The Yale expositor., 1914-07-02
MICHIGAN NEWS BRIEFS

The annual homecoming at Roches-
| ter will be held July so and 81.
The board of supervisors has in
creased the valuation of Lake county
from $1,243,OOO to $3,5OO,OOO.
Lee Beilfeld, 20 years old, whose
home is at 212 East Warren avenue,
Detroit, was drowned at Pine lake
Wednesday afternoon while in swim
ming.
The opening of regular service on
the new extension of the ID. u. r. from
Romeo connecting Almont with De-
troit, was celebrated at Almont We'd
nesday
The annual reunion of the Patton
family held at Almont Friday was
attended by 102 members. Several
from Detroit and Ypsilanti were
present
Efforts are being made by his con-
gregation to induce Rev. Frank Shell
don. of the Congregational church at
Battle Creek to reconsider his res
ignation.
Rev. c. II. Heaton, for the last year
pastor of the Baptist church at Belle
vue, has rendered his resignation and
preached his farewell sermon Sunday,
June 2S.
G. E. Fraser, of Champaign, ILL.,, was
elected grand president at the annual
conclave of Acacia fraternity, a ma
tional student Masonic fraternity, at
Ann Arbor.
Arthur w. Deshone, 2S, married.
was crushed to death Thursday aft
ernoon in the Shiawassee mine, at
Saginaw, when an electric mining ma
chine fell upon him.
Governor Ferris has pardoned Pat
rick Wade OF Menominee who was
given a life sentence at Jackson in
1889 for murder. Wade was paroled
| by Governor Osborn in 1911 and has
made good.
The state railroad commission has
authorized the Lansing Connecting
railroad TO issue $4,000 worth of
stock. The road is a switching pro-
position and operates only within the
city of Lansing.
A wreck on the Grand Trunk two
miles south of Pigeon due to spread
ing rails, sent five freight cars into the
ditch. Brakeman Chambers of Case
vile was severely injured. The track
was torn up for 20 rods.
Wesley Padley, aged SO, an oiler on
the steamer Roumania, who went sud
denly insane from the heat at Port
Huron, fell dead just as he raised an
ak to hit the mate of the vessel. His
home was at Avon Lake. o.
More than 81 per cent of the grad
uating class of 118 in the Saginaw,
east side, high school have prepared
certificates for entrance to universities
or colleges. The y. of M. will get the
greatest number with NJ. A. c. next.
Just before the Genesee county
supervisors adjourned Saturday they
voted to build a tuberculosis sanitar-
ium for women and children at the
county infirmary, the structure to be
completed by October. There is al
ready an institution for men.
Deputy Dairy and Food Commission
er Lincoln states that he will advise
meat dealers not to pay for hams en-
cased in several thicknesses of paper,
as sent out by Chicago packing houses
He says that for every 100 pounds of
meat the dealer pays for four pounds
of paper
e. p. Swan, Detroit, general freight
agent of the Chicago, Burlington &c
Quincy. was elected president of the
Michigan Railroad Outing club at the
clubs outing at Lake Harbor Satur-
day. F. f. Sweat. Detroit, was elect
ed vice-president and A. Y. Edmunds,
Detroit, second 'vice-president
Three noted speakers have been
secured for the convention of the
Michigan Commercial Secretaries, to
be at Muskegon July "a and %, accord
ing to announcement by Secretary
Conger. They are: A. G.. Carton,
commissioner Of public domain; Luz
/
can city bureau. and Munson Haven,
secretary of the Cleveland Chamber
OF Commerce.
william p. Hicks. a civil war veter-
an, dropped dead at Charlotte Tues
day morning. Mr.. Hicks death keeps
up the average of death a month
in the ranks Of the Charlotte @. A. r.
post. Twenty members have died in
as many consecutive months.
Standing up in the boat casting, in
Lime Kiln Lake, Henry Kline, 21, of
Kalamazoo, lost his balance and tip
ped the craft over. He was thrown
so far from the boat that he was un-
able to grasp 1t, and drowned. His
brother, however. managed to cling
to IL until help arrived.