Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-07-31
HE ALMA RECORD.
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FRIDAY, JULY 81.
ST4TE NEVIS.
'roek wants lclicr carriers.


ms to be the rightful heir to Il go, OOO,-
estate in England
/. Joseph people are dead certain
the soldiers home will be located
ler there or at Detroit
l4.year old con OF 5. ii. Barry, OF
ION Rapid. fcllon scyrhe and was 50
ly cut US to cripple him for lie
five students have been expelled from
agricultural college for Laz.ns, aud
r suspended Tor The same cause.
The Gi and Haven ship building com
~ Is the latest thing out ri Grand llay-
Good men are Al the head Of il.
;rand Rapids' cable road will be com-
need in two weeks and is TO be ready
business by the middle OF Sept smbcr.
rhirty-four Swedcs have been improted
Missaukee lumber firm. who claim
1 suitable men cannot bc found nj
ne.
At O'Clock Monday morning eight
all dwellings aud part of the contents
re burned at Button, near Muskcgon.
IS $4,000; fully insured.
The Eldredge sewing machine company
ploying 400 men, VIII move To Battle
eek il they can get citizens of tina; place
take Sloo, 600 of stock in the company.
As Marion Curry ives speeding his horse
the VasSar track Saturday his sulky
uck fence and Curry was thrown.
was badly hurt, his spine being injur-
IN the park near the Cushman house al
toskey is vigorous young .peach tree
, origin Of which was a pit of peach
ten by President Garfield just before his
ath.
The crusade at Ionia against the saliva
N army has been settled. The saliva
nists will not parade the streets any
ore, To offset which the authorities agree
protect the meetings.
The work Of renovating the State fair
ounds at Kalamazoo will be commenced
a short time. The officers claim that
September fair Will be the largest and
st ever seen in the State.
A steam Touring mil is to be erected at
iarlevoix by two Muskegon capitalists,
10 have secured the deed of site there
lie mill will have the roller process and =
pacity Of 100 barrels per day.
AT Grand Rapids another section will be
ded IL the soldiers monument 1t will
eight feet high aud inscribed. In
nor of the soldiers and sailors of Kent
unity, 1861 65.' This will increase the
light Of the monument to thirty-three
ei.
The Bay City Tribune srys the farmers
Kawkawlin have held meeting at
hich they resolved when they brought
-oduce 10 the city market they would re-
ember the strikers and leave practical
loot of their sympathy at the relief stores.
w. G. Bennett, for nearly 80 years, a
,lued CLERK in The auditor generals office
Lansing, committed suicide Monday
corning by shooting himself through tile
ar;. His health had been failing foI
inc. and OF late his mind had bcer
g way. lie was about 50 years OF
&c.
The Bay City World, started as the or
IN of the Bay county democracy, la,
eased to fill the long-felt went, and ISSUED
5 last edition Saturday evening. Tn,
ditor could live on promises. but those h,
OF were so badly damaged by breakag,
nat hc didn't care to live on hope any
)nger
The first saw mill was erected in til,
aginaw valley in 1882, and the first ship
sent of lumber made IN 1886 There ar,
rs mills in the valley. No Iccor,
he cut was kept prior to 1851 Sine
N 1900. 100000 feet Of lumber hav
cen cut. 2,210.35s 425 pine shIrgles, an,
ince 1866, 1859 800 2GS pieces 81 iaIh
he largest season 5 "a. was in 1852
shen i.oi1,274.@15 feet were cut
Atnoon Friday, fire was discovered il
he planning mill of ). A. Lewis, OF Flint
he building with contents was cntrel
destroyed; loss Sl4, 900; insurance So, 1jC
erome EDDY had about 81, 500 worth q
gricultural implements stored In III
building and they were totally dcstroyct
twas feared that the wooden mills an
'ther adjacent buildings would bc d
'troyed, but the fire department, by har
work, saved them.
An old gentleman named Credit. Twin
in the township Of Jerom e, Midland cou
ty, was terribly gorcd by vicious amin
Thursday. One of the animals horns e
tered the thigh'and horribly laccrated II
muscles. AT a second attack the animal
horn entered the mans leg just above Il
calf and tore the flesh from the bone nca
lyto the ankle The two wounds arc frigl
full. and ii Is doubtful il the old gent
man, who is 20 years old. can recover.
At noon Saturday en- explosion occurr
in the dust room OF the extensive wor
Of the Estcy furniture manufacture
company. The explosion blew the 70
OF the dust room. which is about twel
feet square, and is the receptacle Of t
dust, shaving, etc, from the works. Al
Is connected with the boiler and engi