The Detroit times., 1909-01-07
local Ite m s

W1H1El
Detroit jewelers. and optician. who he
long 10 the local Nest Of ku-Kus will
meet Thursday evening In German
Salesmens halL
Judge Murphy announces that herenf-
ter pro confesso divorce eases VIII be
heard Monday afternoons, beginning
\ at 1880 o'clock For several months
III has been the custom 10 hear them
on Monday morning.
Renewal OF the mortgage given by
II Edith ,. Andrews, wife OF, Frank 4.
Andrews TO L. IL. Grosslight for 81,
oso ana covering all her household
goods located at No. 430h Cass-ave..
was Med Wednesday.
w. q. Clark, who wa. formerly an cleo
i trtcai contractor In Detroit, and also
4 the owner OF Recreation park at one
\ time. has announced his Intention of
going TO Texas soon To engage I'm the
electrical business there.
Thomas y. Nnyin's term as n member
at the jackson prison board IL soon
10 expire. but II is expected that he
| Navn helped TO save the day for the
y governor by his work I'm Wayne
( county, and his record on the prison
board has been n good one.
4 Edward II. Schreiter, secretary OF the
council eommitteesi at r. n gay life
4 for rue this week All the council
committees have adjourned sine die,
and the new committees VIII not take
hold until next week | can enjoy
myself for a while without letting
the work OF the office suffer"
pounced that war against hand
books In Detroit Will be waged un-
I'll that kind of betting Is entirely
stopped. This action OF the police
sions OF Edward A. Earnshaw. who
admitted embezzling 1880 from the
Dime Savings bank. and losing II In
betting in handbooks.
ssnIx n. no
rear of No. % Ledyard-st., was gut
ted by flames at 4 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon. and 1900 In bills was
burned. The horses were gotten ous
safely. and all but one OF the car
riages were removed. Forthey be-
lieves the fire was started by an In
truder, as the door was found open
when the fire department arrived.
John Il. Mcguire. veteran Inspector of
the department of public works, died
Tuesday afternoon, In his home. No.
old and had worked for the city for
20 years, being an expert on tunnel
ing work. His widow and the fol.
lowing children survive; Peter and
Paul Mcguire. Mrs. Margaret Baugh,
Mrs. Richard Taylor Mrs. Charlotte
Courtaine. Mrs Horace Rocks.
John Alexander, awaiting trial On the
charge OF numbering his wife In Ford
City last fall. appeared In the pro-
bate court, Wednesday. In custody Of
deputy sheriff, To oppose the petit
ZweIgel. for the appointment OF an
administrator of the dead womans
estate. Alexander wanted the court
To appoint an administrator OF his
selection. Judge Durfee took tho
matter under advisement.
Warrants were sworn out Wednesday
against Mrs. Frank Monroe. of No.
766 Chene-st.: Mrs. Katherine Cries
Zach. No. las Chene-st.. and Mis-
Mary Weber, No. ia Dubois st. on
the charge OF selling cigarettes to
small boys, some as young as seven
years. This action was taken by the
truant officers on complaint of Au-
gust Boike. Of No. 762 Dubois st,
whose seven-year- son has become
slave to the cigarette habit.
Capt Mcdonnell was notified Wednes-
day afternoon that one OF the dia-
mond rings stolen from the residence
OF Arthur H. Sebastian, No. 697 Sec
ond-ave., had been recovered In St
Paul. and within an hour he was no.
tined that the suspected thief was
under arrest In Philadelphia. The
man suspected Is Hammond Bear, son
OF "A st Louis capitalist He was adj
mitted to the Sebastian home on the
strength of his fathers reputation,
and shortly after his disappearance
last June. the Jewelry was missed
ID. &. Endicott, of No. J West Jerer-
sOn-nve., was cnuebt with the ancient
lock trick. Wednesday afternoon. and
is out SIS. Endicott met two men
near the Michigan Central depot. and
as he approached one picked up n
lock. lie bet his companion that he
could open Ii, and after some trouble
the lock flew open. Then one OF the
men bet Endicott he couldn't open
he put UP all the money he had. An
other lock was switched him,
which, OF course, he couldn't open.
The annual election OF the II. u. Y. VI