Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-07-14

Ithaca.
Sleeve ironing boards for sixteen cents
all next week at Sanderhoff's cash hard
ware.
Mrs. John Benjiman of Wheeler was
in Alma. Tuesday the guest of Mrs. n.
Il. Saad.
+. o. Parker of Uncle Sans Alma
post office force spent Wednesday after
noon i'll Ashley.
The W.R O. Thimble club will meet
Tuesday afternoon July 10 at the city
park. Bring your refreshments.
A letter from H. J. Myers former
principal of the commercial department
of Alma college orders his paper address
ed to Sloan Springs, Arkansas.
Mrs. Ella Young Flagg Young OF Chi.
defeated u. X. Snyder, principal OF the
Colorado state normal school, for presi-
dent of the National Education associa-
ton at Boston Thursday by a vote of
6l7 376, the question being on the sub
stitution of Mrs. Young's name for that
of Mrs. Snyder in the report of the COM
mittee on nominations
Sunday morning July Bird fire was
discovered in the outbuildings at the
home of @. A. Schultz, near Brecken-
ridge and before it could be extinguished
the hen COOP corn crib and shed burned.
The loss included three hundred fine
chickens and one hundred and twenty
five bushels of corn. The barn and
house were saved. The loss was partial
ly covered by insurance, The origin of
the fire is not known.
In severe electric storm that swept
over Elm Hall, Wednesday afternoon,
July lightning struck VIM. Corners
barn setting it on fire and burning the
building and tool house. Two horses
were killed by the electric bolt and Mr..
Conner who was standing between the
animals was terribly shocked so that he
could hardly get out of the barn and to
the house. The buildinge were partial
ly insured. Loss about 100000,
Lightning also struck the tenant house
of T. j. Blair, occupied by Mr.. Hinder
line.
Jos. Herr of Emerson and compan-
ion named Spear. neighbor, return
ing home from Ithaca Saturday night
when the storm was coming up. was
blinded by flash of lightning when
near WIN Van Buskirk's farm on the St
Charles road. 40 that their horse turned
into the ditch overturning the buggy
with the men under it, Spear escaped
injury but Mr.. Herr was badly hurt,
He was helped to Mr.. Van Buskirk' s and
DR., l. N Monfort was telephoned for
who drove out and found that Mr.. Herr
had fractured three ribs.
The Shepherd Republican of last
week said: "Our citizens were awak-
ened early Sunday morning by the ring.
ing of thefireOell, and by the time the
fire department arrived upon the scene,
the fire, which was discovered to be in
Creech's Drug Store, had gained such
Roadway that it was impossible TO check
the flames before the contents of the
store were totally destroyed. The fire,
which originated in the interior of the
building, had spread with wonderful
rapidity, and when the water was turned
on, the interior of the S tore was a mass
of seethine flame, but with cool headed
work up on the part of the firemen, the
fire was subdued and the structure saved.
1t required steady stream of water
from three lines of hose for fully one
hour, which would give one an idea OF
the intensity of the fire, which at first
stubbornly resisted all efforts of the fire.
men, but gradually their heroic work
was seen to lie effective, and the black
ened walls bear mute testimony of the
fierce battle of the elements"
Lester Branded a young man living
three milds east of Ithaca met with a
very serious accident while working on
the Amos Street farm five miles east of
town, Friday forenoon, and narrowly
escaped death. Branded was helping
put hay in the barn. The men were
having some trouble in operating the
fork and Geo. O. Davis of Brown, Davis
90. was there showing them now TO
work it, when suddenly the wire, hold
ing the pulley to the roof beam, started,
allowing the fork 10 fall about thirty
feet. 1t is thought that Branded, who
was standing under the fork threw up
his arm, one of the harpoons striking
him just above the elbow and drove
through the fieshy part of his arm,
coming out at the shoulder. He also
received bad cut on the head. The
fork was pulled out Of his arm and the
young man was brought to Ithaca as