The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-11-12
MICHIGAN BREvITIES.

ueT, living near fOSIOTld, DuTHeu Us
the result of fire started by Seeord's
cigar Two valuable horses were de-
stroyed.
Miss Laura Casey, of Saginaw, has
been awarded a Judgment of $4,000
against the ID. u. h. for injuries re-
ceived in alighting from car in De-
troit year ago.
John Alderbrink Holland farmer,
fell face downward on a quantity OF
glass and cut himself so severely that
he may not recover. His sight will
likely be destroyed.
Ishmael Covel and Gustav Baum
bach, wanted by the Laota. Ind, po-
lice for burglary, came into Jackson
carrying shotguns and were arrested.
One of the men has served in Jack
son prison.
James Layine was arrested yester-
day on a Jackson warrant charging
embezzlement On the way to the
station the fellow was attacked with
fits and has been placed in a strait
jacket.
Aid. Samuel Howes, whose nephew
was killed and whose son was seri-
ously injured in Fourth of July cele-
brations, is advocating a sane observ-
ance of the holiday in Battle Creek
next year.
Though Philip Grondin, a wealthy
lumberman of Seney, for several
years has been a supervisor of
Schoolcraft county, he filed an appli-
cation for United States citizenship
on Thursday.
The state board of health has been
investigating the alleged violations of
the pure food laws, especially in the
sale of oleomargarine, in Saginaw the
past few days, and It is expected that
arrests will follow.
Harry Munson, aged IS, was acct
dentally shot in the head while hunt
ing and lies in a critical condition
in Kalamazoo hospital He was ~
ing in the bottom of a wagon with
the gun beside him when it went of.
At a farm auction near Eaton Rap
ids, five mich cows were sold for
which SOS was the lowest and $72 the
highest price received. At the same
auction six horses brought total
of 1888. and 100 chickens went for
$102.50.
So scarce is farm help in Barry
county that many farmers are dig
ging their potatoes at night. All
farm crops were exceptionally bounti-
full, but many of the potatoes and
apples still unharvested are in
danger of being frosted.
Farmers all over st. Clair county
are complaining that they are being
! Systematically robbed of the turkeys
that had been fattening for Thanks
giving. Fred Smith of Port Huron
township. reports that 81 Of his
choice birds disappeared one night.
The supreme court has ruled that
a man who is in Jail cannot be sued
/ George Weale, Clinton county far
mer, started suit for damages for the
| alienation of his wife's affections
while the respondent, William Teeter,
was in jail. charged with clipping with
! Mrs. Weale.
The plans for the extension of the
! federal building in Jackson are being
! given an overhauling by the super
vising architect in Washington. The
embellishments and fancy points will
be somewhat modified and the cost
| lessened before the plans are again
advertised for bids.
According to Auditor-General Full
J Ter, the shortage in the primary
school appropriation is caused by
eight railroads who have thus far
| failed to pay up 1922, 601.96 in taxes
for this year. 1--WE are going after
those fellows, and expect TO have the
1909 taxes all in before long," says
Fuller.
The trial OF Jacob Glass, an aged
German, of Lansing, against his wife,
is to be held at once by the order OF
Judge Collingwood. Grass, who is
extremely aged, wants to get back
land which he decided to the woman
after their marriage. He claims that
she lived with him but few days.
She is his second wife
The skilled machinists of Saginaw
have announced their opposition to
the proposed trade school for which
w. r. Burt gave $4,000, and have
made formal protest against it's es-
adjustment They claim 1t will ruin
their apprentice system, which re-
quires four years of assistance from
boys. and will food the market with
machinists. The board of education
has the matter under advisement
w. L. Wilson, former secretary of
the United Home Protectors Frater
nifty, of Port Huron, who is serving
time in the reformatory on a charge
of misappropriating $4,000 of the
fraternitys funds, has developed into
a Sunday school teacher. Every Sun
day, it is said, Wilson appears before
his class and insists that each
scholar pay attention to the topic
that is up for discussion. The prison
authorities declare that Wilson is one
of their best prisoners.
AS a result of a woman's quarrel,
Mrs. Mary Stuck, a widow formerly
living in Freeport township, and Fer
dinand Luchene were arrested at
Sharon, Kalkaska county, charged
with the murder of an infant child at
birth. The alleged crime is said to
have been committed four years ago
when Maude Boss. unmarried. gave
birth to a child. Mrs. Stuck attended
her. and It is charged that she and
the Boss woman made away with the
| infant. which was found I'm a stump