The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-08-30
STATEMENTS

a monster picnic and field day at the
! driving park. Mayor III. c. Orvis.
| Judge OF Probate Carl FRANKIE. and 9th
ers spoke. In the morning an Italian
| band from Detroit led procession to
| st. Mary's Catholic church, where they
| attended religious ceremonies conduct
ed by Rev. H. Degryse. the new pas
| tor. II
Ionia.-A new plan has been
] worked out here to save the Ionia
county fair grounds. Mayor Fred w.
J Green being the moving spirit. He be-
leves the city should own the grounds,
/ and that the county has carried the
| burden long enough. For the first
! time in so years Ionia has been obliged
| to pass up It's annual fair. all because
Of debt that has for years hung over
| the association.
Pontiac.--The City Clerks associa-
ton of Michigan elected the following
officers: Dean Thompson. Ludington.
| president: c. l.. Grosbeck. Pontiac.
first vicepresident; II. s. Pain. Esca-
naba, second vlce-prcsldent; w. r.
| Moves. Albion. secretary-treasurer
| Detroit was chosen as the 1914 con-
vention city.
Lansing Fred Goodrich OF Water
town was seriously injured by run
away team.
Ann Arbor-Nicholas Manova. lta!-
! ian laborer, was instantly killed when
he tried to avoid freight train and
stepped in front Of the Wolverine on
the Michigan Central road. Nearly
every bone in his body was broken.
Marshall.--Heart disease. brought
on by excessive heat, caused the
death of William Merrifield, proml-
nent Tekonsha stock buyer and livery
man. He was single, forty years old
and weighed 800 pounds
Kalamazoo.--Lowell Toward, a resi-
| dent OF this city for So years. is dead.
| He was eighty.three years old and
was In the first class graduated from
! Kalamazoo college
Grand Rapids According to re-
port being compiled by Francis D.
| Campau. the total number Of acct,
! dents in the furniture factories or
| Grand Rapids since the institution OF
the employers liability law Is 40i
! This report Is the first to be issued
in the furniture industry in the state.
But -four cases of the 40i were arbi-
trated
Hudson.-Charles Ranney of Mont-
! pelier, o. was probably fatally in
| jured when a tree blown down by a
J cyclone crushed him. He was at
| tending reunion of the Ranney-
Laser families OH the Amos Laser
farm when the storm broke over
nearly l95 nlerrymakers. slightly in
! iuring several others.
Eaton Rapids At the twenty sew
enth annual meeting Of the State I'm
proved Black Top Merino Sheep
| Breeders association the following
officers were reelected: Presidert.
l.. l.. Harsh of Union City. and y G.
Robertson Of Eaton Rapids. secretary
and treasurer. The former has served
| 23 years
Petoskey. Although local officials
will give no information on the
subject, reports f.rc. on good au-
thorty are to TIA effect that the
Grand Rapids & lndanas railroad has
placed an order with the General Eiec-
trio company for five gasoline motor
cars, similar to the one which Is being
tried out successfully on the Pere Mar
quette between Pe.oskey and Charlie
voix.
Hastings. With addresses by
Frank r. Chase of Smyrna depart
ment commander Of the state G. A. r..
and Adjutant Generat-> Spaulding OF
Lansing, the annual reunion of the
Barry county soldiers, closed here.
. Ease made a plea for more sacred OBJ
servance of Memorial day. and
Spaulding discussed aims of G. A. r.
organization.
Pontiac. Charles Mills. tifty.six
years old q lifelong resident OF
this city. committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head. He
was one of the best Informed electri-
clans In the state and had made q life
long study of the business. III health
Is given as the cause OF his act.
Petoekey-Old Tom, blood
hound born ten years ago in Ken
| suShJ anu ull HIS lie a man-tralles,
owned once by William Kittle of Bel
laire, but lately In the care of Charles
Houts, Petoskey, dropped dead while
following scent at Moran.
Observation-Disclosures Kennon-
dolo. the Greek lad who lost
both hands in one Of the paper mills
about year ago, appeared before In
dustrial Commissioner John II. Kin
name. Only the thumb of one hand re-
mains. but the paper company is con-
testing his claim on the basis that
both hands were not entirely severed
| Muskegon. --Taking advantage of
the misfortune of autoists on a
mile of sand road that has been
plowed previous to repairing, several
farmers are said to be reaping nice
harvest by hauling machines out of
the sand at from 81 to IS a haul"
The road is north of Dalton and Is
travelled extensively.
Allegan.-Rev. G. Pieper. pastor Of
| the German Tutharau cburoh noA