Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-02-09
MICHIGAN BREVITIES.

by the high wind and sustained in
juries to her head which may prove
fatal.
When Charles II. Baugher, q farm
err, who pleaded guilty to stealing
hides, was sentenced to nine months
in Ionia prison, he thanked the court
for his leniency.
Chan Cole had his eye put out at
Keller Bros ice house in Perry.
Blood poisoning has set in and Lam
sing specialist experiences some fear
for the mans recovery.
One share of stock in l"Lansing's
prosperity and future development"
were issued to each of the $50 persons
who attended the annual meeting of
the Business Mems association.
Joseph NJ. C. Moore, aged 81, of
Grand Rapids, a veteran Of the Next
can and civil wars. fell dead out of
his chair in his home Saturday. He
was former resident of Allegan.
Many applications have come in
Calumet for wildcat bounty, which is
So a head While wildcats are more
rare than wolves, it seems to be cas-
Ter to kill the cats than to find the
wolves.
Last FrlGay Henry Remer, aged II.
of Saginaw, swallowed a small piece
of tin and when doctors were prepar-
ing for an operation he was seized
with violent coughing spell and up
came the Tin.
Hiram S. Powell. of Dowagiac,
known as one OF the oldest black
smiths in the state, was found dead in
his shop having died while at his
work. He was II years Of age and had
worked at his trade more than 80
years.
Saginaw shippers are resting easy
since the advent of some 1900 new
cars on the Saginaw branch of the
Pere Marquette railroad. Traffic has
resumed normal conditions, although
all available rolling stock is kept on
the move.
While ]. B. Groak. a well-known
Eaton township farmer, was milking
Tuesday, the COW slipped anWfell on
Mr.. Groak's leg, breaking both bones
below the knee joint. On account of
his advanced age the injury is regard
ed as se~Ius.
Friends claim that leaving the par
entail roof for work in a large city
caused the insanity Of Mrs. Harry
| Blackwell, formerly Ollie Neal, of Bat
tie Creek. She will be confined in the
asylum at kalamazoo. She is widow
and a mother.
Richland will have the biggest pa
triotic banquet Of the season in south
ern Michigan. 1t will be held March s,
and among the speakers engaged are
Charles e. Townsend James e. Sui
Ivan, of Muskegon, and Charles Thorn
as of Hastings.
Edward d. Magoon, deputy treas
urer of Muskegon county, is drafting
game law revisions to be presented
to the legislature and which are in
tended to abolish pot hunting" and
include all game protected by closed
season under the license law, the
same as deer now are.
The family of Joseph Smith, Of
Monroe, fled from their burning home
in their night clothes at A o'clock in
the morning with the thermometer
at zero and snow covering the ground.
Their home was destroyed with loss
of $4,000, insurance $4,000. It con-
tanned many valuable relics.
Charging the railroad with negli-
gence in not having it's tracks proper
ly guarded, Mrs. Minnie Seibert, of
Saginaw, has brought suit for $4,000
damages against Judson Harmon, re-
ceiver for the Pere Marquette rail
road for the death of her husband,
Karl Seibert. Seibert caught his foot
in track in the yards where he was
employed October 10, 1906.
Augusta has but one street lamp.
It is an electric arc light supplied by
the Commonwealth Power Co. 1t was
strung up for 80 days as an adver-
tisement. When it is lighted many of
the citizens stand about, gaze and
remark at its brilliancy. 1t is now
maintained by public subscription,
showing that local pride and pro-
gTessiveness are growing.
With warehouses of the various car
riage manufacturers jammed to their
fullest capacity. with Jobs which long
ago should have been IN the hands OF
dealers who are frantically awaiting
their orders. the car famine in Flint
has reached serious proportions. The
| 5000 new additional cars recently &C.
CURED by the Pere Marquette railroad
have afforded small relief there.
Gov. Warmers appointees are said
to be working hard in the interest Of
| Frank B. Leland of Detroit, who is a
candidate for regent of the University
of Michigan.
The following below zero marks
were reached in the upper peninsula
last week: Marquette, 10; Negaunee,
&c; Ishpeming, 80; West Ishpeming,
! 40; Humboldt, AZ.
st. Mary's parish, of Lansing, trans
ferred $4,000 to the building fund at
the close of its fiscal year, increasing
that fund to $4,000. Debts amounting
! to $5,49S61 were paid during the
year, leaving an Indebtedness of e-I,y
| sSS0.5S on the parish