The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-02-09
MICHIGAN ITEMS.

Allegan farmers have formed COM
binatlon against blacksmiths who
raised prices. Will open cooperative
shop.
A severe cold wave reached the 500
Thursday night. sending the mercury
down to 23 below. 1t was the coolest
night this winter.
George Hartshorn, a Grand Trunk
employe of Durand, was fatally injured
at Grand Haven by a heavy pulley
falling and crushing his skull.
Judge Francis, of Bay City, holds
that witnesses to a will may sign II
at different times. DIR. Lewis Pies
ner's $4,000 estate was at issue.
The Michigan Bee-Keepers elected
the following officers: President, w
j. Hutchinson, Flint; vice-president,
Elmore NJ Hunt, of Bell Branch.
Thinking one of her younger boy
pupils was deathly sick, Coldwater
| contagion. Found out lad had smoked
fathers pipe.
John Cunning, middle-aged man
employed as night watch by the Union
Pump Works, Battle Creek, was found
dead in his chair Monday forenoon at
his place Of duty. 1t is thought death
was caused by apoplexy.
John A. Gibson, the Pontiac carpen-
ter who jumped into the river at De-
troit, has been sent to the asylum,
where he was confined several years
ago. He has a hallucination that he
was murdered IA years ago.
Herbert w. Manly, of Jackson, who
confessed to taking county funds from
the abstract Office. in which he is en-
| ployed as clerk, and using them in
gambling, was discharged in police
court. He repaid the money.
H. n. Ormsby, civil engineer OF the
! Cleveland Cliffs Co.. and a son of
Bishop Williams, of Marquette, broke
| through the ice while crossing to
! Grand Island, and was in the water
nearly an hour before being rescued.
Mrs. Arthur Bennett, a graduate Of
| the University of Michigan and form
erly principal of the high school at
Galien, sailing but recently for the
/ island of Bahrein TO engage in mis-
sionary work, died January Il Oh
| typhoid fever.
| ne MSyIIDuIS Terra NOltd q ID I'm
Co., capitalized at 81, 800 900, announces
| that it will enlarge its plant, which is
situated about five miles from Battle
Creek from a capacity of 100000 to
$4,000 bricks daily, and will employ
from $50 to 1000 men.
The Michigan Power Co. has been
incorporated with a capital OF $780,
900 to operate the dams now owned by
the Plat Power & Heat Co. at Lans-
ing, Diamondale, Grand Ledge and
Eagle and further develop the water
power at those places.
James Henry, caught by wire at
the bottom OF the shaft in Hanuy
Bross mine, Bay City, was raised
head downward by the cage 100 feet
fearing he would fall every minute
When the cage stopped. miners res
cued him with difficulty.
The mangled body found on the
Grand Trunk tracks near here was
identified as that of William Stevens
of Missouri. on his way TO Duplain
Clinton county, 10 visit relatives. He
changed cars at Durand, and the con
ductor thought he acted queer.
peter j. Wood" convicted Satur
day of attempting to murder Lax
Feathan, his father-in-law, In Alpena
was sentenced to not less than TWEEN
ty-five, nor more than fifty years in
Marquette prison. He took the sen
tence coolly and thanked the court and
Jail officers for their courtesy.
While his aged mother was cele
brating her birthday in Port Huron
William d. Rowan was almost instant
ly killed at Buffalo by a sledge ham
mer falling on his head. Friends and
relatives had gathered at the home oil
i. his mother when the accident was
announced by telegram. Rowan was
81 years old.
According to a special canvass o.
the state labor commissioner, 81
Michigan stores employ ten or more
persons. and a total of 1904 persons
The average Is $3.50 and of 1887 sales
women, 1922. Male bookkeepers aver
age $2.19 and female bookkeepers $1.61
Ten hours day is the average. Chill
dren under 16 years employed number
1896.
J. z. and William G. Price. brothers
have just been reunited in Flint, hav
ing been separated since the close o
the civil war. A few days ago William
whose home is in Pennsylvania, came
to Flint from Spokane, Wash, on bust
ness, and by mere chance ]. e. Price o
, Otisville heard his name, looked hin
, up, and the two will make their hom'
, together In the future.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lafayette Church, o
/ Ithaca, have celebrated the sixty-sixtl
: anniversary of their marriage. The
| came to Gratiot county over half
/ century ago, being among the frs
settlers. Mr.. Church Will be 80 year
old in July and his wife is 50. MI
D Church was Gratiots first count
I treasurer and officiated at the frs
/ funeral held in the county.
A writ of replevin served on tn
, sheriff by the coroner was an unusua
3 proceeding in Monroe. The sheriff wa
: in possession of $4,000 worth of PROF
5 erty under writ of attachment 4
favor of several creditors of tn
!, Patrick Hirsch Construction Co. TIL
goods attached consisted partly Of
. consignment of rails for which tn