The Yale expositor., 1904-09-09


about ten bushels TO the acre, while
high as fifty bushels.
The decomposed body of n man was
found one mile south of Grayling
Wednesday. Nothing was found by
which 1t could be identified.
Prof. NJ. w. Honsel, superintende If
Of schools for Lenawee county, win
not issue certificates to teachers who
do not attend the teachers institute.
One of the largest barns in south
ern Michigan is being erected near
Leondas, the dimensions being 6Sx40S
feet. The estimated cost is $4,000.
st. Joseph is To have new industry
In the shape of n plant in which con
crete posts, curbing, stepping stones
and similar articles are manufactured
The total number of deaths reported
in Michigan for July was 2.510. or 6J
more than the number registered for
June. The number was 143 less than
for July. 1908.
The street fair craze in Michigan is
evidently on the wane. This summer
Il number of towns have held carni-
walls. and when the expenses were paid
up nothing was left
Two men were killed and another
knocked down a shaft in Calumet
mine Thursday. the third man mira
culously escaping death. Falling
ground caused the accident
]. ]. Forcier, of Bay CITY, is dredging
out ana constructing dixie around
LOCO acres Of sugar beet land in Shit
wassee county. The property will be
the finest beet farm in Michigan.
Herman Looman. while assisting
with a thrashing machine near Hol-
land. slid down the side of straw
stack and landed squarely on pitch
fork, the tines penetrating his thigh.
Prof. l.. A. McDiarmid, principal of
the OwossO high school for several
years. has accepted the position Of sci
cncc teacher In the Albion high school
He il one of the best teachers i'm his
line in Michigan.
Preparations are complete for lay.
ing the corner stone of the Maccabee
temple and headquarters of tho Great
Camp. and 1t is expected that there
on the date set September s.
During an auction in his store John
O. Anderson, Of Petoskey. assaulted
Edward j. Gowdy, Il travelling sales
man. of Detroit. and was himself bad
~ beaten. \ jury convicted Anderson
Of assault. lie has appealed 10 the
circuit court.
roIdu-otor'. ccbool oonS,,s chou.c Il
decrease in the number of school chill
dren from last year This year the rolls
give the loss as 133, and since 1900 the
number has sunk $40 The state census
shows an increase of only nine people
in four years.
Mrs. &. Dillon n Hartford restaur.
ant keeper went into an alley to empty
garbage, when a man seized her. held
his hand over her mouth and relieved
her of her money. which she carried
i'm chatelainc. She had about so.
The thief escaped.
Joseph England is dead ut Pontiac.
aged G6 years. He was born i'm Eng
land and came to this country when a
boy. lie acquired considerable prop
crty in Waterford township ana held
several township offices. He is sur
vivcd by widow.
While cooking meal Miss Carrie
Tisdalc. of Traverse City. was hit in
the face by a SCATTERING Of hot grease.
She threw up her hands, forgetting
the cup Of boiling water she held. and
her face was so badly scalded that
both eyes are closed.
A serious fire started in Lamarre's
barber shop. Alpena. and spread rap
idly. destroying John Blanchard's res
idence. the store owned by Charles
Cook. and the drug store of Il. J. La
londe. which had just been completed.
The total loss was $1,000.
There is liable to be shortage in
the canned salmon" market. Fifty
tons of German carp being kept in
durancc near Monroe escaped through
a hole in the wall of the pond, and
are now at liberty in Lake Erie. The
loss TO the carp farming concern is
about $1,000.
X. Keepers, aged 30, Of Iron Noun
tain. 4 section foreman on the North
western road. was found dead in the
woods with strap around his neck.
one emu uPllU Ileu 10 lTee. j nc,
theory of suicide is advanced, but the
motive is unknown. He disappeared
Friday noon.
4 little daughter Of Wesley Lowe, n
patternmaker in a Standish factory
here. was bitten ny Il rattlesnake at
the bay while at picnic. BY prompt
use Of whisky and sucking the poison
from the wound her life will probably
be saved. She was brought to town in
a hurry TO see a doctor.
Eta F.:mer. the 3-year-old daugh-
ter of Detective Farmer. of Menoml-
nee. took - strychnine tablets which
her father used as tonic. and had
left in Il drawer within reach of the
child. There is hope of saving her life.
This is the second case Of child poison
ing in the town during week.
Another link uniting Michigan and
Wisconsin has been added to the chain.
1t is Il steel bridge spanning the Me-
nominee river at point south OF
Norway ana erected by the counties of
Dickinson Mich and Marinptto wis