Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-08-12
news OF STATE.
Cleaned From Daily Michigan Hap
penings of the Past Week.

y. Il. Van Black, editor OF the
Springport Signal. has sold the plant
to George B. Van Black OF Pittsford.
Cleaners Of Lapeer city and county
have decided to hold their annual pic.
mic at Lake Nepsssing Aug IL. Gov.
ernor Warner is expected to attend.
Attorney General Bird has ruled
that the deposits of insurance com
panies organized under Michigan
laws are taxable.
A broken rail wrecked a south
bound Pere Marquette freight near
New Era, and seven cars were tele-
scoped; damage. $4,000.
Owosso is overrun with tramps who
boldly enter and ransack residences
In daylight. Several burglaies have
occurred. and the police are working
overtime watching the hoboes.
Gladys Robinson. eight years old,
was struck by Pere Marquette train
at Alden and, although hit squarely
by the pilot beam. escaped with only
a cut on her ear.
The Mason Maccabee lodges will
dedicate their new hall in the Armory
block there Aug. 4. Great Command
or George II. Lovelaoe will be pres.
ent and speak.
A. G. Berney, an old resident of
Cass City, former elevator owner and
once an active member Of the De-
troit board of trade, IL dead at the age
o. seventy-four.
According to State Mining Inspector
Stephenson, Saginaw county leads the
state in coal mining. There are at
present thirteen mines, operating to
their full capacity. In Saginaw coun.
~.
Because of . water famine. in Ypsi.
lanti. the water works commissioner
has forbidden the sprinkling of lawns.
The artesian wells do not appear to
be enought to supply the city during
hot weather.
The Epworth training assembly at
Ludington reelected as trustees for
three years: e. A. Schell, Mt. Pleas
ant; w. l.. Herman, Ludington; A. z.
Swarthout, Grand Rapids; @. Lewis,
Lafayette, lnd. ---.s- ~y.Se -,
Charles German Of Alliance, O.;
Miss Alice Newing of Ridgetown.
Ont, and a second girl were thrown
into Lake Huron near Keewahdin
Beach by the overturning of their
skiff. Lighthouse Keeper George Per.
ry rescued them with his launch.
The body of Victor Van de Welle,
truck farmer, aged Twenty-Five, was
found at the Grand Trunk crossing,
onehalf mile north Of Mt. Clemens, a
few rods from his home He had evi.
IDENTIFY been struck by a train as he
was returning home at night
Preaching his first sermon az the
age of fourteen, Rev Walter r.
Waters, pastor of the Baptist church
at Pewamo for thirteen years, is dead
at the age of sixty-two. He was born
in England and converted when eight
years old.
The report sent out from Owosso
that the Dudley Butter company had
shut down its plant in Saginaw be-
cause of excessive express charges on
cream is incorrect. The factory Is
running full capacity and, it's owners
declare. has no intention OF closing.
Burglars broke In the window of
Walter 8. McBrides hardware store,
at Romulus. and took three air guns
and a rife standing In the window.
Jacob Hasselbach, who lives over the
store, heard the noise and fred two
shots at the burglars, soaring them
away.
According To q opinion handed
down by Attorney General Bird. the
sale Of malt. brswsd or termsntsd
liquors, regardless Of whether they
are Intoxicating, Is prohibited In Il,
counties under the prohibition law. n
II probable that this will put a stop
to the manufacture and sale OF bsv-
crages which seem 20 popular IN BRO
hibition towns.
County Agent Charles u. Ellis Of
Calhoun reports that q farmer living
In Claredon township, seven miles
from Tekonsha, has been keeping his
little blind stepdaughtsr = prisoner in
q room and treating her like a dog.
The child will be sent to the school
for the blind at Lansing. Proceed
ings may be taken against the foster
parents.