Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-25
MICHIGAN BRIEFS.

Burglars cracked two safes at Paim'
er and escaped with valuables worth
about $500.
Henry Sanford. a Jackson farmer,
who was married five weeks ago, ate
poisoned mushrooms and died.
Fifteen students will enter the u. OF
NJ from the June graduating class OF
the Kansas City, Mo-, high school.
An auto driven by Frank Woodward.
vice-president of the Owosso Casket
Co., turned turtle and Mrs. Woodward
broke her leg.
Michigan ranks first in this county
In the number of sleighs manufactured
and third in the amount spent for car
riages and vehicles and its pleasure
vehicle output
Mrs. William Osborne, of Kingsley,
accidentally gave her 15-year-old
daughter, who was i'll with diphtheria,
carbolic acid, instead of medicine,
causing her death.
In fit of remorse after a debauch,
Alfred Taylor a printer and Spanish
war veteran, threw himself in front
of a street car in Sault Ste. Marie and
was instantly killed.
A Pere Marquette train rushed to
Grand Rapids from White Cloud, AZ
miles away, to get James Atwater, an
employe who was crushed under
freight train. He died on the way.
Because of conflicting evidence pro-
duced before the coroner's inquest in
to the death of Brakeman Fraker,
found dead in freight car at Menom.
inee. foul play is suspected. Two no.
boes are in jail awaiting further in.
vestigation.
For the first time in 20 years. James
and Henry Dalrymple, brothers, met
in Port Huron and talked over their
boyEood days. The two were separat-
ed when young, Henry remaining in
Port Huron and James going to Ply.
mouth, Mich.
The recent completion OF the grad
ing operations of the Chicago, Milwau.
kee e. st. Paul railway extension
southwest from Green postoffice to
Iron river, means the near opening
of vast era of virgin timber in On
tonagon county.
Secretary Smith, of the University
Y. NJ. G.. A., who is registering stu
dents who need financial assistance in
completing their college course, says
that about 1000 young men will put
themselves through in whole or in
part by their personal efforts.
News has reached Muskegon from
Bear Swamp, telling of a lightning
prank that visited the home of Frank
Beebe. A bolt struck his 20-year-old
daughter and without harming her in
the least ran down her left side and
tore the shoe from her left foot.
After getting on a Grand Trunk
train In Battle Greek to return to
Owosso, Mrs. Jerome Markham, an
elderly lady, fell dead in a car seat.
Her daughters, whom she had been Wis.
iting and who had accompanied her
to the train, we're overcome with the
shock
Elks' island, at Lake Gougac, was
raffied to raise funds for the new
building OF the order and went to a
pool of fifty men who bought $50 tick.
cts and paid Asa Converse $500 for
his chance when the contest narrowed
to his and another ticket. The receipts
were $4,000.
II a certain industry, which Bay
| City claims the distinction of being
the originator. continues to grow
the way it has the past two
years, the city will soon be
known throughout the country
as Peanutville. Tons of that commod.
ity are shipped from there to every
state in the union.
With a disposition that does not
seem to appeal to his many adopted
| parents, too good to be sent to a re-
| form school, because no charge can
be placed against him. yet too bad to
stay in any of the homes found for
him, not wanted by his mother, who
is destitute, deserted by his father, is
the sad plight of Allen Bisbee, OF
| Grand Rapids. Temporarily Allen is
in charge of Police Matron Mary linn
pending some solution of the situa.
ton.
The scheme to reform drunkards
and confirmed booze artists as out
lined and put into execution by Judge
Adams, OF Kalamazoo. within the past
year, by farming them out instead OF
giving them jail sentences, has proven
big success, as far as IL has gone
Jim" Hawley, a notorious firewatei
consumer, has emerged from his siS
months sojourn at the Stoddard farm
and has been pronounced a model citi
zen. He has even lost his taste fol
spirits.
Henry Hess, II, and Frank Link. 16
under arrest in Port Huron, have con
fessed, the police say, to having start
ed out with the intention of becoming
regular desperadoes, with horse-steal
fpn thafr lono emit Tbau
charged with breaking into the resi-
dence OF Henry Brown by forcing tn,
door with the butt of shotgun. /
is alleged they took two revolvers an,
some cartridges.
A pet calf rugged up to a sulky b,
Miss Matte McCardy, of Ann Arbor
ran away and in trying to dodge
tree threw her against It, breakin,
her nose and knocking out severa
teeth.
A representative OF Miss Anna OF
sen and Mrs. Lucy Rapp. the Chicag,
women caught trying to smuggle II
silks at Port Huron. paid S5.247 a
their penalty, twice the appraise'
value OF the goods.
william Kemp has received an ar
pointment from state Game and Fisl
Warden Charles Pierce as deput
state game and fish warden througl
the efforts of Hillsdale county cit
zens. He will be assigned to northern
Michigan during the deer season.
: In a ball game between local bus
ness men, Fred. Luckie collided wit
another player and several bones Il
his face were broken.