Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-10-01
news; OF STATE.
Cleaned From Daily Michigan Hap.
penings of the Past Week.


badly burned that he died.
The w. 9. T. u. OF Kalamazoo has
purchased the home of Fred Glass, on.
OF the best known sa.oonkeepers OF
the city. to be used as headquarters
OF the society The home is one OF
the prettiest in the city.
Durands water supply is exhausted.
The village council has ordered that
no bonfires be lighted, and every pos.
sible precaution is being taken to pre-
vent fires. Should a fire start, nothing
would save the town.
&. b. Snow, master of the steamer
MISSIONER, which plies Lake Cadillac,
has been missing since last Monday.
Shows family say he had consider
able sum of money, and they fear he
has been foully dealt with.
John and Charles Gordon of Mar
shall will sign a pledge 10 abstain
from strong drink for a period OF a
year and will be released from Jail,
TO which place they had been sen
fenced for a term of six months.
Led by the fire warden, citizens of
Luzerne fought forest fires which
ragged on three sides Of the village
and succeeded in getting them under
control. A fire line was leveled en-
urely around the village
Amen Hannady OF Caro-, a Syrian
peddler. assisted by the officers. is
searching for his twelve-year- old son,
who disappeared from Chippewa town
ship, five miles east OF the city. with
valise full of goods on Sept IL.
Found guilty of violating the liquor
law, John Callahan, proprietor OF the
Hotel Bismarck at Battle Creek and
hosiery at Albion, was sentenced
to pay a fine of $50, with the alter
native OF spending sixty days in Jail.
A street car on the Washington
avenue line in Lansing became unman.
ageable and ran away. The crew
and the car ran to the end
OF the line, when it plunged into a
sand bank without injuring any OF the
While withdrawing an addition to
q local factory, Paul Hess of Owosso
felt the ladder slipping. Throwing
his pail and brush to one side. he
jumped. Protruding spikes in a plank
caught his clothing, breaking his fall
and saving him broken bones and seri. |
ous injury.
Albert Martin, bartender OF Honor.
was sentenced TO thirty days in iaiI |
and 5000 fine or sixty days addition
Al for selling liquor to minors by |
Judge Chittenden of the Benxie cir
'uit court. Martin sold liquor to high
'chool students in intoxicating guam
titles.
The -four mill. Shapes lumber
mice, the Bailey elevator Office and
ne Michigan Central passenger sta
lon and baggage room at Lansing
we're broken into at night and ran
acked. The thieves were able to
pen the safes In Shapes and the
Bailey company's Offices without ex-
'losives.
Joseph r. Rautenburg OF Buena
'ista has obtained the arrest OF his
ather. Otto, charging him with an
tempt to kill him in a quarrel. The
rouble started over a COW, and young
says his parent attacked
i'm with a club, but he escaped.
pleaded not guilty and de-
handed an examination
car loaded with miscellaneous
GODS billed to Big Rapids was en-.
cred by burglars at White Cloud. and
ldies' and childrens' shoes, some over
lis and quantity Of sugar were 1
AIKEN. Marshall Bonner of Coopers- {
lie and his bloodhounds were called.
ut the dogs could not get any scent '
, work on. I
The board of regents of the Uni
ersity Of Michigan have granted
ave of absence TO Professor Henry
head of the physics depart
ent, and he will attend the interna- .
onal conference at London on electri.
Il units and standards. He is one OF 7
rec representatives from the United :
Lates. !,
Mrs. II. J. Winchell of Alma, wife OF q
Winchell. was nearly n
lied at her home by the explosion p
gasoline stove. The shock was
great she was hurled across the Il
ON. Her hands, breast, arms and "
e right side of her face were severe q
burned While her condition Is Il
rious, she will probably recover. G
Charging that her husband had been 0
Id liquor while in a state of in
xication, and holding that while he
rs under the influence of LIQUOR he II
came permanently injured. Mrs. ="
abel Kennedy of Lawton has fled u.
IL in the circuit court at Kalama- -
against Ralph McFee, saloon. u
eper for $4,000 damages. -
While endeavoring to free herself r,
nm the chair In which she was tied m
s. Margaret Kelley, aged forty-four g,
Cadillac, an inmate of the Northern G
chigan Asylum for the Insane. ac- v,
Ientslly strangled to death, accord d
! to the verdict OF the coroners O
~. Relatives are angered over d.