The Yale expositor., 1910-09-09
WOLVERINE
NEWS BREVITIES

ing on them and rendering the vic
tim unconscious. Earlier A. M Cole
man fell from stepladder, his hip
being broken. while Christopher Nit
ref. employed at Nichols & Shep-
ards thrashing machine shope. sus-'
tanned fractured skull when hit on
the head with a crank w. d. Terhune,
Frederick, Mich, was struck by Gar
field avenue car and considerably cut
up, and c. w. Sutherland, farm hand,
and Mrs. E. c. Hart, sanitarium
guests, fell from street cars, Mrs. Hart
suffering fractured arm.
Calumet-One of the most remark
able escapes from death in the annals
Of the Lake Superior copper industry
occurred at the Red Jacket shaft of
the Calumet & Hecla mine when Mike
b. Sunrich, a timberman, in stepping
from repair cage to the main cage,
fell into the shaft. He fell $50 feet
before he grasped the rope attached to
the skip, saving himself from fall of
mile to the bottom of the shaft and
instant death. His hands were badly
burned on the wire rope, but other
wise he was unhurt.
Battle Creek-After years of wran-
CLING over contagious diseases that
have been treated either in private
houses or In pest house" very near
the north side residence district, tho
city closed an option for the purchase
from Frank Kingman, of ten-acre lot
outsi edthe city on North avenue.
contagion hospital will be erected in
this secluded ten acres.
Lansing.-A message received here
says that the IA students Of the NJ. A.
c. who were In the fireswept districts
of the northwest. are safe. Their par
ents have been notified. Clarence
Beardsley and Harold Miller, both
twelve years old, had so much money
when they bought a hat in a clothing
store that the clerk became suspicious
and notified the police. The boys
were taken into custody and it is said
they robbed a woman at Jackson,
their home.
Ithaca.-P. d. Petit, ex-sheriff of
'Gratiot county. and formerly state oil
inspector, died from typhoid fever He
leaves a widow and one son. Mrs.
Thomas Scudder, seventy years old,
resident of Lafayette township, killed
herself by taking poison. Ill health Is
given as the cause. She leaves a hus-
band and three children. Mr.. Will
liam Sell accused of settling fire to
her mother-in-law's house and throw
ing carbolic acid in her husbands face,
has been adjudged insane and sent to
the asylum at Traverse City.
Muskegon.-To help pay the hospi-
tai expenses of young John Nyquist.
the boy who had his leg cut off above
the knee while jumping a Pere Mar
quette freight train some time ago, a
club of fellow playmates has been or
ganiZed TO canvass the CITY, asking for
only small sums of money to aid the
youth. The boy is now improving, but
the case is pathetic, as the mother is
supporting the family, the father be-
ing now confined in the asylum at
| Traverse City.
Midland.-Orville Horton, two years
old, died Of ptomaine poisoning here
| from the drinking of milk secured
from farmer. Authorities are ma
king an investigation. John Williams,
seventy, while driving near Midland,
suffered a stroke of paralysis and fell
| from his rig. The first known of the
| tragedy was when his rig was found
| on the road near his home. He was
found dead by the roadside.
Calumet.-Rev. A. L. Heidemann,
pastor of the Finnish Apostolic church,
was struck by an automobile driven
by Byron Malford and suffered frac-
| ture of the skull Mr.. Heidemann was
alighting from a street car and
stepped in front of the auto. In fall
ing his head struck street rail, re-
sulting in a long cut. 1t is not be-
lieved he will survive.
Lansing-In cream taken from five
different local restaurants, the chem
lists of the state dairy and food COM
mission have found formaldehyde.
The commission Is making an attempt
to determine who placed the Tornado
hyde in the cream 1t Is possible that
prosecutions will follow.
Port Huron-The mystery of the dis.
| appearance of James Milligan OF Sar-
MIA was cleared when his body was
found floating in st. Clair river near
Algonac. The body was taken to AL.
gonac and later removed to the Cana.
dian city for burial.
Brighton-Roy Caverly, formerly
foreman In the Howell Republican,
has bought he Pickney Dispatch.
Mason-Mrs. Alvah Grinnell, who
had lived In Ingham county since
1s43. is dead, aged 50 years. She had
been an invalid 10 years.
Charlotte-Dan Bryant, local drug
gist, pleaded guilty in circui tcourt
to violating the local option law. Sen
tence was deferred until the October
term.
Battle Creek-Development which
arose make 1t practically certain that
the Grand Trunk decision placing the
blame for the Duffield wreck will not
be made public by Trainmaster Akers