Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-02-23

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John Il. Gerow, of Ovid, has been
appointed state drug inspector by
Dairy and Food Commissioner Gil
man Dame.
U. S. Duncan, secretary of the Ann
Arbor Y. M. c. A., has resigned. He
had trouble with the board of direct
ors over the affairs of the institu-
ton.
Chief Surveyor Buss, or the Lansing
& Northwestern electric line, has
completed the survey of the right-of-
way for the road from Owosso to
| Saginaw.
| The teachers of the Saginaw
schools are using every means pos
sible to have the teachers pension
bill, now in committee, passed by the
legislature.
H. X. Matlock, draft teller in the
Lansing State Savings bank, has been
appointed state bank examiner. He
came to Lansing year ago from
the upper peninsula.
Earl Fox, a rural mail carrier or
! Charlotte, has just completed six
years in the service and during that
time has travelled $4,000 miles, or
nearly twice around the world
w. X. Prudden, Of Lansing. has an.
nounced his candidacy for a place
on the state board OF agriculture and
his friends about the state are busy
lining up delegates in his behalf.
Through the settlement or injunc-
ton proceedings brought against the
hNy
ard Paper Co., that line can now
proceed to build tracks north of Kali
! amazoo to Grand Rapids.
Following the advice of City At
| torney Snow the city council OF Sag
NAV has refused TO pay DR., c. l..
| CRUDE, the city health officer, the
amount he asks for in connection
| with his work during the smallpox
/ epidemic
Henry Irwin, AZ of Ionia, ended his
life by hanging himself in his wood
| shed. His body was discovered by
his 5-year-old daughter Irwin at
tempted TO kill himself once before
with acid. He leaves the widow and
| four children.
Twelve men, unloading ice, were
| buried beneath a great weight OF the
| substance near Bankers, Hillsdale
| county. when a freight of empty cars
! crashed into four cars partly filled
with ice All of the men were hurt,
none seriously. sfg%HR
The Saginaw Power Co. Friday
, filed a first mortgage for S1,500,000
with the county register OF deeds. The
| action is necessary where branches
| Of the Commonwealth Power & Light
| Co. do business, as the holding COM
pany will float bond issue for the
| above amount
Ann Arbor section men have been
notified that on March / the 10
hour day will be again installed as
their working day. Many OF the
| men quit last fall when the day was
cut TO nine hours, this action bring
ing the wages down to $1.35 per day.
AT 10 hours per day the wage will be
$3.50.
Alva NJ. Cummins, who was a can
| didate for congress against Samuel
w. Smith last fall, has entered the
race for Judge of the Ingham county
| circuit, his petition having been filed
with the secretary OF state. Judge
West and Judge Collingwood, Re-
| tons.
The demand of Mrs. Maud McDan-
| iels against Hillsdale city for $4,000
| for the death OF her husband, year
ago, was denied in circuit court at
| Hillsdale. McDaniels was killed by an
electric current when, ii is said, he
attempted to jerk a Pickering arc
light into commission by the hoist
ing cable.
According to the report issued by
the secretary of state, there were
373,73S bushels of wheat marketed
during January. Fifty-five mills. ele-
vators and grain dealers report no
wheat purchased during the month.
The total amount marketed in the
, six months, August to January, was
, 6,750000 bushels.
Because his wife objected to his
drinking whisky, Melvin Corbin. 20,
of Grand Rapids, swallowed carboic
acid. When he fell in commissions,
Mrs. Corbin ran for a doctor She
slipped on the Icy walk and her leg
was fractured Both she and her hus-
band were taken to a hospital and
physicians say both will recover
nounced he will not be a candidate for
the Republican nomination for circuit
judge for the short term 10 fill the
vacancy caused by the death of
Judge Palmer. This leaves A. b.
Cogger the only candidate from Me-
costa county. Both Mecosta and Ne.
waygo counties have II delegates
each
The Lenawee county circuit court
jury awarded DR.. l.. J. Marshall of
Adrian $7,507 damages for personal
injuries received in the Wabash
wreck between Holloway and Brit
ton three years ago. The former YER
dict of $4,000 was awarded by the
same court. but the supreme court
sent the case back for retrial on a
technically
c. w. Perry, Democrat, president
of the Michigan State Bar associa.
ton, has announced his candidacy for
circuit Judge in the twenty-first Judi
cial circuit cOmDrisinp Glare isabel.