The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15
STATE NEWS NOTES.

The Lansing Paint & Wall Paper
Co. has assigned.
Firemen's tournament at the 500
will be a big event.
a Mason man has Il pear tree, half
pears and half blossoms.
The two state banks at Saul Ste.
Marie have been consolidated.
Students at the Normal summer
school number 500; largest i'm history.
Brighton-The annual Spiritualist
camp meeting has opened ut Island
Lake.
The proposition to bond for $4,000
to extend the water system was passed
1872 to IL
The upper peninsula Knights Tenn
plars have decided to hold their next
convention at Detroit.
CadHlac-The new $1,000 Catholic
church at Jennings was dedicated by
Bishop Richter of Grand Rapids.
ID. Godwood very mysteriously dis
appeared from his home in Plainwell
week ago and no trace of him can
be found.
The proposition to bond Lincoln
township for the purpose of building
Il new town hall was carried ut Il spc
cial election.
The proposition was defeated to
bond for 100000 for new Napier
bridge at 81. Joseph to replace the im-
portant one swept away by ice last
winter.
Ivan Lekmond and Herbert Bailey,
who confessed To stOning n Michigan
Central train at Henderson, have
pleaded guilty. and are in Jail unable
to get bail.
Lightning struck the home of John
Sullivan in Beaver township. Several
windows and bed were demolished,
but none of the inmates suffered from
the shock.
The enrolment at the Northern
NOrmal'S summer school has already
an attendance i'm excess of $50, com
pared with l26, the highest previous
registration.
VIM. Armstrong. aged -. of Plain
well, Il veteran of the civil war, has
just welded his fifth bride, Mrs. Al
fred Teachout. who is the mother of
eight children.
Prosecuting Attorney Freeman. of
Munisiug. who was shot by James
Tyncr. an insane man whom he had
once sent to the asylum. may now re-
cover from his wound.
The trout fishing this season has
been about the poorest on record. and
rs result there is Il movement on
foot among sportsmen to petition the
legislature TO close the trout streams
for Il year or two.
A bite received from COW. while he
was visiting in Pennsylvania. has
caused rabies to develop in Martin
Quinn. formerly of OwOsso and he is
now ut the Pasteur institute. New
York. receiving treatment.
A water spout. accompanied by ter
rifle wind. passed over Clinton. Okla
homa. late at night. doing great dam..
age, killing six persons. and wound
iug many others. Reports from many
quarters tell of great loss by flood
Lansing-The commissioner of insur-
ance has asked the circuit court for
receivers for the Monroe Il Lenawee
County Farmers Mutual Fire Insur-
aimee Co. and the Farmers Mutual Fire
Insurance CO., of SchOolcraft, Delta
and Menomipee counties, both of
which have defaufted in the payment
of losses.
Commissioner Atwood's report of tho
aggregate Michigan earnings of ia.l-
road companies for the month of May
is $4,121 .145. decrease of $243. 1876
over May of 1903 The aggregate
Michigan earnings for the first five
months of 1904 were $1S.721. 1917. This
is q decrease of $1.111.110, or .OJ6 per
cent frolu the same period last year.
The two men who tortured aged
Henry Angel at his home in PALMYRA
for the purpose of robbery. were ar
rested at the Wabash depot. They
gave the names of Frank and Del
Clark. brothers. aged 20 and % years.
and residing at London and Toronto.
Canada. They confessed to the bur
glary and will plead guilty when ar
raigned.
Probably the largest crop OF straw
berries grown from an equal amount
of ground i'm Michigan this year was
gathered 10y Mrs. August Wegner. of
Troy township. From Is square rods
of land she picked aud sold 500 quarts.
besides canning three bushels and sup
plying the family table with all that
was wanted. The total yield was G75
quarts.
G. G. Bell. one Of the most promi-
nent men OF Benton Harbor. has an
pealed TO Mayor Gillette for protection
alleging that the saloonkeepers whom
he has prosecuted for violation OF the
Sunday closing law have hired a Chi.
cago thug TO do hiir IN"