The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-11-01
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| Muskegon.-After deciding his farm
| to his son, Ole Peterson, Gilbert Peter
son, the father, who is sixty-five years
| old, recently won II back in law
suit. and obtained license to wed
Mary Chandler of Fruitport town
| ship.
Kalamazoo.-A romance which start
ed in college ended in the marriage
of Miss Vera MufTley of this city and
John E. Walker, son of C. A. Walker.
| former state legislator and clerk OF
the ways and means committee In the
lower house in congress.
Saginaw.-Ezra Rust, Saginaw
philanthropist, has donated $4,000
towards the proposed old ladies' home.
for the erection of which w. r. Burt
made an offer of $4,000 IL $4,000
could DO raised. A movement has
been started to raise the additional
money.
Saginaw.-CharIes Carlisle, twen-
ty-nine years cid, of Detroit, 'who
confessed to 20 burglaries in this city
in one month, was sentenced to Ionia
for from two and a half to five years.
Carlisle was released from the Ohio
penitentiary six weeks ago. Angelo
zenno, jewelry thief was sentenced
to Jackson for three years.
Muskegon.-Maj. Charles e. Storrs,
eighty years old, the first dairy
and food commissioner of Michigan, a
Civil war veteran, and a pioneer resi-
dent of North Muskegon, died here.
He served in As battles during the
Civil war and was severely wounded.
He was prominent lumberman of
Muskegon during the early days.
Muskegon.-The Ministers union
Of, the Swedish Baptist confer
ence for the lower peninsula of Mus
kegon completed it's sessions here.
the annual meeting having occupied
four days. Among the speakers at the
sessions were Rev. Carl o. Dahlhed of
Cadillac, Rev. John A. Westin of Man.
istee and Rev. G.. ]. Okerlind of Chi
cago.
Bay City.-Mrs. Thomas Cullen's
GOODNESS and presence OF mind
undoubtedly saved the life of her
bed-ridden husband. The bed on
which Cullen was sleeping caught
fire when lamp overturned and Mrs.
Cullen lost no time in picking up her
husband and carrying him to the side
walk.
Lansing-The infant son Of Mr..
and Mrs. e. l.. Dandy narrowly
escaped being killed when baby car
riage in which 1t was riding started
down an incline and was trampled I'M
der q horse in the street. The child
was thrown out just as the cab
reached the horse and was uninjured
save for slight bruises. The cab was
smashed.
Stanton.-A south-bound through
freight on the Pere Marquette
split the switch at the Ionia junction
in this city while running at full speed
and piled ten heavily loaded cars In
the ditch, tearing up rails for 40 rods
and blocking traffic. The engine kept
on the main track and was not de-
rallied The switch had apparently not
been properly locked. No one was in
jured
Saginaw.-Mrs. Jack Reed. fifty
years old, died In st. Mary's hos
pital from exposure, after having been
I'D the hospital three hours. She and
her husband had been living on the
lowlands near the river, in the heart
of the city, without q tent and with
only a quilt for bedding. The police
discovered them week ago and want
ed them to move. They refused, say
ing they wanted life out of doors.
Pontiac.-For the second time
within a week. Clayton Gilbert
and Gordon Burnett, twelve-year-old
boys held at the detention rooms
charged with the theft of wheels. es.
capped Detention officer Frank Jack
son nailed down the windows of the
place, and took the boys clothing, but
they pred up the windows and are still
at large. The boys were clad only in
shirts and knee pants when they es-
capped.
Grand Rapids.-About 300 dele
gates attended the opening ses-
sion of the National Society for the
Promotion Of Industrial Education
here. The delegates delivered ad-
dresses in the Grand Rapids churches.
Prof. Frank Leavitt OF Chicago uni
versity spoke at Fountain Street Bap-
fist church. Vocation training in
my estimation" said Professor Lea
witt, lis as fine a line Of missionary
work as could possibly be taken up"
Pontia.--"Scotty" Morrow and T.
Henderson, serving short terms
for intoxication, dug through the brick
wall of the Jail and escaped. They
have not been apprehended. Willard
Flick and Raymond Ray, ten-year-old
boys, held at the detention rooms to
be taken to the industrial school. es-
capped from the place thinly clad, but
we're returned to the officers. Six boys
have escaped from the detention
rooms within a week. but all have
been returned.
MISUNDERSTANDING the conten-
tons of the mining men relative to al
legged over-assessment of stock-piled
ore, the state tax commission has ap-
praised the mines of the Marquette
iron range at s2S,64S.Ol4. Compared