Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-10-02

/ sion September ~, l>So. blshop III. W. war
rem, DIR. j. MyRed aud others will deliver
! addresses A general attendance OF Methodists
from central and western Michigan is expected.
large barn on the farm Of Andrew Yer
rick near Otsego, was burned the other
mo ming, together with large quantity OF
graf J, eahteea tons Of hay, farming tools, etc
/ The loss Is not estimated, but Is heavy. The
property was insured In ihe Farmers Mutual
( of Allegan and Ottawa counties,
Prof Grange state veterinarian, states the
disease which has taken oil 80 out 81 l.5 hogs
at the Pont ac asylum is not hog cholera, but
he cannot determine its exact nature without
further investigation The lungs OF the hogs
are infected. The sanitary conditions OF the
premises were found 10 be good
Mrs Jacob johnson of FrankenmOuth shot
her 2-vear old child through the head
killing II Instantly She found an old
pistol. which had been used as playthlng by
the children. and pointed IL at the child, say
ing, "Do yon want mamma Ia shoot you,
when 10 her horror 1t went of
W. Harmon, formerly principal Of the
/ CLAYTON schools. has become the head OF the
Livingston, Montana, school. The contract
With Mr.. Harmon reads thai he shall hold the
position during good behavior, provided he Is
qualified 10 lick such Of the pupils AS may de
serve it
Mrs. Catherine Lawrence of Ann Arbor, who
| was arrested re-, emily for arson In connection
with an ne ndiary IRE on Huron street, was
examined before Justice Brennan. She waived
| examination and was remained to jail In de
fault Of - 900 bail a. await trial IN Ia" circuit
court
Repre-. sentative r. /. Dodge Of this city has
| been engaged a, counsel for REPRESENTATIVE L.
| b. Barry IA the coming cons piracy trials, TO
take place az the next term of the Saginaw cir
cuit court. Ben Butler finds II impossible TO
undertake the defense. - LdHsiItg HeDadtlcdH.
Jas Murfy. a single man - years Of age
a af I,Il
while Intoxicated and driving livery rig a
| few IN les east of there was
| thrown from the buggy against u stump aud
his brains knocked out He died instantly.
A. C. Bowman aged -. highly respected
and WELT d. farmer Of Gaines. Kent county
was thrown from carriage bya runaway, the
team getting frightened at passing Grand
. Rapids ~ In llama train Striking on his head
he received injuries from which he died.
The Michigan passenger agents have made Il
rate of two cents per mile for transportation 10
! the soil irr-' home AZ Grand Rapids. The rate
will bc allowed only ulon the presentation To
! the local ticket agent of the proper certificate
! of admission 10 the home.
1t Is understood that all mills in The Sagi-
nav valley RUM ug "a m We than 10 hours p r
day Will, now that The new law has gone into
effect, g,yc.the men the privilege OF taking 10
hour, and i.llth Oh IN pay Orcontluulng at
the Old hours and pay.
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| Z. Muusou $1,000 At 10 per cent interest,
! which Is t. Dee repaid in nstallmcntS of 81 600
per Ar With the funds Mr.. Munson will
erect a carriage factory, TO give employment
/ 10 100 men
The receipt, ~ the thirtv-,eyenth annual
state fIr are Sii,dllj, VIII CD is $500 less
han lat Sc Thu is thought good show
ing consider " thccoIutcr attra action al Grand
Rapids. Tic rc,cps and expenses are about
even,
The receipts Toy the STATE fair inst closed for
five DAYS wa,: Monday, - eos >, Tuesday.
| SIP 20. Wednesday SLAB 25. Thursday.
SL10j 81, FRIDAY sl.4;s -; total. Sl2,21S O..
II is estimated that 5iOJO people VS. ted the
fair.
A barn wa, burned on the Allen farm, f,e
| miles northwest of ackson and It's contents
destroyed Loss U on The contents. which
belonged % Clarence Blood, loss on barn $500
| with no insurarc tire undoubtedly inecudiar
Whitman Ripley az aged man Of Holly. Wa
| found dead In bed the other morning. Mr..
Ripley had been rc.d,n; o' the state since
1896. settling first !p L-naWer county The
remains were taken 10 Adrian Tor ntcrment.
The community Of hebrews at Traverse City
has become So arge an important that ID r.
| Is talk Of establishing synagogue, and their
/ friends Of other religions there Will help them
To 10 TO- as a matter of public enterprise.
Mis- Adelaide Richardson. 4 graduate OF
! Ann Arbor medical coll 70 and teacher of
physics at NJ. lloyoke Mass seminary.
| luncturcd al artery ia her neck with lancet
diving instantly She wss ~ years old.
David Lest.r AID Walter Robe t. are erect
ing a steam .alt block al Marine City 4Sxl;0
feet IN size. II viii have three grainers each
II feet wide and - feet long. The block vii
be in running order In sixty days.
The second National bank OF Hlllsdale la
taken the entire amount Of bonds Tor the build
Ing u The water works in that city. They bear
four and hall per cent interest and run q
ar. The amount l. $4,000.
Billy Burns, a notorious crook ami burglar
vino wa, arrested In Detroit few weeks ago
ha. h,eu sent need TO 10 years in jackson
p.i,on Burn was taken 10 prison within one
Eour after hling sentenced
one fortunate result Of visit 10 the state
fair occurred 10 j {. Ford, superintendent
| he Spring Lake IN mace. He sJll TO the
| Oliver pillow works 1000 tons oil pig iron
amounting 20 over 10000.
L1ui, IN. az cmploye In EberJach " So T..
laboratory, Ann AibJr. met with serious aud
ainful accident while Stacking lime. A ial
cxpl, q throwing The lime into his face and
eyes, eat ng INTO his lace.
Saginaw county's new court house. nearly
ready for occupancy was DANA cd by fire re-
Gently 10 the amount OF $4,000. The loss fall
on the contractors tle building had not
been accepted by tn city.
The stat. Of Michigan fines any, RAILROAD
company IS which employs a. engineer di,
hatcher fireman, or brakeman any man who j.
not in both theory aud practice Il total al
staincr from intoX!cants
The fall term Of the.nermal school opene,
with the largest attendance il ever had Their
were 235 new students registered and all ar,
not VT in The need OF an additional building
| is fully demonstrated.
4 fine VEN OF grecni,h quartz has been de
yeioped at lshpeming. II i from -four TO eigh
feet wide on thu surface and has been trac
800 feet Analyst, OF specimens shows owe
s. to the ton Of gold.
The oldest building In Grand Rapids is
Iarn on Court street, built in 1884 ~ Bapts
mission house.
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