The Yale expositor., 1916-11-23
MICHIGAN NEWS BRIEFS


eide at Goodrich, Genesee county, By
shooting.
Charles Loetz. former Sturgis ma-i.
was crushed TO death in Chicago
when a truck load of heavy furniture
fell on him.
The state tax commission will hold
four reviews requested by the super
visors of Wayne, Monroe. Mackinac
and Iron counties.
Elisha Phillipo, Of Hart. early set
tier. was drowned while working in a
field He tripped and fell into a pond
and was unable TO rise.
A stock dividend of 100000 was de-
cleared at Ann Arbor by the Hoover
Steel Ball Co., to be paid holders of
certificates on January 20, 1917.
John Moore. of Palms, is dead as a
result of the fall from the house which
he was building for his intended
bride He was to have been married
/ December /.
A county auction sale will be held
at Boyne City, November 20 at which
time all farmers of the county will
bring their surplus stock, implements,
ETC. to Boyne City.
Sarah Vosburg, of Grand Rapids.
who sued the city of Grand Rapids for
$4,000 damages for injuries sustain
ed in fall on a defective sidewalk,
was given verdict for $500.
The next legislature will be asked
to pass law controlling trips by
state officers outside the state, the
members of the state board Of auditors
and Audhor-General o. B. Fuller
have decided.
John A. Nelson. who has retired as
keeper OF the Muskegon coast guard
station, has been succeeded by George
Catfeld, keeper of the Sturgeon Bay
canal station Capt Nelson ended Is
years in the service.
Thirty prisoners were panic stricken
] in the county Jail at Flint as the re-
suit of the removal of William Harris,
a Negro. held for violating the local
! option law, who was found to be suf-
fering from diphtheria.
]. c. Garland, of Toledo, o., was re-
Gently awarded the contract for in
= stalling a modern and complete sewer
system in lakewood at a cost of $780,
= 0O0 The work is to be started at once
and the contract calls for its com
pletion by June l, 1917.
George Melbourne, Is years old
' son OF farmer residing about -four
miles from Cedar Springs. was shot
and fatally wounded while hunting
with Mrs. LA Wilson near his home
Melbourne frightened rabbit out o
a thicket and cried to Mrs. Wilson Il
shoot Her shot went wide ant
pierced Welbourne's lungs. He dieC
|. four hours later.
J. The county road commissioners o
: Pontiac are having trouble in com
o pleting some of the road jobs in thu
f county because of the freezing wealth
e er. They have been notified of az
). ceptance for state reward of two mile
o of Highway in Novi, two in Lyon, tw
IA in White Lake, one and half i
r Rose, two in Avon, four in Commerce
D, one in Oxford and one in Addison.
r Alleging that her son was so badl
n Leaten by Selen Lancour that he die
n from the effects, and that the assai
d ant was thrown into murderous stat
e of mind by liquor sold to him by Ere
Ie Nelson, a saloonkeeper in Keweena'
is county, Mrs. Catherine O'Brien has b,
ell gun suit against the Michigan Bone
n ing & Surety company, charging ths
lie the firm which furnished bonds &c
p Nelson contributed TO the death of he
er son.
n Judge Smith has issued an orde
at to the attorneys of the Oakland Be
association that they will not be pc
mitted to collect alimony payment
r from husbands, as ordered by I'll
court and turn them over to the d
vorced wives, nor to settle cases
I'd which the husband has been arreste
for non-payment of alimony. He sa
from the bench that the county clel
- would be required to look after a
- such matters and keep records
90 them.
Ia Mrs. John Allan saved the life
II her two small children when her hon
ar. caught fire, at Durand but she W
nv die. The home was two freight ca
At. containing three families. All MAJ
lie their escape but Mrs. Allan. 81
oh found the door to the room where 81
'ot and her two children were sleepil
al. locked, but threw the children out
so window and then tried to folio
TO Her clothing had caught fire and
'or fore she could be pulled through 81
ed was terribly burned.
he Heavy shipments of ore from N
St nominee range and continued CO
weather have blocked the Northwe
ern and st. Paul ore docks at ESQ
naba. The Northwestern has IA
cars to unload and several hundr
more than usual in the yards. t
ar st. Paul has eight hundred cars in
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