Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-11-10
n EW S OF
MICHIGAN

William Farthing. Monday the WON
an was struck on the face and arm
by falling electric wire which scar.
cd her cheek and brushed her coat.
Farthing rushed into the street pulled
her away from the wire.-The an.
nouncement was made at the
Pere Marquette Offices that the track.
age OF the local yards will be en-.
urely rearransed. $4,000 spent. and
general improvements made TO facil.
itate freight and passenger service.
st. Joseph.-The body OF Casper
Schmidt OF Michigan City. Ind. who
was drowned June Is when he at
tempted TO cross from his home city
TO Chicago with IL friends in a small
boat was found on the beach here
When the party started across the
lake IL was remarked that there we're
ID In the boat. but Schmidt laughing.
Ily declared he considered the number
lucky. A sudden lurch Of the boat
threw him into the water and his
friends were unable to save him.
Au Sable.-Mrs. II. T. Thomas of
East Tawas. who was bitten by vi.
cious dog a few days ago, has been
taken to Ann Arbor. where she will be
treated at the Pasteur institute of
the University OF Michigan. Physi.
clans who examined the head of the
dog believe the animal was effected
with the DETERMINATIONS for
the position of assistant forest ranger
were produced here by Supervisor
Higgins Of the Michigan forest re-
serve. The position carries a salary
OF $1.100. Iowa, Ohio. Missouri and
Illinois are represented.
Owosso.-Archibald Lerowe and
Mark Champion were cleaning an
electric motor when the gasoline vap-
orized and ignited from a torch sew
eral yards away. They would have
burned to death but for the timely
assistance of workmen who wrapped
them In coats.
MISUNDERSTANDING will be the first
city in the state to adopt the recall
system II Governor Warner approves
a new charter that has been submit
ted TO him.
Lansing-The two inspectors of
drugs, attached to the dairy and food
department have inspected over 800
samples of drug products in the last
three months. A meeting is being
held here to broaden the work of the
department
F1int.-Mayor Selby has ordered an
investigation of the gas company's
rates. Charges are made that con-
sumers have been overcharged.
Flint.-Word was received here of
the death of DR.. Harry Lockhead, in
Pittston. Pa. DR.. Lockhead succumbed
to an attack of typhoid fever, follow
Ing breakdown from overwork. He
was formerly resident of this city.
F1int.-The county supervisors have
decided to levy tax Of one mill,
which will net $4,000. This sum, ex-
cepting $4,000. will be used to re-
pair the country roads. The $4,000
will be given to the townships who
have already taken up the burden of
repairing the roads.
Flint.-The 100000 bond issue
proposition for the construction of
new water works system will be voted
on at the November election.
Lansing-Raymond Eberling. who
Is under arrest, charged with stealing
bicycles, said he Is Is and his home is
In Detroit. A telegram was received
from Lancaster, Pa, saying Eberling
Is IS and that he broke his parole
from the institution in that city. ell
will be returned there.
Lansing.-Albert Klees, an engineer
in the Genesse Fruit Co. plant, was
found guilty Of stealing flour from a
freight car and fined $685..
Lansing.-Arthur Nessill %, is un-
der arrest charged with non-support
and having been too attentive to other
and having been too attentive to an
other woman.
Monroe When the ladder on which
he had climbed to close the trap doors
leading to the spire of Trinity Episco-
pal church slipped, Wilbur Sherman,
sexton of the church, received brok-
en- ankle and severe bruises about the
limbs and body.
Grand Rapids.-Alighting on his
feet when thrown from his buggy
when the vehicle was struck by a G..
r. e. l. train, G. B. Russo, owner of a
bakery, had a narrow escape from
death or serious injury. The horse
was killed and the buggy wrecked
Newaygo.-Lester Cornish. an en-
ployee of the new Portland cement
mill, had one leg broken and narrowly
escaped being ground to pieces when
his clothing caught in pulley at the
plant A fellow workman, William G..
Corrigan. saw his danger and stopped
the machinery just in time.
MISUNDERSTANDING that the trans
action will freeze him out, William
Heap. secretary and treasurer of the
Muskegon Cookerette company, has
asked for an injunction restraining A.
T. Hallock, president of the concern,
from transferring any stock to the
Gem Hammock & Fly Net company OF
Milwaukee.