The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1922-06-29

A pat on the shoulder accompanied
! by a squeezing of her hand by mar
ried man caused Mrs. Emily Bowhall,
35 years old, of Pontiac such great
worry and mental suffering" that she
is suing George Edgar Sherman, 65,
farmer, for $4,000 damages, accord
ing to the bill of complaint filed
at Pontiac. Mrs. Bowhall charges that
! Sherman insisted on making love to
her, although knowing that she was
married
Judge Theodore J. Richter, of the
Wayne circuit bench, effected re-
Cancellation between Mr.. and Mrs
Carl A. Hoffman, wealthy Crosse
Pointe residents, principals in a d.
vorce case at Mt. Clemens. Hoffman
brought the action against the wife
who is mother of II children. The
two kissed, and marched out OF court
hand in hand. with their II children
! following.
Chief Ripple, of the Grand Haven
police and fire department, no longer
has to dash away on his bicycle when
answering fire or burglar alarm.
For several years the city has equip
ped the chief Of the two departments
with a bicycle and he has pumped his
way to the scene Of trouble. But now
it is changed. A bright red automo-
bile has been purchased for the
chief
Citing e. N. Diver, Of Kalamazoo,
for meritorious service, the Michigan
Central Railroad, for which he work
ed 40 years, has granted him pen
sion and a gold medal, emitting him
to life pass on the line. During his
40 years service on the road, Diver,
as baggagemaster, never met with an
accident OF was involved in dam.
age claim.
John c. Mckay, Alpena, captain of
the fishing tug Falcon, suffered a
fracture OF the right arm and nearly
lost his life when he was carried over
board with the pilot house Of his
craft when 1t was struck by a tow
line between the barge Helen c. and
tow. With his broken arm Mckay
swan so feet. then found a life pre-
server, with which he kept afloat un-
til rescued.
1--WE hope to be able to start work
on the new Normal training school
building this summer or early in the
fall" President James NJ. B. Kaye, of
the Marquette Normal school, declar-
ed. AT present plans are being mod
ified so as to make the new school
one of the finest of its kind any
where" he said.
Fourteen pints of beer, recently
confiscated by Prosecutor Lynn John
ston. from the Green Tree cafe, Ma
comb county, was ordered returned
to the owners by Judge Harry ].
Dingeman, of Detroit, who held that
the search warrant under which the
raid was made was irregular and IL
legal.
Following an allnight search in
which hundreds of Mancelona resi-
dents took part, the 3-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Mathew Cores was
found asleep on brush heap in the
center of a thick woods, four miles
from his home. His body was cover
ed with deep scratches and bruises.
The board of directors Of the Eaton
County Agricultural society have au-
thorized new floral hall at Char
lotte to cost $500 The new struc-
ture will be ready for the fair this
fall. The society is one Of the few
prosperous county fairs, with a sur
plus of $4,000.
Muskegon has reduced the assessed
valuation on residence property more
than $1,5O0,000, while a similar in
crease has been made on factory prop
erty. The factory boost is largely
due to new buildings erected. The
total assessed valuation will be around
$52,O00,000.
Catherine, 4-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred ]. Briggs, of Kala-
mazoo township, died at Charlotte as
the result of amputation of her left
arm. made necessary after that mem
Der was crushed in power wringer
of a washing machine.
Entering the building through two
loose boards In the floor, left after
pipes had been repaired, thieves took
1000 pounds of sugar from the store
OF Mike Dubina, in the foreign set
Element at Albion.
Four men loaded a 400-pound safe
stolen from the Homer Grant store
at Coloma, into an automobile and es-
capped. The safe contained $3.50.
The thirty-ninth annual assembly
of the spiritualists of the United
States and Canada will be held in
Fraser'g Grove near Vickshurg from