Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-23

Mrs. II. j. Church, Of Flint having
lost faith In banks, hid $500 In the
stove. It's missing.
Mrs. Bertha Haker will be arraigned
In 81. Johns for the murder Of her
husband at Victor.
Eight cars were wrecked and a
mogul engine ditched when two
freight trains on the Pere Marquette
road collided at Salem. Nobody was
hurt.
John Bagley, who died at Grand
Rapids at the age Of 6S, from heart
failure, was one of tho founders of
the National Biscuit Co
Pontiac's council will order a spe-
cial election to vote on the issuance
or Sl25,000 bonds for a new water
supply system and reservoir.
Demented through loss OF her lover,
who died several months ago in the
'old country, Mary Staltsack, a Polish
girl, was taken from the home Of J. j.
McTavish, OF Saginaw, where she was
employed, raving maniac.
]. T. owen, OF Flint, reported 10 the
n. lice that strange man gave his
1.ve,. r-old girl candy on the street. A
mn ,1utes after eating the candy
rev ~ was taken with commissions
the en- S8w in serious condition.
anu sue - <s's Investigation has
Sheriff schu. 4 tbs hais.witted
convinced him thu '>e., a farmer
son Of Joseph Malows = aoison n
living near Saginaw, put - try 10
the family well, and he will ~a1u.
have the lad sent to a state in
tion. II is said the boy poisoned {.
neighbours well and has been putting
poison in his fathers well for several
years past.
Despondent because the wife from
whom he had been estranged refused
to give him an interview or to ac-
cept overtures for a cancellation,
Patrick KERN, of Arenac county, at
tempted TO end his life by cutting
veins in his wrist He was taken TO
Standish for treatment and is In the
county Jail, but II is believed that his
recovery is impossible, :@-a~,r-
Mrs. Edwin Dickson, OF Chief Lake.
!, fnistee county, was removed dying
ROM a Pere Marquette train at Hart
's~aay morning and died two hours
'atu- >s had been taken suddenly
alter. D. vSils on the way 10
i IN the carr sw worse rapid
isit relatives and e.. % ,renA
v. The physicians calleu 49,
Ter state that the woman was pL>sy"
d by food eaten on the train =
For a week or so John n. Cody, the
mentally unbalanced Detroit man who
DR.. Fritch and gave MIN
, merry chase a few nights ago mao
Pontiac excited by his plans LOT
big auto plant, the Httipg 81 tAs DOB.
On the city hospital, the bOcstlps - '
a local bank by a million-do de
posit- and other stunts OF like magni.
,ude. Then Pontiac found out.
One full weeks operation OF the
amended local option law In Van
Buren, county shows two drug stores
closed up and out Of business. In
Ave of % remaining places NO liquor
sales are reported. The total mum
Der OF sales in the entire county was
81. considerably less than one sale
per day for each drug store, as
against an average OF "a sales per
day for each store under the old law.
George o. Scott. of Port Orange,
r Id, ana william hOScIs' Vi hlDiOh |
veterans OF the Eighth Michigan
cavalry met at Traverse City Thurs
day at the reunisn of the Grand
Traverse Soldiers and Sailors associ-
alton. for the first time since 1865.
The two parted at the door of Ander-
sonville prison, where they were fell
low prisoners for seven months.
Feb. 2s. 1868 Scott to go TO Annapolis
hospital in feeble health, and Rogers |
to rejoin his regiment.
Attorneys for F. C. Hook. OF Adrian. |
father of Wallace Hook the boy who |
refused TO sign an "anti-fraternity" |
pledge, and was denied the right TO |
enter the local high school, were |
granted a mandamus by the circuit |
court Monday 10 compel the school |
board to show cause why young Hook !
should not be allowed to enter The !
action Is the first result of a rule |
adopted by the school board several |
weeks ago, whereby all students were
TO pledge themselves not to join a
fraternity or society considered per |
niciOus by the board