Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-10-30

/ other night. when a raid was being made up
on a disreputablc house in that city. The
other persons were wounded, Including one
woman.
A serious accident occurred on the Michigan
Central Railroad near Grass Lake the other
night by one train running into the rear Of
another. one man named Keller was badly
injured Several freight ears were smashed.
James Sui yal. jackson crook, has been
ARE 'ted for iobblng Villa Forbes of Chel-
sea- of $50 cash, several hundred dollars in
notes and gold watch sullivan owns up
and has given up the watch ard notes.
LuriOn ID. Jones a CT zen Of Dayton, o.,
formerly an Internal revenue collector AT that
pace, was found dead In his room at the Sher-
man house In Mt Clemens the other mlrning
Heart disc Sc was the cause OF death.
Andrew j. R,cy sof Gnppd Rapids has cen
sued in the nited State, Court Tor breach of
promise, and the danag, placed at 1000.
Deborah Tompkins Of Batavia, y. Y, is the
one whose affections were blighted.
Or. Charles shepard OF Grand RAPID, has
heen n reside q OF that city 30 years and lie
selebra'el the occasion on the 10Th inst.
When DIR. Shepard first located in the second
city there were bat 80 inl abtants.
Martin NJ. Th1ms, an aged and respected
citizen Of Birmingham and one OF the early
pioneers OF Oakland county, IS dead. lie was
an uncle Of the late celebrated lawyer II De
troit, Rob r, = Thoms.
Lee Ross living at Lawtoa, was run over 10y
the Kalamazoo accommodation in Kalamazoo
the other night. Both le - were cut of, one
above the knee and the othcf AZ the ankle He
died the next morning.
Charles II. Olmstead, died recently at White
Lake, Oakland county, aged s. years. Mr..
Olms.ead was one Of the first settlers in Oak
land county He was good man and the
father 4 - children
A man named Charles LeClar was killed by
Lore oil -
eight miles back rom Soney. lie was form
or resident OF ChebOygan and was taken
there for in;crmeni
The Hon Seth l.. Carr enter, the hr.t mayor
OF Al era, died recently after a long and pain
full Illness lie rs held a number Of promi-
nent positions and Wa city attorney at the
time Of his death.
Jimmy Hits, a II ear, old son OF widow
In Ypsllanti, was caught in the side OF the ele
vator in Hay x Todd WOODEN mill and badly
crushed. Fifteen minutes elapsed before he
could be released.
Royal T Twombly, cx-state senator and ex-
MAYOR Of Niles, died at Fort Worth Texas,
Twombly wa, the father Of Mrs. DIR. Farrand
of Detroit.
Owosso had a $1,000 fire Oct. 10 The dry
goods store Of Brown ~ Mahoney, the p.o1uce
store Of H. l.. Lewis * Son and the furniture
warehouse and store OF Henry Woodland were
destroyed
The contracts for grading the Lansing, Alma
~ Northern railroad between salt river and
Mt Pleasant are all made. Thr rails on the
northern end of the route are laid as far as
Salt river.
David c. Bishop, keeper of the house of cor
rection and reformatory, died very suddenly
the other morning. Of apoplcxy. He was
brother Of Col ; h. Bishop OF Grand Rapids
A flock Of sheep belonging 10 Supervisor w
Is. Cobb strate upon the Grand Trunk track
near Scho llcraft, and were struck by freight
engine lwcnty-one Of the number were killed.
A number OF practical farmers about Ilud
son have recently returned from Prospective
trip 10 ola Virginia, AMI are well satisfied with
their lot IN southern Mich gen.
An Train, a little numbering town on the
shore of Lake superior, 81 miles east of Mar
quettc has been selected as the county seat Of
the new county OF Algcr
George and Thomas Toohey of Chicago,
aged 10 and T. years, who stole 500 from
farmer near otis have been sent 10 the re
formatory a. Lansing
About zoo men will te given work on the ex-
eIslon Of the Toledo X Ann ArbJr abroad
as soon as the right Of way can be Obtained
through Howell
\ Hudson man has sunhowcr four feet in
circumference. But in Almont there is one
i've feet in circumference growing on stalk
i feet high.
A year ago the house of +. Davenport of
Grass Lake was SET on fire. The other day
Primrose GrCenhall was ARE ted, charged with
the GRIM.
Ths l0year- ID daughter OF John Queeiran
of Po-t Huron, was drowned in .'ohn Jenkn-
sons cistCrn. The body was ound the next
day.
Gould Mccormick, old resident Of Chesan-
Ing, fell dead on the barn floor while cutting
bands for threshing machine He was aged
a.
The water works loads of Font Gratlot were
disposed Of 10 Chicago parties They brought
500 premium on the eutre issue Of $4,000.
A little son Of Rob,It Levi. OF Port Huron
fell from tree the ether day and sustained
IN ures from eject of which ne dc
The total amount Of bills against Bay coun
Is, INQUIRE during the strike exclusive Of the
military j. reported as over -, 100.
David X. Waters,a well known Greenbacker
las been appointed nj ed States marshall for
the We tern district Of Michigan.
The He sian hy is destroying the early-sown
wheat in the vicinity of Bronson 50 badly that
many farmers talk of e-seeding.
4 young lady como tcd with the - Johns
apple driving furnace. Tares and cores -
bushels OF apples per day
The finest business block in Maple Rapids
was DESTROYED hy fire few nights since E>t-
mated loss 600
Bronson merchants claim that The trad has
increased 40 per cent snce the rebuilding Of
the burned strict.
The Michigan buggy compan, Of kalrmaloo
recently shipp,d an oric' Ia d uham.
Australia
The ticket receipts at the Jacks son prison for
lie mouth II september wee s3l6@
James Grandy was fatally hunt AZ Hancock
10y falling from an NO-iOOt mast
Reading, Hilsdalc county celebrated it.
semicontennial October >.
VIM Knickcrbockcr, re.ideu' of Jackson
since 1885, is dead.
Typhoid fever Is epidemic in Adrian
THREE MEN KILLED
Fatal Accident Killed on tie Boston