The L'Anse sentinel., 1916-11-18
Wolverine
News Brevities

Clare.-The nome or james Fergu-
son. north Of Farwell, was blown up
bS dynamite In cook stove. Mrs.
Ferguson was slightly injured.
| Coldwater.-Holland Holmes. twen-
ty-six. was instantly killed when his
automobile skidded and upset. He
leaves a widow and two children.
Kalamazoo.-Albert LaRoy. four
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. La
Roy, Of this city died In hospital.
He was kicked in the face by horse
Both the upper and lower jaws were
broken. !
Petoskey.-In fight near the brew
cry Martin Blouse was killed when his
head was crushed with heavy chair
leg. John and Archie Sciallen, his
companions, are In jsil charged with
murder.
East Lansing.-Organizing Of state
federation Of grape growers, similar
to the California Fruit Growers ex-i
change, Is being agitated in Michigan
according to ]. N. Mcbride. state direc-!
| tor of markets.
Ann Arbor.-Beta Theta ri fraternf-
ty has suffered its annual overcoat
robbery. 1t was discovered that seven
new overcoats, valued ut $780, had been
taken from the hall of the lodge dur
ing the night.
Muskegon.-J. p. Randall salesman
Of local coffee house. was saved from
Serious injury or death when his horse
ran away, by Mary Bushart, ten-year-
old girl. She flung herself at the
horses head.
Grayling.-The body Of John Koeley,
seventy-two, was found floating In the
pond Of the Salling-Hanson company
| mill. The body had been In the water
| from two to three weeks. For several
months he had been in Grayling selling
| remedy for rheumatism. He is be-
lieved to have walked into the pond by
! accident.
Alpena.-Alpena's finest department
store was destroyed by fire with a loss
| of $125,000. The building and con-
tents were owned by l. Cohen, who will
rebuild as soon as possible. The origin
of the fire is mystery. Nothing was
| saved from the building and when the
fire department arrived the building
| was doomed.
Grand Rapids.-Bert Douglass, a
farmer living 10 miles south of Grand
| Rapids, on the Lansing road, with
neighbOr, Milo Graham, and the lat
| ter's two sons, six and seven years
| old, were pinned under an automobile
| when 1t went over an embankment at
Bowen. Douglass has broken leg,
while Graham escaped injury. The
| boys have fractured ribs.
Monroe.-There was happy re.
| union here when Ollie Bahame, Bel.
| gian, met his wife and five children,
| from whom he has been separated for
| five years. The paper company which
employs Bahame through Brand Whit.
lock, consul to Belgium. located the
| family, who were in the famine
stricken district. and supplied the
| Bahames with transportation to Mon.
roe.
Ann Arbor.-Burglars entered the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Gray,
within ten feet OF the bed in which
Mr.. Gray was sleeping, took his cloth
ing to lower floor, searched the pock-
cts and got away with $400 worth Of
valuables, including u watch, a dia-
| mond-studded Masonic charm, lorg-
| nette belonging to Mrs. Gray, dia-
mond shirt stud and about $50 in
money.
Cheboygan.-Aroused by the heavy
breathing of her mother, Helen, the
youngest daughter of Col. John b.
Boucher, Thirty-third regiment. NJ. N.
| g., who, since her fathers departure
for the border, has slept in her moth
| er's apartments, found her mother dy-
| ing. She called her sisters, Bernice
| and Marjory, who reached their moth
| er's side Just as she died. Death was
caused by heart disease, thought to
have been the result of anxiety over
| the Mexican situation and the danger
of her husband and son, Ronald.
MISUNDERSTANDING was respon-
sible for one of the worst country fires
in this vicinity for years when the
barns on the ID. III. Skinner farm, one
and one-half miles east Of here on the
Lansing Eaton Rapids road were
struck and burned. Stored in the
| buildings were the entire seasons
crop of hay and beans, 1000 bushels
of oats, 500 bushels of wheat and
| crib of corn. Six horses and one bull
were also lost. The loss Is estimated
at about $4,000, partially covered by
| insurance.
Owosso.-When the two-story Chap
man block In the business section Of
| Durand, used for restaurant and pool
parlor, collapsed, the result Of under
mining In excavating for an adjoining
building Henry Rowe, who was using
a telephone, was hemmed In by debris
as n wall toppled outward In the ex-
cayation. Six others on the first floor,
warned by the cracking of the walls.
left in time. Mrs. Stephen Brown and
another woman were rescued from the
rear window of the second floor by
ladders. Only the rear wall of the
building remained standing.
East Lanslng.-Additional Farmers
institute dates have been announced