Charlevoix county herald., 1912-02-10
Brisfs Of Me Weex

y The County Local Option Commit
itee will .ho,d neetinR In Oils city
next Wednesday, Eeb'y I4th, at .2:cO
p. m.
Albert Stanley .bas purchased
through real estate agent Joel John
son the old Tpttle farm In Eyeiine
township.
Peninsula Grange Wall bold annual
stallauion ut officers next Tuesday.
ebEusry 18th, comuaeucing at ll:W
m. Dinuer Will be served AT Tue
hall.
A. Churchill was called TO Ann
Arbor this week by the serious illness
of his son Gail, WIN is in the hospital
there. Later report Indicates that
Gail is cOnvalescing.
For the first time IN I3 years. Lake
Michigan is believed To be frozen
from shore Go shore. During the last
week tile thermometer has gone down
as low as 40 AT Manistee. 30 at Lud-
ington, 20 al Frankfort, and from 10
40 80 Ia other sections nf tie state.
The Herald is in receipt of a copy OF
the new 1912 booklet OF the Western
Michigan Development Bureau. The
publication is by far the hest they
ever issued aud will lie the means OF
Interesting thousands Of settlers to
the district covered by our develop
ment bureau.
The first leap year party OF the sea
.son was given at the home OF Miss
Bell Roy Tuesday evening. Abou
twenty were in attendance and
Jolly good time enjoyed. The ladie
invited the gentlemen. sent theu
flowers, aud called for them. Feat
ures uf the evening were cards, lunch
aud a soprano solo by w. c. Spring.
A bill has been Introduced in con
gress for the experimental establish
ment of a town mail delivery system
The bill applies TO towns OF over on
thousand population and having
postotfice of the second and thir
class. Both city and rural patron
now have the free delivery syslel
audit is ranly "a matter OF time unl
The villages aud smaller citles WI
have a IKE service.
Directors OF the Charlevoix Count
Agricultural Association held sewers
business sessions az the Russell fiOu'
Jr., who plans to locate in the sou'
in the near future, resigned MS pos
tion and the Directors appointed l.
R,y Sherman TO dill the vacancy. II
latter served as secretary of the Ass"
iation for a number OF Years and
thoroughly convrrsant with the wor
EB. Ward and Elmer lnga'is we
iiere from Charlevoix To attend, =
Miss Julia Cedersteu, popular al
wei!.kuown young lady OF our cit
was married last Thursday morni'
In St. Jo,eph's church to Lawren
Lawler an excellent young man ffo
Petoskey who has been making Ea
Jordan his home for the past II
months. Martin Lawler, brother
the groom, acted as best'man
Miss Grace MeGuirk assisted t.
bride. This wedding comes as 81
nrise to Miss Cedersten's frlent
The happy couple leave for Petosk
where they will make their home
the present.
Frank Fotchman, OF Petoske
prominent business man, was IL
week sentenced nv Judge Shepard
a four months term 10 the l'etr
House OF Correction, in addition I
5000 fine and $5 costs for violating
local option law. Fotchman
charged with the liquor offenscs
pleaded guilty in the circuit COT
lake Krusel, convicted on the "a
charge, was sentenced to &c days
the Emmett county Jail, and asses
$50 and Sl5 costs. Emmett IL. Wh
an Alanson druggist, convicted
violating the local option law 10
Septen,ber term OF court. was asses
one hundred dollars fine and CO
his punishment being dealt out UT
the old law. which did not req
imprisonment.