Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-07-16
STATE NEWS CoNDEN ED

STATE NEWS CONUEN ED
John Burnett, the Milan farmer who
seriously wounded hi, wife and mother
in-law recently. pleaded not guilty when
arranged on the 9th inst.
Seventeen prisoners will be discharged
from Jackson prison in July.
A stock company will purchase or lease
the Powers mineral well at BDyne FAILS
and convert the place into a frst-alasS re
sort.
An outbreak of scarlet fever is reported
from the state school at Coldwater.
The Senate ha, agreed 10 all the items in
the river and harbor bill making appro-
priation for Michigan harbors.
Mrs. VIM. Hickey, an aged lady OF De
troit, was Smothered TO death on the 9th
INST. Her house was discovered to be on
fire, and in trying TO escape she was over
come by the smoke and heat.
John Frank, one of the oldest settlers Of
the town of Ecorse. and his son, Rudolph
Frank, started from his residence on the
st. Cosme line with his team for Wyan-
dotte to get some repairing done to his
moving machine. When they started TO
return home. the team became frightened
10y the explosion of fire-crackerS thrown by
a lage number of boys directly at the
horses, who started upon run. After
running quite distance the team ran in
to n ditch, throwing Mr.. Frank violently
against a post, with sufficient force To rem
der him nsensible. He died in less than two
hours.
The Polish National Alliance, at its sixth
annual meeting i'll Bay City, adopted IA
resolution denouncing the anarchlstlc
demonstrations in Chicago
Col. Grant has sent 10 the commander of
the L. =. Grant post of the &. a X. Of
Bay City communication in which he
expresses his thanks for the beautiful
floral offerings sent to Riverside park on
Decoration day. Col Grant states that
he has applied for a photograph of the
tribute and will send it 10 the post III Bay
City.
The tents and other camp equipages for
the coming encampment at Island lake
have been sent 10 Lansing. The camp will
not be lighted with electricity this year.
Sergt. VIM. Anderson of Muskegon cap
tured the $50 medal offered for the best
drilled man in company G., Michigan state
troops.
ID. y. Runnels Of Port Huron has been
awarded the contract for driving piles for
1000 feet of dock for the Erie q Huron
railway at Sarnia.
The Grand Rapids q Indiana railroad
company are erecting IA set of bath houses
at Oden at the head of Crooked lake.
II is rumored that the state university
will soon confer the degree of LII. ID. upon
the Rt Hon. VIM. +. Gladstone
The Bakers union Of Detroit has voted
$50 for the support of the striking bakers
in st. Paul, MINI, also s2j for the defense
of a striker in Milwaukee who was brought
before the criminal courts The organiza-
tion will support the striking stone-cut-
tiers as long as the contest holds out.
Farmer Thomas Allen, living near Hill
man, 80 miles west of Alpena, while
hunting in boat reached for
his gun to shoot fish. The weapon acct
IDENTIFY discharged and Allen had an arm
shot off.
NJ. G.. Cook Of Boyne City, is building a
clinker built row boat IS feet long which
will contain in the neighborhood of -
varieties of wood grown in that vicinity.
Chief of Police Whiting of Port Huron
has been acquitted of the charge of warn
ing the inmates of disorderly house that
warrants were out for their arrest.
Terrible forest fires are raging along the
line of the Detroit, Mackinac q Marquette
railroad between st lgnace and Marquette.
At Newberry 10000 cords of
wood belonging 10 the Vulcan furnace
company burned and the furnace will
probably be shut down in consequence.
Everything is very dry and the fire runs
through the woods with fearful rapidity.
Trains are delayed and crops are burning
mp for want of rain.
Oliver Farrier and Henry Prefer, aged IL
aud IA years respectively, were drowned
at Hillman. Their bodies were recovered.
The weather in the vicinity of Cheboy-
gan has for several weeks been extremely
dry and hot Everything above the
ground including grass berries and vege-
tables, is parched and destroyed. Young
fruit trees in many places are dying The
mercury was g2 in the shade, and on the
sth ranged from l02 to 100, being
the hottest day ever experienced there.
Michigan members are confident that
congress will adjourn July -.
Mrs Lucinda Fast of Woodbridge, Hills
dale county, while en- route for the Fourth
of July celebration in Reading, was sud
denly stricken i'll and became unconscious
All effort, TO restore her proved unavailine
had a physician pronounced her dead
Preparations were made for the funeral
but DR.. Neclach opened vein in her arm
and the blood flowing freely the funera
preparations were abandoned, though tn,
lady remained in trancelike state fol
several days. She was afterward pro
nounced dead, and buried.
Prof Ernest a. Eggers of Grand Rapids,
ha- been Gle ted TO the chair of German in
tn Ohio university.
David Lynch of North Shade, Gratiot
county, while cutting hay forgot
that his little boy was playing in front OF
the moving machine, and drove over him,
severing the childs leg near the body.