The L'Anse sentinel., 1916-03-18
Michifan News
Tersely Told

St. Johns.-This city is negotiating
for Carnegie library and hopes u
have the funds within short time.
| West Branch. The home OF August
Miller. near st. Helen. was destroyed
by fire with all its contents.
| Jackson.-Steve Harpowiski. q de
serter from the United States marine
corps. was arrested here.
Hastings.-Andrew Severance, aged
fifty years, blacksmith. died of cancer
He is survived by his widow and sew.
eral grown children.
Flint.-John 8. Edwards. vice presi-
dent of the Hersey Banking company
of Hersey, and director of the First
State bank at Evart. is dead at his
home here.
Ann Arbor.-Alfred Cohn, e. F.
Metz and G. l.. Terhune of Buffalo. N.
Y. were initiated by Scalp and Blade
Honor society at the University OF
Michigan.
Cheboygan.-When Roy Schram's
farm house at Scott's bay, on Mullet
lake, Cheboygan county. burned to the
ground, two sons, aged five and seven
years, respectively. perished.
Port Huron.--A report o. The i'm
migration officers at this point for
February. shows an increase Of IS per
cent in immigration over February,
1916.
Dorr.-Mrs. Barbara Richard. aged
eighty-nine years, a resident Of this
vicinity for 60 years, is dead here. She
is survived by four children, 81 grand
children and seven great-grandchil-
dren.
flbion.-Miss Josephine A. Frazelle.
superintendent Of the Albion hospital
fo- three years. and Harry J. Nc
Auliffe. son of Mr.. and Mrs. John Nc
Auliffe. were quietly married by Rev.
FIR Crowley of st. Johns church here.
Traverse City,. Frank Stevens OF
Lake City, who now is representative
from the Kalkaska-M -Missaukee district,
has announced himself as a candidate
to oppose State Senator Robert Il.
Walter of this district.
uskegon.-Trapped by fire on the
second floor of her home, Mrs. An
drew M. Barber of Muskegon was res
cued by Lieut. Chris Schmidt of the
city fire department. Schmidt carried
the woman down from second-story
window.
Port Huron.-Timothy Hayes is uD-
der arrest in this city. awaiting the
arrival Of an officer from Troy, N. T..
to take him back to that place to face
a charge of abandonment. Hayes was
caught at Marine City posing as
magazine solicitor.
Constantine.-Dr. ]. ]. Sweetland.
aged fifty-one, prominent physician,
was instantly killed when the auto in
which he was returning from Elkhart,
Ind, skidded and turned turtle. pin
ming him beneath and breaking his
neck.
Big Rapids.-Big Rapids lost i'm the
injunction suit brought by the manu-
facturers. Judge Brown ordered that
permanent injunction be issued re
straining the city from proceedings
with changes in the grade on Pere
Marquette street.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS county road
commissioners awarded contracts for
the construction of $39,343 worth OF
highways during the coming summer.
Many of the roads will complete i'm
proved highways that have been start
ed across the county. Kalamazoo
county has already spent nearly $780,
900 in road improvements
Grand Rapids. Delbert w. Jewell
of Kalamazoo was held to the United
States court by the federal grand Jury
for the alleged use of mails to de-
fraud. Jewell. it is charged, advertised
that for given amount he would send
directions for finding hidden treasures.
1t is said he reaped a golden harvest.
Grand Rapids. Buys. seven
ty-one years old. first Holland mer-
chant to settle in western Michigan.
died at his home here. Buys came
to Grand Rapids in 1860. Every day
for years before the coming of the
letter carrier Buys would call at the
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Holland residents and take IL tc his
store, where 1t was called for.
Hastings. more than 1000
cases on the calendar. the February
term OF the Barry county circuit court
opened here. The calendar contains
cases dating from the year 1852. re-
yived to comply with the judicature
act. p. #. .Colgrove. prosecuting At
torney Sullivan and Judge Clement
Smith delivered eulogies at memorial
yervices held In the courtroom in
memory of Woodland, a member of
fhe Barry County Bar association.
Tawas City.-Pleas for Republican
unity and denunciation of the Demo
cratic administration featured the an
nual banquet of Iosco Republicans
here. Attorney General Grant Fellows
was the speaker OF the evening and
other speakers were A. C. Carton.
Flint; x. B.. Follett. Edwin a. Good
win. Mic; Prosecuting Attorney Her
inan Dehnke Altoona county; Prose-
cutor A. w. Black. Iosco county. and
Edwin Rawden, Lansing.
Bay City.--The Consolidated Fire