The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-14

,,.,ss5, 1sa..,n u FscSnaNa, az Chicage
M, Shc vas struck by the Ner'n-
western train az h.ghland fSrS an"
lb,r holly horribly smutila'e@ M's
E-s-,r,, VAS a daughter ~ The iA''
,,,,,s BACON. one ~ the pioneer ''s'-
sc,ts ~ RscanaNa. and Tor several
,-,,rs Mas enga gea as a teacher IA
fbe puAiic schools IN the Delta county
\ ,,,,tropolis. she moved To Oh''"s'
.hont twelve years $50 and was en-
-,.,a As teacher 81 Highland PARK
,,ntn three wears ago when she was
.,,s~riea 20 Martin Kimble. prom'h-
IN onilding contractor 81 that suburb
r,,rire M, absence ~ one 81 the regu-
lar TEACHERS from the city Mrs hi".
HE was substituting as teacher anu
D. was while on her way 20 work tha'
she vas struck by the train and killed
Hens Make Record
nave Thomas OF Sault Ste. Marie
has tusatv- three white Plymouth Rock
hens which IN twenty-one days of De-
cemher laid three hundred and hfty-
two eggs That's a pretty good record
for winter laying.
Will Stage BILLY Taylor
Plans are progressing for the pre-
sentation in the 500 at an early date
Of the tuneful comic opera. billy ray
lor.~ under the management of Messrs'
Fleming and Muehling 1t will be CIV
en- under the auspices and for the peh-
eft Of the Y. NJ. c. A.
Eseanaba Pastor Resigns
After having had charge of the con-
eregation OF the German Lutheran
Evangelical church of Escanaba for the
mast ten years. Rev. Leonard j. Kasper
has resigned his passionate and with his
family has gone to a new charge at
Ronduel Wis. Bonduel has a large
German population and over 100 fami-
lies are enrolled as members of the
church. Mr. Kasper will probably be
succeeded in Escanaba by Rev. L.
Witte Of Daggett. Menominee county
who has been given a call.
Blaekboards Charged With Electricity.
Defective wiring brought about a
strange condition of affairs i'm the LID
ertv street school i'm Menominee ana
one which is being investigated by the
authorities For some time. the stu
dents and teachers in a number OF the
rooms have noticed that every time
certain portions of the blackboards are
encountered, the party touching the
substance suffers a slight shock. The
Liberty building was erected In 1881 ana
was first used as a high school. 1t was
wired for electric lights six years ago.
Delta County Divorces
During the year 1909 thirty-four ac-
tions for divorce were instituted I'm
Delta couhtyV according to1ahe records
i'm the office of the clerk 1ofVthe court
OF this number. twelve resulted in de-
crees being Agranted and the remaining
twenty-five cases are still ipending or
have otherwise been disposed. of. Dur
ing the year one divorce was refused
one action was withdrawn and one
was appealed to the supreme court
None of these three cases, however
was begun In 1909. Desertion. non
support, drunkenness. and, extreme
cruelty were the most common causes
of domestic infelicity n1eading to ac-
tons brought for martial separation.
Mill is Closed at Present.
d. n. McLeod's sawmili at Rexton'
Mackinac county is notIin operation
at present being shut down for some
necessary repairs. Mr.. Mcleod is car
fiOnc In the
woods this winter employing upwards
of $50 men in getting out logs and ce-
dar and has already a large quantity
of timber on the sideways. A logging
railway conveys the timber from the
woods to the mill. Mr.. Mcleod also
conducts a general store at Rexton
which is i'm charge of j. W. Gilligan
Anyone who knows Dan" knows that
he is very much alive and that he thor
oughly enjoys living. Although located
in little numbering town the visitor
to his home is pleasantly surprised &c
find a handsome and commodious
dwelling nesting there in the woods
equipped with all the modern conven-
fences of city home. Here Mr.. and
Mrs. Mcleod hold open house the year
round. na4-
Wedding Surprises Friends
Taking all his friends by surprise
DIR. Frank T. Long, dentist of Esea-
naba. was married to Miss Ethel Eliz-
abeth Gordon at the home Of the bride
at Vancouver b. G. Not q hint OF his
matrimonial plans was given to even
his closest friends until after the cere-
mony had been. performed and the for
nal announcement came. q DIR. LONG
met his bride while on a visit in the
west last summer and the acquaintance
begun at the time developed into
friendship which has now illuminated
i'm marriage DIR. and Mrs. Long are
visiting with relatives of the bride III
the west and will return to Escanaba
about Jan. 20. Dr. Long I'm addition
TO being one of the leading dentists oil
Escanaba. is prominent in political az
fairs of the city. He represents the
Fourth ward i'm the city council
Will Dredge for Platinum
The Gold-Platinum Dredge company
has been organized at the 500 and has
taken over the McKeone patents and
IAN other interests of the 500 Nome
i Ntio;og camnanv which IL succeeds