The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-01
MICHIGAN NEWS IN BRIEF.

| The lApeer council has decided TO
build 10000 square feet on cement side
walk as soon aS possible.
Willie Lavallcy. 10 years old, tried
TO ride a log in the MenOminee river.
/ The log rolled. and Willie is dead.
About half the cattle sheds at the
Lenawee county fair grounds were
blown down during Saturdays storm.
Arthur l.. Spooner. of Sault Ste. Ma
/ rie. II railway mail clerk. shot himself
i'm the head If he RECEIVERS lie VIII be
blind.
Petty thieves in calumet are steal
| ing the mite boxes placed i'm business
houses for the benefit Of the fresh air
/ farm
The common council at Lansing pro
poses to limit the number of saloons
i'm that city to one to every 200 in
habitants.
George Brooks. farmer four miles
west of Evansville. was kicked by Il
horse Saturday night and died next
day from his injuries.
Adjt. Gen. Brown has issued orders
announcing that the annual practice
cruise Of the Michigan state naval bri-
gade will commence August 6.
Niles business men are still figuring
on the creamery proposition and Il
plan is on foot TO organize local com
pany and erect a $1,000 building.
The Gun lake ditch. which has been
Ia litigation for some time. will now
be dug by order of the court at cost
of 100000. Ii will be IL miles long
4 Chprlotte man who has been hold
ing 300 bushels of beans for higher
prices has discovered that the beans
have been ruined by the heat ana are
total loss.
Henry Grammer The cowboy. who
fatally shot Leonard HOehling. Of
Flint. Mich, during a saloon light at
Malta. Montana. has been released on
$1,000 bonds
Pontiac people are kicking on the
stone cutting Tor tile new court house
being done in Detroit. rs il proposed.
and want the supervisors TO order IL
done i'm Pontiac
The will of \. J. Phillips. late of
Fenton. bequcaths To the village of
FentOn the office building and grounds
Of the deceased. together with $500 In
cash, to bc'used for public library pur-
poses.
The board of state auditors will IL
illuminate the dome Of the capitol.
Strings OF incanGcsccnt bulbs will be
run mp and down the ribs and the
base and top will he circled with the
lights.
Alpcna received bids for SlJOO0O
water works bonds M five per cent ana
100000 electric light bonds AZ four
per cent, but rejected them aud sold
the securities a. auction for premium
of $4,000.
Malcolm Ross OF Fraser township no
crme mentdlly unbalauccd and drov"
lis family into the woods with an az.
SncrG Kinney has him ia charge. anu
Mrs. Ross wants him taken TO an in
sane asylum.
Cassopolis people think they are get
ting more for their money. and paying
less money considering what they get
than any other place in the state. The
village tax this year is but nine mills
or the dollar
At hearing before GOV. Bliss at
torncys for the Michigan Central rail
road denied that the suit of the road
gainSt the state for damages for the
repeal of tive roads charter would be
settled out of court.
The city attorney Of Monroe has
been Instructed tO begin proceedings
against the Detroit. Monroe x Toledo
Short line electric road to ascertain it's
rights to haul freight, The ease VIII
likely 90 10 the supreme court
The severe rain storm Saturday un-
dermincd the foundations of build
ing being erected In Durand. and the
walls fell carrying three men with
them. y. Goodyear and ROllo Rood
were seriously injured II is thought
that Rood'S injuries may prove fatal.
Farmer Matthew Jones living near
Niles had Il Scotch shepherd dog which
went mad. chased Jones and his hired
man to the tail timbers. capcred along
down the road. biting cows. pigs and
other dogs until finally lac reached
town, where Il posse Of police slew
him.
Mrs Maria II;xson. the oldest rest
dent OF Lcnawce county. became lOl
years old sunday. She is staying AT
present with her daughter. Mrs. III. G.
Kcdzie. of Tccumseh. and is very seri-
Ously III. She came TO Michigan in
1926 and has lived in the state ever
since.
The Jury in the $1,000 damage suit
of Asa Curtis vs.. Owosso Manufacture
ing Co brought IN a verdict OF no
cause 6f action. Curtis was digging
trench for defendant ami was IN
iured by earth caving in. Ii was
proven at the trial that Curtis had am
pie warming.
Several years ago someone entered
the residence of II g. Guile IN .Alnie.
don township. lngham county. and
stole SO. Mrs. Guile has received a
letter inclosing SO. explaining that the
writer. who signed himself "One Who
Is Sorry" WIS the one VINO took the
money while very hard up.
While The railroads of Michigan ara
lighting against their tax assessments
and the eases are dragging along
awaiting their trial IN court. the In
tercst pile. up at the rate Of S25O.O0O
n year. AZ the end Of the fiscal year.