Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-11-13


went about clothed la fantastic garh ringing
bell or blow ing small horn or trumpet aud
reuGius from book Of his own composition.
\ few years ago Ia published a ,mail boos en-
Titled the 'OrD of Day," which ne designed 10
I take place Of the bib.r. Within year or 80
past lac has undertaken To gain possesso on by
force Of n tract of land formerly owned by
. INN ia NcWtcrg, Oass county, In this un-
dertaking ne has resorted Ia the use Of dan
gero'ls weapons and has finally heen proceeded
against
Baggagcmastcr Bennett of train no Z on the
3 Grand Rapids ~ Indiana railroad discovered a
stencil ma his ear before reaching Sturgs the
other morning He located IL hi trunk and
forced the lid open. He was Mortified to find
the corpse 0t man inside. The body was too
large for the space It occupied. and aS the lid
q uf he trunk was thrown back The feet of the
corpse tcN up m the haggageman's face,
The body was in quite an advanced state of
decomposition. No effort wis made TO asccr-
tain whether death was the result Of foul play
4 or not The lid was closed aud the Trunk
taken ON tu Grand Rapids, 10 which point
4 was checked, but the odor was SO strong
that the trunk with its ghostly contents, had
been transferred 10 the G.. K. ~ !, from the
Wabash AT Forl Wayne
Recently in blowing some drained marsh on
the farm Of Mr.. Jonas Wolf, large quantity
/ Il stumps AMI roots ohstructed the work
/ These were al entirely under ground and THEN
. existence unknown until the blowing com
. mcncCd. he wood appears 10 be tanarack,
and j. sound nd firm enough for hrewood
The oldest resident, have never seen tamaraeks
/ or other tlc,. growing al that place. The
. .oil has NO, been suitable for The growth OF
/ timber within the memory of white men. In
some former age, away back, there was q
. heavy growth of timber upon what i, known
as thu Braan marsh, which was killed and GOV
/ cred up 10y omc change in the level OF thu
country the esult OF unknown causes.--rO',-
/ StDitute I'd, TiloH
The bondsmen of f. Wood, cx-clty treas.
! urcr OF Lansing, have after a long sclge ol
/ litigation, effected a settlement with the Ian
sing city council hy paving - SO, which Is a
pro rata rate for three of the seven bondsman
of a shortage to the city of 5000 nv so do.
ing they entirely ignored the Sl2,OOO school
money also missing. The council in taking
thi, action have entirely ignored the advice @
/ their attorneys ana the committee appOintcl
. Co prosecute the claims. About "A year ago the
1 city had secured Judgement Of so ~ ana
costs i'm the circuit oouri. ON an appeal u
the supreme cuurt ID was sent back ON technl-
I ca.ltIe-. The citl hy this action practically
take, $3.50 for rs claim, loss of about $1,000
Frank y. Hogan Of II. Thomas, Ont, wa
/ arrested the otkcr day in Ann Arbor by
sheriff Walsh, charged with having ttere a
forged sight draft ON John Maclarlauc OF ID.
troit indorsed by 4. Il llang-t,rlcr of Ann
Aibor ne draft called for $50, and with
IL Hogan presented letter, alleged 10 be from
Marfarlane. giving Hogan Permission "a
raw ON him 10 balance account Hogan
Was luaTftu ABOUT Two Mttk~ ago III -
Thomas and ha. since lived IN lpsilanti. H.
reius 20 admit or deny his guilt. but saws he
wa. very lard nap.
Some months ago Willard Dodge. a wealthy
citizen ot Kalamazoo, died, and hy his will be
Queathci SiOOnO 10 the Michigan Female
seminar, located 40 this place. At meeting
of the trustees oi this institution a few day
ago the administrator of the lodge estat-
handed utri tlr amount Ia the board which
was h,Itheln placed in the hand, OF the Treas
urer ot ihc institution II was voted only 10
Use the interest on the prlnci al at present
some quite beneficial Improvements have re-.
