The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-04-22
MICHIGAN
BREVITIES

HiIlsdale. woman tramp has
taken up her headquarters on railroad
property near the western city limits.
Manistee. After more than As years
In business in Manistee. James Hen
derson has retired on account OF III
heath.
Hillsdale.-The twenty-third annual
Grange fair for southern Michigan ana
northern Ohio will be held at Camden.
September 1922.
Chelsea.--Mrs. Claya Frisbie. seven
ty. inmate Of the old peoples nome
here, committed suicide by hanging
herself to the bedpost In her room
Eaton Rapids. Flowing for spring
crops on the high ground has peen
started In this section. The generat
farming activities here will be record
breaking.
Ann Arbor.--Mrs. Christine Reimoid'
aged seventy-six years, wife OF Well
known Freedom township farmer, died
here. Three sons and four daughters
survive.
Howell. George Checker, aged nine
ty-two years, one of Livingstone coun-
TVS pioneers, died at the home OF MS
son, Charles, on the latter's farm near
Oak Grove village.
Adrian.-Mrs. Milo Bruce OF Berkey,
O., died at Bixby hospital from IN
juries received at the New York Gen.
trail station here when she was struck
by an express truck.
Grand Ledge.-Christian Kebier,
aged ninety-one years, died. He was
born in Germany and came to Amer
lea in 1854. living in Grand Ledge o.
years. He leaves ten children. r
Cheboygan.-The house built by H.
L. Koehler Of Detroit. at East Mullet
lake and used by him for 35 years as
summer home, but sold several
years ago, was destroyed by fire.
Hillsdale. Harriet Terpen.
ing Purdy, aged ninety-six years, died
at the home of her son, Orlando
Vaughn, on the farm where she first
settled in Reading township In 1S43.
Traverse City-Byron oliver OF
Provemont has started suit in the cir
cult court here for $4,000 damages for
injuries suffered in a wreck on the
Pere Marquette near Grant year
ago.
Vassar.-Rev. John e. Platt,
Baptist minister, aged seventy-one
years. died here Of dropsy. His sis
ter. aged eighty-five years, who had
kept house for him, died two weeks
ago. He was ordained at Allegan.
Jackson.-Thrown from a motor
cycle. George Durkee Of this city was
seriously hurt when the machine
crashed into a mail box. Durkee was
unconscious when picked up and 1t
is believed suffered fractured skull.
Manistee. - Pending the official
count, Manistee is claiming the larg-
est majority given E. o. Wood against
William A. Comstock in the race for
Democratic national committeeman.
Wood received LAG votes and Com
stock 1894.
Saginaw.-Republica County Chair
man John Baird has issued call for
the county convention, April "a, at
which time Al delegates will be named
to the district convention, in Owosso,
April %. and to the state convention
booked at Lansing, May 8.
Muskegon.-To get an armory for
the Muskegon Rifles of the M. N. G.,
the local chamber of commerce has
| decided to make an active campaign
TO raise $4,000 to meet $4,000 to be
furnished by the state for combined
armory and convention hall building.
Monroe.-Judge Tucker of Mount
| Clemens, sitting here in the election
dispute for the Office of mayor, has
ordered recount of the ballots. The
contest is between Eugene C. Betz,
now mayor, and Charles Hoyt. who
lost to him by three votes, Hoyt's
eligibility for holding the Office has
been challenged in court.
Muskegon.-H In his posses
sion a number OF carburetors and 9th
or devices believed the property Of the
Continental Motor company of Detroit
and Muskegon, David Candy is held by
the Milwaukee police. pending inves
tigation. Thefts of such appliances
during the last few months have cost
these plants hundreds Of dollars.
Romeo. Romeo commandery
knights Templar. elected the follow
Ing officers: Eminent commander
George e. Newberry; generalissimo
Robert T. Mckay; captain general
yohn A. Adams; prelate. Edmund ]
Proctor; s. W.. Harry Rumsey; ]. w.
Neil Gray; recorder, Charles f. New
berry; treasurer, B. Roy Brooks
standard bearer, G. w. Sparks; warder
8. L. Ewell; sentinel, John Crumbie.
Hillsdale.--A bill Of complaint ha
: been fled by Charles t. Van Akel
/ against ]. Whitney Watkins, as coun
: ~ drain commissioner, asking for al
. Injunction to restrain the construction
: Of the Phillips drain in Hillsdale town
, ship, application for which was file,
, in 1912, and contracts for which wer
to be let Friday. Judge Burton I
: Hart Of Adrian, In the absence o
: Judge Chester, granted temporar
Z injunction until the case can be heard
Benton Harbor. cashmir. Beck.