The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-10-12

OF this place were hosts to gathering
OF hundreds of knights from the
Thumb, eastern and central Michigan
Sunday, October Z.
Monroe-At a meeting of the city
commission Mayor Graessly was auth
orized to purchase 10 to 25 cars of coal
at the best rates he could obtain. He
will get the coal direct from the mines
and sell it in small lots to Monroe citi-
zens.
Dowagiac-Cliton Voorhees,, an en-
ploye of local factory, set out last
spring to fish all the pearls out OF the
st. Joseph river. He didn't have much
luck at finding pearls, but has return
ed with Is tons of clam shells, worth
$50 ton.
tamination of the water of Saginaw
river and bay by chemicals turned into
the Tittabawassee river, at Midland,
by the Dow Chemical Co., William P.
Kavanagh, Bay City commercial fisher
man, has begun suit against the COM
pany for 100000 damages.
Waterford-Floyd Harris, of this
village, had to appeal to Circuit Judge
Smith to find out where he, Harris.
lives. BECAUSE of mix-up in plats Of
this village, Pond street got lost.
Either Harris was occupying % feet
of the highway, or the street was oc-
cupying ~ feet OF his property. The
court decided the street is where Har-
ris's house is not.
Port Huron-The Women's Benefit
asSociation of the Maccabees dedicated
it's ysw home Office building amid the
most brilliant ceremonies ever wit
messed In this city Governor Sleeper
and many prominent fraternity leaders
in the United States delivered ad-
dresses.
Adrian <Standing on the back plat
form OF Train. John Taylor, travel
ing salesman, saw Anna Bardernitz, OF
Saline. caught and dragged 100 feet by
the pilot Of a locomotive. He tainted.
fell from the platform and was serious
ly injured Miss Bardernitz suffered
concussion of the brain.
Camp Custer-It is expected that
750 men of the new draft army will
have been rejected when the wedding
out OF the first As per cent is COM
pleted. The reflections have been for
the most minor of disabilities, defec-
tive vision, hearing. heart troubles, fiat
feet. Four men were rejected for loss
of fingers or for misshapen arms and
shortened legs caused by ill-set broken
bones.
Sault Ste. Marie-William Ander-
son, mate on the steamer Lewiston,
was washed overheard in a heavy
northeast gale off Keweenaw point,
The steamer circled around the neigh
borhood for an hour but was unsuc>
cessful In picking him up. A broken
steam pipe forced the captain to go
behind the point for re s and fur
Their efforts to locate the missing man
could not be made.
Ishpeming-Mrs. Sophia Anderson
was killed by train while chasing
a cow off the tracks.
Hillsdale-Lemuel Gibbs and H. N.
Turrell, both more than so years old,
lifelong friends, died day apart.
Grand Rapids-Gottlieb Rouff, 40
years old, was hit by an automobile
going slowly, and although picked up
lead did not bear bruise. 1t is
believed he died of heart disease.
Bay City-Clarence Rabideaux, s.
year-old son Of Gideon Rabideaux, died
from burns. The little fellow was
eft alone in the house while his moth
sr went to store. He climbed to
shelf and got some fireworks left over
rom the Fourth.
Hillsdale-Harry Kelvin a Hillsdals
boy who enlisted in Canadian regi-
nent, is one of only few survivors
IF the regiment in which he served,
according to letter received here.
The Is men nearest him were killed
by a bomb. He was unhurt.
Lansing-There was balance of
in the general fund of the
state treasury available for immediate
Use when the vaults were opened for
business October /. The total dis
from the general fund SO
ar this year totals $500, 1895.
Ann Arbor-Professor Bradley M.
SO years old, died at his
home in this city. Since 1888, Profess
,or Thompson had been Jay professor
If law in the law school of the Uni
gersity of Michigan, although since
June, 1912. he had been professor
emeritus. He was member of the
irst law class to be graduated from
he University Of Michigan.
Owosso-Tuberculos which hs
vent west a year ago to combat,
caused the death in a sanitarium at
Cal, Of Alvin M. Bentley,
10 years old, known throughout the
state as several times a millionaire,
ounder of the Owosso Manufacturing
screen door manufacturing
concern with branches at Philadelphia