The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-03-18

his face cut while running an ice
planer at Pittman 4 Deans ice houses
az that place.
school board troubles are blamed
FOR the suicide OF Edward Cowpcr "A
well.to-do farmer. living south of iIar-
Dor Beach. lie killed himself with
carbolic acid.
Frank Coe. the Gogchic county pris.
oner who escaped from the penlten.
tlary and boarded an cgstbound train.
was captured M Shinglcton and re-
turned Ia prison.
The lowlands along the Kalamazoo
river are flooded, the occupants of
several houses have been compelled
10 move out ana travel 10y row boat Is
common ON some streets.
Contracts hnve been made with
farmers In the vicinity of Lansing TO
raise 800 acres of SUGAR beets. and the
ke0kuk Canning 60 has determined
To establish here 4 factory.
4 loss Of $1,000 resulted from Gre
az Holt which destroyed stores of 4.
g. and j. Shcathclm. and OF NJ. T..
Park. and the residence Of -. T.. Driv-
or. The cause of the blaze Is unknown.
Niles has offered free rent and
$1,000 warehouse ~ an induccmcnt
Ia the National Woven Wire Go. OF
Chicago. employing - m,n. To remove
there The company has accepted.
Twenty acres of land. In the bust
ness district of MuSkcgon. n clnlmcd
10y VIM. Fay. who bases his claim ON
an old state land grant male In 1851.
To his father. The tract Is worth ST.
100000.
Judge Stcerc has ordered grand
jury To investigate the charges which
have heretofore been made against
number OF Sault Ste. Marie officials
who have held office during the past
Few years.
\ Menomincc fisherman reported
that when one Of the nets was lifted
recently duck was found IN a. II
became cntangled about 100 feet down.
evidently making desperate dive go
secure food.
Francis Scheticrly. who was born Ina
Peninsula township 80 years age. Is
dead of parabsis ON the same farm
where he was born. His father. who
survives him. was one OF the irst set
Hers of the township.
Charlie Ross, a poor unfortunate
with a face ~ hidcous that he had
been exhibited as the original wild
man." died in the tennessee county
house Wednesday. lie was exhibited
last fall at tine state fair.
Farmers around Honor are losing
cattle Ia large numbers from u strange
epidemic. Some people think water
from the brooks on which the chemical
works are situated poisoned the cattle.
I'm investigation will be made.
George Hudson. OF Dawson. ran 20
catch an electric car In Flint and met
dog. He didn't try To 90 around the
canine. but let drive swift Kick. He
landed on his back with one shoulder
dislocated ana nose skinned. He
missed the dog and the ear.
After being out 10 hours the jury In
the Kalamazoo circuit court brought
la a verdict ,Onvicting claude Russell
Of criminal assault on Mary PrOlc
The parties 10 the suit are al prom
incnt residents OF Brady township.
The girl Is deficient intellectually.
An unknown man was run over and
Killed by the Duluth express on the
South Shore railroad. early sunday
morning, about two miles east OF Ne
guunec. one lcg was cut of and his
head 80 manglcd thar recognition +
impossible. lie was dressed as lum-
herman
While Arthur Eddy. of Saranac. was
doing the chores the horse kicked the
lautcrn over setting lire 10 the barn.
The loss ON building and contents will
reach 81 ,Ju1 with small insurance.
The barn WAS q new one. Eddy was
badly burned In attempting To put the
fire out.
Hobart u. Churchill. - years Old.
~ Alpcna. q prominent lumhcrman
and Mason. died suddenly az Column
hia. Tenn. while ON his way 10 Flori-
ia for his health. lie leaves widow
and one son. lie was brother Of Hon.
W. l.. Churchill, and was born IN Ba-
tavia. ~.
Alfred e. Georgesen. n religious IN.
matte. who was imhucd with tile idea
that the Creator instructed him 10 fire
the building az !. T.. Bartlett a PROM.
lncnt business man 81 Jackson. was
sentenced Co the l0nia refOrmatory
for not more than Ave years. nor less
than one year
The coroncr's jury IN the case Of
John \. Van Brochlin. Of Battle Greek,
who took strychnine by mistake for
salts. condemned the widow FOR criml-
nal cnrelessness. Mira. Van BrOchlin
bought strychnlne for rats without
telling her husband anything about IL.
and emptied IL into the can which
usually held the salts.
The Flint board Of water commits,
sioncrs on balancing their books found
that the water works plant had netted
about 500 over ana above operating
expenses for the month OF February.
During the three months that the
plant has been under municipal con-
troll it's net earnings have boon In the
ncighborhoOd OF $1,000.
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