The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-04-24
MICHIGAN ITEMS.


Vista, pricked her hand with hatpin
and died of blood poisoning.
The Independent Stove Co., of De.
troit, announce that they will move
their stove plant to Owosso.
Rep. Charles E. Ward and his wife
left Bancroft for Chicago, and 1t is
understood they will not return.
Boyne City cot ,cil has decided to
submit proposition to bond the city
for $4,000 for street improvements.
Mrs. NJ. f. Perkins, OF Grand Rapids,
was found dead in her home when a
neighbor woman ran In to make her
an afternoon call.
The Corunna high school building, a
fine brick building, was destroyed by
fire Tuesday, which originated in the
chemical laboratory
Mothers In the Syrian colony in Ian.
sing wrap their infants in bundles and
carry them on their backs in the same
manner as do the Indians.
Joseph Jeanott, one OF the pioneer
lumbermen of Muskegon and we'll
known in business circles all over
western Michigan, is dead.
Gov. Warner has announced the ap-
pointment of Prosecutor John S. Nc.
Donald, OF Grand Rapids, as circuit
judge of Kent county, to succeed the
late Judge Wolcott.
The West Bay City Sugar Co. will
refine raw sugar brought from Ger
many. III the experiment is profitable,
II will enable the beet sugar plants to
operate the year round.
While escaping from a fire in their
general store at Mayfield, Thomas
Smith and his family were forced to
escape through a window. Mrs. Smith
was badly cut by broken glass.
The four children of John Miller,
the Westphalia farmer who shot and
killed his wife while drunk and is now
in Ionia prison, will begin suit against
the saloonkeepers who shot Miller
liquor.
To get recognition from the Cigar
makers union, from which he was
elected. Gus Herman will begin suit
in Port Huron asserting that his treat
ment by the organization was wholly
unfair.
A Detroit friend OF Thaddeus s. Var
mum, the newspaperman who disap-
peared from Ann Arbor last winter,
has arranged to drag the river for
mile, In the hope of recovering Mr..
Varnum's body.
The two men who stole the d. u.
r. copper bonding wire, Charles Hayes
and John Meyers, pleaded guilty In
the Oxford county circuit court and
were sentenced to 80 days each in the
Detroit house of correction.
Afta. % o.,o- on ,,oa~c
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles ID. Thomas have
returned to Lapeer and are settling
down in their old home. The two were
married 4S years ago, but parted when
they disagreed in domestic affairs.
The bodies of Tom Murphy and
Fred. Egerton, two 16-year-old Sagi-
nav boys who disappeared while duck
hunting, were found on the Murphy
farm flats. Their fiat boat overturned
and they were entangled in decoy
lines.
While the police were hunting for
him, William Martin, of Flint, who
came to attend the funeral of his
brother and who disappeared on the
way to meet his wife at the railroad
depot, was found to have been asleep
during the search.
Horace G. Spencer was seated as
Mayor OF Flint and ex-Mayor Geo. Nc
Kinley turned over to him the gavel
Mckinley declared that he would not
contest the decision OF the recount
board. which finally held that Spencer
was elected by two votes.
After waiting in the depot In Port
Huron for IL hours for her son, who
had gone in search of some of their
friends, Mrs. Mary Morgan was found
by the authorities, who took her to
her friends. The woman is 20 years old
and cannot walk without assistance.
Attorneys for ex-State Treasurer
Glazier will apply to the Ingham cir.
cult court April 20 for change of
venue in the cases against Glazier un-
der the indictment returned by the
Ingham grand jury. Notice was served
on Prosecuting Attorney Foster Mon
day afternoon.
An accurate indication of the re-
sumption of normal industrial condi
tons is shown In the fact that the 500
freight cars stored in the Cen
trail yards at Bay City have all
been put into service. Other yards full
of idle cars a short time ago are now
comparatively empty.
Oficial announcement is that the
Grand Trunks locomotive shops in
Battle Greek will be finished July /
and opened November with 500 men.
When the first batch of engines reach
an advanced stage, a second group OF
men will be employed, until within a
year from 1000 to 1000 men will be
at work. The industry, now so nearly
completed, represents over $4,000 900
expenditure.
A bill providing for the creation OF
third federal district in Michigan to
be known as the northern district Of
Michigan has been introduced at
Washington by Rep. Loud. The pur-
pose is for the relieving OF the con-
gestion In the present federal courts
in Michigan. The provisions Of the
bill are that the new district shall
embrace all territory now included In
the eighth, tenth and twelfth congress
sional districts, also the counties OF
Clare and Roscommon In the seventh
district The court is IN he locafed