The Detroit times., 1917-02-09
City News in Brief


Mrs. Augusta q. Huxhssss. OF the
National Woman suffrage asseeia-
ton, will speak in the Herbert
Bowen branch library Saturday. at
y. m. The lecture IN free.
wsrn out r. che peis~e department..
erdfsanee book, which tie police
officials look 10 whenever a discus-
sion OF the ordinances arises. the
department has detailed a man 20
the city clerks office whose duty
~ " to prepfre q new book. post
all recent amendments.
Those who thought a was ceid Prs-
day morning. VITA the mercury
Just some above the zero mark
may md some comfort In the
weather sta tistics for this date
Thy coolest Feb. 3 In 80 years was
In 1875. when minimum recorded
was 20 below.
@Ther~ is . msn ON my street. said
taisert-sNe. man on a street cor
this morning. who Is 30 conscien-
tious that he gets up at night TO
shovel OF hia walk n ~ snows'
This cruel and unsympatheuc
world L. no place for him" replied
the neighboring sardine; ne
should be In heaven"
-It O. positively uncanny,- said the
wss who likes Co wnik down town.
calling the turn on the cold sns ps
the past month. am coming 10
rely more and more on the fore
casts. Perhaps, after all. we have
been too haEty in taking the wealth
erman 90 task heretofore"
Matilda Iadensaek. rtainsisg 20 b~
the sole heiv OF her mother. Au-
gusta wesserling. has asked the
probate court to withhold execution
OF Mrs. Wesserling's will. Med for
probate Dec. IL. 1915. claiming
gerry or that the signature was
obtained by fraud.
Proctor Knst owes.. who has tb,
distinetion Of having been q car
didate FOR more offices than s,y
other man In Detroit. annoupes
that he - holding back before An
nouneing hts candidacy In thy I'M
INK over the neld." ne said fhurs-
day. After all the candidayr have
come out. I'll pick my offe.
Isvttstions have been seY To Mr..
and Mrs. Otis Skinner avA Mr.: and
Mrs. Robert Mantell. wio VIII MI
engagements In petroI mex, WEEK.
hall az the pier Moyday. Feb ~.
under the auspices 6f the WAYNE
County Equal sMrase league
Tickets for the ball are sale al
the Gorham shop.
Following srganeyt arising from
sp~IIiaU ustch a. the y. VI. q. a.
1'hur.day Afternoon. Walter Walin-
ski was STABBED three times by
Falk zenel yhe latter was arrest
ed ON chage OF felonious as
ssult. Zene,is said 10 be n nephew
az sadik z<nel Arrested last week
on charfe OF conspiracy 10 slay
Harry Nein. a Pontiac court In
t.rpreter
Jss~pA C,-Arwstvsag. one Of the
small svwy of candidates for the
new s4hooi board TO be elected At
large Ia an insurance man, He
has peen one % the Detroit agency
stAr az shs Fidelity a Casualty for
sore years. While a member OF
tn boar OF estimates a few years
go he was known as n conscien-
fous official. careful OF the tax
payers interest
-A~s~ sr~ the days when the men
without JsSs thrv~g the newspaper
room OF the public library. The
biustry winds and the biting
weather send a throng Of poorly
clad and unkempt fellows TO the
comfortable room In the basement
OF the library. whore they can
stand before a paper rack and be
warm. Most OF them have gray
haii end grirxled boards
VILLAS Bresnsn. Justice court clerk.
10 making q vigorous campaign for
tho Republican nomination for
alderman in the Tenth ward. Bren-
nan has made q good record FOR