The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-01-09
WOLVERINE
NEWS BREVITIES

Pontiac.-Mrs. Emily Sawyer, thirty
three years old, wife of Manly
Sawyer of Buffalo, was almost
instantly killed when she plunged
headlong from platform in front of
her dressing room at the Rowland
theater. Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer were
billed as an acrobatic team under the
name of Sawyer & Delina. They had
been washing up preparatory to doing
their turn at the matinee. Mrs. Saw
yer went up to her dressing room,
which was in the second story tier.
and, coming out, leaned over the rail-
ing to talk to some one below. The
railing gave way and she fell dis
lance of IS feet Her skull was frac.
tured and she died within few mo.
ments.
Flint.--As the two lay in bed at
their home at st. Johns and
Easy street, Joe Hozosonos, thirty
five years DID, a beet weeder, turned
a revolver he had recently purchased
side him, and fired a bullet into her
left breast, killing her instantly. He
then turned the gun upon himself and
committed suicide by shooting himself
in similar portion Of the body. No
reason has been determined as yet for
the double tragedy. Hozosonos and
his wife were employed in the beet
fields near Dawson, but lived in the
north end of this city.
Lansng--In accordance with his
campaign promises, Land Commits
sion 4. G. Carton has withdrawn
all state lands from sale and raised
the value Of every acre. "A careful
inventory by Commissioner Carton dis
closed the fact that there are 100000
acres of state lands held in trust at
the present time. Commissioner Car
ton has advanced the price and the
lands are now held from So to S54 per
acre and the total valuation was in.
creased from $4,000 to $2,334 900.
Lansing -Returning to the market
of Louis Cricket, Fred LaFarge,
who accompanied William Oliver
in the robbery of the same store
ten years ago. stole a cowhide
and sold 1t. AS a result LaFarge was
sentenced to 80 days in the county
Jail. oliver Is now serving q life SEN
tence in Marquette prison for stealing
ham from Critchett's market. hav-
ing been sentenced under the habitual
criminal act.
Saginaw.-After a two-days chase
through Saginaw and Gratiot, end
ing at Sheridan, Montcalm county,
Charles Freeman, fourteen years old.
was taken into custody for stealing
horse. He will be brought back to
Saginaw. Freeman rode a wheel into
Brant Center. in the western part of
the county. There he found a horse
and buggy belonging to ]. M, Whaley,
which ne proceeded to take. Chase
was made by some of the citizens, but
young Freeman got away.
Hastings-Too i'll to appear in cir
running a blind pig" in her resi-
dence, Mrs. Sarah Brodesser thirty
years old, arrested In raid last sum-
mer, notified court officers, and Judge
Clement Smith and Thomas Sullivan.
Mrs. Brodesser's attorney, went to her
residence, where she pleaded guilty.
inI, hnJ hn nfv mt his
old infant Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Hollis, is dead from eating poisonous
candy. The child's mother selected a
brilliant scarlet piece Of candy for her
and shortly afterward the child was
seized with spasms. which ended In
death.
Grand Rapids.-The first parcels
post package received in Grand
Rapids came from Ravenna. 1t was a
jar of butter, which originally weighed
IL pounds. When 1t arrived here 1t
was already spread" not having been
insured by the consignee. The ship
ment was a total loss.
CaOllldC.--W OTu TedCneS mere OIL the
suicide, near Alba, of Steven
Greeves, sixty years old, northern
Michigan's pioneer logging jobber.
who shot himself in the head with
revolver because Of dependency.
Pontiac.-Walter Kinch owes his
| life to the timely assistance Of
Lee Cole, mail carrier. The boy
was skating on Clinton river and
broke through the thin ice. Cole heard
his cries and dragged him out.
Grand Rapids.-Rev. Alfred w.
| Wishart, pastor Of Fountain Street
Baptist church, was notified that the
next annual convention of the National
Baptist congress will be held here
next November.