The Yale expositor., 1910-10-14
STATE
HAPPENINGS

Preistman of Lake Odessa, goes 10
Mrs. Charles Jones of Temperance,
Monroe county. She was the first to
identify Walker and call an officer.
Walker confessed the killing, but said
he shot in self-defense. He will have
hearing October II.
Battle Creek.-Mayor Bailey has re-
fused to sign the pay check of Alder
man Elinski, whose election was ve-
toed by the former, and who secured
an injunction restraining the execu-
tive from interfering with him in the
discharge of his official duties.
Allegan.-Charles Il. Stearns Of
Grand Haven came here to attend a
meeting of the board of directors of
the Allegan and Ottawa County Fire
Insurance company and was found
dead in bed at a local hotel He
leaves a son and daughter
Elsie.-When Mrs. Dorothy Dodge,
known here for more than half cen
tury as Aunt Dolly" celebrated her
eighty-ninth birthday anniversary,
fresh strawberries, part of a second
crop, picked on a neighbor's farm,
were served to upwards of 80 friends
and relatives.
Port Huron.-George Griffin, man.
ager of the Bank of Montreal, in Sar-
MIA, Ont, was knocked down by an
automobile and sustained a broken
hip. He is in local hospital.
Muskegon--A. d. Hedges, one of
Oceana county's Oldest residents, is
dead at his home in Shelby He had
lived in Oceana county for over so
years, and was eighty-three years of
age at his death
Ludington.-There seems to be an
unusually great number of small
snakes in this city. The reptiles are
about six inches long, brown in color
and show tendency to curl up and
show fight when disturbed.
Charlo.te.-Fred A. Fairchild, one
of the publishers of the Charlotte
Leader, and Miss Gladys Ward, deputy
county clerk for the past four years,
were quietly married at the home OF
the bride.
Monroe-When Edward Austin's
shirt sleeve caught in the bevel gear
of a machine in the Boehme & Rauch
mills his arm was slowly dragged
through the mesh of wheels and torn
TO shreds.
Niles.-The Michigan State Tele.
phone company has installed the new
automatic system. The improvement
represents an outlay. of S25,000.-
Ground was broken for the new $685..
600 school building.
OXford.-The garage of DR.. ]. w.
Bachelor and the home of William
Blashill were destroyed by fire. The
loss is $4,000. with little insurance.
Oscoda. Mrs. A. j. Bradshaw was
so terribly burned by the upsetting Of
a kettle of boiling tar that she died
Monday.
Owosso.-Henry Hull, a printer, was
riding a bicycle, when he ran into two
fighting dogs and was thrown twenty
feet, sustaining two fractured ribs. He
was found unconscious and taken
home.
Saginaw-M Marie Lutjohann,
seventy-three years old, and resident
of Saginaw for the past 60 years. is
dead
Muskegon.- Minnie w. Keck
was married to Douglas B. Mann in
the First Congregational church. Rev.
Archibald Hadden performing the
ceremony Miss Jean Jones, Grand
Rapids, and Benjamin Coleman, De-
troit, were among the guests.
Ypsilanti-Mrs. Harriet A. Gilbert.
widow of John Gilbert, died suddenly.
She was one of the best known wo-
men in Ypsilanti, being prominent in
charity and church work. She was
president of the Ypsilanti Home asso-
citation, a charitable institution. She
is survived by a daughter, Alice. Of
this city, and son, William Gilbert,
of Grand Rapids.
Marshall-Jerome Nichols. the Bat
tie Creek real estate dealer charged
with criminal intimacy with his Office
girl, once convicted and sentenced but
granted new trial by the supreme
court, was placed on his second trial
in the circuit court here.
Ann Arbor-The two test cases
against John Burd, a bartender in
the Cook house, for selling liquor to
students, we're disposed of in circuit
court. Burd pleading guilty and pay
ing costs Of $3.50 in each case.
Cadillac-Awakening from dream
in which he saw the angel of death,
w. II. Walser, east of this city, step
ped into the bedroom of his brother.
=. f. Walser, aged 62 years, and found
him dead. Heart trouble is given as
the cause.
Ludington-William Wieswalter, a
prominent business man of this city.
died suddenly from heart disease. He
had been a resident of Ludington near
ly half century and was 10 years old.
Ann Arbor-A man past so years
registered in the university as q fresh
man. His name is Ulysses Grant Hus-
ton, and he comes from Manhattan.
Kan.
Ludington.-January /. 1911, new
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