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Engineer Harry Bentley’ has pur chased a new Ford touring car of Wai. Gray. The case of Napoleon B. Corus et al. vs. W. D. Stone et al, has been dismissed: ‘ Rev. Ray W. Merrill, reports 2,950 delegates at the Detroit conference, one of the largest he ever attended. * In the juvenile court today Donald Bradley of Battle Creek, a delinquent child, was placed on probation for 30 days. * The thermometer dropped to all de grees above zero at midnight, and two below at 2:00 a.m. At 6:00 a. m. it registed ten degrees above. Yesterday's Albion Recorder says: “Hoyt's orchestra was in the city, Thursday evening from Marshall en Fonte to Sherwood, where they’ played for a Masonic party. or in the probate court today the hear ings: in the spetitions ‘ta ‘appoint specu jal;and general administrators in the estates of Louis F. Werstein, deceas ed, was continued to Feb. 19th. De. McGregor of Battle Creek, as sisted by Dr Gesner performed a very successful operation on Mrs. Grover Katz last evening at her residence in east Mansion street. The patient was slightly improved this murning. Harry Conley received the world's record price for lambs in the Buffalo market today. He shipped 200 lambs there Tuesday, averaging ninety pounds each, and they sold t this morn ing at $15.500 per hundred pounds. According to the bulletin of Vital Statistics for December, ‘there were 111 births and 69 deaths in Calhoun coun ty in that month. In Battle Creek,, 61 births and 34 deaths occurred, in Albion 13 births and 13 deaths and in Marshall 7 births and 4 deaths. This is the time of year when much property is changing hands. Many People have various articles to dis pose of, large and emil, and the enbient aid cheapestly is though our Want and for sale column. We guarantee results. Try it, be con vinced. At the meeting of the Michigan State Fire Insurance association in Lansing President M. D. Shepard of the Calhoun County Citizens Mutual Fire Insurance Co. was elected one of the vice presidents and Secretary G. A. Houck of the Calhoun County Farmers. Auge Co. was elected a member of the executive committee. Deputy Sherif W. E. King was in Albion from a Homer Thursday, bring ing with him a man named William Biggs, whom he had arrested for the authorites at Owosso, where Biggs is wanted on several charges, one of then being obtaining money under false pretenses. Deputy Sheriff Houghton came Thursday evening from Owosso and took the prisoner back with him. IEE ho Ber pe 8 Country Ponda’ drietea tame Monday being Lincoln's birrthday use [Danks will be Closed all. day. Mr. and Mrs. Ray: Dickinson, of Te IMensha tro the ‘parental of a baby daughter, born _ Saturday; mort: Athletic ‘Director Pittings at the High School, Athletic ‘association and jfeach, of the basketball team has made jArrangemente: wherby, the ‘Olivet Hleh iEchoal team!) play the local team ACK P. hall. inethis city’ next Friday evenng instead’ stint, Olivet ©” , Holson D Schram, of Bata? ’reek. (Whose singing was 69 much enjoyed at the Presbyterian church two weeks ARC, will be present at, the evening 'carvice tomorrow and will wing. two Solem, The service Will be of what’ special nature, all are ‘ba Paid Edward Frauenreidher $37. J$sa sparrewa sold to the city Clerk of Albion, Acaa Fuller of Athens drew $2.76 for 148 sparrows and E. J.*Wen ‘burg of Battle Creek drew $12. 68 for 684 sparrows. It was stated today that the attenton of Prosecutor Cooper had been called to alleged violations of the iPestrow law and any bounties has ‘teor Wiegally paid prosecution may follow, on The funeral of irs, Newell. MM. Parkis occurred. yesterady at 11:00 p. m. from the residence of Mr.and Mrs. R. Brownell in Marengo, Rev. ,C. BE. Fanchard ' officiated “and © Interment is an sliver: in. Oedridge:~ Messin. 3. 5. Scott, A. J. Robinson, G. C.Parkis, TALON. Barkine, “Mr. W. Brownell and “George © Chute acting as pallbarere, Mr. and Mrs.E. D. Smith of Albion, ‘Mr. and Mrs. G. @. Parkis of Detroit and re, Minnie Paris and Mrs. Prank ‘Hillard“of Lansing were in attendance. It developes that some sneak thief s attended the. card. arty ahd: Wance Hiven by the Royal Neighbors at Moose Nall, Thureday evening. The ladigs (Who attended: the party placed their cloaks in a wardrobe leading of the hall in which the festivities took place . When four of them went to get ‘their cloaks they ascertained that some per son had gone through the pockets In them. Of course the ladies failed to ‘remove ‘their valuables from their splotches when they took them off, and placed them in the wardrobe, Mrs. Bert Cross Jost a,valuable pair of :‘Sleves. She took her pocketbook out of her cloak and gave it to her little son, or it would probably have been taken.: Mrs. Minnie Williams leat her, pocketbook containing check for ¢7 and about $2 in cash. She had not en dorsed the check and yesterday stop ‘ped payment on it at the bank in case someone forged her name to” it. Aisa Caroline Pryor had her pocketbook touched and over a dollar in change «taken, only’ a dime being left in it Mrs. Peter Darnoski lost = pair of ew: rubbers, , , Drains Commissioner; ; ‘Raymond: Briggs asked the supervisors. Thumbig jia relge the salary of the Grain com missioner from.$1000 to $150 and to allow $500. for an outside deputy or any amount the board saw fit:to make ‘for this purpose. ‘He pointed out that tthe commissioner last year drew 71000, s700 for clerk hire and $312 for exit help, and was allowed an outside deputy not to exceed 150 days, at $3 per day. The total amount paid for extra help was $1462 in 1916 and the total amount paid In salaries was $2462. If it he heard grants Mr. Briges’ request the total salary Will, amount to $2700 or $288 more than last years. In 1915 there .Was expelled on county drains $21,356 and in 1916 it amounted to $63,803. This year it will exceed’ $72 000, their being 72 drains in the coun ty under Mr. Briggs' supervision. All the other county officials draw #2000 annually in salary and the deputies Get $1000 per year now or as much as the salary of the drain commissioner who receives no fee‘ whatever. The supervisors will.ect on’ the petition Maron 35, i being referred to the coms tance on drains and drainage which consists of Supervisors F. E.Smith, W.Melody and CG. W. Kilmer. In ‘Eaton county which is considerably smaller than Calhoun and not near as many drains the county pays the com missioner $1800 and he has a deputy, a Clerk and an engineer, all in its office land all on a salary.
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Evening Chronicle
Marshall, Michigan, US
Sat, Feb 10, 1917
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