The Yale expositor., 1919-10-02

her face and eyes badly when she foil
with pail Of hot water.
Kalamazoo-George Sylvester Hook
noll, sentenced slayer OF Mrs. Bessie
Voeth, of Detroit, has begun his lifo
sentence at Marquette.
Cadillac-Efforts 70 buy another car
of surplus Army rood for this city
failed. The Chicago Zone Supply or
flcers said the quota was exhausted.
Bellaire-The Antrim County Faig
Association and the board OF super.
/ visors of Antrim County will enter
tain the soldiers of the World War
during the fair, Oct. / and 2.
Detroit-Thursday and Friday, Octo-
Der 30 and 81, are the dates for the
annual State Teachers Institute, to
be held in Detroit 1t is expected that
there will be fully 5000 teachers in
attendance.
West Branch-The d. Fleming farm
in Hacking Township, noted for the
fine tract of pine 1t bears and one OF
the few strips OF lumber land in Oge-
NAV County, has been sold to Solomon
& Hayes, lumbermen OF Oscoda.
Owosso-While operating a shaper
at the plant of the Fields Manufacture
ing Co., Wesley Reed, Is, reached for
a hammer. His right arm was caught
by the shaper and was so lacerated
that a surgeon had to amputate tho
member
Wolverine-Consider consterna'
ton was caused at the Chebcygan
County Fair when swarm OF bees on
exhibition in the exhibit building, es-
capped from their hive. There was
general rush downstairs by hundreds
OF spectators. However. but few were
stung.
Three Rivers-Oliver Ledbetter re-
celved the full discharge from shot
gun in his right leg below the knee
while hunting ducks. The guns had
been left in the boat while he and
companion, Emmett Raifsnyder. were
ashore. When they pushed the boat
back in the stream one of the guns
fell 10 the bottom.
Grand Rapids-Loss estimated at
$4,000 resulted from fire at the
Voigt Milling Company. The fire orig
mated in hot box on the third floor.
Thirty thousand bushels OF wheat
stored in the building was consumed.
1t was valued at 100000. Loss to the
building and equipment will total $780,
600. all covered by insurance.
Grand Rapids-While looking for
leak in a gas pipe at his home, Joseph
Chibicki Sc years old. was badly
burned about the head. shoulders and
hands by an explosion caused by the
ignition of gas by lighted match.
Seven windows and a door we're blown
out Of the room. Chibicki, a photo
grapher was removed to Butterworth
Hospital.
Monroe-Ceny Malon, aged 80, a
negress residing at as East Beacon
street, Detroit, was jailed, charged
with importing % half pints OF liquor
in harness concealed under clothing.
The desk sergeant in recording her
weight had put her down at 200, but
after a search by Mrs. Barley, wife
of the sheriff, he had to change it to
100 pounds.
Jackson-Announcem has been
made that the Ajax Rubber company,
which already has plants at Trenton,
N. J. and Racine, Wis, had decided
to locate third plant in Jackson to
be in operation by July l, 1920. II will
employ 1900 workmen and will have
a daily output of 1900 automobile tire
castings Work on the buildings will
start this fall, the cost being esti-
mated at $4,000.
Pontiac-Robbers tried to steal so
gallons of gasoline from tank in
the concrete tower at Roseland Park
cemetery. near Royal Oak. They sue
ceeded only in blowing up the tank
and wrecking the water pumping sta
ton of the cemetery. Fire destroyed
most of the debris but a wash tub
and bicycle lamp found indicates
that the thieves tried to draw off the
gasoline while using the nghted lamp.
The loss is set at $500.
Homer-When Lake Shore freight
east bound, reached Homer at the same
time a west bound through freight
did, quick action on the part of M. r.
Harzell, night telegraph operator at
the Michigan Central Station, in open.
ing a switch and derailing the west
bound train, was all that prevented a
head-on smash. A mixup in orders is
believed responsible. Nobody was
hurt, but a quantity of freight was
damaged.
Mt. Clemens-St. Peters parish is
honoring the young men Of the con-
gregation who answer the call to the
colors, by erecting an Is foot granite
shaft between the church and the
parish house. The monument Is 8 by
IL feet at the base. Names of 176 men
from the parish who took part in the
war will be inscribed on bronze
tablet. Four men from the parish died |