Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-04-29
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burned up
ployed by the Pere Marquette, met
almost instant death when a fiangs
broke and the heavy piece Of iron
crushed him to death.
The funeral of Patrick Phillip
Bogie. North Muskegon 100-year-old
man, has just been held In Muskegon.
and "Buckshot Dan" McPhail, aged
104, walked fifteen miles to attend the
service.
Charles Curry, a farmer, living near
Morrice. got hold OF a bottle OF for
maldehyde by mistake and drank the
the contents. A nephew, who was
visiting Curry. poured milk down his
throat end saved his life.
Miss Harriet G. Marx, eldest daugh-
ter OF Chief OF Police Marx of Port
Huron, and Charles Pfeiffer have Just
been married in Helena. Mont. where
the young lady has resided for the
past three years.
A law enforcement league, or good
government alliance, is being formed
in Clinton county, to encourage the
officers In the performance OF their
duties and to assist them In getting
information relative to law breakers.
Hereafter Mortified will be known
as Kirby. The cause of the change
r. due to an order issued by the gen
eral manager Of the Ann Arbor rail-
road, who wishes to honor j. ]. Kirby,
the general passenger agent of the
road.
Herman Quick OF Manistee, who on
the night of Feb. % shot and killed
Gust Nelson. was tried and found not
guilty. Quick took Nelson for q thief
when he saw him proving around
his house and killed him.
Abjah B. Prentice. aged seventy.
i've years. for forty-three years
resident OF Hillsdale county, Is dead
at the residence of his son, Frank w.
Prentice Mr.. Prentice was widely
known in Adrian.
After being buried for four years in
the Philippine Islands, the body Of Ru-
fus McCrae has been exhumed and
will arrive in Muskegon soon for bur
ial. McCrae was murdered while a
member OF the regular army stationed
In the islands.
The Medium saloon at the Grand
Trunk depot in Pontiac was entered
( by robbers at night and fifteen quarts
OF whisky and about SO in pennies
were stolen. The same saloon was
entered four weeks ago At that time
twenty quarts of whisky were stolen
Because OF an error in the present
city ordinance, the Big Rapids coun-
cilmen came near losing their salaries
for the coming year. The clause pro
viding for their salaries was left, but
no clause was found which killed"
the salary clause in the old ordinance
Thus they will get their respective $50
until the matter Is fixed up.
The robbery of the postoffice at
Stanwood was narrowly averted one
morning recently by Miss Rhea, the
little daughter OF Hon. George w.
Reed, the postmaster at that place.
Early In the morning the little girl
heard noise in the store below AM
awoke her father. The burglars heard
the noise above them and wisely
smelled a rat and took their leave.
David G. Chase of Beaver Island
was instantly killed when an engine
he was driving for the Beaver Island
Lumber company jumped the tracks.
He was pinned between the throttle
and the side OF the cab and was
crushed to death. He is survived by
q widow and four daughters.
Captain Henry Charles Robinson
Akin of Chicago and Miss Lillian
Myers Lewis Of Pontiac were mar
ried in the Presbyterian church, at
Pontiac, Wednesday evening. Cap
tain Akin was formerly commandant
at the Michigan Military academy at
Orchard Lake.
Internal injuries, said TO have been
sustained In a college rush at the
university in Ann Arbor over thirty
years ago, are said to have been the
cause OF the death of DR.. ]. N. Buck
ham in a hospital in Rochester, MINI.
II is said that the injury caused him
much trouble and caused him to
undergo an operation that resulted In
HE death.
Burglars broke into the Hillsdale
Hardware company's store. in Hills
dale, and took s2.75, eight revolvers
and nine razors. II Is believed they
were amateurs They scattered forty
six pennies on the floor in their
hurry. Then they broke in the front
door OF a saloon. broke open the slot
machines and took all the money in
them.
John Quinn has been arrested at
Adrian on suspicion of being one OF
the robbers who attempted TO blow
the safe in the postoffice at BlhsHe,d.
!, shoe worn by the man was fitted
10 the tracks leading from the scene
OF the attempted robbery, and It is
claimed by the police that II fits ex-
actly. even to a crack in the sole of
the shoe.
WHO cut down the tree on the Do
wagiac school grounds? The tree in
question stood in the right field on the
baseball diamond adjoining the school
II was a terrible bother. The boys
wanted Il cut down. and they went TO
the school board. The school board
shook its official head, but the tree
was cut down. The board is investi-
eating.