Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-10-16
The BusIneFs Mems AssocIatIon in Mar

| The Business Mems Association in Mar
| quette VIII he called nc Ia next regular meet
Ing to take some action r garding the estab-
lishment Of an annual KIP sition for the Up
| per Peninsula 70 be held he each September.
Geo. Brassard, French nan 2s years of age,
brakeman on the Flint * ftre Marquette
railroad was thrown from top OF a car at
Midland and sustained In lurics which caused
his death an hour after the accident.
Already 10 disabled veterans are being cared
| Tor 10y the managers of the soldiers home.
! The old soldiers are provide for at St Marks
home Grand Rapids, where they Will remain
until the state building Is e'octed.
Another fraud is being played on the unsus-
| pecting farmers now. Parties sell patent
cattle-food steamer 10 the farmer IN the con
tract that makes him an agent and binds him
| 10 pay Tor several more.
William Prebe attempie 10 cross the track
OF the Flint * Pcre Marquette railroad In East
Saginaw ahead OF an incoming train. He was
caught and crushed into an almost shapeless
! mass.
f. l.. Jopp, for over thirty years prominent
builder Of Eaton Rapids, dropped deal the
other morning while going to work. Heart dis
ease was the cause. He was about sixty years
| old.
Toney Ellis of Ensley township, Newaygo
county. was run over by the cars near Pierson
and killed. II is supposed he was intoxicated
and la gone TO sleep on the track.
|. Ives p0rtrdte Of Judge Cooley has been re
celved al Ian ing and will be formally pre-
sented 10 the supreme court early next term,
probably on Tuesday, Oct. 10,
A freight brakeman on the Grand Rapids q
Indiana named Casper was killed at Wood S
Lake the other a ternoon. He was caught be
tween the car bumpers.
Wright F. Clark of c ; h)olcraft Pioneer
has been appointed agent of the toard of cor
rections ana har ctes + + n hoolcrdft county
The Biddle House, at one line the leading
hotel in lie roi Is o De REQ end Nov l.
after having been Go ell number OF years.
Mrs. :. ;. French wife of thu widely known
Battle Creek physician, is dead. Mrs. French
was.one If the pioneers Of Battle Creek.
Lewis Hopkins, wea thy farmer living
near Grand Rapids was thrown from his wag
on few days ago and instantly killed.
Mrs Theodore Stevens of Portland has fallen
cir to 100000 10y the death of her great
grandmother in York, Eng.
Tn first s ow storm Of the season occurred
in lshpem NJ oct. 3. The snow was accom-
panied b., ncavy wind.
The Ne nt'rc family at Ortonyilc raised
fro less than one fourth Of an acre iifty-thie e
ushcla OF e. anberries.
The Saginaw City DO ri of education has
authorized the issuing Of $50 900 in bonds for
new schoolhouse.
Edward b. Ross, for 80 years resident of
st. Clair county, died in Forcstyille, Sanilac
county, recently.
ports from farmers in the various parts of
he state ind cate that the p tato crop will
prove failure.
James Tr,mpar well-known resident of
Owosso. shot tmsc While temp jrialy insane.
senator Palmer has purchased the St JOS
eph Paper Pal Cos property fer Sl00OOO
The new chidrens' home at Kalamazoo Is
now opened. The house cost $1,000.
2aThe Holly Milling oompany shipped 793 tons
Of flour during September.
William Anderson one Of the Oldest pioneers
OF Bay county, is dead.
l.. q. McNean prominent business man
Greenyille is dead.
Gov. swineford has arrived at his post of
duty in Alaska