The Yale expositor., 1910-10-07
STATE NEWS

tried to dispose of in Lansing. Stoney
pleaded not guilty and will be tried.
He was released on $500 bail. Inspec-
tor Howe, of the state department,
says that there have been and will be
several more arrests of farmers from
certain sections of the state on
charges of watering their milk ana
cream, but this is the first case where
a farmer has been arrested for this Of
tense.
Bay City guess scratched my
self" is all Joseph Beutzier, of De.
troit, Ill in Mercy hospital here, would
say in explanation of cuts on his
throat made with a jackknife he had
with him in his room Beutziers yells
attracted nurses and they found him
bleeding from cuts in the neck, none
serious. Beutzier's brothers, living in
Detroit, found out few days ago that
he was in the hospital here and they
have made arrangements for his re.
moval to Detroit The Beutzier family
prominent among Detroit belgians,
but Joseph has been wandering about
the country more or less. He was
brought to the hospital from farm
where he had been working as a farm
hand
Saginaw.--Roy Sampson. ten years
old, taken into custody on a petty
theft charge, when brought into the
probate court said that he had been
given away by his father, William
Sampson, nine months ago, while his
mother was i'll in a Muskegon hospi-
tai, and since that time his guardian.
the lad said, had forced him to steal
and often whipped him. The guard
ian Is a peddler, who has been trav-
ersing this section of the state, but
on receiving news of the lads ar
rest, he hurriedly left Officers have
sent out word to apprehend him. The
lad will be held by the probate court.
Flint.-In the arrest of Frederick
Smith, aged fourteen, the police have
solved the disappearance Of eight BIZ
cycles and five razors and shaving
outfits, taken from as many homes
within the past few months. The lad
has confessed to the larceny of the
above and has given the dates on
which he took the articles. He is
unable to explain his desire to pur-
loin nothing but razors and bicycles.
He will be held to the juvenile court.
Owosso.-Rev. G. w. Olmstead, the
young minister of Perry who has been
assigned TO the pastorate of Mary
Palmer NJ. L. church in Detroit. has
made a reputation as a brilliant
preacher in the year he has been in
the Shiawassee town. He received a
salary of $1,000, which is more than
ever was paid before in Perry, and Is
claimed to be greater than any other
town of that size in Michigan, pays a
minister.
Grand Rapids-Clem Blood. an ex-
convict, thirty-six years old. and Ar
thur Shellhorn, eighteen years old,
arrested, have confessed to striking
the blow that caused the death of
Marinus Landmann, the aged store
keeper who was assaulted and robbed,
on the outskirts of the city week
ago.
Menominee.-Otto Schwartz and
William Pontow were "headlighting"
deer in the woods near here when
the latter was mistaken for a deer
and shot to death The coroner and
prosecutor will investigate.
Petoskey.-While eating dinner
Neil McDuffee swallowed a small
chicken bone which lodged in his
throat. A physician who was unable
10 remove the bone with forceps, is
trying to absorb It with acid.
Saginaw Charles Clifford, fifty-two
years old, fell face downward in a
pile of building sand and was found
dead a new minutes later. Physi-
clans say he suffocated in the sand.
Saginaw-S. G. Siefard, resident
of Durand, has complained to the
police that a stranger whom he met
and befriended stole $165 and his
gold watch.
Hillsdale.-When Mrs. John Ha-
vens, wife of a Civil war veteran. 65
years old. made complaint against
him. charging assault and battery;
he broke everything of value in the
house. When an officer came for him
he had died of heart trouble caused
by excitement.
Calumet.-Balloonis Homer Haz-
ard of Lansing, who mysteriously
disappeared with balloon and two
parachutes during an, ascension at
Houghton fair grounds, is believed to
have drowned. Portage lake has been
dragged. Ills body has not been
found.
Port Huron.-The Trade and La
Dor council has protested against the
eorosed scheme of the ID. u. ID. to
decrease the number of regular cars
between this city and Detroit and at
the same time increase the number
OF limiteds. The labor men claim the
cancellation of an hourly schedule pro
viding for all stops will work a hard
ship on them.
Lu iington.-The township of River
ton has ben wrought up over the sud
den disappearance of Clara Shappee.
the 20-year-old daughter Of ]. Shapee,
prominent farmer OF this county