The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-07-05
NEWS OF
MICHIGAN

by fire. Mr.. and Mrs. Stratton
were away from home, leaving
three children, aged nine, four and
two in the house alone. The oldest In
filling the oil stove, spilled the fluid
which started the blaze. She ran into
the next room and grabbing up the
two younger children who were sleep
ing. ran outdoors and gave the alarm.
The loss is $500.
Port Huron.-As result of
shock he received when he came in
contact with an electric wire of high
voltage two years ago, Frank Healey
became violently insane at the Union
hotel in this city. He was taken to
the county jail and held in restraint
until noon9 when he was removed to
his home In Saginaw.
Pontiac.-Richard Lozano, arrested
at Birmingham as vagrant, at
tempted suicide In cell In the coun-
ty jail by slashing his throat with a
razor. Other prisoners discovered the
act and called the officers. Several
stitches were required to close the
wound.
Pontiac.-Elma Lally, nineyear-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam H. Lally, is dead from swallow
Ing the cork OF candy bottle. The
cork lodged in the bronchial tube and
caused an infection from which the
child died.
Muskegon-The Illinois State Fur.
niture Warehousemen's association
closed it's annual convention at
| the Lake Harbor hotel and voted to
hold it again here in 1914. Lieutenant
| speaker.
Bad Axe.-Edward Harding, forty
| five years old. prominent merchant in
this city. dropped dead in his yard
from heart disease.
Tecumseh. - The body of Mrs.
Marshall Cole, who had been miss
| ing for several days, was found in
the Red pond. just above the electric
light plant, by boy who was fishing
and caught his hook in her clothing.
Mrs Cole had been home from an asy-
| lum for the insane but few weeks
aSd apparently was all right mentally,
secretly left her home, went to the
mill pond in her night clothes and
| jumped in. The pond was dragged and
search lights and fishing jacks were
used at night, but without avail. She
was fifty-two years old and leaves
husband, son and daughter. II Is be-
lieved that fear of return Of insanity
| prompted the act.
Mt. Clemens.-Arna Powers has
| engaged a lawyer and is making
a fight in the probate court to keep
his son, Leo, fifteen years old, out OF
the industrial school at Coldwater.
| The latest complaint against Leo was
filed by Superintendent Hudson of the
| public schools, charging him with de-
linQuency. County Agent Crawford
has twice recommended his com
| mittment to the industrial school.
| Marshall-An all.night search, a
broken automobile and three hun
| CRY officers is the history of the
attempt of Branch county Off
GERS to capture four chicken thieves
who made away from a farm near Gil
,ard with wagon loaded with chick
ems.
jackson. = Because George Perry,
| colored interfere with her while
she was engaged in shaving her
father, Sarah Lillis, also colored,
slashed Perry with the razor, and as a
result both the Lillis woman and Perry
are held in Jail. Twenty stitches were
needed to close the wound in Perry's
arm. The cutting ARRAY occurred at
the home Of Glen Jones. Perry made
some remarks, it is said. Words fol-
lowed and he hurled a beer bottle In
flicting a bad wound on her lip. 1t ID
alleged Then she cut him.
Saginaw. - Alexander Fry consid-
ers himself a lucky man because
of an accident which nearly killed him,
and yet cured him Of a nervousness
from which he has been suffering, for
long time. He was standing near
his chicken coop when 1t was struck
by lightning, and knocked him uncon-
scious After recovering from the
shock he found his nervous troubles
had left him.
Marshall. While ditchers were
at work on drain In Burling'
ton township they discovered what Is
believed to be tooth, Ave inches
square, of a prehistoric animal known
as dinosaur. The tooth is evidently
back tooth as the top Of 1t is cor
rugated. The dinosaur, which is sup
posed to have inhabited North Amer
lea about $4,000 years ago, was rep.
tile 7b feet long, with head and neck
rs feet long. The tooth was found In
what Is known as a glacial NIL"
Kalamazoo am glad my boy
is dead. 1t relieves me Of all the