Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-03-16

Various Points In the State and So
Reduced In Size That II VIII Appeal
TO All Glasses Of Readers.
Joseph Potters. 90. drys good mer-
chant of Montague, died suddenly at
his home.
AT a special election Sebewaing
will vote March Is on the question of
bonding for $4,000 for waterworks.
Miehigan's 2-cent fare law was sus-
tanned in decision handed down in
the United States district court al De
troit
c. L. Edwards prominent mas
of Carleton, shot himself IN the right
temple and died a few hours after
wards
Howard Neyins, whose home is at
Detroit, is listed as wounded i'm the
Overseas casualty list issued by the
militia department at Ottawa.
V. l.. Simmons, Cadillac publisher.
editor Of Saturday Call. is in jail ON
charge OF obtaining 81 2e0 from Chas.
Larson on false pretenses.
A. c. Goodson. Grand Rapids. com.
mercial agent of the Michigan Cen
trail dropped dead while cleaning the
Sidewalk in front of his home.
Corliss schools closed because OF
diphtheria. number of scholars hav-
Ing been exposed. Fear of an epidemic
Of the disease is felt in the village.
a story that Frederick Travis. g.
was forced to seek shelter in Jackson
poorhcuse during the second week Of
February has been denied by all par
ties concerned
Sheldon F. Granger resident and
a former policeman of Ypsi
lanti was found guilty in circuit court
az Ann Arbor Of assault on a eleven
yesr-old Ypsilsnti girl
Mrs. Barbara Richard 50. resident
OF near Dorr for sixty years died of
old age. She is survived by four chill
Gren. thirty-one grandchildren and
seven Observation-Disclosures
Sam Stream. Of Cadillac, suicided by
hanging himself between doors at
the home Ct his sister. Mrs. William
Lentz. For several years Stream had
been a sufferer from cancer.
y. Murphy. pauper. was an inmate
at the home OF the Little Sisters OF
the Poor at Grand Rapids when an
attorney from Dallas, Texas. informed
him he was heir to $4,000
Michigan is going to hear another
Republican presidential candidate.
March IL, when Governor Samuel W.
Mccall OF Massachusetts,. will speak
at the Republican banquet at Lansing.
Il. ID. Robins, who had lived alone
in Dexter since the death OF his meth
or about year ago. was found sitting
% the edge OF his bed. dead by an
officer who called to see II he needed
assistance
Muskegon business men met at the
armory and formulated plans Tor the
organization of a business mems bat
talon. Charles r. Sigh. Of Grand
Rapids, who heads a similar body. was
the speaker
J. h. Weimer. aged 50. retired Michi-
gan Central engineer, is dead at his
home. He handled the Grand Trunk
passenger train between Port Huron
and Detroit. on which Thomas A. Edi-
son was newsboy
AS the wedding OF Geo. Osborne. Of
Redford, and Miss Grace Shefferly. of
Greenfield, was beginning in ST
Mary's Catholic church at BEDFORD
Fred David. a bridge contractor. fell
dead at the rear Of the church.
Lyman t. Curtis. of Flint. pioneer
Michigan nurseryman. died after a
brief illness. Since he established the
Genesee County Nurseries thirty years
ago, Mr.. Curtis has ranked among the
leading horticulturists OF the state.
Primary returns show that the
majority given Earl F. Johnson, over
Mayor William n. McKeighan, for the
Republican mayoralty nomination. -
$50. was the largest ever cast Tor any
mayoralty candidate over another in
Flint.
Grand Rapids fire marshal refused TO
place on guard fremen at the first
annual Michigan cat show which open
ed with upwards OF 200 prize tabbies
on display. whats the use OF spend
ing the time or money" said the fire
marshal. Those cats all have nine
lives any way"
Isaac Rogers. aged Is, a newspaper
man who was nationally known as
"the Galesburg liar" died al his home
at Calesburg ROGERS whimsical stUr-
les which he good naturedly insisted
were news were reprinted by news.
papers thr-ushort the United states
&c was born IN Connecticut
Oneida Indians seek TO collect in
terest on the S2,Oo0.00O paid a number
Of years ago by the United States IN
settlement of the Kansas claim The
Oneidas belong to the Six Nations.
and their share would be 100000
They have given a contract 70 o. d.
Kellogg to take the matter ND az
Washington
Judge +. W Davis decided in an
opinion received in the office of
County Clerk Farrell. that the De
troit charter amcndment for % mini.
mum wage and an eighthour day for
city employees and adopted by an over
whelming majority April 10. 1915, *
null and void because of two errors