The Yale expositor., 1908-11-06
MICHIGAN ITEMS.

came through the tube.
Frank Donnelly, of Cadillac, fell
from log while hunting, Friday. His
gun was discharged and the full
charge OF shot struck him in the face.
He will lose both eyes as result.
after hunting all over the house
for $3.50 diamond setting which had
mysteriously disappeared, Mrs. Henry
Hobbs. OF Kalamazoo, found 1t In the
soup over which she had been work
ing.
John Bowman. a Riley township far
mer, was bound over to the circuit
court for trial on a charge OF giving
liquor to 11-year-old Bert Sharp and
inducing the child to become intoxi
Gated.
Farmers of Penfield and Bedford
townships have suffered serious finan-
cial losses through an epidemic OF hog
| cholera. One man recently lost 16
hogs in a few days through the cpl
demic.
News has been received OF the
| death in Warrington. New, OF William
Wade. former Ishpeming man. He
was killed by fall of earth in cop
per mine in which he was employed
as foreman.
After passing safely through the
forest fires which surrounded 10 a
week ago, the home of David Chaffee,
in Alpena township. burned to the
ground Thursday. The fire was caused
by a defective chimney.
On November IL the Grand Trunk
r. X. will take over the Sarnia-Port
Huron tunnel, which has been cleo
trified. Invitations to attend a big
function have been sent TO prominent
railroad men all over the country.
A jury in the circuit court awarded
judgment OF $1,000 to the estate OF
Ralph Perego against the Lake Shore
& Michigan Southern railway Friday.
The little boy was run over by
switch engine last summer while wait.
ing for a train.
Cadillacs new 100000 Y NJ. C.. A.
building was dedicated by f. w.
Booth. W. II. Gay and Clay Hollister,
all of Grand Rapids, assisted by state
! officers. w. W. Mitchell gave $25. 900
to start the building fund. and it was
completed by 700 other subscribers.
DR.. Perry Schulz. OF the Grand Rap
ids board of health, has declared war
against the Teddy bears. He says
they carry diseases and an edict Is
sued by him Friday is to the effect
that all playthings of this kind in
houses where there is sickness, must
be burned.
Nelson Wrasey, 81, woodworker
who came to Battle Greek year ago,
| hanged himself in his home, his wife
! finding the body when she came home
| from a funeral. A note left by Wrasey
/ read: Goodbye, Ada and Burt. | am
discouraged" Burt was his only child.
| Wrasey was out OF work
While John Stonich, of Calumet. was
| standing on one end of a long piece
of timber that was balanced on an
other timber. a rock fell on the other
| end, sending il down so sharply that
! Stonich was hurled $50 feet through
| the air. He struck the ground with
| terrific force and was killed instantly.
Confessing that he robbed Postmas-
| ter Eurene Leonards store in Wa.
trousville, Frank Wilder told the sher-
! in where he had hidden the stolen
/ $25 under a rail pile near Caro-, and
! it was found there. Wilder robbed the
same store once before and served a
year and half in the Detroit house
of correction for 1t.
Attorney General Bird has issued a
long statement calling the attention
/ of voters TO the amendments to the
state constitution that are to be voted
upon next Tuesday. Mr.. Bird declares
| that there is the greatest urgency for
| the adoption OF these amendments,
which are intended to force all cor
| porations to pay their taxes.
While cleaning out an old spring of
water on his farm six miles east OF
| Oxford, c. j. Smith discovered a GU
rious pair of horns, the like of which
have never been seen by anyone in
! this vicinity. The horns are round
and sharp pointed with a coil like
rams horn The largest one is 81
| inches long and the other slightly
shorter.
Declaring the goods OF the uni
yersity and Prof Wenley have been
placed in false light by Mrs Mitchell
| Reyes book, The Road to Damas-
Gus" T. A. Major. a pharmic student
i from Manistee, has written book i'm
! defense of them. His work, which is
nearly completed, contains IS chap
ters and will be known as The Road
! From Damascus
the council OF Munising, Alger com
| IS, has passed an ordinance providing
that the number of saloons cannot DE
increased until the town has attained
population OF 10000. AS the popula-
ton is now but 900, the proprietors
of The 10 saloons I'm the town believe
that they will have a monopoly of the
business for some time to come.
Elsie Evarts, II. battered up all the
furniture in his mothers house in Mus
kegon and then attempted to end his
I ife hy inhaling gas. His mother took
the youth to police headquarters,
whore ne was locked up and sent TO
I The Detroit house of correction for 80
days.
While Henry Cook. aged ~. OF Mus
/ kegon. was reading the Bible prepare
tory TO retiring Wednesday night, fire
broke out In the kitchen of his home
totally destroying the building which
! represented the savings OF a lifetime.
The loss is $1,000. with but a small
| Insurance.
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