The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1913-09-12
MICHIGAN
HAPPENINGS

seventy-nve years old. OF lonia. 10 dead
after long illness.
Port Huron.-Returning home from
Marysville, Robert Lozier found his
wife dead in the center OF the parlor
floor. Death was due to apoplexy.
Jackson.-Miss Maude I. West,
membership and extension secretary
Of the Jackson Young Women's Chris
tian association, has accepted a SINH
lar position in indianapolis.
Petoskey.-Indians. numbering 179,
who have been In annual encampment
between here and Charlesvoix for a
week, returned to their various north
ern Michigan homes Monday.
Kalamazoo.-George Waldorf, seven
ty-nine years old, member Of Kala-
mazoo's first fire department, is dead
at the home of his son in this city,
Waldorf was born in this county.
Charlotte.-Otis Gibbs, charged with
embezzlement OF $40 from his fathers
estate while acting as administrator,
pleaded guilty Wednesday and was
fined $25 with 1926 costs. Gibbs also
paid up the shortage
Ann Arbor.-Custers famous brig
ade is holding reunion in this
city. Frank Fleck, only survivor
OF General Clusters cavalry, annihi
lated by Sitting Bull In the battle OF
Little Big Horn, is in attendance.
Petoskey.-During an electric storm
lightning struck the Emmett county
side of the cement wall, tore shingles
from the roof and demolished the
chimney. There were no occupants.
Bay City.-Frank Ladwig, night
| watchma:. at the Mershon-Bacon Lum-
Der yard had narrow escape with
his life when two men fired on him
with a rife. Ladwig had intercepted
them week ago, when they attempted
to steal some brass and they threat
ened vengeance.
Misunderstanding a bottle Of
| carbolic acid for stomach bitters
George Brandt OF iceland, realized
his predicament after taking a spoon
full of the burning fluid and swallowed
several raw eggs before physician
W
was applied with good results. The
eggs saved his life.
Pontiac.-John Braton, farm
hand, who was shot In the leg
by Rufus Brasington, seventy-two
years old. when he was caught steal
ing a horse several weeks ago, In the
township OF Bloomfield, had his leg
amputated. He is at Oakland hospital,
and will be charged with horse steal
Ing when he RECEIVERS.
Grand Rapids.-Charles A. Justin,
city passenger agent for the Grand
| Trunk, has started suit to re-
cover $452, which he alleges he lost
playing poker with Henry Ellis. Justin
declares 1t was his first experience
and that he was enticed by trio Of
professional gamblers with Ellis as
the ring leader and best dealer.
Kalamazoo.-Flames did more than
$4,000 damage to business houses
adjoining and over the Home Saw
ings bank. The H. f. Weimer
tailoring place suffered a loss Of 81
000 while studio over the bank,
where the fire Is believed to have
originated, sustained about the same
damage. The loss to the building was
more than $1,000.
Petoskey.-Henry A. Easton was
badly cut and bruised, Dale Clockling
suffered severe cuts about the head,
and the horse which they were driv-
ing narrowly escaped falling into the
river from the Mitchell street bridge,
when 1t became frightened and ran
away throwing the occupants to the
pavement. The victims are connected
with the Crystal Ice company.
Cadillac.-Fred Maybury, Of Yuma,
is twenty-five years old and has been
under the knife "a times, and expects
to soon undergo another operation. He
lost his left hand several years ago
in a sawmill, and shortly afterward a
leg. Necrosis of the bones set In
necessitating the operations. He says
he has been on the surgeons table
SO often, that II Is scarcely of more
thought to him than going TO dentist
would be for others.
Grand Rapids.-Ray Alberts, TWEEN
| ty-clkHt years Oi0g wac hbhCNt Wv
ing whirled around shaft at the
plant OF the Grand Rapids Veneer
works, when he tried to adjust belt.
Alberts made weekend trips to Kala-
mazoo, where he is believed to have
relatives. Alberts' death was the third
of violent nature to occur in this city
In "a hours. Edward vogt was drowned
In a canal, and Christ Peterson was
burned to death in kerosene explo-
sion.
Flint.-Despondent because Of the
long illness of his wife, who is
dying, Elgin w. Mccall, twenty-five
years old, an automobile worker, swal.
lowed carbolic acid on the back porch
of his home, went into his yife's
room, drew chair 30 he could face
her as she lay in bed, and sat down to
die. He soon began to groan and his
wife screamed for help. Neighbori
ran into the house and found the
mans lips burned white. They called