Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-03-02
State NEWS NOTES
Cleaned From the Latest Michigan
Happenings.

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richest man in the university.
Mrs. Gooy Pyl, who was driven from
her home in Holland by religious per-
secution at an early age. ana had been
q resident OF Grand Rapids for 60
years. is dead at the age or 81.
Secretary Morton, of the Graham a.
Morton line, has announced that nav
isation would open from Benton Har-
bor the first Of next week. Traffic out
of Holland harbor will open within a
week.
VIM. Hovey, aged IS, OF Holly, died
on q Lake Shore siSctrss car In Cleve-
land Friday morI y When the con-
1uctor asked hi1 - his fare he
found him dead. J. disease was
the cause. Mr.. "A pa pas machist.
Because of the ! sevN knce of snug
Cling, carried on by teams, It Is al
legged, over the Ice between Port HUI.
ron and the Flats, custom Officers
have become very active. The goods
brought from Canada are chiefly WOOL
en- clothing.
Boys skating on Portage lake near
Houghton Friday, discovered the body
of Yohan Lakso imbedded IN the ice.
The body was badly decomposed. 1t
Is supposed Lakso lost his way In ono
Of the big storms during the winter,
laid down, and froze to death.
Before the farmers of Shiawassee
county will agree to vote to bond the
WTfy for 100000 to help pay of the
H1nS khouse debt. they are going to talk
SsV county matters publicly. A mass
~ nng has been summoned.
theatre to seat $50 people, will be
ss+yted at Ironwood at a cost Of $685.
600. The people Of the city have al
ready subscribed $4,000 for tickets ut
SO each for the opening performance.
The balance to be furnished by George
Curry and an associate.
Mrs. Mary Dunn Of Parma, died at
Ne Owosso Junction house Saturday
of apoplexy shortly after she was
taken from the southbound Ann Arbor
train. She was en- route from Mt.
Pleasant to Parma. The remains were
taken to her home.
Frank Waters, of Battle Creek, 20
years old, mulatto pianist and singer.
cut his throat Monday night with a
razor. No reasons are given for his
act, but Waters was so determined to
die that he fought with the neighbors,
who attempted to interfere.
William Purified, shoe merchant,
and one of the leaders among the
younger business men of Ann Arbor.
informed his friends Monday that he
was secretly married at Detroit Feb
9, the bride being Miss Gertrude Fuhr-
man, of Ypsilanti.
Judge Wisner, OF Flint, Monday SEN
fenced the second saloonkeeper with
In a week to ~ term in the Detroit
house of correction for selling liquor
to minors. Nelson Hoover was given
80 days in prism, without the option
Of fine.
A heavy rain storm, accompanied
by thunder and lightning, struck Bay
City Saturday evening The West
minister presbyterian church, west
side, was struck by bolt of lightning
while the choir was practicing. The
damage to the church is not large.
None Of the choir was injured.
1t is reported that from thirty-fve
to forty per cent of the farmers OF
Ingham county and central Michigan
are members of the American Society
OF Equity, which proposes to bring
the price Of wheat to 81 bushel by
March /, by refusing to sell below that
price.
The sophomore engineering class at
the U. Of M. has unanimously decided
to abolish the hair cutting hazing prac-
tice on the ground that 1t hurts the
reputation of the university among the
members Of the legislature and pa.
ants who contemplate sending their
sons there.
After being bedridden for nearly
three years, William Williams. an old
colored man and ex-slaye, was found
dead in bed at his home, PIT Eliot
street, in Detroit. Williams talked
freely of slavery days long before the
war, and had the appearance of
very old man, but his age was given
as SO years.
In the little cemetery st Delta Gen.
ter, few miles northwest of Lam
sing, Friday noon, uGoe members Of
enc family were buried IN single
grave. The dead are, Mrs. II. N.
Space, wife of farmer, her infant,
whose death was simultaneous with
that of the mother, and daughter.
Elizabeth, aged Is.
The safe in the postoffice and
Bradleys store at Sebewa Corners,
small hamlet, six miles southwest of
Portland, was blown open at night and
q small amount of money taken. The
burglars stole horse and buggy from
q nearby farmer and deserted the rig
a few miles west of Sebewa in the
country.
The contract for the mason work
on the new Y. NJ. G. A. building at
Jackson, was awarded to Hickman &
Co, of Kalamazoo, for $30,S50. Tho
complete cost of the building, includ-
ing site, will be $4,000, and the as
socfafion has all the monev snhacrfhad