The Yale expositor., 1907-07-19
AROUND THE STATE

ore train 12-year-old Segard Eckoff,
of Ishpeming, was killed.
John Pulling, a well-known farmer
near Big Rapids for nearly half Gen.
fury, is dead at the age of 81.
George A. Johnson and VIM. ]. Gregg
have recently planted 10000 black bass
in the streams and lakes near Mar
SHALL
George Howard swore at his mother.
in-law, and Justice Torrey gave him
Is days in the county Jail to think
1t over.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Martin, old resi-.
dents of Sumpter township, Wayne
county, celebrated their golden we'd
ding Saturday.
A 16-year-old boy named Saari, OF
Sturgeon River, shot and killed 21S.
pound bear, bringing the animal down
with one shot.
Edward Sedlacek, aged %, of Chi.
cago, while bathing in Sister lake
with four companions, sank and failed
to rise again.
Phineas Green, formerly of Ashley,
enlisted in the army a year ago and
was shot and killed by native police.
man in Cuba, June 2.
John Garman has become blind as
a result of drinking alcohol, which
he extracted from varnish while an
inmate of Jackson prison.
Joe McCauley, arrested in Bay City,
Sunday on a petty charge, turns out
to be an escaped convict from Mar
quette prison. He was returned.
Major Boyntons 10th birthday was
celebrated by about 200 Port Huron
business men and prominent Macca-
bees, who rendered him a banquet.
Asgaard Nault, aged IL. of Ishpem-
ing, died Of blood poisoning as a result
of July injury, when he was shot
In the abdomen with paper wad.
The railroad commissioners depart
ment reports total earnings of Michi-
gan railroads for May at 1921, 1s9. SS.
This is an increase of $6e6,66S over
May, 1905.
Vencel Kratochvil, living near Ira
verse City, cares not what the govern
ment does TO the tobacco trust, as he
raises his own tobacco and manufac-
lures his own cigars.
Robert Vandeventer, an East Gilead
Young farmer, drank a dozen dippers
full OF red lemonade at a picnic and
became unconscious. Doctors pumped
him out and he will live.
David Devries, aged 68, a pioneer
of Holland, died after three days i'll
ness, and 10 hours later Mrs. Devries
followed her husband, although she had
retired apparently in excellent health.
AS an evidence of the popularity of
| T,lxV .fV,1r % he
Fourth Christian Reformed church at
Muskegon, he has had IL calls to 9th.
er churches in IL months. He has de.
clined them all.
William Morash proprietor of the
O'Mara house at Carsonville, and
Frank Reed were painfully burned
when a gasoline power engine explod.
ed. A lighted lantern was carelessly
swung against it.
1t is thought that the men who bur.
glarized the home of Mrs. ]. NJ. Root
of Jackson, of some $50 worth of plum
der were amateurs, as articles of far
greater value were overlooked. Many
priced souvenir spoons were taken.
Edith Martin, aged 16, and Glen.
coe ]. Wiley, aged IS, of Allegan.
classmates in school, eloped to Gales.
burg, and were married. A brother.
in-law of the girl appeared on the
scene and broke up the happy cou'
pie.
Carrot Barndse found his wife kneel.
ing beside her bed cold in death. Her
face was buried in the bed clothes and
it is supposed she was stricken with
heart failure and suffocated because
she was unable to move or call for
help.
Harry Mccormick. wanted in Battle
Creek for grand larceny, finished a
six months sentence at Toronto Satur
day and was released but a few hours
before Under Sheriff Lucas, of Battle
Creek, arrived for him with extradition
papers.
Miss Thressia Dexter, of Milan, about
so years of age, did Carrie Nation
stunt in the saloon of S. w. Nact
smashing bottles, glasses and mirrors
with her umbrella. She is a prominent
Free Methodist, and said that the LORD
had instructed her to wreak vengeance
on the thirst parlor.
The scrap between Rogers City and
Onaway as to which should be the
county seat mas pTdcllcally Deen set
tied by the voters of Onaway, who
have voted to build a $4,000 city hall
which will provide place for the cir
cult court meeting. This will take the
court business away from Rogers City
Prof. ID. l.. Clark, for more than 2(
years a teacher in Hillsdale county
and a candidate for county school com
missioner last year, has bought an in
terest in the Three Rivers Business
college with Prof. G.. l.. Griswold. Fol
six years Prof. Clark has been a mem
Der of the county board of school ex
4 aminers.
NJ. j. Wood & Son, of Athens, have
recently purchased $4,000 worth oi
skins of fur-bearing animals. There
were 1859 mink, 1882 skunk, 2,76t
raccoon, 131 ,Sss muskrat, 1872 red fox
81 deer, 10 wolf, 20 fitch, IA moles, AZ
gray squirrels, "a otter, SO badger,
lynx, 1869 ermine, 81 bear, cross
fox, 39 house cats. 1929 opossum, q
beaver, 80 hare, 81 wild cat, 2 silver
fox and 1 marten. The two silver foz
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