Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-06-17
STATE NEWS NOTES,
CLEANED From Daily Michigan Happen.
Inos Of the Past Week.

At mass meeting held In Owosso
II was decided to hold a Homecoming
week some time in September instead
o. celsbrating the Fourth OF July.
Carlisle Holmes, the Grand Ledge
pedestrian. who was robbed near Son.
srset. KY, has returned and says the
two trarps who assaulted him were
given prison terms.
Word has reached Algonac from
Rome. Italy, OF the death in that city OF
Miss Fanny Grey Smith. seventy years
old. a pioneer OF Michigan. She had
gone to Italy for her health.
Daddy" Morgan, aged eighty-six
years. for hfteen years q drayman at
owosso is dead. He retired i've years
ago. probably the Oldest drayman In
the state. He was a civl war vet
sran.
Suspected OF completely In the
brutal highway robbery OF John Msr-
rift. May rs last John Collins has
been arrested in Detroit. Merritt was
knocked down and robbed OF $50.
The crop report for May, issued by
the secretary OF state at Lansing,
shows that corn. potato and sugar
beet planting has been retarded by
the weather. General crops and fruit
are In good condition.
Herman Weichsrt, = farmer living
near st. Ignacs. was drowned while
nshins. He was alone. and It 10 sup
posed he hooked a large Ash, and in
his excitement lost his balance and
fell from the boat.
Ground has been broken In Detroit
for the new headquarters Of the Clean
ers at Woodward and Palmer avenues.
The understanding IL that the work
10 to be pushed 70 as to have the
building ready for occupancy In four
months.
Because his landiady aroused him
from his sumbers by calling him to
supper. Niemit MikIok of Calumet 10
alleged to have brutally assaulted the
woman. He is held IN jail pending
the outcome OF her injuries
Under the direction OF the Cadillac
council, a civil engineer is measuring
the flow and volume OF Cedar creek,
with a view TO replacing the recent
ly destroyed dam and using the power
for running tho municipal electric
lighting plant.
The body OF Thomas Beechsr, the
Reed City student OF Olivst college,
who was drowned Decoration day
while bathing in the lake at Olivet,
has been found by a student who was
rowing q boat about In search Of signs
Of the body. The body was discov-
cred floating upright In the water.
After nearly twelve years, the mys.
Very surrounding the disappearsncs OF
aged Robert Davidson. pioneer settler
and prosperous farmer Of Dscksrvills,
has bses solved By the nnding Of his
skeleton In what 10 known a. the
BLACK River swamp" about three
niles southwest - the village.
The dedication Of two cannon. roles
Of the battle Of Drownstown. war e
1917. which were presented to WAL
lace post, O. A. r., Detroit, By the
late DIR. Hal C. wyman. and which
was to have taken place on Deoora-
ton day. has been set for August .,
the anniversary Of the battle.
Hugh Bsysrs. aged sixteen years,
night telephone operator at Ithaca,
has been arrested charged with giving
whisky to three young boys. John
Brown OF ithaca was fined $40 by
Justice Spinney for buying liquor at
an Alma drug store under the name Of
q. A. Smith.
DR.. II. r. Thomas, surgeon at the
Soldiers home at Grand Rapids, and
DR.. J. NJ Holcombe. his first assistant.
have rendered their designations to
the board Members Of the board
deny that there has been any trouble.
and DR.. Holcombe refused 10 discuss
the matter at all.
AS an Illustration OF the results OF
the county prohibition law, Prohibit
tionists OF Cadillac are pointing to the
fact that II has been more than a
week since anyone has been arrested
for drunkenness, and that the Jail has
been empty for three days This Ia
the first time that Tie Jail has been
unoccupied in several years
Melvin G. Fenton, aged fifteen years,
OF Port Huron has brought suit in the
circuit court for $4,000 against the
Port Huron Light & Power company.
IT is claimed that he picked up a live
wire that the company's employees had
allowed to remain in the streets. and
that his right arm and hand were so
badly burned as to make the boy q
cripple for life.
While being entertained in the
home OF his recentlymade acquaint-
ance, Arthur - Sebastian OF SCI
Second street, Detroit, a man sup
passed to be Herman Baer, but who
lie also known under the alises OF
Herman Barnes and Herman Baird, Is
alleged 10 have disappeared with dia-
mons valued at $1,000 belonging to
Mrs. Sebastian.
A testimonial OF regard on the 90
casion OF the ordination to the priest
hood of William Murphy. Kalamazoo
man who has just completed four
years course in the American college
at Rome. Is an elaborate outfit OF vest
ments prepared by the women of ST.
Augustine Catholic church OF Kalama,