Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-11-20
STATE sIFTINGS,

STATE sIFTIN0s,
The 10 lots of state land on the east side o.
the old capitol square in Lansing
have been sold To Hiram II
smith of jackson for sl17OO an adyanc,
OF S4l1 over the offer 81 the syndicate Of Ian
| sing business men, which was made las
week This ,G'e is made under the provision
! OF law for the sale Of state lands, which re-
qures first aNm nj Of one-Quarter down
The search instituted b., Mr. Miller of Porr
/ Huron for the lodies OF those lost at the tim,
o! the * lo-inn Of the tug Frank MoIat on
ST Clair river, I" ulcd iu the Ie, oyery Of TIA,
bodies of the Two engineers, VIM Miller ia
som and James Ward, which were taken to
! Port liur on the steamer Idlewid
/ for intcrmeni The BODIES of the two
! fircmcn are reported fast in the wreck.
When Mr.. J. : Bdwell Of Allegan, rose L.
! build fire the other mornns lie discovered
/ flames bursting from the wal IN the sitting
/ room. near the chimney The house j. about
! one mile out OF the village l}y the assistance
/ Of nci. hlOrs hc succeeded in saving most 81
the furniture. The house was entirely con
| suncd. insured for $1,000, which viii probably
cover the loss.
Daniel Parson, OF Muskegon. wants the city
To- pay him $1,000 for damages sustained last
winter. He was driving "a horse and sleigh
on one of the principal streets when he was
| tipped out aud manned by bis cutter striking
| agaiut an obst.u tioh left he claims by the
cart less ness oi the city suit has been brought
in the Dnited ta,rs district court.
Homer Stanton. the farmer of.Frecland.
Saginaw co., shot 10y his ,tepson for alleged
ahnsc oi his wife. the latter mother, and who
afterwards died of his wounds, had been Iii
wore d from hi, tr-t wife hut two months and
married Young pcckcr's mother only a week
tefore be- was Killed by her son. Decker. who
j. i years Old, is IN Jail.
In tamil, quarrel II TittahaNassee town
ship, Saginaw county, William {. Decker, l.
years old. shot and fatally wounded his step
father. Homer stanton. The boy gave himself
up and claims hc did the shooting in sclfde
tense as Stanton was rounding his mother
when he interfered and his stepfather then
pitcle into him.
The opinion Of the supreme court declaring
The >o.callcd oleumargar!ne bill uncOnstitu
tiona ! based solely upon the ONT that the
body of IN b. l. not in conformity with IL
title No other question Is touched on In the
opinion. which was written by Justice Camp
bell and coucurrcd in by the balance Of the
court.
The Grand Rapids Holland theological
seminary was established in 1876 and opened
with SIX pupils. candidates for the ministry, In
accordance with the orthodox belief Of the
Holland Christian reformed church. II la
since gradual Il ~ pupils, aud at the present
time there are ~ ulils in attendance
An Ann Arl or laboring man claims that he
Is the son Of "A southern gentleman worth
near ' 100000 At The breaking out of the
rebellion the father urged his son TO enter the
confederate armv but The latter refused.
came north and enlist Il with the union forces.
and the old man disinhcritod him.
August 10. 1881, Herr, sellers entered the
Jackson rson for term of eight years FOR
grand larceny. The supreme court reduced
the sentence To five years, alleging that eight
wears was excessive. and a few DAYS ago the
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down the five wears sentence.
The Lenawec e. unity horticultural society AT
Adrian voted that he five best varieties OF
grapes for home use were the Concord, Cot
tage, Brighton. Delaware and Worden, and
for market the same yarities. except that the
Poe, ng'on and Ma. ara supplant The Brigh
ton and Delaware.
The Vail IS city furniture company Of Mu-
kegou. have cut down the mems wages five per
ccnt-uSt enough 10 cover cost of putting In
30 or 90 electric lights in th'ir factory tn
c. W. taill0 id has aso reduced wage
in some If the repair and machine shops 10
per cent
JOINT committee of the Presbyterian
syuc d of MI higau and Wisconsin meets at
Marquette on the 18th inst 10 consider the
question Of making the state boundaries the
synod boundaries The Michigan upper pen
insula Is now connected with the Wisconsin
synod
Mary Ann Williams, Manistique Indian
girl, a cripple who was compelled TO use
clutches in waikiki z. gave birth 10 twins last
week and with the h lrcn Il ed shortly after.
wards 10 j. thought that the Indians in thit
neigi borho Oh viii lynch the father Of the
twins
Tie tot d earnings Of Mic igan railroads for
August were - 43l. 5l2.3S. "A decrease Of $3.50
lSGOS as compared with the earnings Of Aul.
1884 The total earnings Of the year up
September >, were S39, 81. 49,. IL, as compared
with S42.N1S, 205.Sl Tor the same period ] Il
year
A. j. Sagendorf and James Mckenzie, two
young men employed In the union news com
pany'> Office in jackson, quarreled over some
trihng matter,when Sagendorf drew a revolver
and fired al Mckenzie. The wound is sever
though not dangerous. Sagendorf Is on on
bail.
II 10 expected that MessTs Colwcll Of Harris
vile, will shortly erect large II am saw mil
at or close 10 the mouth of the Ocqucoc river
The firm has some 2O,OO,OoO feet of timber
tributary 90 this stream, and will purchase
stumpage In addition thereto.
Luther Lake county, will enjoy "A boom, the
board of SUI ervisors having voted 10 remove
the county eat from baldwin TO that village
The citizens of Luther will build court
house aud jail AZ an expense of 5000 and
resent them Ia the county.
Chas Godfrey Of Saginaw CITY, was drowned
the q her afternoon while on a fishing eXcur-
sion with his son-in-law, Newell Fellows. The
boat was swamped and the latter was in the
water l5minut before being rescued. God
fTey's boiy was recovered.
Wesley Burchard. cashier II the Farmers
bank Of Grass Lake is defaulter 10 the
amount Il $1,000 He confessed his crime
and promised tO make restitution. lie was
not arrested but abused the confidence of the
officers by escaping
George Winnans, an inmate OF Kalamazoo In
sane asylum. has been transferred to the lonia
asylum for insane criminals. Tie killed the