Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-11
STATE NEWS BRIEFS.
Eaton Rapids Ii to have an To-
manufac turing plant.


death by a falling tree while chop
ping in the woods near Camden.
The O6eana county agricultural so
ciety has decided TO mortgage Its fair
ground in a sum not to exceed 81
500.
James Holbrook. 81, lost both legs
by being run over by an Ann Arbor
freight train. He will probably re-
cover
Miss Fannie Joynes. 20. of Syracuse,
n. Y, chorus girl in the Royal Chez
Co, fell 80 feet through an open SHAFT
in Traverse City. She may die.
Miss Title Levy, 20, from Racine,
Wis. was caught in the elevator
shafting of Flint factory and her
right leg broken In three places and
badly crushed.
West Branch is in darkness as q re-
suit of the councils cut In the bills
OF the Rife River Electric Co. The
manager of the company has ceased
furnishing light.
A West Branch girl, Cora Embury,
IL years of age, is being sought by
her parents. She left home sudden
heard Of her since.
Taking advantage OF the mild
weather of the last week, many far-
mers are doing their spring plowlng
The oldest inhabitants cannot remem-
Der of similar happening.
Mrs. Lucy Crandall, OF Flint, was
granted a divorce from her husband,
Horton Crandall, who left his home
80 years ago and his wife has not
seen nor heard from him since.
w. II. White. of Boyne City, whose
name was mentioned in connection
with the Republican nomination Tor
regent of the University OF Michigan,
announces that he will not be a candi-
date.
Mrs. Kate Chapel has started suit
for 81, 900 damages against Muske
gon furniture dealer, alleging trespass.
She says that the man took COOK
stove containing her dinner out OF
her home.
Edward Edmund, 26, and Peter
Miller, 90, arrested on being caught
In a Bay City grocery, are said by the
police TO have admitted robbing
clothing store last week OF $1,000
worth OF goods.
AS soon as William Mcclure finishes
serving time in Detroit for his numer-
Gus coal swindles he will be brought
to Flint to face similar charges. He
is said to have conducted operations
on an extensive scale.
Holding a young woman's photo In
his hand, Howard Mccarthy, rs, OF
Ovid. was found unconscious from an
overdose OF morphine. Mccarthy was
well dressed, but had no money. He
lodged at the Ionia jail
George Clouse, the Capac farmer,
who threatened a young boy with
death IL he refused 10 pray and who
at the time was suffering from insan-
ity brought on by religion, has been
taken TO the Pontiac asylum.
Mrs. Rebecca Loomis, the oldest
inhabtant OF Bloomingdale, celebra-
ted her ninety-second birthday Mon
day She has lived in that vicinity
So years and the affair was made the
occasion of a village celebration.
T. A. Lawler, assistant attorney-gen-
eral has been commissioned major
and judge advocate on Gov. Warmers
staff with the National Guard. Maj.
Lawler has been legal adviser OF the
military department for some time.
Miss Becky Heiss, aged 40. daughter
OF a Scofield farmer. is dead from in
iuries received when she was gored
by a mad bull. while trying to cross a
field The family dog savagely at.
tackled the bull to protect his mistress.
George Peek, a 5-year-ofd child, may
lose the sight of his right eye as the
result of an accident in school Wed
nesday. The little fellow was playing
with a pen. when in some manner he
stuck the point of the pen in his eye
Judge Lewis Mcqueen. OF Frankfort
KY. who is staying at the Battle Creek
sanitarium, predicts that Kentucky
will go dry" in a few years. so force
full is the sweep of the "anti-booze
movement In the south
Two governors II. r. Glenn, OF
North Carolina. and Gov. Buchtel, OF
Colorado. are booked for Battle
Creeks 1909 Chautauqua program. So
is James Watson, POpulist; Rev. John
Wesley Hill, OF New York, and 9TH
ers.
Grand Rapids police are trying TO
learn who assaulted Isaac Klinger an
aged war veteran. who died from his
wounds. Saturday. When he was
found in the Soldiers home basement
the money he was known to have had
on his person when he left his room
was missing.
fenced TO from six months TO fifteen
ffxaer In
killing her daughters infant, Will
have 10 serve time in Detroit. She
will be re-sentenced because there
are no accommodations in Jackson
for women prisoners. z-t-s
At a meeting of the Seventh Dis.
trict Dental Society, held in Port HUI
ron. the identification of bodies by
the teeth" was taken up. DR.. c. w
Bowbeer. of St Clair. exhibited the
teeth of the late Gid" Browning al
the meeting and told how the ashes
found i'm the stove of the Rattle Run
NJ. f. church we're proven to be those
of Browning. owing 10 a crown pin
which he had used in fixing the teeth
of the slain man only few weeks be
fore his death.
A new record for the opening of the
swimming season was established
Tuesday when w F. Burnham and
w. F. Leslie. athletes employed az the
Battle Creek sanitarium, went swim
ming in Lake Goguac They swan
for a considerable distance, climbed
up on the ice and sat down TO rest
and then swan back Both declared
that the water was fine.