The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-01-02
Michigan
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Port Huron Miss Esther Bragg.
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. William
Bragg, who has been doing missionary
work in India, was married to Rev.,
|. James Harvey at Lucknow November
~, according to word received by her
parents. sae
Lansing. Loren d. Dickinson. can
didate for governor on the Re-
publican ticket at the 1916 August
primaries! This ,s the latest bit OF
political gossip to- be handed out ,at
the statehouse, ay.d yet there rs abso-.
lutte foundation for the report.
Eattle Crcek.-Battle Creek faces
the proposition Of being compelled
to erect a 100000 filFation plant,
for water pipes are clogged with
lime from. the Verona water. which
was turned into the pipes last June.
Since then more than six thousand
tons of boiler scale have been taken
FROM local sanitarium's six boilers.
Bay City.--Joseph Kosiecki, sixty
Eve years old, was sentenced BY
Judge Connine, sitting Tor Judge G. l..
Collins, to from five to twelve years
with the, recommendation of six. In
Jackson prison. Kosiecki was con-
yicted of third degree murder for slay-
ing his wife as the elimination of q
quarrel at their Beaver farm home.
Observation-Disclosures Attorney Gen.
eral Fellows ruled that the state
could not pay Jackson prison for
printing the annual report In the insti-
tution's printing shop. Warden Simp-
son announced that the work would be
continued. He declared 1t would give
the convicts work to do and would
convince the taxpayers that the prison
can save the state money.
Olivet-Until peace is declared.
Mrs. Matthew Shifts of Walton
cannot lay her finger on one cent
of the $4,000 which has been willed
to her by her English uncle, who died
about two weeks ago. leaving her this
part of his million dollar fortune. The
money of the estate Is so tied up that
the present unsettled conditions OF
English industry makes settlement
impossible.
Sault Ste. Marie.-Twelve bodies or
victims Of the recent disaster on
Lake Superior in which the steam
er Curtis and barges Marvin and
Peterson Of the Hines Lumber COM
panys feet were lost, we're given
burial here. A public funeral is being
held for all. Efforts to locate friends
or relatives we're fruitless. though all
bodies had been identified. The bodies
Of all but nine of the % victims have
been recovered.
Corunna.-Capt. J. C. Parker OF
Company H. Michigan National
Guard. is taking drastic steps to COM
pei members Of the company to full
I'LL their obligations to the service.
He issued orders for the appearance
at the armory next Sunday for sum-
mary court-martial of Lester Burr and
Arthur Potter. who have absented
themselves from drill for three
months, 1t Is alleged.
Calumet.-In an explosion OF
boiler at the No. 6 shaft OF the
North Kearsarge mine of the Osceola
Consolidated Mining company here
Gustave Olson, engineer, was killed
and the building was wrecked, the roof
being blown OF and two walls leveled.
The loss probably will be $4,000. The
wreck will cause suspension of work
In the mine which will keep many men
out of work for several weeks. Olson
was the only man in the building and
It is not known what caused the ex-
plosion.
Sault Ste. Marie.-The monthly
statistical report OF lake commerce.
through the canals at .,ault Ste.
Marie issued for the month of Decem-
Der, shows the heaviest decrease for
years. The last boat locked Is only
1877 tons more than what went west
bound during the month of December.
1912, which totaled 1,405,S5S Not one
ton of ore was locked through during
December this year The coal ton
mage aggregated 12S.950 tons. Large
decreases are shown in wheat and
grain. There were 297 vessel pas.
sages, of which Ss were through the
Canadian canal with freight tonnage
of 27,776.
F1int.-Claiming 100000 damages
for alleged alienation Nof her hus-
bands affections. Mrs. Grace Smith
has begun suit by declaration in
circuit court against Mrs. Mary ID.
Smith and her daughter. Mrs. Alice
Travis. Mrs. Mary Smith is mother of
>the plaintiffs husband, Henry Smith.
who is hardware merchant. Mrs.
Mary Smith is widow OF Ell T.. Smith,
proprietor Of a large department store
and reputed to be wealthy. The pres
emit suit Is the second brought by Mrs.
Grace Smith against her mother-in-
law. In the former suit testimony
showed the daughter-in-law and Mrs.
Mary Smith had trouble over grand
child The daughter-inlaw was award
ed $15.500. Mrs. Mary Smith appealed.
this case to the supreme court where
It Is still pending. A divorce suit
started by Mrs. Grace Smith against.
Henry Smith is also pending in cir.
cult court.
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