The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-01-10
STATEMENTS

Battle Creek.-Ten were nabbed by
| the police in the second gambling
raid here within a week.
! Ypsilanti. - Royal X. Orr. thirty
| years old, of Saginaw, was instantly
killed by Michigan Central train.
| Grand Rapids.-Mrs. Jennie Hoog-
erhyde, forty years old, attempted
to commit suicide by jumping In
| to Grand river from the Sixth street
bridge. She was rescued and will live.
Quincy. Riley Smith, one OF
| Quincy's prominent citizens, died
suddenly at the University hospital
in Ann Arbor. Pneumonia was the
cause Of death.
Traverse City.-William Loudon, a
pioneer manufactured OF northern
Michigan, and David E. Wynkopp.
who for 40 years has been resident
here, are dead. Mr.. Loudon was six
| ty-three years old.
Laurium. One Of the largest
families in the state Is that OF
Henry Hilh OF Centennial Heights.
Vi SdiuhCt. lhCiO aAO ~ ShAA-
dren. Hill is forty-four years old and
his wife is thirty-nine.
Lansing.-There is no statute un-
der which a wife deserter can be
| extradited from Canada. according
to a ruling of Attorney General Eel.
lows. The prosecuting attorney OF
Arenac county asked for a ruling.
Menominee.-Dr. w. H. Doherty.
| on his return from a "stork call"
at home in the country. found
lusty baby at his own home. The
stork beat the physician home by
three hours.
Lansing.-Enough signatures have
been secured to petitions to In
| sure the submission Of local OPP
! ton to the voters Of Ingham county
| at the April election. The local OPP
| ton workers have obtained $3.50 sig
natures.
Battle Creek.-Laura Easily. the
| year-and-a-half-old daughter Of Mrs.
| Joseph Easily, is dead as a re-
suit OF swallowing strychnine which
the little tot found upon shelf. The
| child swallowed the pills before the
! mother, who stood nearby, had a
chance to prevent it.
Cheboygan.-The recent cold snap
| has formed ice in the straits as
far as the dummy light and skaters
| are out in force. Cheboygan has not
had any snow since the big storm
| early in November and business of all
| kinds in this section has suffered.
Lumbermen are discouraged because
| they are far behind in operations.
Ludington.-A movement is under
way here for the merging Of the Meth
odist, Presbyterian, Congregational
and Baptist churches into Union
church. Rev. R. s. McGregor. Meth
odist pastor, Is behind the plan. and
| II is believed that its realization would
make one Of the strongest organiza-
| tons OF its kind in the state.
Muskegon.-Nearly 100 lighthouses
along the Muskegon river contain
ing boats valued at $4,000 were
| threatened by fire in the long
marsh grass on the north Muskegon
| fats A counter-fire was started and
| the grass was burned away from the
| lighthouses until it met the oncoming
line Of fame The blaze was spectacu-
| lar.
Hastings.-Joe L. Demond was
arrested for trying to take charge
of Michigan Central passenger train.
Demond boarded the train at Grand
Rapids and his whoops resounded
! through the cars. He insisted so in
solently on having the train stopped
| at station MOI on the schedule that
the train crew called Sheriff Williams.
Demond pleaded guilty and got a stiff
| sentence
Charlotte.-Dr. Ralph H. Green, son
of the late Dr. Mary E. Green, promi-
nent Michigan club woman, writes
friends in Charlotte from his home in
Monte Cristo, Tabasco, Mexico, that
the rebellion has reduced the city to
| state OF starvation, and that his life
has been threatened twice. He Is the
only American In the city, he says,
| and intends to flee over the border az
| soon as conditions will permit
Saginaw.-Albert Chapman, for
| ihSA'y ChpiOJCu do a messenger IOT
the United States Express company.
between Bay City and Detroit, has be-
gun suit against the company for $685.
900 damages. Chapman alleges that
while unloading express in Detroit.
October, 1912, some one unknown to
him removed the truck from his car
door and that when he carried a pack
age out with the intention of putting
1t on the truck, he fell, permanently
injuring himself.
Iron River:-One of the strangest
mishaps ever noted in Iron coun-
ty was recorded when the refiec-
ton OF the sun In a dresser mirror
which William Sherard was hauling in
Gaastra caused his team to run away.
When the team headed toward the
sun a dazzling shaft of light shot be-
tween 1t. The bright rays played about
their heads and on the ground in front
of them. Unable to outrun the specter
they cut across lots and did not es-