Charlevoix county herald., 1907-07-13
AROUND THE STATE.

Creek and his skull was fractured.
fever in Calumet within few days
and the health authorities are investi-
eating.
Henry Sehermann, aged T. OF Sagi-
nav, was struck In the head with
baseball and after being about as usual
for several days suddenly died.
Zell Ridgeway, of Evans, celebrated
by throwing balls at wooden babies,
and in his eagerness to knock down
three he fractured his collarbone.
F. w. Redfern, of Maple Rapids, is
the first candidate for delegate to the
constitutional convention to file his
petition with the secretary of state.
In learning to swim, James Bennett,
aged %, Bay City coal miner from
England but a few months, got beyond
his depth in the river and was
drowned.
Mrs. Harriet Adzit, aged 81, mother
of Mrs. James V. Barry, of Lansing,
fell down stairs at the Barry home
and broke her arm. Her condition
is critical.
for the protection Of fish and game
banqueted State Warden Charles S.
Pierce and 200 sportsmen in tent
Thursday night.
Representatives of the Clark Wire
less Telegraph system have completed
arrangements for extending the SER
vice to the 500, and thence through
out the upper peninsula.
Two more typhoid fever victims, the
twelfth and thirteenth deaths within
a month in Calumet, were p. H. Mat
thews and Frederick Bennett. The
health authorities say they have the
epidemic under control now.
Chanting r. Wang, a Chinese stu
dent, whose family has been Chris
tians for three generations, has ar
rived in Ann Arbor to enter the u. of
M. He was secretary for $4,000 stu
dents in the University Of Toxic.
Sixteen priests participated in the
dedication of the new church in Bun
ker Hill, which replaces the one which,
burned last fall soon after it was com
pleted. The new structure cost $15,-
600 and is located eight miles from a
railroad.
Plainwelis new shoe factory, af-
ter six months operations, is employ
ing so men and turning out 200 pairs
a day, but is still behind orders. The
plant will be increased one-third at
once and 100 men may be employed
before August /.
Dana w. Payne, 18-year-old son of
George o. Payne, of the Jackson Gas
Co., stepped into deep hole while
bathing in Browns lake and was
drowned. His companion, Robert Fox,
could not swim. Payne's body was
found Friday morning
The coroner's jury held that the
Grand Trunk railroad was blameless
for the deaths of Earl and Robert
Weigand, little son of Joseph Wei
gand, who were killed by an excursion
train while they were playing on the
railroad bridge at Battle Creek.
Albert G. Bedford, of Ionia, was bad
ly bitten by dog a few days ago and
went to Ann Arbor to take the Pas
teur treatment. The dog had been
buried, but DR.. Culp exhumed it and
sent the spine to Ann Arbor. They
found undeveloped symptoms of the
rabies.
ports that during the month of June
the department made Ga arrests, g..
vestigated 145 alleged violations of
the game laws, secured 40 convictions
and collected fines and costs aggrega-
ting $7S1.40. Sales of seized property
brought $117.44.
The new juvenile court law contains
a clause which legislates all of the
county charities and corrections
agents out of office and providing that
the governor shall appoint a complete
corps. 1t is believed that Gov. War
ner will reappoint practically all Of
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Charlotte business men raised a
purse to send Silas Compton, the aged
blacksmith who was acquitted of the
murder of VIM. Lampman, back to
his Pennsylvania home, after he has
spent few days in Eagle, the village
in which he lived at the time of the
murder, 10 years ago.
Saginaw water is obtained from the
muddy river and at times various pis-
catorial curiosities are extracted from
the faucets and pipes. The prize was
| found recently. When the workmen
| opened ten-lncn main out came a
big swapping turtle, measuring eight
inches across its back.
Former Lieut. Gov. Strong and his
two sons captured burglar who had
just raided their store in lockwood.
His pal escaped. The Strongs have a
burglar alarm on their store, and when
it went off the three men armed them
selves and started after the marau-
ders. The fellow they caught had part
of the plunder on his person
Arba B. Kent, aged SO, the Muske.
gon inventor who is working on a COM
bination airship and water vehicle.
has had guardian for some time. AS
the Glorious Fourth approached the old
man wanted to celebrate and he felt
that the 20 cents per day allowed him
for spending money was not enough.