The Yale expositor., 1919-03-27

gun he was using exploded.
Saginaw-With ice all out of Sag
inaw river, ice companies find them
selves 80 per cent short on the supply
for next summer.
Port Huron-Mrs. Minnie Kerr, of
Verona township, Huron county, de.
feated her husband for treasurer In
the recent caucus.
Pontiac-Pontiac's city budget will
this year be the highest in the city's
history. The first draft drawn by the
commission totals $337.5OO.
Whitehall-With a woman running
against her husband for village treas
urer, Charles II. Ruggles was nomi.
mated by 264 votes. while his wife only
received 122.
Bad Axe-Paul Nagey, who killed
his mother and three children with
an axe, at Caseville, has been ad-
judged insane and will be committed
to an institution.
Pontiac--C. W. Otto, OF Elgin, ILL.,,
has accepted the position of managing
director of the Pontiac Board of Com
merce, recently recognized with an
income of $4,000 a year.
Rogers City-The Hammonds Bay
coastguard station, far up the shore
from this point, is to be moved to
Rogers City, according to telegram
from Congressman Frank d. Scott.
Bad Axe-Albert st. George, 35
years old, was drowned in the Plnne-
bog river. The body has not been
found and possibly will not be until
the water goes down. He leaves a
widow and six children.
Owosso-There are 17,50O.O0O aliens
in this country, 100000 of whom can
not read, write or speak the English
language, is the statement of w. A.
Church, federal representative, who Is
here delivering addresses to stir in
terest in free text books for aliens
Wolverine claims the
Oldest active woman suffragist al the
county, Grandma Jane Mccormick, %
years. who is taking a prominent part
in the spring election. At the Repub-
lican caucus she exerted real infiu-
ence andr is electioneering for he
| favorites.
! Benton acknowledgements DE-
cause OF i'll health following an attack
Of Influenza, Mrs. Frank Burr, aged
20, wife of postal clerk who has re-
Gently been discharged from navy ser.
vice, and prominent in local society
circles. hanged herself In the base
ment of the Burr home.
Grand Rapids-Sleeping sickness
has caused the first death in Grand
Rapids. Local health authorities re.
port Levi II. Bigelow. 20, died of the
disease. He had been ina comatosc
condition for three weeks. Another
case Of sleeping sickness was report
ed Clara Pohlman, Is.
Kalamazoo-Former President VIII.
lam Howard Taft, will make an sd
dress here Tuesday evening, April 1,
on the league OF nations. He was 10
have appeared here March 4. but the
engagement was postponed so he could
speak from the same platform with
President Wilson in New York.
Saginaw-Dalon Fiddler, 80 years
old, and his two young sons were
drowned within sight OF their home
! near the village of Breckenridge, when
the horse the father was driving
backed buggy into the waters OF q
creek, swollen by heavy rains. Mrs
Fiddler saw the accident from a win
dow in the family home.
Muskegon-Confron with an tia
liam vendetta mystery. the police are
seeking the man who attempted &c
Stay Frank Bernadinto. a foundry
worker here with stiletto and ther
excaped. Bernadinto was plaintiff In
On action for damages brought re
Gently against countryman who BIZ
of his ear in what was claimed was
a friendly scufne.
Monroe-Professor Hoad, of the
University Of Michigan, was in con
sultation here with the city commits
sion relative TO the erection of 9
filtration plant OF the Monroe water
plant, contract for which expired
recently. In the new franchise it Il
planned TO give better water, fire pro
lection and provide for a 3O-year de
velopment.
Ferndale-President Lowell ]. Turn
bull has announced to the village com
mission that all details for marketing
Ferndale's $500 bond issues fol
water, sewers, town hall and fire de
partments were complete, and that thu
bonds would be turned over to Keane
Highie q Co., Detroit brokers. Fund.
for these improvements will be avail
able next month.
Grand Rapids-Methodist centenar,
leaders announced In Grand Rapids
that the centenary financial drive fol
ri 20 900 000 which mac .nh ad,,foa o.