The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-12-05
MICHIGAN NEWS IN BRIEF

| swallowed carbolic acid in the second
attempt to end her life in two years,
but will recover
The beard of supervisors of Allie
gan county has voted to submit the
adoption of the county road system at
the spring election.
| William Husband, 26. of Saginaw,
fell under the cars OF Pere Mar
quette freight train while switching.
He lost his right leg.
The Michigan Central Railroad Co.,
has appropriated $1,000 to the North
eastern Development Co., to be used
to boom northern Michigan.
The Sunshine club, of Charlotte,
| furnished baskets of provisions, meats,
canned fruit, ETC., for Thanksgiving
dinners To 80 poor families.
| Bears are reported numerous in the
vicinity of A.pena and farmers are
keeping close watch on their sheep.
Several bears have been killed.
The 2-year-old daughter of Richard
Lichtenfelt, of Zero, was burned to
death. Her clothes caught fire when
she got too near kitchen stove.
The Birch Run Oil Co.. capitalized
at $4,000, was incorporated. The COM
pany will prospect for oil in the coun-
ties of Saginaw, Tuscola and Genesee
The Lansing Arbeiter society held a
a nk OF yi ortu ~ no
ures OF which was the burning Of a
mortgage of $4,000 on their building
Charles Shower, aged 40, of Saginaw,
iaborer and single, choked to death
while eating his supper. A particle
Of food became lodged In the wind
pipe.
The price of milk will be increased
to 10 cents quart, in Lansing, de-
clare dealers, IL the council decides
that the tuberculin test shall be en-
forced.
Nearly 300 students of Michigan COL
leges are expected in Lansing, Dec 6,
and 8, to attend the first state con-
vention of the student missionary
movement.
The citizens of Ithaca held a mass
meeting to protest against the order
issued by both telephone companies
in the county, disseminating the free
county service.
William Penniman, of Detroit, who
| has had charge of the race track in
Lansing, is Interesting business men
of this city in the formation of Gen.
trail Michigan Fair association.
Harvey Smith of Three Rivers,
charged With the violation Of the To-
cal option laws, was found guilty.
Judge Knowlen sentenced him to- rs
days in jail and fines and costs
amounting to $40.
Attorney General Wykes holds that
Wholesale liquor houses have no right
to operate in a village of less than
1000 population. He was asked for
an opinion on the matter by William
| Manchester, of Detroit.
! Charles Neyol, Fort Brady soldier,
is being held in the county jail at
Sault Ste. Marie charged with hav-
ing induced Majorie Adams to come
to this city from Madison,l Wis, in
violation of the Mann law.
| The federal grand jury which was
recalled few days ago, in Grand Rap
| ids, returned seven indictments. One
Is against John w. Sibben, the Man
istee banker, charged with embezzle-
ment of $4,000 of bank funds.
The secretary of state has received
consignment of $4,000 of the 1918
automobile metal license tags. The
numbers are In white enamel and the
background IN green. Over 5000 ap-
| plications have been made for the
| tags.
Five memt ers of the Michigan
vicksburg military park commission
was in session at the state capitol to
formulate plans for the erection OF a
monument In memory of the Michigan
soldiers killed at the battle of Vicks-
burg.
John r. Frufant, president of the
Ypsilanti Milling Co., OF Ypsilanti, was
caught ih tho line shaft at the mill
and before he could free himself his
left leg and arm were broken and the
left side of bis face and head badly
| bruised.
Making a second attempt to have
declared illegal the election OF Joe b.
MADDEN, of Holland, progressive, as
| state senator from the Muskegon-Ot-
tawa district, DR.. Edward Hofma, re-
publican, has filed protest with the
board of canvassers.
De Wright Brothers, contractors,
have 100 men and rs teams rushing
work on the new Kalamazoo conven-
ton hall and armory, and plan to have
II completed early next summer. The
structure will be fireproof and without
furnishings will cost $4,000.
Warden Simpson and Chaplain
Tougher, of Jackson prison, have re-
commended Robert McComb, the Flint
man who is serving life sentence
for the murder of John Irwin, to the
board of pardons Friends of McComb