The Detroit times., 1912-01-23
WHERE LIFE is
WORTH LIVING

Edgar Mcdonald, % years old, OF No.
Fourteenth car at Hancock-ave
ana Hastings-st., Monday, and badly
injured about the head and face. lie
was taken TO 81. Mary's hospital In
the police ambulance.
The body of the man killed by a Miehi-
gan Central train at the Livernois-
ave. crossing Sunday night. was
Identified Monday as that OF John
Barrisky. OF No. 20 Rollin st, an en-
ploye OF the Michigan Copper * Brass
Co. He was unmarried.
Charles w. Cross, No. 5000 East Grand
overcoat, valued at $50. was stolen
from his exhibit at the automobile
show, Monday Cross had hired a
stranger TO help him fix up his ex-
hibit. and while he was out trying
TO hire another man, the stranger
disappeared with the coat.
The proposed federation OF the various
neie hbOrhoOd Improvement assOcta-
tons In Detroit was not looked upon
with any degree OF favor by the
Mack-ave. Improvement association
which held a meeting Monday even
ing. In which the matter came up.
Those who spoke on the question did
not believe that the proposed feder-
alton would be OF any material BEN
eft.
The First Congregational Church So
ciety's annual meeting Monday even.
ing showed the church TO nave had
prosperous year and 10 be Tree
from Indebtedness OF any kind. The
total amount raised by the society
was see. 500. all OF which was expend.
balance on hand George r. Lawson.
f. N Hovey and c. III. Haberkorn
were elected trustees for three years.
Coroner Burgess decided Monday night
after q thorough investigation that
Mrs. Jennie Stabenau came TO her
death as a result of her own care
lessness She was found unconscious
I'm her home, No. els Hammond-ave,
Friday morning, and died, Sunday. In
st. Mary's hospital. An examination
OF the body revealed that she had
sustained fracture OF the skull and
four broken ribs. Coroner Burgess
believes that while intoxicated the
woman fell down the basement steps.
That there are 5000 persons I'm De-
troit who are ON the "N. G." list Mt
the corner grocery was shown Mon
day evening by a detailed report pre- :
scented to the Detroit Retail Grocers'
association In special meeting.
Not all were classed as out-and-out
"deadbeats" by any means, but near
" 1000 were given the beneht or
the doubt and classed as among those
persons whose intentions ito pay
some day" are reckoned as worth
something anyway. The local asso-
citation will send two delegates TO a
meeting to be held in Lansing Feb.
8. for the purpose OF organizing a
state branch OF the National FEEDER
alton OF Retail Merchants.
Fentre.s q. kerIln, an Insurance
agent, asked for n divorce In Judge
Colds court Monday afternoon, on
the grounds OF desertion. He dis
played n letter from his wife,
Cyrene, in which she stated she had
tired Of the humdrum OF housekeep-
ing, and was going TO Washington,
ID. c., where she hoped TO find life
more to her liking. In the letter
she stated that their little girl had
been placed in a boarding school in
the east, where both OF the parents
could see her. AS the husband had
no corroborative evidence Judge
Codd took the matter under advise
ment
John r. Lentx, 40 years old, with no
home, was found dying I'm an alley
I'm the rear OF No. 253 Gratiot-ave.,
Monday night, by Patrolman Fred
Juergens, who carried him into Haus-
ers saloon, No. 235 Gratiot-aven
where he died within a few minutes.
Lentz, who IL said to have been q
morphine fend, muttered the single
word dope" when the officer picked
him up. During the day he had told
many OF his acquaintances that he
was going to die that day, but they
paid no attention to him He has a
wife and two children at No. 692
Van Dyke-ave., but was separated
from them.