Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-08-26
MICHIGAN ITEMS.

Mrs Belinda Rayner. aged 76, OF
Nicksburg, in a fit of dependency,
drowned herself in a cistern.
Mary Lenery, a Menominee 5-year-
old, ate spoiled sardnes she found in
"a can in the yard She is dead.
Saginaw city council has voted $500
to build tuberculosis shack on the
grounds Of the detention hospital.
Pere Marquette train No. l, bound
north, was delayed at Gardendale one
hour Thursday, when the engine
broke down.
At secret meeting OF the "dry"
leaders Of Kalamazoo it was decided
to give the "wets" another fight in
the spring
Norman Eldred, the aged patient
who disappeared from Otter Lake
sanitarium, near Flint, has been To-
Gated in Saranac.
Stepping off Grand Rapids street
car before il had come to stand
still, Mrs. Marcia Madden, 35, was
thrown to the pavement and fatally
injured
Shooting at a mark at Walled Lake,
some one OF three young men camp
ing there accidentally shot and killed
one of their companions, George Kidd,
of Worthwhile.
During the temporary absence from
the house of Mrs. Ernest Eleanor, OF
Port Huron, her infant son drank car
bolic acid from a bottle left within
reach, and died.
Sewer workmen found a wooden
box containing two human skeletons
at street corner in Flint. The
bodies had apparently been buried
many years ago, probably on a farm.
Nine men left Cadillac Wednesday
to join the navy They were Max
Souzer, S. Wheelock, F. r. Flodquist,
l.. f. Daley, c. A. Cass, A. Nicholson,
e. Duvall, Charles Laney and r. f.
Peters.
A furious storm struck the northern
half of Detroit Thursday afternoon,
and in 20 minutes damage was done
to trolley and telephone lines which
will cost several thousand dollars TO
repair.
FX-State Senator John w. Carve
link Of Graafschap has resigned his
position on the school board, which
he has held for 50 consecutive years.
Last winter he slipped and fell on
an icy walk. He is now so
E. w. Clark of Philadelphia, it is
reported, will construct an electric
line between Bay City and Caro-. 1t
is understood that the line will alb
sorb the Flint & Saginaw road and
connect with Detroit by way of Caro-.
Mrs Jane Mallow, of Athens, was
burned by an explosion of turpentine
in her pantry In the dark she over
turned a bottle and then lighted a
match. Her hair was burned off and
her body badly scorched. She cannot
live.
The twenty-seventh annual session
OF the Grand Chapter of the Colored
Royal Arch Masons, Knights Templar,
and Order of Eastern Star was held
in Benton Harbor last week. Detroit
was chosen as the place for the 1910
meeting.
Grand Rapids is growing During
the past three years 1921 houses
were built there, at which rate, allow
ing five persons TO family the new
population is about as many as live
in Michigan.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
five big barns on the Gunnison farm,
five miles from Grass Lake, Sunday
afternoon. The buildings were filed
with the seasons crops of hay and
oats. but the live stock sheltered in
them We're saved
Additions to Pontiac factory con-
Germs will compel the employment of
1,500 more mechanics next year, and
the fact that there are at present
fewer than 40 vacant houses in the
city has given Pontiac the most
puZzling problem OF its history.
Fire probably caused by spontane.
Gus combustion, destroyed three
barns on the farm Of William Clifford
near Emmett, Sunday. over 100 tons
of hay and many farm implements
were burned and the loss will amount
to $4,000. with partial insurance.
II is now believed that the mystic
rious fire which destroyed the plant
of the Freeman Lumber Co, in En-
gandine, Mackinac county, was the
work of an incendiary. The mill,
which was closed for the summer, was
valued at $1,000, and will be rebuilt
at once.
All efforts to locate William Alexan-
! der, aged 60 and his 9-year-old son,
John, who disappeared after starting
from their farm, nine miles south, to
Flint to attend the circus, Aug 6, have
so far failed, and many people now
believe that they went for boat ride
and were drowned
Thirteen foreign countries, and IS
| states and territories and the District
| of Columbia, furnished students at
| the session of the u. of VI. summer
| school, which closed last week A
| great many OF the students were out
sldeYs, l12 other colleges which con.
| duct summer schools being repre-
| scented.
| Justice James NJ. Smith, of Hast
| ings, has a broken arm and severe
| bruises as the result of being jerked
from his horse and dragged by the
cow which he was leading on a so
foot chain. After circlng about till
Smith was wrapped in the chain the
COW ran home, with the justice bump