Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-08-14
THE ALMA RECORD.
FRIDAY, AUG II.
SE.iTE NEVIS.


A state darymens convention will he
he'll. IN Kalamazoo early in December
The Oakland county uarhcrs' institute
began two weeks session mt Pontiac
Monday.
e, The lorla county court house. Of Ionia
sandstone aud costing $4,000, is almost
completed.
Al Kalamazoo Thursday The 10 roourlIs-
old child Of n. Lane fell into the washtub
and was drowned
Awhile robin is a curiosity said 10 he in
The possession Of DR.. T. w. Wilson.
shelby. Oceans county.
Burglars entered the saloon Of Gregory
y Durham at Nashville on Tuesday night
last week and wen away with s37
A. Morse. supreme court justice elect
has formally accepted the vacant supreme
Justlceship rendered by Gov. Algcr
Cadillac'snew ward school house. begun
less than month ago is nearly completed
and is one of the prettlest in the State.
The July output OF tie Calumet * lIecla
i"".e 49, $50 tons; of the Quscy mine.
800 tons; Atlantic. 2l3; Franklin l0l:
Huron. l0l
George Eaton. OF Quincy. while fitting "a
harness 20 horse. was kicked in The face
by the animal and so badly injured that he
may NOT recover.
I. Guiltord Smith has purchased from
The West Michigan lunbnr company one
section and hall of pine land near Hum
gerford. Newago county, for $l41 900.
The agricultural society will use two
large tents al the state fair to accommodate
the carriage department. aud thus relieve
the pressure for space on the other build
ings.
The celery crop OF Bay county promises
TO be very large and Of superior quslity.
II has been demonstrated that Bay county
can raise better celery than Kalamazoo
county, ii is claimed.
Mrs. Henry Slaght is so years of aye
and has resided in lngham county since
1899. Seventeen persons call her mother
lob grandmother and 80 great grandmother
40 descendants in all
Chas b. Cottrell. leading citizen OF
Bay City. died Saturday night from bone
cancer. Last March he had his collar !
bone removed and partially recovered but
the disease resppearcd with fatal result.
The residence OF w. II. DanSby, Of Paw
Paw. was burglarized last night to the ex.
tent of abou, $40 in money and watch
and chain Geo. Harrison's residence was
also entered aud valuable watch taken.
Thomas Smith. aged sc years. and his
brother Spairord, aged rs, met 10 Coldwa.
ter recently for the first time in seventy
years, they having been separated when
their home WAS broken up by the death VI
their parents.
Jackson company has sent Cur load
OF brick 10 be used in setting the boilers ut
the northern asylum for the insane at TRAY.
erse City. The brick were made especial.
ly for them. we're 9xllx30 inches and
weighed from 100 TO $50 pounds.
George White, stcnographer in perk
ins Il Humphreys law office Al Chebo, gan
left suddenly. Mr. Humphrey found
shortly after that the Office safe had been
robbed Of SIS, lady's gold watch. a long
neck chain. one diamond ring and one
with AN amethyst setting. His arres, has
been ordered
AT O'Clock Thursday evening fire was
discovered in the bleaching house OF John
c. Aorgan's paper mill one and one half
miles from Battle Creek which bcfor, it
could be checked, destroyed the bleaching
department; aud straw storehOuse The
loss on building and machinery is from
"a, ZOO to $4,000; well insured Tie cause
is unknown.
Mrs. j. DeKottie, a Holland woman. 81
years of age. cut her throat Monday morn.
ing with II razor while in bed and died
Soon after. Her husband who was by her
side knew nothing Of the affair until the
deed was done and she was dying. She
attended church as usual on Sunday The
verdict of the coroners jury was that the
net was done while laboring under u tit of
temporary insanity.
Charles Culver. OF Ann Arbor. n young
man about 81 years Of age. Was run over
aud killed by freight train near Bronson
last Thursday night. He had been spend
lug last evening Al Burr Oak and took IA
freight train about midnight for Bronson.
where be had been pracIiC ne dentistry for
n short time. lie attempted tn iump of
al that place. finding the train did moi siop
there. and fell under The cars and was hor.
ribly mauglcd
FROM the i..~.. -,..nal We clip the
following: Contracts have been let for
building forty-tv miles OF the IoleGu ann
Arbor IL North Michigan railroad. con.
meeting South Lyons with Owssso. This
will give The company complete line
from Toledo 10 81. Louis. l45 miles. Con.
tracts have also been made for construct.
ing twenty miles Of extension from st.
Louis 10 Mount Pleasant. northward
W hen this i. completed the road will b..
100 miles long. and continuous from To.