The Yale expositor., 1908-03-06
MICHIGAN BREVITIES.

| rive pearls FOUND In quart or OyS-
ters netted George Messer, of Cadillac,
500.
The regulars will not camp at Lud-
ington with the state troops, il Is re-
ported. Indianapolis has also been cut
off.
Miss Iva Bowers. aged 20, OF Ed
wardsburg, ate Paris green and died
few hours after the birth of a
baby.
The tenth congressional district con-
vention. held in Bay City, indorsed
Taft for president and Loud for con-
gress.
1t is reported that the Lake Shore
Railroad Co. will change it's Goshen.
Ind.-Battle Creek division INTO an
electric road.
The Kalamazoo county local option
fight was started with a meeting at
tended by 1000. Hundreds agreed to
give personal aid.
The Harvey Lumber Co., of Detroit,
incorporated for $4,000. The Stand
ard Screw Co., of New Jersey, with
drew from the state.
Postmaster Bolitho, of Norway, re-
fused to sell stamps during the Sun
day hours Of the postoffice. He de-
clined to give a reason.
There are 225 families on the Sag
inaw poor roll" The charity de-
partment cannot assist all in need
because OF lack OF funds
Prohibition headquarters have been
opened in Traverse City and 60 900
leaflets are being distributed. A fund
OF $500 has been raised.
Deputy Game Warden Thrasher is
here to start work on fish shoots to
be placed on several Genesee county
dams The work will take about ten
days.
Three hundred Muskegon high
school students contributed FIVE cents
each TO buy books for poor students
who lost them in the raid Monday
night
The Prohibition party has selected
Genesee county as one Of the coun-
ties for local option test. Rev. Fred
W. Corbett, of Adrian, is conducting
nightly meetings
Harry Wickware, aged Is, was kill
ed by a freight train while running
away from farm near Bronson.
where he had been sent from the
Coldwater school
Trusts, tariff, money. ever, other
issue will take back seat to prohibi-
tion in the coming national campaign"
declared c. w. Mason, the Oakland
county Prohibitionist.
There are heavy sales OF force
pumps and rubber boots in Saginaw in |
anticipation of a bad food Farmers |
ments are being emptied.
Pleading guilty to the charge of |
bigamy, Harry Pryer. 81, of Ishpem- |
ing, has been sentenced by Circuit \
Judge Stone to serve from two to FIVE |
years in Marquette prison.
Attorney Frank Weaton. a temper
ance advocate, is a candidate to sue |
ceed State Senator j. r. Cropsey, of |
Vicksburg. Rep. Grant Hudson, of |
Schoolcraft, may also enter the race.
Prof. C. d. Smith. dean of the short
courses OF the NJ. A. c., has received |
his official appointment as director of
the Luis De Queros agricultural col
lege OF Brazil at a salary of $4,000 !
annually.
Walter Sackett, who killed his
aged wife on their farm near Wood
land, tried to kill himself by butting
his head against the cell bars. He
was restrained and later sent to the
lonia asylum as insane
Neither the Pere Marquette nor the
G. r. & |. railroads will ask for an
extension of time on the federal law
which directs that no men concerned
in the direction of trains shall work
more than nine hours a day
Mrs e. B. Close. daughter OF C. w.
Post, millionaire cereal man, has
sued the NJ. u. X. for $500 for the
death OF her Pomeranian dog, run
down by a car Carroll l.. Post is
acting as next friend, Mrs. Close
being a minor.
Many are puzzled as to the age OF
Capt. Matthew Ryan, of the Bay City
police department. He has snow
white hair and black whiskers. His
birthday was celebrated last Saturday
and 49 guests were present. The num-
ber may have denoted his age. |,
Mace Stratton, lumberman, was
nearly frozen to death He was walk
ing from Kalamazoo to the camp
where he worked when he became
exhausted and sinking down in the
snow. he went to sleep. He was dis.
covered by fellow workmen.
A movement is on foot among Sagi-
nav Republicans, said to be ap-
proved by John Baird, to circulate pc.
titions for the holding of primary
elections to nominate county officers.
This will be Saginaw's first expert.
ence with direct nominations If the
scheme pans out.
William ST. Clair, a one-legged
man, the only one in the institution,
is the latest arrival at the Mar |
quette penitentiary. He was sent up ,
from Presque Isle county for high.
way robbery. He has done time i'm
Jackson prison and the Detroit house
of correction.
Col. James S. Parker, of the Third
regiment of the NJ. n. G., has an L
nounced the following appointments:
Capt Charles S. Martin, Flint, ad- ,
jutant; Capt Harry K. Loomis, La
peer. quartermaster; Capt A. K. Hoov-
er Calumet. commissary; Rev. c. H.