The Yale expositor., 1916-04-20
MICHIGAN news BRIEFS

prevented Arthur Belts, mail carrier,
from crossing.
Myron Dunning. 50, was Instantly
killed in st. Johns when he stepped
In front of a switch engine.
James Pollington, arrested recently
at Sault Ste. Marie for counterfeiting,
pleaded guilty in the federal court.
Marshall is to have Venetian park
at the foot of the municipal power
dams on South Marshall avenue.
A new jitney line will be opened
between Battle Greek and Freeport,
including Hastings and Downing on
its route.
Charlotte bankers will be hosts to
the bankers of that district, embrac-
ing eight counties, May A. More than
100 are expected.
The Petoskey Hardware Co. suffer
ed a $4,000 loss by fire early Satur-
day morning. Spontaneous combus-
ton was the cause.
The West Michigan State fair will
be held Sept. 1922, the same week as
last year and the week following the
state fair at Detroit.
sent alone from Holland to the in
dustrial school at Lansing, to which
he was committed by Judge Kirby.
An injunction has been secured by
William Brayer preventing South Hav-
en- from issuing $4,000 in bonds
authorized at the recent election for
securing new factories.
The citizens of Port Huron have
opened Today campaign Monday in
which it is expected TO raise $4,000
with which to bring the Handy broth
ers railroad TO Port Huron.
Steps are being taken in Charlotte
to choose the charter commission of
seven members who will revise the
city government, in accordance with
the recent decision at the polls.
James Gregory, so years old, Con
stantine farmer, is dead from a brok-
en- neck suffered when an automobile
frightened his team, which ran away
and threw him from the wagon.
Lawrence Stankiewicz, of Jackson,
So years old. a farmer, suffered a frac-
tured skull when his horses ran away
Saturday. striking a lighting pole and
throwing him out on the pavement.
1t costs s220,S55 to run the city OF
Flint during 1915, according to the
controllers report. The bonded in
debtedness is still 100000 below the
limit of per cent of assessed valua-
ton.
Supt. Carroll OF Grand Rapids will
start prosecution against husbands
who send their wives to headquarters
to ask leniency for traffic violations,
in cases where the husband has been
himself once warned.
Following a conference with Her
bert Johnson. of Kalamazoo. former
bank examiner, Prosecutor Robert
Kirschman announces that he will
prosecute Henry NJ. bearing, aged AL
bion bank wrecker, on the charge OF
forgery.
Petoskey claims the largest class
of men in Sunday school of any city
OF its size in Michigan. The business
mems class of the Methodist Sunday
school has had since last December
an average attendance of nearly $50
men at the class study hour at noon
each Sunday.
A deal is pending for the sale Of
the Sparta Water Co. to Traverse
City parties. If the new company
makes the purchase, wells will be
sunk and Sparta will be given pure
water. The city is now supplied from
creek A pumping station to cost
$4,000 is proposed by the new con-
Germ.
At a meeting of the executive com.
mittee of the executive committee of
the State Grocers and Meat Dealers
association in Lansing Tuesday even.
ing, the matter of the statewide agi-
tation for the repeal of the garnishee
law was discussed, and the commit
te went on record as favoring united
action OF it's organization to with
draw all credit should the law be
repealed.
Eight tickets for a quarter during
the hours factory employees ride to
and from their work; seven tickets
for a quarter during all other hours
of the day and night; modern, double
truck cars; extensions that will pro-
vide street car facilities for large
factory and residence districts and
service adequate for tldse who desire
to use the lines, is what Flint is try.
ing to get out of the ID. U. r.
A resolution was submitted to the
board of supervisors in Flint last
week by delegations of farmers re.
questing that a proposal to bond
Genesee county for 100000 be sub
mitted to the electors OF the county
to decide at a special election. The
board, however, deferred action as it
Is believed the county road commits
sioners now have all the funds they
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