The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-01-18
MICHIGAN
HAPPENINGS

petition with the council asking
$685. 900 damages for the death of his
son, Freddie. June 13, 1912. The boy
was injured while attending the high
school meet at Recreation park. He
was pushed off chute, in play, by an
older boy. Brooks alighted on his head
and 1t was not thought at the time he
was seriously hurt. A few days after
the occurrence conclusion of the brain
developed, and the physicians declare
1t resulted from the fall.
Lansing.-A Detroit insurance COM
cident board for a ruling on
question which has been before the
board many times of late. A grocery
boy was injured at the house of a GUS
toner. The insurance company wants
to know IL the customer Is also liable.
The board ruled that the employer
alone was liable. Many people are I'M
der the mistaken Impression that the
owner of the property is liable under
the law for all persons injured on his
premises.
Flint.-In a statement by Milk
Inspector Friar and bearing the in
dorsement of the board of health, To-
cal milk dealers are given notice of
certain regulations to which they must
conform for the protection of the pub
lie health. Provision Is made in the
new regulations for milk houses re-
moved from barns and dwellings and
also for tuberculin test Of all dairy
cows that must be made each year
prior to May 1.
Pontiac-If the suggestion Of
Prosecuting Attorney Doty is fol-
lowed out by the supervisors, tramps
will be made to split wood before they
are taken care of at the county Jail.
He believes the work cure will rid the
county of many hoboes, as last year
the sheriff had 1,096 offenders, an un-
precedented number In the history OF
the county, and the bill for October,
November and December amounted to
| S3,382.10.
| Port Huron.-Nine one-day meet
ings to terminate with a monster
| roundup are included In the schedule
for st. Clair county farmers Institutes.
as follows: Algonac, January IT;
| China, January IS; Smiths Creek, jan
uary 81 Gratiot Center. January %;
Goodells. January %; Emmett, Janu-
airy "a; Capac, January 25; Blaine.
January 81; Yale. January %; round
up. Avoca, January 20 and 80.
Acknowledgment by his wife
and four children. Rev. Dennis
Clancy. who has been enjoying IL
months furlough from as many years
missionary work in India, left Albion
for that country, where he will repre-
sent the Albion Methodist church as
it's assistant pastor in the mission ac-
tivities in India. The local congrega-
ton decided some time ago to sup
port Mr.. Clancy and his family.
Belding.-Fire starting In the de-
tention home here drove Frank
Heintz. his wife and three-year-old
daughter from the building into the
snow just as the child had reached the
crisis in a severe case Of scarlet fever.
1t is feared that the exposure may cost
the life OF the little girl. The building,
valued at $1,000. was burned to the
ground.
Adrian. = George w. Westerman,
one Of the most prominent mem
bers of the Independent Order Of Odd
Fellows In the state, died from heart
failure. He was eighty-one years old.
Mr.. Westerman has held all Of the
important offices in the state lodge
and was representative to the sover-
eign grand lodge.
Lansing. Prosecuting Attorney
Frank Doty OF Pontiac and Under
Sheriff Green have sent several hogs
to the state laboratory for examina-
ton. Many hogs have been dying in
the vicinity Of Pontiac lately and the
authorities suspect a poisoner Is at
work. The animals are being exam
ined for traces of arsenic.
Eaton Rapids.-Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Blrbey, two of the most promi-
nent residents of this town. observed
their fiftieth wedding anniversary in
the home that they have occupied more
than 40 years.
Pontiac.-C. w. Case of Rochester
won many prizes at the New York
poultry show, and the Oakland
county birds exhibited there were all
of high quality.
Cadillac. The eight-months-old
baby of Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Sher-
man Of Darragh was smothered to
death when the floor Of the room In
which 1t was playing caught fire Mrs.
Sherman was at home alone with the
child and went to a neighbours to call
a veterinary to attend sick COW. Dur
ing her absence the floor around the
stove caught fire and before the moth
ier returned the little one was dead.
Ionia.-The three-year-old daughter