The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-10
MINOR MICHIGAN NEWS.

gun burst.
A Bakers union has been organized
at Battle Creek. The city is fairly
alive with labor unions.
Marshall carried an election for
water works by 600 majority and $780,
600 will be spent in their construction.
Harry Mccormack, of Kalamazoo.
was shot in the eye by boy named
Moses, who was careless with an air
gun.
A poultry farmer of Rice Creek feeds
his birds wheat, and claims that he
thus receives $3.50 per bushel for the
grain.
Fred Collins, II years old, of Niles,
was frightfully lacerated by vicious
dogs bite and will be permanently dis
figured.
Judge Hare threatens TO call grand
jury to investigate municipal affairs OF
lronwood. He claims that the place
has been mismanaged.
Farmers in Monroe county are being
visited by agents who claim TO have a
new variety of wheat that will yield
$50 bushels of to the acre.
August Adolphson, aged 30, of Trout
Creek, was fatally injured by piece
of flying timber from saw in the mill
in which he was working.
A seven-year-old daughter of Leon
Errons ut Grant Center, St. Clair
county, was fatally burned while play
ing near the kitchen stove.
William Edwards, SIS years old and
Il ha, 80 6ar of % nin q
found lying on his face dead In his
room. He had been drinking hard.
The magnificent donation of $1,000
from Houghton county was received by
the relief committee of Iron Mountain.
Supplies are now coming in literally.
Kalamazoo's council has adopted
recommendation for city electric
light plant to cost $4,000. The city
pays SIS, 900 year for lightning now.
"Parson" Aruey has organized a
Congregational church with SO men,
bers as the result of his labors at Clarhs-
vile and he will work at Lake Odessa
next.
In quarrel over woman in sa-
loon at st. Ignace, Chas Lacomb
stabbed Ed Gloss in the back and in
fiicted probably fatal wound. La.
comb is under arrest.
Col. Geo. p. Sanford, of Lansing
veteran editor and politician died from
paralysis. At the time of his death he
was editor and publisher of the State
Democrat ut Lansing.
Mrs. Mary Joy, aged 90, suicided ut
her home in Essexville, Bay City sub
urb, by swallowing carbolic acid. She
leaves 3-year-old son. No cause for
the act is assigned.
The annual meeting Of the Michigan
Salt company was held at Saginaw and
n movement placed on foot to form a
combination with outside manufact-
urers to raise the price of salt.
Grand Rapids cigar manufacturers
are trying to cut the scale of wages.
They say the wages in that city are
much higher than in other Michigan
towns, owing to discrimination by the
union.
w. ]. Dundass, of Frederic, was
found dead in bed. His wife died last
November. He has since kept house
alone and has been drinking quite
hard of late, which is probably the
cause of his death.
Fred Ii. Giddings, of Lawton, has pc
titioned for mandamus to compel the
county treasurer to show cause why a
liquor license should not be issued.
This is n formal and definite attack on
the local option law.
Gerrit j. Diekema, who was defeated
for Encouragement by A. A. Ellis,
has been looking into the May-Rey-
nolds decision at Pontiac, which, il
sustained, will throw out enough De-
troit votes to overcome Ellis majority
of 1922.
Fred Ratzcl, of East Lake, about IA
years of age, tried to jump on NOV
ing locomotive on the Manistee &
Luther railroad at Manistee and fell (
under the wheels, which cut off one of
his legs. He was taken to the hospital
where he died.
Mrs. Lucy Granger Wagner, of Pot.
terville, was enveloped in the flames of
an overturned lamp The woman Is a
cripple. Her left foot was burned SO
the flesh came off, and she may die.
Neighbors saved her and her little
child from destruction.
Claude Case, of Ncwberry, secretary
Va thO ~ lTObl COIup uuT
which donated the sight for the New
berry asylum, informs the governor
that the deed rejected by the site com
mittee will be corrected SO as to con-
form with their wishes.
Vermontville claims the oldest
Mason in the United States, If not in
the world. Daniel Barber is o. years
old, and was made Mason at the ago
of 81; and has been in the order for 70
years. He is also the oldest surviving
male pioneer in the village.
Louis Keller, teacher of the village
school of Concord is under arrest
charged with administering terrible
whipping to Arthur Mallory, a pupil,
because the latter was few minutes
late in arriving ut school. Mallory's
back is badly bruised and cut.
w. IL. Boothroyd, prominent
Mason, and well-known throughout
the state, dropped dead in the Scottish
Rite cathedral, Detroit. Mr.. Booth
royd took deep interest in Scottish
Rite masonry, and was rarely absent
from convocations of the Rite.
The Pewabic Mining company has
let contracts for 1000, 900 feet of hem