The Yale expositor., 1915-03-04
MICHIGAN NEWS BRIEFS

Coldwater Monday celebrated their
65th wedding anniversary. Both are
in good health.
E. B. Fritz is editor of the New
Lothrop Banner, the first issue appear
ing last week. New Lothrop, situated
in the extreme northeastern part of
Shiawassee county, has never had
either a newspaper or a railroad.
The city of Port Huron was made
defendant in a suit for $4,000, filed
in circuit court by attorneys repre-
senting Charles L. Cain, who alleges
that because of defective sidewalks,
he fell sustaining serious injuries.
Frank Carter has been sentenced at
Flint to serve 5 to Is years at Mar
quette prison for manslaughter in con-
nection with the death of Ralph Sova,
two years ago. Herbert Pontford is
serving time at Jackson for the same
crime.
While eating a beefsteak in a sa-
loon at Ann Arbor, John Arngardt
choked to death despite the efforts
of three physicians to save his life.
Arngardt was 4S years old, and not
married. He had no relatives in Am
erica
At a special election at Flint tax
payers voted to bond for sanitary and
storm water sewers and for a subway
under the p. M. tracks at Leith street.
The amount of the bonds for the sew
ers is $1O6,0O0, and $4,000 for the
subway.
Because members of the house be-
lieved a meeting of the American
Neutrality league, to have been held
| in Representative hall Friday even
ing, would in reality be pro-German,
permission to use the auditorium was
refused.
Charles Adams was acquitted of
manslaughter in the Gratiot county
circuit court at Ithaca in connection
with the death of David Sullivan, who
was found dead at the foot of the
stairway leading to Adams rooms last
summer.
The installation in Muskegon of an
automatic telephone system, a dupli-
cate of that used by the Citizens COM
pany in Grand Rapids, was decided
Home Telephone Co. Wednesday
night. The Improvement will cost
100000.
Rachel Beaumont, administrative of
the estate of Nellie Beaumont, Is, of
Port Huron, has begun suit against
the White Star line for $1,000. Miss
Beaumont, with another girl was
drowned while wading at Tashmoo
Park in July, 1914.
George Bates, born so years ago in
what was then the unbroken wilds of
an unnamed portion of Mason county,
now Riverton township, son of Will
liam Bates, one of the most prominent
of the early settlers, died at his home
after a brief illness.
Sidney e. Younglove, whose name
has just been sent to the senate by
President Wilson on recommendation
Of Congressman Beakes for confrma-
ton as postmaster at Monroe, is one
of the most prominent original Will
son" men in Monroe county.
A coroners jury in the case of Mrs.
William Barclay, of Bar River, who
was killed by being hit by c. P. r. Il.
train on one of the railway crossings
recently returned a verdict holding
the road responsible, declaring that
the engineer did not give sufficient
warning.
Burglars entered three homes at
Kalamazoo Friday night and secured
money, jewels and other articles val
ued at more than $500. More than
$1,000 worth of property was taken
from the home of William Bray, one
of the most prominent Masons in
Michigan.
A coroner's jury Wednesday repri.
manded City Fire Marshal Lemoyn
and Building Inspector Davidson OF
Grand Rapids for failing to order the
owners to tear down the wall which
collapsed several weeks ago. killing
several men, and Hoertz & Sons, com
tractors, were declared to have COM
mitted a serious error of judgment"
in permitting workmen to labor under
the weakened wall.
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
Cooper Saturday dismissed 20 criminal
cases in Albion. all of them for non
payment of board bills, and announced
that hereafter the county will not act
as a collecting agency for boarding
house keepers. In eight years there
have been 81 cases of this kind start
ed in Albion, with only three convic-
tons, the complainants having re-
fused to act further after the often
ders had paid up.
Hiram Starks, of Perry, was award
ed verdict of $1S,936 in his $4,000
damage suit against the Grand Trunk
Railroad Co. in which he alleged that
sparks from an engine set fire to his
elevator in July 1913. The elevator and