Charlevoix county herald., 1907-08-24
AROUND THE STATE.

Fire destroyed the feed in the grist
mill of H. B. Bowers, at Clawson; loss
$4,000.
Henry Hkgemeister, a Lenox farm
er, killed a savage lynx weighing over
20 pounds.
Col E. J. Marsh, former postmaster
and veteran editor of the Hillsdale
Leader, is critically i'll at Baw Beese.
The Century club, an Ovid bust
ness mems organization, banqueted
the county grange Friday night. Gov
ers were laid for 400.
Frank Miller, of Flint, who stole
dead boys clothes, kept by Isaac
Bornette as keepsakes was sent to
the Detroit house of correction.
The Royal Oak Savings bank, re-
Gently organized with $4,000 capital,
has been authorized to transact bust
ness by the state banking commits
sion.
Miss Anna NJ Hume, aged AZ, who
has worked in the government print
ing Office for "a years, has inherited
100000 from great uncle in Eng
land.
Saturday afternoon was prolific Of
| street car accidents in Detroit no
less than three men and one woman
being injured, one Of the men prob
ably fatally.
Justice William L. Carpenter, of the
state supreme court, is being talked
Of in certain political quarters as a
candidate for the Republican nomina-
ton for governor next year.
Although it is over a week since
an unknown assailant shot 20 killed
Patrolman Clarence Shockley, Of Niles,
| the police have not cleaned the first
| clue to the identity of the murderer.
The contract has been awarded for
the Marsh drain ditch, in Kalamazoo
| county, which will make about TO-
600 acres of present thicket land suit
able for cultivation. The ditch will
cost $4,000.
Steve Warren, an attendant at Sill
yer Beach resort, had a headache
He took a powder and repeated the
dose. Then Steve nearly died, and
it was several hours before he was
out Of danger.
BY a vote of Is to the Ohio Re-
publican state central committee de-
clared Tuesday afternoon that Will
lam H. Taft, secretary of war, is
Ohio's choice for the next Republican
nomination for president.
Ray Morrell, son of E. E. Norrell.
son Of we'll known Allegan farmer.
and Miss Jessie Wilson, announce to
their friends that they are Mr.. and
Mrs. Ray Morrell, and have been so
since January rs of this year
Mrs. Henry c. Ward, near Pontiac
whose apple orchard is one of the
largest in the country, has closed out
her 1907 crop to Chicago house at
IS barrel. While the crop is light,
1t is expected there will be at least
1900 barrels
Harasaht Tansti, native of Africa.
who graduated from Wilberforce and
| Atlanta colleges and has been janitor
of the Ann Arbor Y. M. G. A. will re-
turn to South Africa and teach the
natives. He will take his wife. who is
an Ann Arbor girl, with him.
There were 4,017 births in July and
1851 deaths, rate of Ill per 1000
inhabitants. OF 260 violent deaths.
sixty-two were from railroad acct
dents, the Salem accident being re-
spOnsible for one-half There were
sixty-four cases of drowning
Jackson citizens organized an anti
noise society and have secured a po-
lice order requiring the licensing of
| all hucksters who cry their wares.
The cost OF the license is almost pro-
hibitive, and ii is believed the buck
sters will be forced out of business
Congressman Fl. Olin Young will
recommend tho appointment of c.
H. Scott as postmaster at the 500 to
succeed William Webster, who has op-
posed Scott and his friends in party
affai RS. Youngis, announcement in
dorses the action of the Republican
primaries and county committee.
Richard Mcdonald, who went to
Alaska from Jackson three years ago
and had not been heard from Since
has been located at Dicks Gu blk in
the gold regions. Mrs. Mary MAgett.
| a sister, met man on a train who
had been in Alaska and mentioned
her brother, who had been given up as
dead. The stranger said he knew him
and gave his address to Mrs. Mudgett
and letter has just been received
from Mcdonald, who says none of his
letters home had been forwarded.
Michael Busch, of Stephenson, while
working in the woods, was struck by
falling tree, receiving injuries that
may prove fatal.
Exasperated when she found a roll
of $4,000 hidden in the cellar by her
husband and son, Mrs. Joseph Gar
diepy, of Hancock, threw it into the
fire. She will be examined as to her
sanity by the probate court
Death released William Simpkins.
aged 33, from the prospect of serving
a long term for highway robbery. He
was sent to Jackson from Bay county
a few months ago. with an indsterm-
mate sentence of from 4 to Is wars.
| He was iii but few DAYS,