The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-04-27
MICHIGAN NEWS BRIEFS

men who beat him on the head with
blunt instrument.
Construction work has started on
the first link of the Detroit-Chicago
paved way from Battle Greek to a
point west of Urbandale.
Former County Treasurer James A.
Griggs, of Saginaw, has offered to pay
to the county $9,59739 interest money
he turned to his own account while in
office.
Mrs. Sarah B. Hoffman, wife of
Charles Hoffman, and for many
years secretary of the Barry county
pioneer and historical society, is
dead.
Gov. Ferris has appointed Lewis
=. Coumans, sr, OF Bay City as
Judge of the eighteenth judicial cir.
cult TO succeed Judge Chester l.. Col.
Inns, deceased.
Miss Abigail Roe Shay and Wallace
B. Ratliff, of Carlisle, KY, who were
welded in Harbor Springs last week,
first met as students in the Univers-
ity of Michigan.
The maple syrup crop OF around
Hastings is less than a quarter of
that OF last season. Soft" weather
during the sap running period
caused the failure.
The voting scandal which Mayor
Ellis claims to have revealed in
Grand Rapids will be taken before
Governor Ferris, as Prosecutor Bar
nard has failed to act.
Clinton Wooden Mills workers who
went on strike for higher wages after
being given an unasked raise. have
accepted compromise and returned.
They were out four days.
Judge Sessions OF Marquette, has
sentenced Sylvester A. Young and
James Pollington convicted counter
feiters, to Leavenworth for IS months
and one year respectively.
Plans have been outlined for the
organization of a Thumb District Bar
association of members from Ma
comb, Lapeer. st. Clair, Tuscola,
Sanilac and Huron counties.
Mrs. Thomas Maveety, wife of Oil
vets postmaster and one OF the most
prominent Democrats in Eaton coun.
ty, died Tuesday at the University OF
Michigan hospital in Ann Arbor.
Death has claimed John Odren. OF
Reading, aged SO, said TO have been
the oldest man in southern Michigan.
He came from New York state and
was one of the pioneers of this COM
munity.
James Weed. widely known in
Niles as the hermit of Smith lake,
predicts more snow before June.
Farmers are putting in their spring
crops without much regard for the
prophecy.
Ortonville is still torn with dissen-
sion over the question of surrender.
ing or retaining its village charter.
The lack of interest in elections and
village affairs generally led to the
submission of the question.
Lavri Hottomen young Finn, who
came to Flint from the upper PENN
sula in search OF work paid two stran.
gers $40 on their promise to get him
a Job. The strangers are missing,
and Hottomen is still jobless.
The body of Norbert Neering. aged
five. who disappeared in Essexville
last week, was found Saturday even
ing, face downward, in six inches Of
food water one mile from his home.
1t is believed he lost his way and fell
exhausted in the water.
Canadians heirs and claimants OF
the estate of the late Jacob Baker of
Philadelphia, said to be worth $780,
100000, are making plans to meet
the American heirs at Detroit in the
next few week to make final arrange
ments for settling the estate.
Damage estimated at $4,000 was
caused by a wind storm in Alger and
Arenac county vicinity Saturday and
Sunday. A large barn was demolished
and shed at the Alger school was
carried nearly mile and deposited in
a woods. Telephone and telegraph
poles and miles of fences are down
and much damage to orchards and
shade trees. AS far as can be learned
no one was injured.
The Ira township board has grant
ed liquor license to Charles A. Mel
drum, partially breaking three-corn-
cred deadlock that has existed for
two weeks. One more license is to
be isued, for which there are two
factions contending.
Suffrage stock took boost at the
recent election in Holland when
Mrs. Emma Brooks, IS years old,
walked seven miles to register with
the township clerk and then walked
three miles election day to vote for
the $4,000 bonding proposition for
good roads.