The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-09-06
AROUND THE STATE.

died from an overdose.
Mrs. r. NJ. HIATT and daughter, Mrs.
Kiln, OF Morrice, shot a large badger
and then dubbed 1t to death.
The Prohibitionists have arranged
for the use of the Chautauqua plan OF
lectures to gain converts to the party.
The Clyde Mendenhall dam on Polka
gon creek. which furnished power for
grist mills for 20 years, has been
washed out.
The 1-year-old baby Of Mrs. Guy
Weber. of Three Rivers, ate number
OF match heads and was found dying
by the mother.
While cleaning his gun, Anthony
Chavet, a pioneer fruit grower of st.
Joseph, accidentally shot himself in
the head. He died instantly.
William Bowers, of Durand, Grand
Trunk swltchman, mortgaged his
house for 500 and disappeared, leav-
ing a wife and two children.
Friends of Miss Kate Kull and Al
fred Niedermeier, Viewpoints postmas-
ter, were surprised by the announce
ment of their marriage in May.
Gov. Warner, Congressman Young,
Senator William Alden Smith and 9th
er nOtables will deliver addresses at
the Menominee fair, September 10.
Pontiac business and professional
men have appointed a committee to
ask the state commission for a larger
allotment of fish to Oakland county.
Despondent from illness George
Gels aged 80. of Saginaw, Michigan
Central switchman, made moose OF
sheet and hanged himself to his bed
post.
Byron Cooley, of Jonesville. started
across a beam over an elevator shaft
to save time in getting downstairs in
carriage factory. fell and was fatally
injured
The Indian camp meeting at North
port was concluded by sunrise ser
vice with 1000 red men marching
around the camp and singing songs of
praise.
George White, OF Albion, who fell
Sc feet from a roller coaster and was
unhurt, says he was about to take a
chew of tobacco when he lost his bal
ance.
John c. Buekema has resigned as
sporting editor of Muskegon news
paper and has entered the Grand Rap
ids Theological seminary to become a
! minister.
Charles W. Nash, of Flint, was ap-
pointed a member Of the state board
of mediation and arbitration to sue
coed Frank S. Neal, recently appointed
oil inspector.
Willis NJ. Morrison aged 81, prom
inent Kalamazoo farmer and active in
Republican politics, was jolted from
his wagon by a stone and killed UNI
der the wheels.
Grasping a live wire on a shed in
! the rear of a hotel, Lee Carrigan. aged
| II, of Lapeer, was hurled to the ground
and the fingers of one hand may have
TO be amputated.
Carlisle Holmes. a Grand Ledge
! painter. aged 60, will start October 10
! to walk to California. He will make the
trip by way of the south and visit
points of interest.
! In a speech at the reunion Of the
Eaton county battalion Col. o. A..
James, of Detroit, raped Congressman
Gardner for favoring the abolishing of
pension agencies.
w. p. Stafford and Van Meter, of
| Hillsdale. were seriously injured when
! fast train struck a rail they had
| raised upon a truck and hurled them
against a building.
The state health department in a
| circular letter urges health officers 10
| adopt sanitary measures to prevent
! typhoid fever epidemics during the
! fall and winter seasons.
Because his 2-yearold baby cried
during the night Abel Wiersma, of
! Grand Rapids, was charged with spank
| ing it so hard that it may die. He was
! fined $50 and costs or 60 days in Jail.
Mrs. James Connors of Port Huron,
! declares she was not surprised when
| the coroner told her of the death of
| her husband. who was found dying in
/ a cemetery from blood poisoning, and
says his death was foretold to her
! in a dream.
While on his train en- route for
Grand Rapids, r. o. Woltzer, over 90,
veteran conductor on the Michigan
! Central railroad, was stricken with
paralysis. He was taken off his train
and a special hurried him to his home
in jackson.
II never expect to preach again, y
said Rev. II. H. HALEY. pastor of the
Kalamazoo Christian church. He re-
signed because of i'll health, but will
not remain inactive as he will do car
pentering. He was successful in his
church work.
The home OF Frank Devet, at Fay
cite, Delta county, boasts an unusual
family pet. A sea gull has been
brought up to look upon man as his
friend, instead of its natural enemy.
The bird shows no fear of human be-
ings and is the playmate of the chill
dren in the little town. Each night II
goes to roost in a barn close by and
remains about the Devet house during
the day.
new water power company is pre-.
pairing to invade the Delta county field
Representing southern Michigan cap.
italists, f. Il. Hatch, of Pellston has
1 cacurad on Onfion on Rondv falls %