The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-01-25
MICHIGAN news BRIEFS

! due to a scarlet fever outbreak.
William r. Hall, of Manistee, 20
years old. former mayor and veteran
druggist, died while waiting for a
| train.
Governor Sleeper has appointed the
! following delegates to attend the Am
erican Road Builders association con-
vention in Boston, February to 8;
| c. III, Rawlins, Grand Rapids: +. +,
Rogers, lansing Henry b. Joy, De
troit.
Preston Cromie of Warren died in
Detroit from inquiries suffered when
his automobile was struck by a Mich.
gan Central train. Miss Emma Moore
who was with him when the accident
occurred died before she reached the
hospital.
After serving seven months and one
day and with $4,000 in Uncle Sans
coin jingling in their pockets, men OF
the Thirty-First regiment, recently re.
turned TO Detroit, were dismissed TO
return to their respective homes and
resume their various occupations.
Organization of the Muskegon
Heights Aeroplane Co., which will
manufacture a super-aeroplane for
the United States postal service and
the United States naval service has
been completed. The aeropane will
have a carrying capacity of two tons.
John II, Allerdyce promoter Of the
Detroit, Armada & Thumb railway,
promised that the construction of the
road would begin early in the spring.
He stated that the necessary capital
had been secured to guarantee. the
completion of the road as far as Ar
NADIA
A municipal coal yard, financed by
subscriptions of the men petitioning
for it, is the recommendation of
committee of councilmen and citizens
of Lansing who visited the municipal
yard at Kalamazoo. Lansing's char
ter does not permit of the city flnanc-
ing the project.
Mrs. John S. Lewis, So is dead at
her home in Jonesyille. She was a d.
rect descendent, in the eighth genera
t tlOI, VI JOili anu IllSNllld fAluClls
Mrs. Lewis had lived in Jonesville 65
years and she and Mr.. Lewis recently
celebrated the 65th anniversary Of
their marriage. Mr.. Lewis survives
and is 80 years old.
The morning Pere Marquette passen-
ger train out of Petoskey and the az
ternoon train north from Traverse
City to Petoskey have been annulled
because of coal shortage. Freight SER
vice has been cut in half The G. r.
1 & |. has cut third of its service off
/ the Petoskey-Harbor Springs run, leav-
ing two trains day each way.
Arthur c. Curtis, OF Detroit, state
humane marshal, found 20 hogs belong
/ ing to Jefferson Palmer, rural mail
carrier of Belleville, in an open con-
/ crete cellar of a mill that had been
burned. He alleges one of the animals
was frozen TO death in ice which form
ed the floor of the cellar, while the
others were covered with sores.
I Antoine Beausore, killed a large fe.
male wolf on the Turtle Lake club
| property at Alpena The animal is the
/ first killed in the vicinity of the club
/ in years 1t is reported that the tracks
of several of these animals have been
/ seen in various parts of adjoining
counties and an organized effort will
| be made to rid the country OF them.
The state railroad commission has
reorganized with Addison A. Keaser
taking the place of David II. Crowley;
| Cassius L. Glasgow, of Nashville, the
/ Oldest member of the commission in
point of service, was elected chair
man in the place OF Charles S. Gun
/ ningham, who has been chairman
since the death of Lawton T. He
mans.
The youngest prisoner in the history
of Marquette prison has begun serv-
/ ing a term from one to IA years. He
is Walter Jensen, of Escanaba, the 16.
year-old youth who after serving sew.
eral terms in the state penitentiary,
Jensen, at the last term OF circuit
court for Delta county was sentenced
to states prison after having been
found guilty on a charge OF burglary
and grand larceny.
Physicians are puzzled over the case
Of Geo. Z. Steel, an employe OF Bat
tie Creek laundry, who though having
two arms, is able to use only one. Ear
ly one morning, several days ago,
something went wrong with a belt in
the machinery which necessitated his
using one arm to excess that day to
keep things moving. When he got up
next morning that arm was helpless,
and It has remained that way ever
since.
Deputy Game Warden John w.
Ireland made raid on the cold stor-
age house of Daily & Sarns, Mt. Glenn
ems, and confiscated Al wild ducks
which have been held in storage for
members OF the Point Huron Hunting
and Fishing club. IL is said that the
ducks were killed out of season, but
this is denied by members of the club.
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