The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-01-18
MICHIGAN NEWS BRIEFS

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N. j. Niedzielski. grocer, of Bay City,
over 12-cent bottle of cream already
has cost the county and htigants
about $500.
The report of the prosecuting at
torney, made public shows that there
were 1886 arrests in 1916 in Oakland
county, while fines and costs amounted
to S10,620.
Two forestry courses and course
in the occurrence and properties of
gems and precious stones, will be in
stituted in the university at Ann Ar
Dor this February.
\ modern Ponce de Leon leeced
several Reading women out of from
SO to SIS each with his Eternal
Youth subscription. Some of his VIC
tims were more than 80 years years
cd.
A formal charge Of murder has been
placed against Mrs. Edward Conroy,
Of Ionia, who is alleged to have killed
her husband last November during
quarrel. he was released on $4,000
bond.
The annual meeting Of the Lake u
perior Mining institute will be held
this year in the iron region of Ala
bama, it has been announced. Mem.
bers of the Lake Superior institute
will leave in special car, March Q.
The st. Clair county board of super
visors at a special session adopted a
resolution condemning the state tax
commission as IAN injudicious and
arrogant body in it's methods by not
showing due consideration of the pub
lic."
A contract for the construction OF
a 40-foot cruiser for the United States
government has been awarded the
Dachel Carter Boat Building firm Of
st. Joseph. The boat is for inspection
service and probably will be used on
the lakes.
Although It cost William Merrill, De-
troit horse dealer, $50 to ride out into
the outskirts of Flint for a bottle of
beer to quench his thirst last August,
he had the satisfaction OF seeing
Bob" Ingersoll convicted by a jury
in circuit court of larceny.
Voters OF Baraga county have ap-
proved a bond issue of $4,000 for
the building Of a trunk highway be-
tween Michigamme, Marquette coun-
ty, and the Houghton county line, to
connect the road systems of Mar
quette county and Houghton county.
The half haluf hour a day liberty for
convict will be restored in Jackson
prison, Warden Disque announced af-
ter a conference with Governor Sleep
err. The change is a part OF Warden
Disques policy of making prison pro-
duction secondary to reforming fris-
oners.
A phenomenal growth in the postal
receipts of the Escanaba postoffice is
shown ythe report of Postmaster
John O'Meara, Just issued. An in
crease of $4,000 in the 1916 receipts
over those of 1915 is shown. Esoana-
ba leads the upper peninsula cities in
increase in postal receipts.
The report of State Fire Marshal
Winship Of the incendiary and arson
Investigations in Michigan In 1916
shows that 81 criminal csse= were
started, of which 16 resulted in con-
viction. Charges were withdrawn in
seven cases and FIVE were acquitted.
Three cases are still pending.
A jury in circuit court at Mt. Glenn
ms confirmed the verdict of $500 given
| by Justice Nunneley to Mrs. NJ. Bene-
dict of Warren against Mrs. Marie
Groth Of this city. The amount was
claimed to be due on borrowed mon
ew and an appeal was taken from
the Justices decision to the circuit
court.
The possibility of Flint having
community coal dock, selling coal at
cost. was bright as the news spread
over the city that the first carload
of a consignment ordered two months
ago by the Rev. Howard J. Clifford,
pastor of the Falkland Presbyterian
church, for the Falkland Community
Brotherhood, had reached the city and
was being dispensed In half ton lots
at SO ton.
BY a vote of nearly 2 to 1, the tax
payers and parents of school children
OF Port Huron have voted to author
lie the city to issue 100000 in bonds
TO construct a school building to re.
place the historic old Washington
school. The contract for the new
structure will be let as soon as posi-
sible and before the fall term of school
opens, the building probably will be
ready for occupancy.
The three weeks boycott on rutter
and eggs, instituted by the house
wives league at Ann Arbor, in an eff.
fort to reduce the cost of living has
come TO an end. its been a success"
say the housewives. When the boy
colt started they we're paying as and
as cents a dozen for eggs and the
same price per pound for fancy cream.
cry butter, and they were paying 5I
for eggs and 4S and so cents for
butter