Gently been made O. thc building.
quite au excl cmcut was created I'm Howell
thu othc- day %, the deliberate and bold az
tempt 10 steal ian of horses and buggy
Tim amphcl. a- Dee gNc- bis name. and
claiming o. belong 900 >hiaWu-~tc county, un-
hitChcj and drove the tcaW away and was max
ng good hcadwaY tn theft was soon di~Cov
cred when >h,ril Coos. taking "a livery rig
gave cha>t AMI capiuel the man, who nov
! langui>hcs I'm Jail Two other similar attempts
have been made recently, and II looks like The
work Of AN organize gang
Tu,cola county IA, for years past been re-
markahl, free from mu der, but We lind that
what Ail probably ultimately end In murder
occurred ~ the township of Arkron tn other
uoruing Samuel " OJd farmer. during a
quar- c with his wife, stabbed her ia The right
side with q butcher knife, ndicting three
wounds, any one of wh ch would probably
prove fatal. Noodman was brought 20 Caro-
and lodged in the county Jail
The trouble grew out of Vuarrc
oyc- ono of their boys.
\ Young girl, aged IL years. daughter OF
Henri, Hodge of West Bloomfield, ha. her
foot badly crushed 10y getting it between the
cogs ui horse power, II being used bv her
father 100 the time in making cider She was
o,ucrv i,c badly injured. Or +. II. Chapman
Of Walled Lake was Immediately called, who,
after reaction had taken place. successfully
amputatcd The leg near the ankle Joint IL Is
/ confidently expect Il that she will recover,
! Fred Johnson formerly bartender at
/ thehu, gan, was arrested at Craving rtccntly,
on an old charge of assault with intent to Kill
! Last July Herman Drtman spoke slinhtingly
/ Of John>on's WIFE when the latter tried 10 de
! tend h, wife name Dctman gave him
! severe hOatiug Later Johnson and his wife
/ met Dctman. and while the former held
/ revolver al the latter's heal Mrs. johnson
gave her ira iuccr sound hor-evhipping,
Peter jacobson. a farmer living near sidney
! Center. suirdcd the other morning hy hanging
! him-e iu barn. lie was about 3j wears Of
! are and leaves q wife and two children. II
/ left the house about $50 and was found dead
about one hour later His wife has been par
J italy insane for some time, and trouble uu
this account is believed 20 have been the cause
! O his action.
Year. ago Orlando VI Barnes Of Lansing,
| decided what j. nOWn as "cDurthUuSc square.
J Mason. 20 the county of lngham stipuAting
! bat should the property Dee used Cor any other
/ purpose than that OF a site Tor county bald.
! mg> IL would remit 10 the original proprietor
! Nj Barnes has now executed quit-Cl lain
/ deed waving all Ms rights 10 he square
The board Of .upcrysor, for tlarc count
/ have erected and SCI oN a new township, tm.
! lraciu. the territory contained II town
north. range g west The township Is t'he
] called Hamilton. The boad OF SUPERVISOR
/ have also made arrangements % have tho
| court ouse and Jail sup lie WITH waite boy
the wat works.
Swan. White X smith, the Missaukce count
lumber tlrm. have sold all their interests TO IN
: Inayer lumb company, the consideration hc
+ ing si4i0O In luied IN the sale are 55,tOl,
co. feet of standing pine, logging railroad
and one ol III oes' equipped mills IN th,
state.
he ninth annual convention Of the Won
ems Christian temperance union q the third
/ district VIII he held AZ Battle Cfeak Novcmbc
] 1912. sir. Mary Woodbridge. state presidcu
/ OF Ohio said lo br the peer OF Mis- France
Willard, viii take part IN the proceeding,
\ Macon. Lenawee county. farmer recently
sold lot of fat hogs - q iccumseh buyer
/ Thinking tu increase their weight, the night
. before delivery he gave them an CX
ce-sively large amount of food and the next
morning three of them were dead.
Russell WILDER, who recently purchas "a the
/ Chapman hotel property al Bay Springs, Cha
I lcvoiN county, has sold all interest her. in
/ To- CIV. Naldron OF llIisdale The hotel J..
+ one # the finest summer hotels ia The state
and j. located ON Pine lake
\ number o. the leading citizens of Grand