The Yale expositor., 1922-03-23
Michigan NeOs
TerseLy Told

CudTlOlle-f rank Medue, ~ year
old, while playing around garage
became entangled in line shaft and
suffered injuries from which he died.
Grand Ledge-The three-story farm
house and contents of M. D. Suther-
land, near here, occupied by Lee Ben
nett, burned; loss, 10000. The con-
tents were not insured.
Holly-Henry Hunt, divorced. was
sent to Oakland county Jail in Pom
tiac for 80 days, following his plea
of guilty to the charge of burying an
infant child one year ago without
first procuring a burial permit.
Hillsdale-George Lane, II, of Read
ing, is in Jail here on the charge OF
assaulting Lillian Convey, 14-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Covey
Of Reading. Deputy Sheriff Jenkins
made the complaint on behalf of the
girl
Flint-After celebrating "a hours,
jury in Judge Fred w. Brennan's
court, found Charles Austin, 20 years
old, and Clifford Thorpe, II years old,
guilty of first degree murder, in the
staying, by poisoning of their employ
er, Paul Delisle, wealthy meat dealer.
Kalamazoo-With their heavy truck
and fire-fghting apparatus mired in
the mud OF an unpaved street, fire.
men were compelled to look helplessly
on while flames consumed the home of
George King. The fire truck was dug
out of the rut, but not in time to save
the burning building
Pontiac-There may be no truth in
the prophecy of spring by the first
robin, nor of the wild geese and ducks,
but farmers of this vicinity declare
they nave received the one sure sign,
the cawing OF crows. Crows have
] been reported in several sections Of
this and Macomb county.
Monroe--A circuit court jury
brought in a verdict of $4,000 in favor
OF Mrs. Harold Nickel, Toledo, against
George Mosher, ottawa Lake, Monroe
county. Mrs. Nickel sued for $4,000,
claiming injuries as the result OF be-
ing struck by an automobile said to
have been driven by Mr.. Mosher
Port Austin-Mrs. NJ. +. Sturtevant,
SO years oId who was the first white
woman to be married at Port Austin,
| is dead here. With her husband,
she was one OF the pioneer settlers
/ in this section Of the state. Her
| death came suddenly. as, in spite Of
her advanced age. she was thought to
be in good health.
Pontiac-Mrs. Harriet Colby, "a
years old, who has lived for two years
alone on farm near Crescent Lake,
was found dead, sitting in a chair in
! front of cookstove, by Fred Reese
| OF Pontiac, who formerly worked for
! her. Heart failure is believed to
have caused death. Her husband
died two years ago.
Birmingam-The congregation OF
ST. James Episcopal church, OF Bir-
mingham, is collecting old gold and
silver, to be made into a platen for
early morning communion services in
the church. The paten now used is
for much larger services. Several do
nations of family heirlooms. such as
spoons and gold ornaments. have been
contributed.
misunderstanding of Jalmer John
son, an Iron county supervisor, has
been recommended TO Governor by
Merlin Wiley, attorney general. John
son is charged with voting himself
a salary to which he was not legally
entitled. He resigned several months
ago, when the charges were made, but
was Immediately reappointed by the
board of supervisors.
Paw Paw-Charles Jakubczyk Sc
years old, a Bohemian, is in custody
here on a charge of arson as revenge
for failure to collect back wages from
his former employer. He is alleged
to have set fire to the barn and ga
rage of Jay Prachad, farmer living
near Decatur, destroying both build
ings, truck, 300 fruit trees and farm
implements. loss of $4,000.
Iron Mountain-John Challacin, of
Crystal Falls, who enlisted in the
United States army of occupation, at
Casper, Wyo., in 1919, is home again.
He brought back with him a Belgian
bride Challacin says there is plenty
of work in all European countries
which we're in the war. The wages
paid in France amount to about 1876
a day in American money. He de-
clared there is no idleness in Ger
many.
Marshali---Jack Dempsey's gift to
Mrs. Floyd Fitzbimmons of Benton
Harbor, a $4,000 automobile, was
damaged and Mr.. and Mrs. Fitzsim-
mons, an attorney and a state sena-
tor, whose names were not learned,
were injured slightly, when the steer
ing gear of the car broke and sent the
machine into ditch between Battle
Creek and Marshall. The party was
going to Lansing to interview Cover
nor Groesbeck in regard to a boxing
bout at Benton Harbor.
Owosso-Whether or not joint use
OF a driveway for 80 years by neigh