Charlevoix county herald., 1907-08-03
STATE NEWS BRIEFS.

ers are paying $1.25 per bushel.
Walter Hanson, aged 16, of Ravens
wood, ILL.,. was drowned in Swan lake.
The cornerstone of the new $4,000
Swedish Baptist church, In Cadillac,
has been laid.
John Smith, a coachman, took pois-
on and died. He brooded over the
death Of his wife.
Followers of the Observation-Disclosures
circus in the upper peninsula leave be-
hind them trail OF robberies.
Lightning struck three barns on the
farm Of Robert Campbell, of Ann Ar
bor, burning them to the ground.
Eight Dowagiac telephone girls
struck because they did not like the
discipline of new chief operator.
Jacob Hinze, of Big Rapids, took
morphine after his release from jail.
He leaves widow and six children.
Ewald Boelter, aged II, of Luding-
ton, discarded life preserver, think
ing 1t was not needed, and drowned.
Domestic troubles prompted Mrs.
George Scupholm, of Cass City, to take
carbolic acid, and she may not recover.
The receivers of the Toledo. Ann
Arbor & Detroit electric line have
been ordered to sell the road in Sep
tember.
Fred. Fay, union organizer was dis
charged by the d. u. r. from the Ypsi
Ann line, for activity in the Nj. u. r.
labor difficulties.
Michigan Rural Letter Carriers Sc
lected Jackson for the next meeting
place. r. T. Walker, Plymouth, was
chosen president.
While preparing breakfast Wednes
day morning Mrs. Lois A. Bright, of
Flint, suddenly collapsed and passed
away in few minutes.
A special election will be held in the
Lansing legislative district in Septem-
Der to select successor to Rep. S. d.
Montgomery, resigned.
John and Henry Pamptoppe, of
Athens, two Indians, refused to tell
Justice Batdorff who sold them liq-
uor, and were fined $5 apiece.
Maj.-Gen. Julius P. King, inspector of
Michigan's Patriarchs Militant and
! prominent Odd Fellow, died in Battle
Creek after years of suffering.
Ben. F. Powell aged %, who left
his home in Carson City more than
week ago. saying he would be gone
a few minutes, has not returned
Frank Castor, brother of Fred. Cas-
| tor, who was electrocuted in Columbus,
| o., is in Jail in Flint for an assault
upon Frank Campbell d. U. r. con-
| ductor.
More than 5000 people saw the COR
nerstone of the new $4,000 Y. M. G.
A. building laid in Cadillac. w. w.
Mitchell. who gave s25,000 placed the
first stone.
Motorman Heinz and Conductor
jerks tried to put two men, who re-
fused to pay their fare, off an Ypsi-
Ann car, and the former was cut in
| the face. The men escaped.
Reports from the different Detroit
hospitals say that the people injured
in the wreck near Salem are making
good progress toward recovery and
will soon be able to go home.
Determined that Detroit shall not
get the headquarters of the supreme
tent, Knights of the Maccabees of the
| World, the citizens of Port Huron plan
to secure several thousand new mem
bers and thereby retain the headquar-
ters.
Valentine Bayer, who died in St
Mary's hospital, Detroit, while fed.
eral prisoner, accused of obtaining
mail under false pretenses and there
by cheating a widow out of 500, is
said to have died of grief over the
wrong he did.
T. a in Ct11 a
roads, the new. passenger rate will GO
into effect promptly on their lines
Lower peninsula railway officials have
not responded promptly, but many OF
the managers are said to be absent
from the state.
John Carroll, bridge worker
dropped dead on the street in Jack
son Wednesday. Carroll had recently
returned from an extended trip in
Ireland. His death was caused by
heart disease brought on by the ex
cessive heat.
Joseph Cain died in the Petoskey
hospital from injuries received al
Pellston. A Grand Rapids & Indiana
train cut his leg off, his body was
bruised and he sustained internal in
juries. He was As years old and leaves
widow and son.
Judson Harmon, receiver of the Pere
Marquette, places most Of the blame
for the Salem wreck on the single
track system of the road. He says thai
such accidents are likely to occur on
single track roads and regrets the fact
that the Pere Marquette cannot afford
to double track it's system.
Despondent because of i'll success in
business life, Henry G. Leighton, aged
35, clerk of Battle Creek hotel. sho
himself in front Of a mirror yesterday
morning. He was found dead by his
wife, who rushed into the room. A
hustily scrawled note told where his
insurance papers could be found Be
sides his widow Leighton leaves two
young children.
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