The Detroit times., 1917-02-16
City News in Brief

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After admitting hoIdinE up . citi.ss
on kerchevsi-ase.. Jan. 81. Ernest
Williams. Negro. VAS sentenced
90 from one 90 two years at Jack
son hy Judge Jenrics Thursday
The Ice In Lake st. Clair will not
keep Pred Ernest. = county build
INK guard. away from his place
near Fosters in the fats. lie will
make "A nine-mile trip over the ice
saturday. going from Algonae by
foot
Too many women take divorce suits
q. tho they were holiday de-
clsred Judge Fred s. Lamb. ot Cad
see woman in tears but IL shows
~ least that she takes a divorce
seriously" he said.
The Eighth Ward publican club
will hold n meeting Feb. ~. In
Hotel Griswold Governor Sleeper
and Mayor Marx will speak. Cir
cult Judge candidates are expected
20 talk. ]. -. Flannery Is sere-
tary of the organization.
fythe rumor of . revolution In Cuss
proves true. sugar may soon ne
prohibitlve. declares c. q. Edgar, or
". II. Edgar A Sons, wholessle
sugar dealers The cane burns
rapidly and with a rebellion large
neids would be burned over.
The csty-owned automobile driven
by Coronsr's Clerk Creedon was
badly damaged at Myrtle and
Twelfth-sts.. Thursday night wnsn
Myrtle car back upon ~. Tbs
machine came 10 stop behind the
car, according 10 Creedon. and the
car backed without warning.
There arc Just No many diseases for
vegetable. as there arc for human
beings. and that is saying lot
This from poor fellow who tired
OF tho Office desk and tried market
gardening close TO nature" for
living. when the plant diseases
don't get your stun. the Eruos un-
d-rground or the birds sbovs
ground do
Irs hard blow TO the boy. whs IKE
stationery OF tho best hotei In
town. but you can blame the war:
because 70 has made the price OF
RRsvs RRsv.' s1nouneed sD Sne tsa, .,ssicn.ry
will be doled out In the future TO
guests only. Those whose sigma
lures grace the register can Get
writing materials by applying 10
the clerk.
request for permission 90 tssus
100000 Of bonds Go meet mstur-
ing issues and for the construction
OF new mains and buildings has
been sent 20 the common council
by the board of water commission
ers. This amount 10 the balance OF
an issue authorized In 1919. but
which the water commissioners
never Rad used. The amount will
be ADDED 10 the boards estimate
for the year. recently led In the
office OF Controller Engsl
-stsyinx mp nights with crying bs-
bies is bad enough. bat wait until
you have q greenhouse on your
hands" said n Detroit man who
moved 20 the suburbs 10 lead the
simple life and raise violets Tor a
living II haven't been 10 bed for
more than two hours at time
since the cold weather began.
with trying 10 get coal and stok-
ing the furnace 10 keep the violes
from freezing the simple life has
become somewhat complex
The police department has . .ew
makes ~ necessary. II they wish TO
leave their posts. 20 hail passing
policeman. Then they must teis-
phone that they are temporarily
return they have 20 telephone again
that they are about 10 rssum- their
duties The traffic officers say The
order f. all right except that US
70 gosh dsrned hard" 10 md an
officer when he Is needed.
what he eensfderu q better nethod
of garbage disposal than that new
used - proposed To Detroit by j. L
Boyer president and manager Of
the United states Serum company,
of Kansas city. Mo, II arm cons d
srrE location for n plant for
tho sani,sry disposition of city gar
bage hy feeding the same 20 hogs.
SAYS Mr Boyer. In letter 20 IN.
common council The plant would
BE healthful. sanitary and very
profitable
One Of those nuisance. who enter
tain their emvty minds by whisti-
ing In public places was annoying
lot of passengers In Hamilton
line car this morning with rect
tai Of sM-O-t-h-e-r" He repeated
~ over and over until finally an
aFVd gentleman teamed over and
asked courteously. "sir, would you
mind whistiing a bit louder ! am
rather deaf" An idea did then per-
coiate into the skull and the recital
caem 20 an end.
The attack on the civil s~rvftce law
by the Spanish A m~rf~sn war vet
Grams. is without sound legal basis.
saws George w Rarrus. an at
torney and a member OF the civil
servtcs commission. The state law
merely says that veterans shall
be preferred when other things are
equal. "It II not reasonable that
any veteran should be put into
office irrespective of hts standing
in comparison with his eompeu-
tors I'm glad the matter is being
brought into court
IL might he supposed that . Judge
would he the last person In the
world 20 be bothered by burglars
or even petty pilferers but Judge
Edward Command was a victim
twice IN 20 hours. First. house
breakers got into his house and
made OF with valuable clothing.
Than on "wednesday night while
he was attending party In the
II A G. some INSCRIPTIONS per-
con with no regard for the dignity
of the bench, stole his ruboera
Naturally. Judge Command In
peeved.
feverfshiy Friday morning on
washington-h blvd, near Grand RIv-
crave. shoveling irregular bits of
peculiar black mineral substance