The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1907-04-11
STATE NEWS BRIEFS.

- "A n NEWS bNlErS.
BY one majority Charleston decided
to erect $4,000 school building.
There are 30 cases Of typhoid fever
in Port Huron. and the city water
supply will be examined.
Albert Briton, aged 81, died Of lock.
jaw in Battle Creek. following the loss
of finger In machine on March 10.
w. W. Smith, aged AZ, and unmar-
ried, employed on farm near Bath,
while walking on the nj. G. railroad
tracks was struck by passenger train
and killed.
The Decker and Hopple dams on
the Cedar river were blown ND by
dynamite. Several million feet of logs
will be hung up unless repairs are
made at once.
DR.. p. Duket has sold his interest
in the Toledo e. Western Electric road,
chartered to build from Adrian to
Coldwater, to the EverettMoore syn
dictate. The road has been partially
constructed.
The total value of the estate of the
late Charles II. Hackley, of Muskegon
amounts to $6,000000. an increase of
s2,500.000 over last years accounting,
besides disbursements of 100000
have been made.
Bay City Y. NJ. C. A. added $4,000
to the $4,000 raised last year, and
: Win 1ufIdVG MaNa s'-fnnatofr,f
= in their new building. They also plan
raising more money for the addition
!, of junior department.
t Albert H. Sheppard. of Ovid, has
; struck 1t rich in a mining way in Brit
o ish Columbia, is the story told He
has discovered gold. silver and cop
Y per vein, for which he has received
d an offer of $250.000 it is said
n The body of John Boyle, who dis
y appeared January %. has been fount
in Spring Lake. 1t was thought tina
0 Boyle had met with foul play, but hi,
J. watch, money and several bottles o
q liquor were found In his pockets.
= The second mammoth dam of the
= Muskegon-G Grand Rapids Water Power
co. is completed at Croton, near New
= aygo. and in two months the wheel!
= will be revolving. Several cities are
bidding for the purchase of the cleo
trio Juice"
Harry MumbuTy, Michigan Cen
q trail switchman, 10 In Kalamazoo hos
!, pital and physicians think he may di'
!, of injuries received by being knocked
. down when he attempted to turn
= switch In front Of line of moving
!, cars in the yards.
3 Marshall claims to have the larges
postoffice receipts of any town in thu
v United States in proportion to its size
!. The receipts for the fiscal year end
ing March 81 were $84, 1853, an In
r crease of over $4,000 for the previous
, year The population is $500.
r It was just twenty-one years ag'
April I, 1885, that the worst snow
storm visited Flint. The unusual fal
of snow was especially remarkable, In
, asmuch as on one side Of Saginaw
:, street It was seven feet deep, Will,
= on the opposite side not a make fell
n Two years ago Chris Hemmeter,
a Saginaw saloonman, died from hear
/ disease behind his bar. Saturda.
n night. George M. Hemmeter, aged 8
!. wears. a brother, died exactly in thu
4 same manner. John p. Hemmeter, o
9 the Hemmeter, of Detroit, ia anothe
t brother.
% While Woodland 10 far from beinl
j. n "grown-up," Il IL some pumpkins
and has one advantage over any o
the larger cities. Both the Citizens
d and Michigan telephone lines operat
r, from one switchboard, and subscriber
Z have the benefit Of two phones, Will
g the charge is for but one.
DR.. Angel, of the U. Of M. in
IA chat with members of the Legislature
r. related how ex.President Clevelan
Is had told him why he chose Q colleg
n town-Princeton live In. Once MI
B. Cleveland visited Ann Arbor and wa
n struck with the quiet, substantial res
q dence and decided then and there I
. settle down in college town whe
u he was ready to retire. Princeton wa
the nearest.
IL A league of Bay City women, o.
d pected to have a membership of 1,00(
g has been formed to work with tn
board of trade for the general good {
n the city. No men will be allowed 4
IS the organization. The women hope {
Ig improve the appearance of residenc
property, streets and lawns, remov
n unsightly buildings and suppress bill
TX boards.
~ August Huskonen, charged with al
d. sau1t with intent TO commit murde
q alleged to have been committed durin
i the riot Incident to the strike( at tn
n Michigan mine at Rockland laAt sun
H. mer, was acquitted. The trial hap bee
n pre9reBs two weeks