Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-04-01
STATE NEWS NOTES,
Cleaned From Daily Michigan Hsppe'
Ings Of the Past Week.

son prison CONVICT, mas Deen caught
in Decatur H.. having violated mis-
parole by leaving the state.
First Sergeant Thomas Colladay
was elected second lieutenant of Com
pany A.. Third regiment, to FIJI the
vacancy caused by the resignation OF
Lieutenant George Petteys.
Andrew Derla OF Bay City is dead.
as the result OF a gunshot wound re-
ceived Jan. /, 1908. during a quarrel
over a girl AS the result OF Derla's
death, Joseph Ratkos has been ar
rested.
Fred NJ Reynolds, former assistant
postmaster OF Ionia, who confessed
cmbezzling $1,133 of postoffice funds.
has been given up by his Dondsmen
and remanded to Jail to await new
bonds OF $4,000
John Ahlgreen, a Swedish farmer
living near Calumet, visited the house
OF Peter Karinen, a Finn, to sell load
OF wood, valued at $3.50. They quar-
relied. and Karinen shot Ahlgreen.
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ly intoxicated.
Thomas Sloman has sold the Pocll-
lington hotel. at Dundee, because Of
the gossip about him since the disap-
pearance OF Thomas Billings, 1t is said
Billings was left sleeping in parlor
Of the hotel and was gone the next
morning.
Justice Van Den Berg, "the marry
ing justice" of Menominee, married
Richard Zeihm and Bertha Milton.
both of Green Bay, two minutes be-
fore their train left the station and
Ave minutes after their arrival The
groom is a railroad man and had TO
go back TO work
A bomb" which was found in the
coal bin CT James Van Kleeck, at
Bay City, consisting Of a piece of
lead pipe, an inch in diameter and
foot long, filled with black powder"
was inspected by the police. The
powder, Sufficient to blow up the
house" was coal dust and rust.
Charles Washington, aged eighty
years, negro of Flint, who had both
of his hands blown of during Fourth
OF July celebration at Romeo. several
years ago, was instantly killed while
gathering coal on the railroad tracks
here. He was born in Virginia and
was a slave during the early part Of
HIS life. --.,.
Three boys, James Quinn, Ellis
Knote and Shuball Moore of Dexter,
while out hunting met with an acct
dent when they attempted TO shoot
/ big chicken hawk. The discharge
entered the hand Of Quinn. Moore re-
ceived some Of the shot IN the face,
and Knote was also wounded on the
hand
Receiver Lounsbury has fled his an
nual statement of the business of he
p, o. & NJ. railway. The total re-
ceipts for the year ending Feb. 20
were s36O,42715 and the disburse-
ments 1864, 49OS3; cash on hand, $780,
670.97. Big sums were spent during
the year for permanent improvements,
new rolling stock, rail. ties and bal
last
George Kicks, aged forty-five years,
a weightmaster employed at the We
mona coal mines at Bay City. was in
stantly killed while working on the
mine tipple He had put his head
over the side of safety gate, when
car came up the shaft and caught
his head between the car and the
shaft. His body was dragged to the
top OF the tipple, His skull had been
crushed
Miss Carrie Allen, sixteen years OF
age, and her aunt, Mrs Peter North,
thirty years old, were killed by light
ming, at Brighton, while they were
lacking down a carpet. The fluid
entered the room over telephone
wires, which were exposed, the tele-
phone having been removed. A little
brother OF Miss Allen, who was in
the same room. escaped injury.
Not having the necessary nickels to
attend a picture show regularly, How |
ward Cummings and Willie Green OF |
Traverse City. both twelve years old
stole a reel containing 1000 tickets |
They entertained friends royalty until |
a discrepancy in the numbers was |
noticed and a watch kept. The boys |
were arrested and confessed, giving |
up 800 tickets which were remaining |
In tn circuit court, at Port Huron, |
Judge Law sentenced two men to long |
terms of Imprisonment at Marquette |
upon conviction OF assaulting young |
girls. George Memstead was SEN
fenced to not less than eight nor |
more than sixteen years for assault.
ing Maggie Kenroyal, and Louis Stud
ley received from seven and a half 20
sixteen years for assaulting Florence
Sutton.
The Detroit & Mackinac Railroad
company, which has done much prac-
teal work in demonstration. has taken
another step in this line. of great i'm
portance to northeastern Michigan
The company has a large amount of
young white pine. Scotch pine, west
ern yellow pine. spruce and white
cedar on its Tawas Beach forest re-
serve established several years ago, L
which have reached the proper growth
for repTanting. These trees, number
ing several hundred thousand. will be
Qfven awav without charge nv tha