The Yale expositor., 1907-06-21
AROUND THE STATE.


persons of school age, an increase of
1853 over last year.
James A. O'Connor, of Seney, one
Of the graduates at West Point this
year, stood sixth in the class.
The thirty-fifth annual reunion OF
the Fourth Michigan Volunteer In
fantry will be held in Litchfeld, June
20.
Sixteen girls walked out of a Grand
R?pids store because the company dis
charged two for gum chewing. The
whole 10 have now been discharged.
An employee of Battle Creek laun-
dry. swore so much that the girls had
to plug their ears with cotton to keep
out the profanity and he has been fined
$40.
The Seventh Day Adventists have
finally given up and disposed of the
Convis church to the township of Con-
Wis for $500, after holding it since
1868.
Mrs. Jessie Kruger, of Cheboygan.
is on trial for shooting and killing
Frank Van Houten, a frequenter of
her resort. Little interest is being
taken in the case.
SearcheTs are securing the woods
and lifcsavers are dragging Pere Mar
| quette lake for the body of the Swear
old sor OF Morris Davis, who has been
missing nearly a week.
Two horses belonging to Charles r.
Horton, of Ann Arbor, and valued at
$500, were instantly killed by light
ming, and his son rendered uncon-
| ri hnn
There were nine brass bands in
attendance at the annual convention
Of the Barry County Band associa-
ton in Plainwell. There was music
in the air from 10 a. m. until p. m
Fully 1000 people attended the an
nual meeting of the Old Settlers as
ISOLATION of the Grand Traverse re-
gion, held in Elk Rapids last week.
The next meeting will be at Suttons
Bay.
Claiming his transfer was the wrong
color, a conductor on the Bay City
Traction & Electric line put Jarvis
Bell from the car. Now a jury has
| awarded him a verdict of $50 dam
ages.
A. ]. Bolton, a blacksmith at the
Buick Motor Co. Flint, received 2,400
vlots of electricity in his body through
an electric light wire becoming crossed
with the guy wire supporting the hood
over his forge. He may lose his left
arm.
Charlotte may secure a branch sta.
tion of a New York condensing milk
concern. The only thing necessary to
secure $4,000 plant is the assurance
that Eaton county farmers will con-
tract to furnish daily the milk of 500
cows.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bowers, of Char
lotte, spent eight months with their
son in Glassport, Pa, and the second
day after their return Mrs. Bowers
was stricken with pneumonia and
soon died Mr.. Bowers is a pioneer
banker
The single mill at Boyne has been
transformed into a combination lum-
Der and shingle mill. When the mill
is cutting logs its capacity will be
10000 feet of lumber per day This
will give the crew of 40 men steady
employment the year round.
Mrs. c. Nichols, wife of a Bedding
farmer, spanked her 15-year-old boy
of police and members of the force |
for running away. The lad had been
reading dime novels and securing a |
big revolver started out to see the |
world
In two days time father and son |
were thrown out and injured in a run |
away with the same horse. Tuesday |
morning the father, Louis Noll of |
Saginaw, was dragged a considerable |
distance, and Wednesday the son |
Charles got dumped when the bit |
broke. /
During the parade of the Eagles in I
state convention in Jackson pennies |
were being showeTed from an auto |
mobile. One lad, Frank Russo. aged |
s years, made a scramble for one of |
the bright coppers and was run down |
by the auto and had one leg badly |
fractured.
Russell Pentlin. aged 80 years,
called the happiest man in Three Riv-
ers, is dead, because he tried to jump |
on moving train. while in a hurry to |
get back to his work which he had |
left for a few moments to see friend |
off at the depot He died in his moth
er's arms.
Not for 30 years or more has tim
othy hay been so scarce or as high
in upper Michigan as at the present
time. The price has been climbing
steadily the past few months until
now it has reached $25 ton in
Negaunee, and is exceedingly difficult
to get, even at that figure.
IL will give 500 reward for any
person who can prove that he drank
beer or whisky in the Abel drug store
at any time during the past ten years"
This is the advertisement Mayor
Abel, OF South Haven, awaiting trial
on charge of violating the local op-
ton law. has inserted in a local pa
per.
John Weidler, one Of Branch coun.
tvs most prominent horsemen and
stock breeders. is dead from heart
trouble. Mr.. Weidler was the breeder
and owner Of the noted mare Thelma.
known as the milk wagon mare"
that made the most successful cam.
paign last year of any Michigan horse
being driven on a rural milk route
up TO two weeks before she won the