The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-07-22
MICHIGAN
BREVITIES

railroad has notified the council that
1t would expend $4,000 In identifying
its right of way in Kalamazoo.
Mt. Clemens.-A gasoline launch at
the dock at the foot Of New street
brought up the body of Henry #.
Frendt, who had been missing.
Muskegon. resOrters, speed
Ing in an automobile over the second
bridge at the head of Lake Harbor,
near this city, are believed to have
tossed 1.-THE body of newborn babe
into the water. The body was wrapped
In newspaper when found.
Kalamazoo-Although four different
members of his congregation have al
ready given much of their blood, and
others have offered the same sacrifice,
Rev. Evart Troost of the Fourth Re-
formed church is dead. -Four transfu-
siOns of blood only served to lengthen
his life. For IS years Rev. Mr.. TroOst
has been pastor in this city.
Sparta.-Boyd Preston, six years
old, was playing in his fathers hay
field, six miles northwest Of here,
while neighbor was moving. The
neighbor did not know the boy was in
the field until the lad stepped In front
of the mower. The child was run over
and one foot cut off, while the other
leg was badly cut.
Flint.-Mrs. Christina Spangenberg,
sixty-six years old, was seriously in
jured and two other women were
slightly hurt. when a panic followed
the blowing out Of fuse on a street
car on the Leith Glenwood line. The
women jumped from the car, while 1t
was in motion, when fash Of flame
filed the forward part.
Port Huron.-James Bourke, seven
ty-five years old, and son Arnold, twen-
ty-six years old, of Sandusky, were In
stantly killed at Croswell when the au-
tomobile in which they were riding
was struck by Pere Marquette pas
senger train, Father and son had gone
to Detroit and purchased the automo-
bile, which they intended to drive to
their home.
AlbiOn.-For the first time in is
district chose women members of the
board of education at the annual meet
ing. Mrs. h. ID. Davis and Mrs
George Brown, each president of local
women's clubs, were elected to succeed
d. A. Garfield and w. S. Kennedy.
Neither had any opposition, and most
of the voters were women.
Owosso.-Physicians refused to sign
the certificate of Mrs. Charles Park
hurst, thirty-six years old, who died
suddenly Mt her home, near Bancroft.
Symptoms support theory Of poison
ing. The prosecuting attorney and
sheriff called there and had the wom-
ans stomach sent to the state analyst.
She was taken i'll while preparing din
ner and died soon afterwards.
andusky.-Although Mrs. Lee Gore,
who lives one-han mile south Of Ar
gyle, was seriously burned in an effort
to save the life of her two-year-old
daughter when her home caught fire,
the attempt was unsuccessful. Mrs.
Gore rushed into the house when the
fire was discovered, ran through flames
until she reached the child and carried
it out. The child was dead before she
got it out of the house.
Muskegon.- Despondent because
his son, Corporal Roy Robbins of
Company G, Thirty-second Michigan
infantry, the Muskegon company, was
called out on National Guard duty,
Frank Robbins, wealthy Oceana coun-
ty farmer, committed suicide by hang
ing himself in the peak of his barn.
His wife, knowing his state Of mind,
called on friends to look for him and
they found the body.
Saginaw.-The board Of trustees Of
the Michigan institution for the blind,
in making up the biennial budget for
the institution, included an item Of
$1,000 to establish system of "home
teaching" for blind people outside the
institution. The plan, which has been
adopted successfully In Ohio and 9TH
er states, has been under considera-
ton here for some time, but this Is the
first definite step.
Harrisville.-One of the largest tim
Der transfers In recent years was
made here when III. M. Loud and Son
Lumber company and Bruce Loud,
transferred all their holdings on the
Au Sauble river and shore of Lake
Huron to a co-partnership composed
by Selig Solomon, Joseph H. Hayes,
and Frank E. Cowley. The transfer
included $1,000 acres. The selling
price has not been disclosed, but is
believed to be in the neighborhood of
q quarter million dollars.
Grand Rapids.--Bud Morriss, Chi
cago aviator, and DR.. Earl w. Rey-
nolds, an aviation student, were in
jured and narrowly escaped drowning
when the aeroplane in which they
were soaring over Reeds lake here
crumbled and they fell so feet into the
water. Cottagers in rowboats rescued
them while unconscious. The ma
chine was broken up by strong air
current. The aeroplane was wrecked
and the two men are in the hospital.
They will recover.
Mt. Pleasant.-Probate Register
Mrs. Sadie Morey has complained to