Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-08-21

WOODEN mills 10 being placed In position.
With other machinery aud improvements
now being made the capacity Of the mill
will be over 200 yards OF cloth per day.
making II the largest establishment Of tho
Kind in the State.
w N. Featherly. editor OF the Monitor.
was arrested last Thursday at Oscoda. on
the charge Of criminal libel preferred by
Granger Hill, was tried aud acquitted.
The alleged libel consisted ir the statement
that Hill had wrongfuly withheld funds
belonging TO the Women's Christian tenn
perance union
A large basin, with a capacity for 3. 000,-
600 gallons Of water. situated northwest Of
Ann Arbor, is completed and work will
Immediately begin on a large reservoir To-
Gated on the heights about mile from the
city. Nearly all the streets have been laid
with pipe, and everything points to an ear
ly use Of the water works
Nellie Wager. bright little girl OF Gen
esee, Genesec county. IA years old. expert
mented with the silk worm industry this
season and she has succeeded in raising a
bout 5000 Of the worms. some Of which
have begun to spin. The silkworms are
the first produced in Genesee cocnty and
are objects of great curiosity to many pco
pie.
At the close OF the memorial services ut
Sherman Aug, IL. melancholy event
happened as the grand army post was re-
turning to its quarters. Comrade A. z.
Earl fell 10 the floor Of the hall in an insen
sible condition. and despite the efforts of
comrades and physicians, soon breathcd his
last breath. Heart disease is the supposed
cause.
Lightning struck the house Of Phil Van
Antwerp Aug 10 leaving it in bad con
dition. The bolt passed down the CHM
ney, taking every brick out oft, and scat
tering the the debris in every direction.
1t took two or three doors off the hinges
and passed within few inches Of where
ing. They were unnjured.
AT the beginning OF the next term Of the
state agricultural college. Sept. % next,
the new course in mechanic arts VIII be
opened A two years course has been ar
ranged. Candidates for admission must
be 10 years old, and pass a satisfactory ex.
animation in the common English studies.
Tuition is free and students room and
board in the college buildings at a cost
ranging from Ssj to sll5 per year.
The 9th of this month was field day for
lightning. 1t destroyed barn near Flush
ing belonging TO A. NJ. Angus, entailing a
loss OF s., 500; a barn near Paris. Mecosta
county. belonging to Martin BuchkowsN
loss 81 ,000 barn at Shermon, Wexford
county. belonging 10 Friedrich SELF, loss
81 900, and barn belonging to Duncan
McVeans near Plainwell loss s., 900.
Christian Straub. a prominent German
citizen OF Kalamazoo. who for the past 10
years has been in the employ of Carder Il
Son, committed suicide August IL by
drinking a mixture Of water and rough
on rats. lie was subject 10 epIlepilc fits
and frequent attacks Of insanity. At the
time OF his death he was vice president OF
the German workingmens ASSOCIATION He
leaves wife and two married daughter.
The Florence Mining News is authority
for the statement that Hon. Edward Bret
tung intends exploring his slate property
or what he supposes to be such-ou Pine
River with the aid OF diamond drill. II
the result vindlcates lis faith in the prop
erty, a company will be organized TO de
velop and operate it, Mr.. Breltung also
coniemplates using the drill to test some
properties in the same vicinity OF which
he is the owner.
An old gentleman by the name OF Ely
living alone in the township OF Elmer
Sanilac county. upon returning from I
funeral OF a neghbor, Aug. H. observed
load OF young men approaching his house
partly into1 icated. and belted the door
They burst the door open three times il
succession, seized. choked and maltreated
him. and desisting only throuh the inter
ference OF neighbors attracted TO the spo
by his cries. Nomotive has been assigned
Tor the outrage except the inherent Low
of wickedness. simulated by whisky
The case is under investigation by tn
! superintendent Of the poor under who's
care Mr. Ely had been. lie is representa-
as quiet and inoffensive citizen. Tn
J same company composed OF young farm
ers are report ed TO have stolen some article
| from the Elmer motel They have bee
berrying in the vicinity OF Sandusky an
hailed from the vicinity or MarletIe.