Charlevoix county herald., 1912-09-14
STATE BRIEFS.

Farmers in Hamtramck township
and Macomb county have struck gas
IN quantity. Many Of them are using
it for power.
The thirty-fourth annual convention
OF the Michigan Funeral Directors
and Embalmers' association held
two days session in Flint.
Mrs. Nicholas Weber, of Grand
Rapids, was killed instantly by a mo-
tor car driven by John d. Murray,
Jr. She walked in front OF street
car directly into the path of the ma
chine.
A coroner's jury in Lansing return
ed a verdict that Norma Breze. the
Rives Junction farmer, was killed by
shot fired by Andrew Smith, who
is under arrest for the crime. Smith
has confessed.
Brighton Democrats organized a
Wilson and Marshall club. State
Chairman Edmund Shields, of the
Democratic central committee, deliv-
cred an address. A. NJ. Cummins, Of
Lansing, candidate for congress, also
spoke.
Attempting to get over a crossing
a mile south of Ravenna, Mrs. James
Ferguson, 10 years old, was run down
by a G.. r. a. L passenger train and
was instantly killed. The body was
hurled nearly 80 feet from the right
OF way.
Burns operatives are working in
Detroit, despite the fact that Oper-
! alive Brennan has come out in the
open. 1t is stated that several new
men have come into the city and are
following up the graft trails at the
! instance of the prosecutor.
Hotel Sieting is the name of a new
! $4,000 hosiery which will be opened
in Kalkaska in about two months,
thus filing Kalkaska's greatest need.
1t will be a thoroughly modern, fire.
proof structure, being of white brick,
with a front of yellow brick
At a meeting Of the Grand Rapids
milers and millers of western Michi-
gan, the wheat situation in this Sec
ton Of the state was discussed. The
present condition is uncertain. The
millers, however, are afraid that the
crop has been injured by heavy rains.
Karl c. Cloudman, a clerk EN-.
ployed in the postoffice at Maxton, on
Drummond island. is held by Sheriff
Bayless charged with forgery He is
charged with opening mail addressed
to Joseph Warden. a trapper, and ex-
tracing a check which he is alleged
to have forged and cashed.
After an absence of two months
from Sault Ste. Marie during which
time they participated in the regu-
lar army maneuvers at Dubuque, Ia,
and Sparta, Wis, 200 troops sta
toned at Fort Brady returned and
were Immediately ordered to the
rifle range few miles from the city.
John Bolinski, aged %. Polish la
borer, Is dying in a Saginaw hospital
from wounds received when attacked
by several of his countrymen. Bolin-
ski attended a dance and it is said
ne caused trouble by taking Peter
Dudewitz's sweetheart home. Dude
WITT and another foreigner are locked
up in the county Jail.
Orders have been issued from the
department OF agriculture for the i'm
mediate establishment Of weather
bureau stations at Ludington and at
Saginaw.
Gov. Osborn announces the appoint.
ment of John T. Owens, OF Benton
Harbor, as state oil inspector 70 sue
coed Frank s. Neal of Worthwhile.
The appointment takes effect Sept. l.
Two weeks ago Mrs. Harry Freese
OF Dayton was thrown from load
of hay and her hip was broken. Tues
day her husband was driving to a pic
mic when his horse ran away and
threw him out. His collarbone was
| broken.