Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-10-16
STATE sIFTIN0s.

| ass rs UPON what l. known as the Wicks mill
prop,rt belonging 10 the lloyt estate on July
| IL last IL 4 charged in the complaint at
Bar was the leader OF a or WI of men who.
on the said day. entered tie premises afore+
mentioned and unlawfully forced the men
then and there employed 10 quit their laOors |
that said crowd put out the fires IN thd
| turnac In such a manner as TO I the mill on
fire. thereby n langering the property; that
they threatened 10 kill the engineer unlcsi
| the demand 10 shut down was compiled
with.
For some time past incendary fires hayd
been If nightly occurrence in Algonac, over
| $4,000 worth OF property having been de-
stroyed within a few days. The other cyenn.
three barns were fired and an attempt made NJ
fourth The next night fires were START
| ed IN three barns, two OF them being COM
sum d. And greatly 10 the horror of all am
other was burned 10 the ground the following
night. Two young men have been arrested on
suspicion. One Of them, half-wittcd fellow
named Morris Morris Foster, Is supposed to
! have done n good deal of the burning include
! ing the firing of the skating rink, which In
! yolycd considerable property on Smiths dock.
! The other susi Get is James Button.
George Utey. an unmarried farm laboret
| living in Flint township, aged about 40 years,
was found dead under a hickory tree IN thd
woods ON Henry 1hayers farm about twd
miles west of Flint few days ago, with his
| jaw broken and an ugly cash In his cheek.
| from which IL is presumed he bled % death,
| The deceased left home the day before In
S arch of hickory nuts, and was not seen after
that alive. The deceased was a steady, indus
| trious man of frugal habits, and by dint OF
economy had accumulated quite a neat for
| tune.
A stranger carried of the 10 years old
| daugl tr OF Mr.. Attcrbury, residing on the
| street ar line West Main street, Kalamazoo
| few nights ago. When the family was absent
| he entered the house and on prttext got the
ali oil ont Of Usltn ht4 eafz hsV
| and made of with her. She reamed aud the
| street car conductor stopped the car and with
| Others gave chase when the man dropped the
| girl and lied in the darkness. The police have
| a good description OF the party and will do
their best to bring him 10 justice.
A brutal murder was committed the other
night on jefferson avenue east OF Mt. Elliot
| avenue Detroit. Burwel Langan, who Is also
! known as Sales (his stcp-father'a namc) was
almost instantly killed by stephen McEnally
| while acting as peacemaker IN row In which
| the Ia ter was engaged. The tragedy oC
casioned great excitement and there was con
| ,derable talk of lynChing the perpctratOT of
| the crime, who, however. was behind the bars
a short time after doing the fatal deed
The Michigan university opened IT, doors
| sept. 20 with I tai of 93j students, LOG more
| than last year At the same time. The indca-
| tiOns are that the attendance the coming year
| will be mnch larger than ever before. The
| different departments are represented as fol.
lows: Literary 339; medical, pa; law, POP
dcuta', 80; pharmacy, 81; homeopathy, 3.
| The freshman elias. numbers 30, or 10 more
than The ent ring class Of 1854.
Geo. c. iercc, qua dian Of IIezekiah H.
Smith, an % d man OF Grand Rapids, com
reuccd suit against Raehc Smi for the re
toyery II a large amount o, Pr, erty which
S c i i'll 10 have coaXcd llczekiah Smith
who is old q iulirin & 1t ell 10 her. The
prope.t is of the value Of 500 ODl and is now
hai1 d IN IA n fi..f, uvag feen
ed re tiaiuirg her r., m dis, sing If thu prop
crty while the suit nding.
Alpena is flooded with ,loring men Lum,
Der merchant, are sending crews to the woods
every week, but hes have no difficulty in find
ing two men for every one they want. There
are l2 mills now running in Alpena, with
about 100 men in each mill. In November
when those mills shut down, Their, will be al
least 1000 men turned loose upon the Alpana
lal or market, and there are about 300 idle in
Alpena today
John Chamberlain of Hopkins township,
while crazy. ok his S-mOnths old child with
him 20 the field. He was gone long timel
and search being made showed that h, La
passed through the Rabbit River drowning
the child. lie thcn had gone on, and near the
lake h wa. found with his own throat cut and
the dead child in his arms. He is now a raving
man &C, but will likely recover from the wound.
One Gould, alias f. II. Bassett, is wanted by
tme-keeper, a private banker, and sold cX-
change and passage tickets. He left for Chi.
cago three weeks ago, ostcnsibly for medical
treatment. The Gepositors now learn that he
ha skipped. The bank is burstei. Liabil-
ties, 5000, assets in an old leather pocket
book, $40 He left wife and two children.
Bcs dcs Detroit the following are the Mich-
Gan cities having the benefit OF the new post
Office special delivery system Adrian, Alpena
Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Bay City Coldwater
Fast saginaw. Fl mt Grand Haven, Granl
Rapids, lonia, Ishpeming, Jackson. Kalama-
zoo, Lansing, Ludington, Manistce Mar uette
Monroe. Mu-kcgon, Niles Pontiac, Port
Huron, Saginaw, West Bay City, Ypsilanti
Henry 5. Coon was convicted of larceny on
three separate counts In the circuit court in
Mu ,kcgon c other day He stole cow from
a dairyman in April and sold her 20 a
butcher In May he stole anoti err and sold her
in Grand Haven. In July another and sold
her In Whit hail. After being found guilty Of
the two first charges and pleaded guilty on the
third and was remanded tor sentence.
distressing accident occurred in Bay City
on the Sd inst by which one man lost his life
Two pOlanders, Frand Rathaker and George
DebOtrc, were crossing the river 10 5 one
Island from South Bay City about II O'clock
when the boat was ,apsZe and both men
precipita cd into the river. Debotre succeeded
In reaching the shore, but Rathaker was
drowned.
Michigan .or horse stealing was arrested in
Bryan. Ohio recently. Hewitt hired horse Of
William Hawk, farmer living near Fremont,
Newago county - drive T. Hart, and then
went b. another man name1 Randolph Ayers
lust over the line In Occana county. He was
captured with the four horses and the buggy
Emery Hartford. who was sent TO the peni-
Tertiary In 1874 from Grand Rapids for -
years for criminal assault on a l3-year old
girl, viii apply 10 the state board OF pardons
for pardon OF CommutatiOn. His crime was
people who remember the circum,tGnces VIII
oppose the issuance OF a pardon.
Martin Glass, aged 30, supposed TO be a
tramp, was Killed on the Michigan Central
railroad at North saginaw the other after
noon. An eye witness said he DELHI rately
threw Inns II N front of thc train. lie was
badly crushed. Hewas In barge Of an officer
and was suppCs ID 10 be crazy when he made
his escape.
Mrs. Mary Doran Of Jackson widow aged
- years attempted 20 commit suicide 10y cut.
ting her throat with a razor, while temporarily
insane. She has been suffering from paralysis
for years, and was In consequence subject To
fits Of melancholy. Her throat is badly wound
ed. but there are slight chances of her recOv-
cry.
The Corunna coal company will soon give
employment 10 full force of miners, and will
take out about 100 tons Of coal daily. The
terms of the contract with the Detroit Grand
Haven * Milwaukee railroad have been com
pleted, whereby that road will be furnished
seventy-fve tons per day.
George G Pierce, guardian of Ill Smith of
Grand Rapids, has brought suit against Mrs
Rachel Smith TO recover $4,000 worth 81
lands decided by Mr.. Smith 81 the lady while lie
was mentally ineapablp of Attending 10 busi-