The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-01-22
MICHIGAN NEWS IN BRIEF

The board of supervisors OF lngham
county decided to submit the local
option question to the voters at the
April election.
One hundred and ten out of 100
school districts in Sanilac county |
have established Libraries by consent
OF the voters.
The Michigan United Traction com
pany announced that after April /, IL
would have all steel cars on the Bat
tie Creek division.
Attorney-General Fellows, in an
opinion, rules that state armories are
not required to pay sewer tax as
sessed by municipality.
Elaborate preparations are being
made for the mid-winter session OF
the Michigan Pioneer and Historical
society to be held in Port Huron.
The saginaw vice district must go.
The city commission ordered that II
be wiped out and instructed the po-
lice department to close every resort
The new church building of the Lat
| ter Day Saints at Port Huron was
dedicated Sunday, with Elder Grice,
of Croswell, in charge of the ceremon-
les.
The young ladies of Port Austin
have taken the initiative in the mat
ter of a Y. NJ. c. A., and have be
gun plans to establish gymnasium
here.
Supervisor John Hunt, of Bad Axe
has been elected president of the Far
mers' Mutual Insurance Co, OF Huron
county for his eighteenth successive
term.
The Charlevoix County Farmers in
stitute will meet in Boyne City, Jan
uarv % and q. A number OF promi-
nent outside speakers Will be in at
tendance.
Farmers Of Barry county are mucl
gratifed over the fact that sa-yA2
station. which will probably be tEs
forerunner of a canning factory L-.-y
, be built in Hastings.
Major George L. Harvey, OF Por,
Huron. for "a years Identified with the
state militia, has retired from service
and was presented with 24-year ser
l. vice medal at Lansing.
e Grading on the right of way of tn
Grand Rapids and Northern railroad
e is RAPIDLY nearing completion between
7. Hesperia and Ludington, only lev
2, cuts and fills remaining.
S. At a state executive committe
Is meeting plans were made for nolan
e the annual convention OF the Mich
gan State Homeopathic society, i
L. Saginaw, May IL and 10.
Baptista Brossio was killed instan
ly when he came in contact with
live wire at the Eureka mine at Bess
~ mer The voltage was not heavy b'
- he was standing on a steel boiler.
y Michigan miners will continue wor
after March l, when their wage sea
expires. according to President JOSEF
Smith. Heretofore the men hay
ceased working while a new scale W;
ne being determined.
of A. f. Stevenson, OF Port Huron WI
hi elected president of the Michigan II
ra- nroved Live Stock Breeders associ
m ton. which closed it's convention
ay East Lansing Saturday. 1t was
er cided to hold next years conventl
tn in the same place.
)st The office of county register n
been combined with the office of col
ms ~ clerk. by the supervisors, of Bran
DIS, This saves the registers salary
lal, 800 per annum. The salary of
r. clerk was reduced 500 but he n
'ial gets fees from both officer.
After being out all night, jury
the Livingston county circuit Co
Saturday morning returned verd
of $4,000 for Mrs. Gertrude We
'e against the Ann Arbor railroad. NJ
leu wells sued for $4,000 for injuries
uo' ceived in an accident last July n
g. Howell.
d1a At a meeting of the Saginaw CO
81 Nv supervisors resolutions were ado
I'd placing the Office of sheriff OF
10. salary basis of $500 and under-sl
om. if at $500, all fees to go into
80 county treasury. The county r
,,,o commissioner is changed from an
tive to an appointive office.
Senator Charles e. Townsend
,rge been selected POSTMASTER for the
' of coin club banquet which will
sler. place in Kalamazoo, February
ord. Among the speakers will be Sen'
w. l.. Jones, of Tennessee, and
70 John Wesley Hill, of New York
., An explosion of gas caused the
= =, story frame house occupied by l
49, Lessord and Modest Robare and
thad lilies at Ishpeming to collapse
- Of pletely. Although there we're Sc
- persons in the building at the
AZ a and fire completed the ruin, none
hurt.