the northern woods. although
I the crews ON most of the streams are
/ practically complete. Water Is M n fair
stage in the rivers and nearly all the
drives are well under way Drivers
. this season receive So 80 per day aud
/ board
The bulletin OF vital statistics FOR
/ April shows marked rise In the num-
/ her of deaths from typhoid fever and
a decrease Ca the number from pneu-
mnnla The total number 81 deaths
| Ia the state FOR the month was s.2l2.
decrease uf 1874 from the preceding
month
When bicycles were In general use
/ Battle Greek had the honor OF having
/ the largest number of wheels per
capita OF any city of its size Ia the
/ United states. Now the city claims TO
! have the largest number Of automo-
bilcs per capita of any city OF IT, size
/ Ia the country.
Charles Connors alias Clark. want
eel in Detroit ca the charge OF being
I implicated with Thomas McGrath IN
causing the death ~ Horton Warren.
who was shot la front OF his hotel ut
/ - Brush street on the night 81 October
/ -. 1902. Is said 90 De- under arrest Ia
Pierce CITY. Mo.
The case OF julia Fitzsimmons
against Edward Reilly. sal"oukccp-
cr. and his bondsmcu. WIS settled out
of court az Ann Arbur 10y the payment
/ 90 Mrs. FitZsimmous OF Sl.l25 She
Su,.G for damages because Reilly sold
\ liquor To- the men who murdered her
husband some three years aro.
The Owners uf cottages az EpNorih
/ Heights. the summer resort near l.ud-
+ iugtou. will protest 90 the governor
against thc location pf the state mill
tary cucampm"ut go LudingtUn. fear
/ Ing that IL viii attract too many Wis
/ iturs and d-tract from tile interest In
I the religious meetings held here
Southwestern Michigan was visited
/ 10y heavy gray frost sunday night
/ \ light percentage OF strawberry buds
on low lands are reported killed; the
remainder oL the buds will produce "a
notwithstanding crop With favorable
lake breeze blowing all the fruit buds
In the -. Joseph district escaped.
BAY city j. experiencing a Russian
/ invasion The advance guard. con
\ SiSting of lJO Russians. men. women
aud children. coming from Ncbm ska.
passed through here yesterday. cu
route fof the beet fields az TaNaS.
\ Three hundred more are coming Tor
/ the pcct fields ~ Saniiac. Tuscola aud
\ Huron counties.
Perry Hicks. Battle Greek switch
man. recently had his jaw broken hy
/ being caught between two freight
ears Monday Ice resumed his position
and Thursday hc was AGAIN caught
/ between the ears while making q
/ coupling. aud received second frac.
turc OF the jaw. ~ well Is severe
q scalp ANA face bruises
Mrs. Frank Odcll. OF Detroit. VINO Is
/ visiting her daughter-in-lnw In Grand
| Rapids. became violently insane Satur-
day ana H. confined In the county Jail.
| Mrs. Odcll h an enthusiastic Christian
| Scientist and u l. thought her insanity
/ II due To religious matters Her hus.
band has been notified and she VIII
/ hc taken 90 Detroit' tomorrow.
80. Joseph county has % saloons this
7 year against - last year. Constantine
has one less than last year. Colon two
less. and Centreville two more. Last
year CentTcyille was dry but there
was Just as much drunkenness as
ever. so this year the trustees decided
that the village might lust rs well
have $1,000 in license money.
Fist fights one mile beneath tho sur