Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-04-13
STATE NEWS BRIEFS.


Isabella county went wet" by S3S
majority
The remains of man supposed to
have been John Dell, lost two years
ago, have been found by Peter How
land, a Crawling duck hunter.
A large force is at work placing
what is called the largest single span
bridge in Michigan across the Titta-
bawassee river in Midland. IL measures
500 feet
Prompt efforts of IA physician saved
Cecil and Grace Richardson, of Ira
verse City from probable death from
ptomaine poisoning They ate canned
tongue and were taken seriously ILL.,
The farmer members of the house
have organized Farmers club" The
club starts ont with 80 members, and
hopes 10 secure more from the SEN
ate.
Mrs. d. l.. Shock, of Coral, mother
of Rep Shook, of Montcalm county.
who was injured in the railway wreck
at Bancroft, is now suffering from
blood poisoning, and her recovery is
doubtful
The total value of the estate of the
late Charles II. Hackley of Muskegon.
amounts to 100000, an increase of
81 100000 over last years accounting,
besides disbursements of $4,000, 000
have been made.
Albert H. Sheppard. of Ovid, has
struck it rich in a mining way in Brit
ish Columbia. is the story told. He
has discovered a gold, silver and COP
per vein, for which he has received
an offer of $250.000 it is said.
A recent survey shows that Battle
Greek is surrounded by ABS lakes with
in a radius of % miles. Calhoun coun-
ty has III, Barry county 800. The ma
jority of these formerly had Indian
names, which have about all been for
gotten.
Edmund Heck. a well-knOwn cattle
buyer, was kicked in the face by a
young bull and his nose broken and
hattened. His cheeks and chin were
also badly injured. Mr.. Heck lives at
the curve near Monroe where Orma
Bucki WAS killed. Mrs. Heck is very
i'll.
In consequence of playing with u
Illuminating cap, Frank Norberg, Ia
year-old boy living at the Aurora looa-
ton at Ironwood, has suffered the par
tial loss of his sight The youngster
found a detonator in the road and eX-
ploded il between two stones, the force
of the explosion completely destroying
one eye.
The Pontiac. Oxford & Northern
railroad, with it's 100 miles of track
between Pontiac and Caseville, didn't
do SO bad during the past year, accord
ing to the account of Receiver Louns-
bury. The disbursements were S401,-
652. OF, receipts $425, 1898, and with
cash on hand of $13,ss66S has bal
ance of $37,73465.
An Adamless Eden has been organ
lied by women of Bay City who hope
to enlist fully 1000 members known
as the Bay City Civic league, to i'm
prove the appearance of the city. Un-
slightly lawns, old fences and tumble
down buildings will be cleaned and
put in proper shape. Men are not
eligible for membership.
For the fourth time the famous Gull
yer case against the South Haven &
Eastern railroad, in which Culver
sought damages for the loss Of both
legs, has been fought through the CIR
Quit court. He has been given a YER
dict of 431, 5000 against the Fidelity &
Deposit Co, surety on the defendants
bond. 1t may be appealed once more.
Engaged in q friendly wrestling con-
test with his roommate. Jalmar War
tanen, aged II, of fshpeming. sudden
" desssted in his efforts and sank 10
the floor in a semi-oomatose condition.
A physician was summoned, but be
fore he arrived Wartanen was dead.
The coroner's inquest resulted In a
verdict that death was due to heart
failure.
Miss Ada NJ. Hurd, one Of the teach.
ers at the state school for the deaf.
is dead at the age of ~ years. She
vas a victim OF Brights disease.
Prisoners in the Flint Jail settled
| the race question when Jack Bradley
colored. arrested on = charge Of break.
| ing into a saloon, was given a trounc-
ing by Johnson, alleged horse thief.
One OF the most acute stages of the
| car famine has been reached in Stand
| ish as a result of shortage on the
Michigan Central and Detroit & Macki
nae railroads, and as a result thous
| ands of dollars worth of logs, cedar
| rredncts and cement are tied up await