Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-07-06
MICHIGAN NEWS IN BRIEF

Menominee schools at $4,000.
/ Joe Jahames was awarded 1926 by
circuit court jury Friday afternoon
for n team killed by the Ann Arbor
| railroad.
Eaton Rapids ministers have decid-
ed TO abandon Sunday evening serv-
ices at the churches for couple Of
mouths and TO hold union services at
G.. a. r. park. This is the result OF
the extreme hot weather of the past.
The last of the three superintend-
ents of the Saginaw county poor
farm, which was under investigation
| last fall, left the employment of the
county when F. C. Beuthin voluntarily
presented his resignation to the SUI
pervisors and 1t was accepted
John Crook, go, farmer living
| near Cadillac, was killed by a G. X.
a. |. flyer, when he mistook the sig
nal to stop for the one to go ahead.
He was thrown 90 feet from the place
where the train struck him, and his
back, arms and ribs were broken
Frustrated by the terrific heat
while marching in the parade in Mus
kegon, Peter Peterson, a band mu-
his home in Muskegon. Many cases Of
heat prostrations have been reported,
but Peterson's case is the only one
believed to be dangerous.
The council of Flint at a recent
meeting again refused to ratify the
appointments of John Mention, the So
cialist mayor The mayor and three
members of the council who are also
Socialists, being in the minority, are
unable to accomplish the legislation
suggested by the advisory board,
which is also socialistic.
AT meeting of the board Of pub
lie works in Saginaw it was decided
to erect lift bridge over the Sagi-
nav river at Johnson street. This
bridge is to cost $4,000, and is voted
in accordance with the bond issue
which was passed last spring. Ac-
cording to the city engineer, the
bridge will be completed in 1912.
Fifteen hundred striking furniture
workers paraded the streets of Grand
Rapids, following the announcement
of the organ of the furniture manu-
facturers that the strike was over.
The demonstration was made at the
time the non-union laborers came
from their work 1t was q peaceful
parade and was not interfered with
by the police
The annual convention Of the Mich
igan Music Teachers association
closed in Saginaw with a program re-
cital given by Richard Keys Biggs of
Detroit, Edwin Barnes Of Battle
Creek, Earl n. Moore of Ann Arbor
and L. L. Renwick and ALE d. Zuid
ema of Detroit. Mrs. Alice Calder
Leonard, of Detroit, sang. In 1912 the
association will go to Detroit.
Boys set fire TO a large straw stack
on the William McAvoy farm in New
Haven township, Shiawassee county,
Tuesday, while playing with matches.
The fire spread, burning large barn,
together with several hogs and farm
implements over 100 farmers were
called b. means of a general alarm
given on the telephone, and succeed
ed in saving the house. after a hard
fight
Fire broke out in the tuberculosis
cottage for men on the Northern
Michigan Asylum grounds at Traverse
City. The institution department put
the fire out before much damage had
been done. Forty patients were in
the building, but no panic occurred
on account Of careful handling. 1t is
believed a spark from the smoke
stack of the main building caused the
fire
Clyde Bowen. "A. Of Newaygo. was
sentenced to life Imprisonment in
Jackson prison on charge Of killing
his wife lie had been sentenced to
from 90 TO 40 wears on previous
trial. Bowen ii'lcd his wife October
81. 1909 while they were sitting by
the roadside on ther return from
church II supposed that jealousy
was the cause Insanity was the plea
OF the defense
The parade demonstrations Of the
paet few DAYS have caused the man
u.acturefs Of Grand Henide to drop
the customary practice Of handling
petitions ALLEGING contempt of court .
and 10 adopt instead write OF attach I
ment by means OF which tup persons
cited can he placed i0 jain until the
date set for trial Seventeen peti-
tions have been drafted charging the
strikers with contempt
Health Officer VI. A. Powers Of
Battle Greek has found that despite |,
his order to private property owners
to clean up their property. that the /
city is the worst offender in this re-
spect Police Commissioner L. Ly |
man Read paid a visit to the city |
dog pound and was almost overcome |
by the stencil from the decaying mat |
ter in the pens He also found out |
that the dogs were not watered and |
fed with regularity
Perfect weather greeted the crowd |
of home-comers who were back to |
celebrate the fifth homecoming re- (
union of the old residents Of Adrian. |
Early in the morning the delegations
from the larger towns began TO ar
rive Detroit alone turned out a |