Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-10


wheat elevator at Ithaca, this week.
Cedar Lake and Edmore are ship
ping hundreds Of cords Of stove wood
every week by rail to Detroit. Other
points on the ID. l.. IL y. road will
ship wood if the company will give
them good rates.
Willoughby' & Davidson have
sold the Central House, Ithaca, to
y. Peet. If there is 2 better open
ing for a first-class hotel anywhere
in the State we would like to hear
some one name it.
The st. Louis dynamite cause will
come up for trial at this term Of
court, provided a. ii. Hart, Of St
Louis, is able to attend. 1t will be
remembered that the grand jury laid
the charge at Mr.. IIart's door after
much investigation.
Tho remarkable case of the Peo-
pie vs. Mrs. Grawbaugh, who was
charged with the intention of muir
dering, or having her husband mur-
dered, has been dropped by Pros
ecuting Attorney Clark. Tho par
ticulars were given IN the RECORD
nearly year ago and no doubt many
of our readers remember the singular
circumstances.
The Gratiot County Marble Works
will hereafter be conducted by the
firm of Mdrdock IL Hatfield, +. +.
Murdock having taken \. J. Hat
field into partnership. This makes
a strong and popular combination,
and we have no doubt that the pub
lie will be better served in the future,
if such thing is possible, than i'm
the past.-St. Louis Ucrdld -
1t is rumored that \. w. Wright
is trying to get the proprictors of the
Greenough mill property of this vii
lage, to move up to his village, offer
ing to give buildings free Of rent,
and to pay their rent here fer seven
years. 1t is hoped that Ammi Will
lard will have a little mercy ON Us
and not pull the salt well out by the
roots and take that along.-St. Louis
H,raI1. -
Now don't 90 to ohjccting, Bro
Tucker, over such a trihc a, that.
The Toledo, Ann Arbor & North
ern road is now in operation a. faI
north as Mt. Pleasant, and Mr.. Ash
ley avows his desire to extend the
road to Frankfort or Traverse City
via Chippewa lake. Bic RapidS, and
possibly Baldwin, and the question
Of local aid is now being bulitcd
With proper encouragement Mr.
Ashley thinks the road might 20 to
Big Rapids next summer.
Among the interesting case, to be
tried at Ithaca this term Of court is
that Of Moses Taggart, attorney gen
eral, W. the village of st Louis
Under a special act the village voted
$4,000 bonds for Improvement pur
poses. The brainy village father,
sought to donate S2,OOOof the money
to secure the locating of hoop fac
tory, and this bill was filed to re-,
train the appropriation. Clarenc,
w. Althousc is the rclator. Tn,
case is being watched with mucl
interest.
Under its new management tho
Detroit TTJu0c has largely increa~
ed It's circulation and influence II
is n thoroughly aggressive and rc
liable Republican newspaper and at
the same time ii contains al that
goes to make up an interesting and
instructive family paper. Its original
and selected miscellany, its admir-
ably arranged market reports, is
interesting agricultural and house
hold departments are among the
many commcndable features of this
excellent paper. The price OF the
Weekly TTJ,01c is only 81 a year
the Daily TTb'ne 81 year
A dispatch from st. Louis to tn,
Detroit papers, Monday, told the
particulars of J. VI. Church's sad
death, As follows Ex-Postmastei
John VI. Church arose as usual on
Sunday morning, built the fires and
went ont to do the chores ; but when
breakfast was ready, an hour later,
nc could not he found. Ills som
went To the store. thinking hc had
gone there, but not finding him
search was again made around the
house, when it was discovered that
the cistern (outside the house, was
open, and a careful examination re-
vcaled that the unfortunate man had
fallen in there and had been dead
for some time. He had evidently
lost his balance and pitched head
foremost into the three feet of water
while reaching down to fish out 4
pail thnt had been lost from the hook
Che evening before. The opening Is