South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-06-23
Briefs.

KALAMAZOO. - Big Chief Jake
Walker. well known western Michigan
indian who lives near Fulton. must
serve Is DAYS In the county jail tor
drinking fire water The chief came TO
Kalamazoo, carrying his supply with
him.
GREENNILLE- Ringing Bros. cir
Gus viii show here Tuesday. July o.
IRONWOOD-A special election for
n charter commission OF Il members
has been called for July Z.
KALAMAZOO.-AIrs. Ida Arnold
pioneer resident Of Kalamazoo. died
after an illness of many months
MUSKEGON. - six local students
have been graduated from the Uni
veTsity of Wisconsin. Misses Jean and
Helen Hadden. Robert Mann. Doro-
thy Dana Esther Olsen and Cornelia
Loomis.
OWOSSO. -Investigation is being
made into the death of William Por-
ter. County officials believe that ne
died of poisoning. possibly through an
overdose of headache medicine.
OWCSSO. Rev. John Gerald York.
pastor OF the First Baptist church
here for several wears. has accepted
call 10 the East Lafayette church
in Lafayette. ind. lie viii take up
his duties i'm August.
EATON RAPIDS.-Luthcr Russell.
for many years "a resident of this city.
fell dead of heart trouble while work
Ia. nrrr.r
chil'ren survive him.
MONROE. Atty Camillus Carroll
q former well known resident Of this
CITY died AT Fort Wayne, Ind, after
q long illness.
PORT HURON. - Grand Master
Miles +. Gray and Grand Sec'y. Fred
A. Gray of the odd Fellows organiza-
today to conduct a school of instruc-
ton.
NARLETTE.-D~ Arthur z. Grin
Gle of Indianapolis. will he the COM
mencement speaker at the Marlette
high school. Marlette has the largest
graduating class in the county.
WEST BRANCH. - Walter Good
house of ST. Helen. was cleaning his
rifle when it discharged. shooting off
one of his toes.
Observation-Disclosures Rowe. 50
years old a teamster hanged himself
with rope halter i'm his barn.
VINCENNEs.-To prove that he
was opposed To cursing over the tele-
phone. Mayor j. NJ. House fined
Charles Foster S10O ard sent him to
the penal farm for 30 days for having
committed that offense.
LAPORTE.-Jay Hamilton. > years
old. "A farmer. was struck by a Grand
Trunk train and thrown so feet while
driving across the tracks. His wagon
was demolished but his horses escaped
unhurt. Hamilton died within an
hour.
EVANSVILLE bathing in a
creek swollen by the recent rains.
James Wheeler % years old. living
near GRANVILLE. H.. was drowned.
HAAINIOND.-Tn attempting TO pass
another machine while going at a
high rate of speed. a touring car was
overturned near Dyer and its four oC-
cupants were hurled into a barbed
wire fence Only one of the party
was severely injured. The car was
wrecked.
TELL CITY -During an electric
storm here Guy Burnett. 20 years old.
was struck 10y lightning while in bed
and instantly killed His wife was
sitting on the bed but was only stun
ned by the shock.
FDTNBURG. When Maurice
Pruitt, an automobile salesman. was
demonstrating a machine to Edward
Kendall he permitted Kendall 10 drive
down the Sugar Creek hill. Kendall
lost control OF the machine which ran
into a tree. The machine was wreck
ed and Kendall was injured.
LAGODA. - Elmer Hampton Of
Whitesville is held i'm the county Jail
on account of mental derangemen
brought on by practical pokers who
told him "the law would get him" be-
cause he altered some figures of a
grocery account