Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-10-23
STATE sIFTINGs.

A company has been organized and the
papers OF in orporation forwarded 10 Lansing,
t. build branch Of the Grand Rapids x
Indiana railroad TO Manistee The officers Of
the Grand Rapids n Indiana are the officers of
the new company and the capital stock is
$4,000. Mani stce capitalists will invest
lar-cly. The proposed road extends from
Milton Juncli on the Gran Rapids Il lndi
ana westward to Manstec 4 distance OF nifty
five m. es. II Is already built 10 Cory, dis
tame, thirteen miles. The estimated cost
per nit - construct is $1,000. Work will
b. begun Immediately, and 1t is expected the
road will he IN operation by June !, lss6.
There wasa very sd wreck on tie Grand
Rapids s, Indiana Railroad three miles north
OF kalamazoo the other morning Freight
tan No l. was running without telegraphic
orders in two ctlCns coming south. he rear
section not seCiug the first for the darkness
ami log SIN. slcd nto IL, totally wrecked five
ca and broSc tive others. seriously damaging
the eng n II the rear train. a number OF
cars wer. load with Grand Rapids furniture.
which vas ba o. broken up. The wrecking
IRA n cleared thu tracN late IN the afternoon.
gr at many pc0pia owe out 10 see the
smash-up. The loss is eft mated from $1,000
10 $1,000.
On going into the dining room the other
morning Mrs Joseph Allen OF Battle Creek
found her husband sitting upright In rocking
chair dead. with his throat cut by a razor, and
a food of blood streaming down his person 10
TIE floor. lie was 20 years old and had SUI
ferpd severe pain for wears. He left note
reading thus IL do this that no one may lie
charged with the responsibility Of the act. II
Is right for me TO avoid suffering. In re-
gard to our mutual future we are In the hands
OF Him who dOeth all things well"
Jacob Sci gman has commenced suit against
the CITY OF East Saginaw for contrbutory neg
ligcncc in that about is months agoa mil
owned by Seligman was partia j. destroyed by
fire. II l. claimed this was caused principally
by reason OF a defective supply OF water, ne
ccssitating the putting out Of fires from under
DO lcrs causing the fire, Should this suit pre-
vail several other suits will be commenced on
the same grounds. Damages are laid at -, 900.
On sept. = stones, timber and other obstuc-
tious were placed on the Lake Shore x MiChi-
gan southern railroad track just east OF
Quincy. William Tompkins was arrested q
few DAYS ago for the offense and confessed
his guilt saving II was done for pure dayilish-
ness and that he had done a similar act sever
al times In default of bail OF the sum OF
s20l0h was remanded 10 jail 70 await trial
at he next term OF the circuit court.
Officers for the Michigan Equal Suffrage
Assoc at on for the ensuing year are a fol
lows Mary l.. Do Carrolton, president;
Mrs. Lorain- lmmeu Gran Rapids, yice-presi-
don't Mrs. Henry Spring Grand Rapids,
sec etary: Mrs. Fanny Holden Fowler Manis
tee corresponding secretary, Mrs. {. +. Steb.
bins Dctrolt treasurer. An executive COM
mittee OF one from each congressional district
was appointed.
The engine works OF Howell q Crossltt Of
Owosso were entirely destroyed by fire the
other evening The building was adjoining
the cNicns vc mandatory OF the Woodward
Bros, which was saved 10y almost supsrhuman
e1ertions. The loss is several thousand dol
lars, with no Insurance so far as can be learned
The building was the property OF VI. l.. Stew
art. Much valuable machinery was destroyed.
A Polandcr named Kolsdiesr Andrzenski
employed az one of the salt blocks in Bay City
was Killed the other morning by bundle Of
salt sacks, eghing 600 pounds, falling from
swncon and jainming him between IL and the
dooriam. He expired Almost instantly. The
physician says bloo1 vessel was burst inter
naly verdict Of accidental death was
cnderCG az the inQucs'
The Prose, u,iug Attorney OF Washtenaw
WITTY was ap?s2lrj o. by the Captain OF the