The Yale expositor., 1910-10-21
n EW s OF
MICHIGAN

landed In coal pile.
Port Huron.-Rev. w. ]. Balmer, dis
'trict superintendent OF the NJ. K.
church, assisted by Rev. Ell p. Ben
nett, pastor of the First Methodist
church OF this city, married his daugh-
ter, Lottie Margaret, to Frederick
George Richards of Ironwood.
Monroe.-At the meeting OF the com
mon council that body ordered a letter
sent to the councils of Detroit and To
ledo. stating that the city of Monroe
is ready and anxious to do its share in
constructing a macadam road between
Detroit and the Ohio city.
Fenton.-Charles Lockwood. a Hick-
DRY Ridge farmer, fell from the top of
"A new barn to the ground, a distance
of &c feet. and was badly injured.
Traverse City.-A. M. Leslie has
leased the property known formerly
as the Northport Beach hotel, which
was burned about three years ago, and
will rebuild the structure.
st. Joseph. Edward Waters, fifty
three, German resident of this city.
ended his life with dose of lauda-
mum. Domestic trouble is said to
have led to his act
Grand Rapids.-Members OF the ma
tional and state Horseshoers' associa-
tons in session here favor the Gre
:ation of national board of arbitra-
ton to adjust all labor disputes.
Flint.-Peter Define, marshal In
Clio, received letter telling in detail
.of tho deafb oF bio hrotbor In naoaf,,r
ILL.,, and an investigation developed
that the death message was fake.
Ann Arbor.-Because the sophie
mores caught several freshmen the
other night and filled their ears with
shoe backing 1t is unlikely that the
u. OF MS student council will permit
the annual night rush.
Saginaw.-Harvey Dye, thirty.five,
was sentenced by Judge Crate of the
circuit court. to 18 months to three
years in the Detroit house of correc-
tion, with the recommendation of two
years, for wife desertion.
Adrian.-Dr. A. w. Chase was dri-
wing his auto across D., T. & I. tracks
when it was struck by freight train.
He was thrown, sustaining a broken
leg and serious hurts about the head
and side.
Plainwell.-S. c. Adams, well known
among the commercial travellers of
the state, and owner and manager of
the Plainwell opera house, dropped
dead in local hotel. He was a mem
Der of the local Masonic lodge He is
survived by widow and two children.
Observation-Disclosures about 1900
pupils now attending the Christian
Reformed, Lutheran and Roman Cath
Ollie schools, in this city, will be I'M
loaded on the board of education to
take care of, educationally, will be
decided at a meeting The three in
stitutions have, since their establish
ment, received free water service
from the city The council recently
decided to install meters in the
schools, and the heads of the institu-
tions have announced that IL the or
der is carried out they will march
their pupils down to the board of
education's office and demand that
they be taken into the public schools
Lansing.-The fourth drowning in
the Grand river this year occurred
when canoe in which George G.
Hileman, twenty, and a companion,
Frank Goodrich, both Of this city, sud-
denly overturned near the Kalamazoo
street bridge. Neither of the young
men was able to swim and the current
drew Hileman away from shore, al
though he made frantic efforts to
reach the bank. Goodrich succeeded
In gaining land. The body was. re-
covered a few hours later.
Saginaw-Rev. G. NJ. Smith of Mel
vim has purchased the Melvin Ga
zette.
Marshall.-Roy Davenport, aged
thirty-one years, prominent farmer
of Marriage township. was arraigned
before Justice McCutchinson, charged
with assaulting three sisters of his
wife, aged fourteen, seventeen and
twenty.
Marshall.-Albert Z. Engle COM
pleted a Jail sentence for defrauding
Battle Creek man out of one dollar,
and when he left the jail was arrested
by the sheriff from Council Bluffs. Ia
lie VIII Ue ldhSH lutlS W dhSNSi "a
larceny charge.
Marshall-Petitions asking for a
resubmission Of the local option ques-
ton to the voters next spring were
filed with the county clerk.
Mt. Clemens.-The special election
held here on the question of a
franchise for the independent Ma
comb County Telephone company was
landslide FOR the dual phone system.
A total vote of about $50 ballots was
cast, of which the new phone re-
ceived ga.
Capac.-Daniel Diamond of Lurn,
eighteen years old, vast struck by a
Grand Trunk train and So badly In
jured that he died two hours later.
Jackson.--The county coroner has
ordered an inquest into the death Of
Herman Jonas. the aged man who died
in a cell at the Jail under peculiar cir
cumstances. Jonas was suffering from