Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-09-02
NEWS OF STATE.
Cleaned From Daily Michigan Hap
peninos Of the Past Week.

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both his legs were cut of. He will
die.
William Vivian, a former Saginaw
ian, has been accidentally killed al
st. John, Wash, by boy, who was
firing at a mark.
Mrs. Mary A. Wenger of Yale
whose husband died during an opera
ton, has started suit against the sur
gson for $4,000 damages.
The North Michigan Carriers asso
citation meets at Tawas City on Labor
day. Sept 7, with the postmasters of
the district.
An orthodox Greek church is to be
established in Grand Rapids, together
with parochial school. In which the
syrians will be taught In their own
language.
Frank La Forge decided his prop
erty to his son and the latter's son
In return for his keep. Now they are
divorced, and he seeks the deed re-
cinded, as he is homeless.
Absent from home for ten years,
Gerrit Brace, a cowboy, recognized
his parents in the audience when a
wild west show exhibited in Muske-
gon. and happy reunion followed.
Three thousand people attended the
Huron Shore Sunday School associa-
ton picnic at Alpena Excursion
trains brought people from all points
between Cheboygan and Tawas.
Ernest Heinz, a farmer near Elsie.
fell from scaffold eighteen feet to
the cement floor OF the barn, striking
on his head and shoulders. He II to-
tally blind, and II is feared he Will
die
The expense to Oakland county OF
the trial of two liquor cases last week
was more than 5000. James Smith
OF Rochester was not acquitted, but
the jury disagreed. B. V. Woodward
Of Pontiac was acquitted.
Sneak thieves entered the home OF
Chief of Police A. U. Mccall, at Flint,
while the family were absent and,
after ransacking the place, departed
with about $3.50 worth of jewelry.
The chief is working on the case
William Dwight Edwards, aged fifty.
seven, formerly a we'll known Detroit
business man, is dead at the home of
his mother, Mrs. John NJ Edwards.
in Kalamazoo, OF valvular disease OF
the heart. He was born in Kalama-
zoo.
John Perkins. barber OF South
Boardman, brought a gallon can OF
gasoline in contact with a burner.
The building was saved, but all the
fixtures were ruined. Several per
sons were slightly burned Perkins
was quite painfully burned.
The Pontiac Buggy company has
been entertaining Crawford e. Van
Give Of Kansas City and eight of
their travelling statesmen. The Arm
is the manager of the Emerson New
ton company, one OF the largest whole
sale houses in the west
John Phillip Kirn of Ann Arbor Is
dead, aged sixty-slx years. Two
weeks ago Mr. kim suffered a sun
stroke and ever since has laid in
semi conscious condition. A widow
survives.
Damage suits for sums aggregating
$4,000 have been started against rail.
roads at Bay City, the Bay City Trac-
ton and Electric company being de.
PENDANT in four cases, The Michigan
Central in two and the Pere Marquette
and Hecla Belt line in one each. All
OF the suits are based on personal in.
juries.
The Genesee County Telephone
company, which started out to fur
nish free service to all subscribers
within the county limits, has returned
the property it had acquired from the
Saginaw Valley Telephone company
and announced that the concern was
defunct. Financial difficulties are
given as the cause.
Leland is to have Chautauuua |
course beginning Monday, Aug. IT
and closing Saturday, Aug. %. g. E
Blackwood, who has had charge of |
the details. has secured exceptionally |
high talent. and IL this course meets |
with success, II will be an annual fsa-
ture. these Chautauqua assemblies be-
ing held in but few points in the
state.
w. B. Warren, fifty-eight years. q
city employee of Battle Creek, was
probably fatally injured by being
struck by Grand Trunk passenger
train. Warren was walking on the
double track right-ofway and thought
the train was approaching on another
track than the one he was walking
on. His right arm and his hip were
broken, and he is believed 10 have
received internal injuries that may
cause death
When William j. Hildebrand led
Mrs Nettie Chestnut Cleveland to the
altar of a Hillsdale church, their pro-
ceedings we're interrupted by the
former husband OF the woman. from
whom she had become divorced sew
eral years ago. The minister asked
the usual questions and was about to
tie the knot when Cleveland, the first
husband. arose and declared he knew
OF reasons why Hldlebrand should not
marry the woman. He said be wanted
her Mrs. Cleveland was asked to
choose between the two men, and she
picked the new one. When last seen,
the three were walking away from