The Yale expositor., 1919-04-10
State
Happenings

ulSDdHu July 4, the uHccloIS haN0 u0-
cided
Standish-Abraham David. an In
dian boy, is dead in France of pneu-
monia.
Adrian-The city will decorate Ad-
rian depots and streets with welcome
signs and banners for returning Len
awee county soldiers.
Pontiac-Oakland county supervi
sors were petitioned by residents 0f
the district between Royal Oak and
Ferndale for authority to incorporate
a new village to be known either as
Pleasant Ridge or Oakland. The petit
TONERS claim there were 800 persons
living in the district. Action was le
ferred.
Kalkaska-The 9.month. old baby of
Clyde Dean was cremated in its crib
when their house at Twin Lakes was
burned. The mother was dong the
chores at the barn at the time and five
of the other Dean children, the old
est years, escaped from the house
after failing to unfasten the baby's
crib.
Muskegon-Through misunderstand-
ing the attending physician orders,
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Kirchenbauer
ased solution of carbolic acid instead
OF boric acid to battle the eyes OF their
ive-weekold child. The child is now
In Hackley hospital where it is not
known whether the sight will be saw
ed.
Bessemer-Two little children OF
Mr. ana Mrs. John Lampart, Jr., Clare.
three years old, and Theresa, one year
old, are victims of accidental poison.
ing. bottle of cattle medicine was
mistaken for cough medicine and each
child was given spoonful. They died
before medical aid could be secured
and were buried in one grave.
Dearborn-The village commission
has ordered a special election April
IL TO pass on bond issue of $241 ,U0U
for sewer and to provide water i'm
provements. 1t is proposed to build
Little Rouge to care for suface drain
age of the territory west of Center
street.
Lansing-The house sounded the
death kneil of bills to abolish private
banks when by vote of 40 to the
Legislators declined to adopt the resell
utIon offered by Representative Lynn
]. Lewis, that his bill to put the pri-
vate bankers out of business, be taken
from the committee on private corpor.
atoms.
Grand Rapids-Stockholde OF the
Citizens Telephone company have APP
proved the reelection of present Off
GERS, including r. D. Graham, presi-
dent. Directors were reelected also
The board was authorized to renew
the pooling association agreement
which will expire in February, 1920,
for five years.
Mason-The girl who was snot near
Ann Arbor by Robert Warner, of Jack
son, is Irma Perkins. She had lived
in the family of Clarence CASTOR, Of
North Aurslius, for the last 10 years
the family having looked after her
education, and she had been consider
ed as a daughter. Her father, Els
worth Perkins and sister, Miss Roy
Corbin, live in Eaton Rapids. She
taught school last year in Plymouth
Albion-M. l.. Jefferson, former
uasseur at the Battle Creek sanitari-
I'm, who escaped from officers at Bat
tie Creek while being taken to thu
asylum at Kalamazoo was captured at
the farm house of Charles Minder. He
had walked here from Battle Creek,
spending two nights in the woods and
going without food for 4S hours. lie
was returned to Kalamazoo by sani-
tarium officers.
Owosso-Captain NJ ]. Phillips,
formerly of this city, first vice-presi-
dent of the Michigan Association of
Elks and in line for the presidency
when the association meets here in
June, has announced that he will re.
main in California where he went
after leaving the service and he there
fore withdraws as a candidate for the
presidency. He urges that E. H. Stan
ard, past exalted ruler and for many
years secretary of Owosso lodge, be
elected president.
Albion-Heroic action and quick
presence of mind of five-year-old Mar
guerite Cornell saved the life OF her
17.month-old brother. The mother.
Mrs. Fred Cornell. turned out an oil
stove and stepped outdoors to hang
out some clothes. The baby, attracted
by the licked of the blaze which con-
tinued at the bottom of the burner,
went TO the stove and his clothing
caught fire. The sister picked up the
child and carried him outdoors to the
mother. who extinguished the flames.
The baby was badly burned but will
recover.
Flint-Major General Grote Hutcne-