The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1913-08-08
MICHIGAN NEWS IN BRIEF

nc Will De nelu w euhSsSuty, August
20. at Round Lake, near Petoskey.
Announcement was made that tho
annual reunion of the Eleventh MichS
gan infantry will be held August %
% in Leonidas.
While making flying coupling in
the Pere Marquette yards at SIS ginaw,
Andrew j. Fisher, a switchman, was
crushed between two cars, dying in
stantly.
There were 100 present at the TWEEN
tieth reunion of the Clement family
at the home of Mr.. aud Mrs. o. f.
Williams, at Hillsdale, several states
being represented.
John Kachels of Estey was crushed
to death when the spiles upon which
he was standing on a Michigan Cen
trail fiat car slid off ano rolled on
top OF him, at Saginaw.
The Grand Trunk Railroad Co. will
be made the defendant IN suit for
100000 damages as the result OF the
fire which destroyed the business sec
ton of Perry few weeks ago.
Hurrying in an automobile 10 Lam
sing TO procure flowers for the fun
eral of his wife. who died Monday,
Andrew Dunn, of Haslett, was him
self killed at Okemos Tuesday after
Prof. +. ID. Rich. OF the engineering
department OF the U. OF NJ. has re-
signed from the university faculty
to accept the position OF state sani-
tation engineer under a new law eff
fective August IA.
The Church of Christ, Disciples, of
Cadillac, sent a call TO Rev. j. h.
Nersey, of Swindon, Willis, England
several weeks ago, and received word
that he will become their pastor on
the first of September.
Deputy State Fire Marshal Robin
son and State Labor Commissioner
Cunningham are preparing 10 make an
inspection of all hotels in the state
to ascertain how well they are equip
ped with fire escapes.
The state library will be closed dur
ing August when necessary repairs
will be made. This is the first time
that the library has been closed since
the erection of the present state cap
itol and the establishing of the library.
Members of the First Congregation
al church at Alpena, presented Rev.
[. w. Stuart, their pastor, who was
formerly assistant pastor OF the First
Congregational church OF Detroit, with
30-horsepower, four-cylinder motor
car
George p. Chambers rendered his
resignation as secretary of the Alpena
Chamber of Commerce, to become ef-
fective September l. Mr.. Chambers
has accepted position as secretary
OF the Chamber of Commerce at Me-
nominee, Mich.
In full view of the life saving sta
ton at st. Joseph. AL Yundquist
was drowned. Yundquist slipped off
the dock and though the life savers
had him out of the water three min
utes afterwards, they could not resus-
citate him, He was about % years
old.
Charles II. Thomas, of Hastings. has
resigned as great lieutenant COM
mander of the knights of the Modern
Maccabees to become general organi-
ger of the order. Great Commander
George S. Lovelace has appointed
Judge +. j. Jeffries, of Detroit. TO sue
coed him, and Thomas ]. Thompson,
of Grand Rapids, will take Jeffries'
place on the great executive commit
tee.
James Neuman, who was injured in
the automobile wreck at Okemos, in
which Daniel Dunn was killed is
dead. He will be buried in the same
lot with Dunn. Two days previously
Dunn went with Neuman TO purchase
a lot in Woodhall cemetery in which
to bury his wife who had died the
previous day. He wanted 10 buy only
half lot, and Neu!nan bought the
other half
A Detroit park was the scene of a
strange suicide in which a man of
80, apparently, CARRIED himself in his
best clothes, drank carbolic acid
somewhere on the green, and then
tried to ease the torture of the burn
ing drug by clamping his lips 10 a
drinking fountain and locking his
legs about the iron tub beneath. He
was not identified and had only II
cents in money.
Before closing its two days session
at Flint, the Michigan Hay & Grain
Dealers association elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, F. f. Now
lin, Albion; first vice president, A.
w. Cutler, Adrian second vice presi-
dent, Charles Stewart, Chesanng;
treasurer, Albert Todd, Owosso; di
rectors, l.. II. Barlow, Cromwell; Jas.
Kerr Melvin; Fred II. Houghton,
Clio Frank Bloomer, st. Johns, and
c. r. Huston, Detroit.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. s. Sowerby, own.
ers of the Bull farm in Irving, one OF
the first tracts of land taken up in
Barry county, will give to the county
few square rods of land on which
stood the trading post established by