The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1913-05-02
STATE BRIEFS.

The c. *. Williams Co., OF Easton,
Pa, manufacturers of paper mill sup
plies, will locate In Kalamazoo.
William L. Barnett, aged II, for
years merchant at Osseo, died from
the shock received when his automo-
bile turned turtle on an embankment
near his home.
President Nash, of the General Mo-
tors Co., OF Saginaw, says plans are
being worked out for the rehabilita-
tion Of the big auto plant formerly &C.
cupied by the Marquette Motor works.
A. ID. Jones, who has been superin-
tendent of schools at Elsie the past
three years, has been secured by the
school board of Bellevue, for superin-
of schools in that village next
year.
Announcement was made at the
postoffice department that city deliv-
cry will be established at Manistique.
Mich, July /. The service will start
with three letter carriers and one sub
stitute.
If prisoner in the future is arrest
ed in Kalamazoo for drunkenness and
has money in his pocket at the time
he is taken in custody, his money will
be given to his wife or others depend
ent upon him.
S. Horace Roberts, formerly mayor
OF Three Rivers, and head of the Rob-
erts Thorp Car company of Three
Rivers, died in Los Angeles, Cal. Mr..
Roberts was also representative
from the fifth district OF Michigan.
Members of company E. Thirty-sec.
on Michigan volunteers, celebrated the
fifteenth anniversary of their depart
ure for the Spanish war at Grand
Rapids. This is the first meeting of
the company since the close of the
war.
Fred Benham, aged 81 years, son OF
Whit Benham, we'll known resident
of Hastings, and veteran of the Sapn-
ish-American war, is dead as the re-
suit of being kicked in the head by
time he lost his speech occasionally.
Lewis Dras, IA, son of Pinconning
township farmer, near Bay City, was
shot by his 16-year-old brother, Jacob,
while hunting, the charge SCATTERING
the boys right arm, making a hole in
his thigh and penetrating his side The
arm was amputated between the wrist
and elbow.
Pontiac lodge No. 10, Knights of
Pythias, has decided to purchase the
Beaudette block, on West Huron street
fer its permanent home. A building
association will be organized at once
and steps made to raise $4,000 as the
initial payment. The lodge now occu-
pies the third story as club and lodge
roms.
Operations have been resumed by
the Hankey Milling Co., at Potoskey,
after four weeks of idleness, enforced
by Bear river leaving it's course dur
in. the food period. Workmen have
been busy since that time endeavoring
Win tnC dlu VI COntIudms, u put Tie
river in its old bed, and have Just
succeeded.
The Port Huron and Sarnia Ferry
company sent word to Postmaster
Cady, of Port Huron, that 1t would dis
continue carrying mail between that
port and the Canadian city. They
claim that owing to the present rush
OF business that they have no time to
bother with Uncle Sans mail, which
must be carried twice daily.
W. II. MacCallum, and A. L. Arthur
have purchased from the receiver Of
the Flanders Manufacturing company
the right 10 manufacture the auto.
matte power sprayer and all the parts
OF machines on hand. The new concern
is erecting a factory building on West
Howard street at Pontiac, and will be
known as the Champion Power Sprayer
company
Following are the officers elected by
the Gideons in convention at Port
Huron: President A. Il. Gould, Grand
Rapids; vice president, w. +. Redfern,
Lansing; ecretary-treasurer j. J..
Kinsey, Grand Rapids; chaplain, l.. d..
Jones, Buchanan.