The Yale expositor., 1909-06-18
MICHIGAN ITEMS.


10.
Fred Elliott, OF Chesaning. was
stricken deaf while playing a flute
Wednesday Physicians cannot under
stand the case.
The S-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs
John Leach, of plymouth township
was drowned in a puddle of water on
his fathers farm.
Rev. William Coulter for many
years a Presbyterian clergyman, died
in Ann Arbor Friday. He had acted
as janitor in local store for the past
ten years, since his throat gave out
When the Milwaukee business men
were on a junket through the upper
peninsula, they were given a ride be-
hind a yoke of oxen at Central Lake,
the first that many of them had ever
seen.
Pat Bowes, an Irish section fore
man at Walton, held 60 Italians at bay
till the sheriff arrived. The men had
become angry at some rule. and draw
ing knives and guns, threatened the
foreman.
Tom Allen killed a 450-pound black
bear on his farm near Alpena Friday,
which on the previous night had at
tempted to carry of one of his pigs.
1t is the largest bear ever killed in
this vicinity.
The Monroe county circuit court
caldendar does not contain a single
criminal case. This being one of the
counties which turned down local OPP
ton, the saloonkeepers feel proud of
the conditions.
Sheriff Amidon, OF Grayling, re-
turned from the Sailing Hanson lum-
Der camp, after an all-day search for
Mrs. Kate Latham wife of an employe
there, who has been missing since
last week. No trace could be found of
the woman
Judge Stuart of the Grand Rapids
superior court has been summoned to
appear before the supreme court at
Lansing and show cause why an in
junction restraining the city of Grand
Rapids from dumping its refuse into
the Grand river should not issue.
The weekly report of the druggists
in Jackson county shows that 1876
gallons of whisky were sold in seven
days for medicinal purposes, and
this despite the declaration of the
board of health that the general
health Of the county was never bet
ter.
The unwilling of the statue to FIR.
Marquette will, according to present
plans, be held early in August. 1t is
doubtful If President Taft, who in
tended to be present, will be able to
reach Marquette at that time, because
of the long session of congress. The
statue is 10 feet high, and has reach
ed New York from Italy.
The Anti-Saloon league of Michigan
will invade the upper peninsula June
16, which date will mark the opening
of the campaign in that section of the
state. The local optionists will begin
the fight in Chippewa county and will
gradually work through the upper pc
ninsula territory. p. w. Marsh, OF De.
troit, will head the organization.
In a wild runaway in Lansing Mrs.
Peter Nihart wife of farmer living
south of that city, and her daughter
were thrown from their rig to the
pavement with great force when the
horses crashed into load of lumber.
One horse fell with its neck broken.
and in its fall struck one of the wo-
men as she landed on the pavement.
Both women were removed to the city
hospital. 1t is not believed either was
fatally injured.
Extreme simplicity will mark the
presentation of the handsome loving
cup. given by the students of the u.
of NJ. TO DR.. James B. Angel, as a
parting tribute to the president. The
cup is OF simple, but rich design. II
is IS inches high, and the bowl is 20
inches in diameter at its widest point.
The engraving reads: ITO DR.. James
Burrell Angel, from the students of
the University of Michigan, 1909"
The cup is of solid silver, and is de-
signed to typify growth.
The body of a man with the skull
crushed, lying against an abuttment
of a bridge in Herman, Neb.. is thought
to be that of F. j. Griffith, of Lansing,
Mich. In the pockets was a small sum
of money and memorandum book in
which was written: "In case of serious
injury. notify Mrs. James Griffith. Ian
sing, Mich. My name is F. j. Griffth."
In another pocket was a card OF the
switchmen's union issued to Pat Dono-
nut, VI tic GSIc mdTQucllt TOdu. he
body was taken to Blair and buried in
the potters field.
Circuit Judge Yaple, of Branch coun.
ty, handed out sentences TO men in
the county jail as follows: Latham
Miller. Union City druggist, 20 days
and $105 fine Charles Fitzpatrick, six
months in the Detroit house of cor
rection; Otto Vilerharber, 80 days in
the same place, and Charles Bratz, 65
days, also in the Detroit, all for viola
tions OF the local option laws. Bert
White was given two and one-half
to five years, and William Smead, his
partner, one to Ave years in Jackson
prison. for the theft of $126 worth OF
wool
Because. the doctors say, his eye
has become fiattened and tough by
the air pressure on II in the many
years he has been a locomotive en-
gineer, Bert Priest, of the Pere Mar.
quette railroad, was not blinded by
splinters OF steel torn from the engine
drivers when he applied the brakes,
as they did not enter and DESTROY the