Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-02-09
STATE BRIEFS.

! already mas 20 OF tnem
Senator Smith, OF Wayne, chairman
of the senate prison committee, was
in Jackson, and IL is said he strongly
! favors a new cell block for the prison.
The Citizens National bank and
the Houghton National bank OF
Houghton have been designated as
postal repositories by the postmaster
! general
Prof A. c. Anderson. of the NJ. A.
| c., and w. +. Taylor. of Shelby de-
| livered addresses before more than
1000 people at the farmers institute
in Big Rapids.
Mrs Emmanuel Johnson aged rs,
resident of Osceola county, repulsed
tramps. The tramps are reported to
have fired at her.
The school board has adopted the
Batavia system in the Manistee
schools. The plan provides for the
instruction of backward pupils by
special instructors.
George Cutler Sr., father OF Fred
Cutler, Jr.. grand treasurer of the
Michigan Odd Fellows. died in Ionia
after an illness of four years, follow
ing a stroke of paralysis.
Ralph Pease, the Grand Rapids bar
Der, who shot his wife's friend to
death. was sentenced to serve from
seven to fifteen years in Jackson
prison with recommendation OF ten
years.
Maj. Edward ID. Ellis, of Detroit,
retired officer of the NJ. y. G., does
not like the proposed new military
law, which Rep. Stewart has fathered
in the house, and hopes it will be
buried"
On condition that the firms pro
posed new $4,000 drydock will be
completed for the season of 1911, the
Manistee council has voted to give
the Manistee Iron works a bonus OF
$40, 900
Knights of Pythias of the second
district of Michigan opened the fifth
annual meeting in Albion with an IL
Illuminated parade, seven blocks long,
A class of 100 was given the page
rank
A police investigation began Sunday
into the origin of a fire which de-
stroyed the Emerson Truck Co.'S big
storage house, in Battle Creek The
building was ruined, with a loss of
about $4,000.
John and Adelbert Wilkinson, of
North Star, and Mrs. Matilda thinner
man, of Highland. Livingston county.
have found their brother, O. II Wiki
inson, of Plymouth Ind, after
search of 30 years
The funeral of Rep. Charles NJ
Of hnl
day afternoon from the house, with
burial al Lakeside cemetery. The SER
vice was conducted by Rev d. H.
Goodwillie, and was exceedingly brief
Several purveyors of soft drinks in
the village of Byron have paid S25
government license and s. penalty
for selling near beer" which is said
to be too near" A deputy revenue
collector from Flint made the assess
ments
The First Methodist Episcopal
church, of Big Rapids. was damaged
by fire Sunday forenoon the loss being
estimated at $4,000 About 700 people
composed the congregation and panic
was averted by the GOODNESS of church
officers
Caught by whirling belt at Bat
tie Creek food company's plant Edwin
w. Douchey, a millwright was terribly
torn and finally killed by decapitation
The belt, escaping from the grasp of
Douchey's assistant, wound itself
around Douchey's legs.
John Taylor, Sr., a we'll known far
mer of North Brighton, is dead. He
suffered typhoid fever when IS years
old, and the doctors pronounced him
dead. After funeral arrangements had
been made, "a hours later, he showed
signs of life and recovered He was
II years old
Rev. J. S Steininger. pastor of the
First Methodist church, who recently
went to Owosso from the Burns
Avenue Methodist church, of Detroit.
has attacked the mayor and members
of the common council, in an open
letter, for allowing the theatoriums TO
open on Sunday
lonias Masonic poet, Palmer II.
Taylor died at the age of 80. He was
the oldest resident OF Ionia county.
He organized the Ionia> County Pho
neer society years ago. He wrote
hundreds of poems and in state cir
cles was conspicuous as the Oldest
Mason.
The Owosso Aerie of Eagles, which
established the first Eagles home in
the state, is after new honors. 1t
has appointed committee to pre-
pare plans for newer and larger
home, since the present club and
lodge rooms located in a remodeled
residence, are too small
DR.. j b. Griswold. surgeon of the
G. r. & |. railway, says that the
smallpox situation in Pellston is
under control. There are between 90 |
and 30 cases in II quarantined houses
and the isolation hospital Passenger
trains will not be allowed TO stop
in the village for some time.
Charles VI. Hershey. former Owosso
baker four times married and who !
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