Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-02-19
STATE sIFTINGs.

oIhIE OH llNuo.
The Algomah is doing good work on the
straits this winter, making the crossing daily
through eight miles OF heavy ice IN one hour.
Grand Rapids heirs TO the Lawrencc-lown
ley fortune Hill build magnificent brick block
in that city.
Muskcgon wants another railroad, and the
Grand Rapids * Indiana officials are looking
oNr the ground 10 see if line 10 that city
will pay.
Holly's Lew union depot is completed, anu
the citizens ot that burg point 10 u with prid'
rs the haudsomest building in the state.
The warehouse Of Ausbrool, x Sturgcs,
furniture manufacturers in SturIis, was barn
ed the other morning. Loss, from $500 T.
$4,000. The lire was caused 10y explosion
Of II bottle of alcohol and in badly damaged
condition. Insurance, $1,000
Gov. Alger saws that the work of changu.
the Detroit, Bay City & Alpena railroad IRON
narrow to standard gauge will be commerce"
early in the spring.
The report of the state inspector shows tie
salt inspection in the state during the mont!
OF January as follows Saginaw county, 49,
barrels Bay county a., lob barrels; INDIAN.
county, 5,735 barre S; It. Clair county, 2bla
barrels Mason county, 1852 barrels; Huron
COUNTY I211 larrels; total, 1872, 565 barrels.
A daughter % Conrad Wiseman, Of Hills
dale, was shot in the back OF tne head with d
revolver in the hands OF her brother. The
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although they have beeL unable Ia nnu tAo
ball. The brother says the shooting Wa pIrcl,
accidental
Nashville is all Torn up over the arrest oi
Jas. l.. Gregory, prom. nent merchant
charged With adultery WITH Mr.. Jcrf
Madison. lie has given $500 bonds Il, + his AZ
pearancc on the Sth instant AlOI the tim.
he was ARE It'd Madison attcmp. d - ,ulc!d
with co h : line. but was cat WA. IN
details of The AHA are not Yer, cl, an, VII J.
makes the local CNcliem. n all tue NOR
intense
: President Willis of the agricultural college
is confident that the eIperiine utal station bl
will become law.
toboggauin. accident at kalamazoo came
near ending fatally for Miss Laura Pratt In,
young lady vi. be- laid up 10. some time, Will,
serious scalp wounds heal.
Henry Iaar, u leading druggist at Grand
Haven, has been united in marriage with
Belle johnson. fayorite society belle. The
= affair is Il great sal piiac 70 GRAND HaycD!tes.
AT the solicit ltion of the south Carolina la
association. Judge Thomas VI. Cooley of Ann
Arbor. has con onted TO deliver the annual al
dress before them, at Columbia, ;. {.
The CHAMBERS are making sad havoc with
horses IN jackson county.
The meat contract for Jackson prison
the coming year was let on the Gth inst, lo
T. NJ Evans, for , cents pound The meat
Is 10 be o. The best quality
Stevans the murderer OF Bertha Duckwltz IN
Detroit WHO has been ~ solitary conhnemc nj
ever since IA was taken 10 prison was brought
before the prison inspectors ON the 9th inst
He has been set 10 work on the Fargo boot
'and shoe contract
4 The Ror, school ut Lansing will not close
after a l. Sess D.- have been resumed with Rev
NJ. Y. ROrk a. lie educational mead and a.
Clark q lansi manufacturer. guiding the
financial end. ..ch was the part That gave the
principal most oubie.
The tanncry III Grand Haven was burned ON
the 9TH inst Loss, $1,000; insured for
An effort IL now being made 10 procure a
pardon from state Prison of Elish Warner,
who. with his brother John VI attempted to
rob Garret X. Cruson, the then ttrcasurer Of
Lafayette. in January, ISL Both, II will De
remembered. pleaded guilty, IN June, 1871.
John VI. was sentenced TO prison for ten years,
and Elisha for the period OF four years. There
has always existed considerable sympathy for
Elisha. who was evidently cOaNed into his con
nection with the crime. lie Is much thought
Of in prison, and asks his liberty solely on the
ground OF the destitute condition OF his wife
and three small children. Judge Hart has
written letter 10 the board Of state pardons
fayoring his release, providing II may be
thought advisable. This with other papers
bearing on the case, will soon be laid before
the board.
4 About 10 days ago Wesley Orr of Jackson,
visiting I'm Newton, Ks, started TO ride horse
back distance of 30 miles. He has not been
seen since. and II is supposed that be was
caught IN a blizzard md persisted.
Edward Cushway recently released from the
'bssfOrm school, is under arrest az East Saginaw
charged with stealing watch.
DR. Zina Pitcher of Kalkaska, formerly OF
Detroit has accepted the position Of surgeon
nj the Marine hospital, Sitka, Alaska
The first work by tramps convicted under
the new ciiy ordinance OF Flint was last week
done ~ the city gravel nit, where four, wear
ing the ball and chain were put TO work pill
ing stone under the supervision of Deputy
&. y. Gilbert.
Mrs. II. 6. Thornton Of Ionla has one OF
the epaulets 4 several buttons from coat
worn by her andfathcr, Capt. John Harden
burg, OF Gen Wash. Igton's staff. She also
has his commissions signed by John JAY
The Rev. Packard OF St James Catholic
church, Grand Rapids, has the following
valuable works in bis possession: A missal
dated lj49, a vulgate bible dated l5jS and the
decree OF hecounci OF Trent dated l544.
BY order OF health officers Prof. Cooke has
closed the Carlton, Monroe county high
school for two weeks on account OF scarlet
fever
The Western plaster association completed
an organization at Grand Rapids and elected
Frank Noble president, VIM Hoyey vice
gresilent A. {. Torrcy secretary, Loren Day,
Grandy,lle, treasurer.
Ransom Bennett, aged Sugars was killed by
o through freight near Galesburg. There was
10 inquest. as two persons were looking nj
him when the accident occurred. No blame Is
attached 10 the railroad employees
The Y. NJ G. a. state convention at Bay
City elected officers as follows President
Prof Dclus Fall, Albion: vice president, i. e.