Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-05-06
STATE NEWS NOTES,
Cleaned From Daily Michigan Happen.
Ines Of the Past Week.

and stole 5000 worth OF jewelyy.
After hard struggle. lasting sew
eral years, Plymouth has voted TO
bond the village to pave Main street.
Flint has been chosen as the place
OF holding the next state convention
Cf the Knights and Ladies of Security ?.
The body of man. decomposed be
send recognition, was found on the
beach north of the harbor piers at
Muskegon.
Nineteen saloon licenses haYe been
granted in Mecosta county for the
ensuing year, which is one less than
last year.
Fred Wenzell, aged eighteen, of
Dowagiac, who attempted to board
moving train and in slipping and fall.
ing Under the train sustained frac-
tured skull, is dead.
Attorney c. e. Sweet of Dowagiac
has been appointed to the position OF
grand esteemed loyal knight of the
Elks to fill a vacancy caused by the
death of w. T. Leche.
A report has been received at Caro-
that Charles Wesley, who was at one
time a resident of that place, had been
shot dead by a woman in Alabama
during a dispute over a card game.
While oiling the shaft of a wood
pulley, the coat of Harry Dixon of
Traverse City was caught in the re-
volving machinery. His right leg was
severed, and he may die
Mrs. Lottie Newson of Grand Rap
les, aged forty-seven years. has been
adjudged insane, and it is possible
that her son, John Newson, may also
be found insane by the physicians
who will examine him.
Al recent meeting of the common
council in Greenyille an ordinance was
pas sed prohibiting splitting on the
sideV alks Anyone found guilty Of
the crime" will be fined SIS or thirty
days.
Wien Wade Montgomery OF Linden
sold some hay, he put the proceeds
in an envelope and placed it on the
table. His mother, thinking it was
only waste paper. threw it in the
stove. The amount burned was about
$50
The Algoma Steel company,
branch of the Lake Superior corpora
ton at the 500, operating a steel mill
in Canada, has blown out blast fur
mace No. l. Furnace No. 2 will be
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Benjamin Shifman of Detroit, ar
rested recently at Port Huron by
Owosso officers on the charge OF re-
ceiving stolen property, was tried in
the municipal court 1T Owosso, and
the jury disagreed.
Mrs. John II. Bretnauer, who was
trying TO get a divorce, told Judge
West of Lansing that she married
Bretnauer TO reform him, as he drank
when she first met him The Judge
refused to grant the decree.
James Flewelling of Flint was given
4 verdict of $1,135.70 against the Do
troit United Railway company for in
juries received when he was thrown
to the pavement by the sudden and
unexpected starting of the car.
Rendered sightless. Charles Eber-
stein, a farmer living near Battle
Creek. will likely die from the kick
of a horse While Eberstein was milk
ing a COW, horse in an adjoining
stall kicked him in the temple, frac-
/ turing the skull and destroying the
eyesight.
F. H. Auble. who for. number of
years was supervisor of Barton town
ship, Newaygo county, has conceded
that Edward Bader was duly elected
supervisor of the township at the
sTring election, and he has withdrawn
his case.
At a receivers sale of Frank p
Argus, the equipment, outside OF the
two monotypes, was sold to the Ann
Arbor Times. This means that there
will be only one daily paper in Ann
Arbor as the two now in the field
will be consolidated.
Endorsements appear to have made
trouble for Herbert s. Prince of Flint,
who has filed a petition in bankruptcy
in the United States court in Bay
City. His total liabilities are SEIZED
uled as s33,199, while his assets are
very small and practically wiped out
by exemptions. Among his assets
are S. in cash on hand and IS cash
in the bank.
A quantity of silver, stolen from the
home of William BEGINNER near Ok
ford some time ago. while Mr.. and
Mrs. Boehmer we're absent, has been
returned On opening the door one
morning. they found the thief had
brought back the silver and laid IL on
the doorstep. The only article miss
Ing is BEGINNERS wedding ring
Jure II has been selected as Alumni
day OF the University of Michigan.
Thi. year all classes whose dates end
in three or eight WIZ hold regular re.
unions, there being an understanding
that each class. as II is graduated
shall hold reunion each fifth year
The class of AS will have one repre-
sentative.
william Ward of Marine City
charged Burton Bellnap. teacher, with
furnishing his nephew too often. He
went to the schoolhouse and called
the teacher various names. He was
arrested on a charge of Islander and
pleaded guilty He was sentenced =
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