Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-31


| Port Huron died the other day OF I'M liies
received while riding down hill in s sigh.
The university regents will ask the egis-
| lature To increase the l-2Oth Of M 4 tax
To l-l3th of a mill again this winter.
The soldiers home monthly lay roll
amounts To about 81, 0)O, including neces-
sary incidental expenses of the vari rus
\ houses and the care of the veterans.
! Bessie White who sued out riandamus
TO force the Kentucky board OF pharmacy
| to grant her license To dispense medicine
has been sustained by the supreme court
She was a graduate OF the Michigan uni
versity school of pharmacy.
| Manchester wants wooden mill factory,
and will donate a first-class water power
and ample grounds for it. N. Van Der
werken OF that place stands ready to fur
nish further particulars to the aspiring
capitalist who will meet this Manchester
want.
Judge Cooley will accept the receiver
ship of the Wabash. His headquarters
will probably be in Detroit.
William Wilbur con victed i'm the circuit
court ut Corunna of assault with criminal
intent has been sentenced by Judge New
ton to four years at Ionia. Wilbur with "A
drawn revolver assaulted two ladies in
that city last fall
The charge of manslaughter against
| Fred JoSlyn, tho school teacher who shot
withdrawn and a charge of murder pre-
ferred He will be tried at the next term
of court.
Matilda Johnson OF Manistee has been
arrested for the murder of her babe. The
child was born in her employers home. a
well known citizen of Manistee, and the
next day, Matilda, with friend named
Clara Anderson disappeared, with the child.
The following day a number of small boys
playing about the banks of the Manistee
river found the dead body Of the infant
The babe had been strangled To death by
the tying OF the umbilical cord about its
neck. Search was at once instituted for
the mother, and she was traced to Chi
60, where she was arrested, and turn ed
over 10 the sheriff of Manistee county
The police are still looking for the Ander-
son woman.
Mrs Bowman Of Lyons, Ionia county,
had been taking calomel and her throat
feeling sore she prepared some vinegar
and sugar and took it,. Soon after her
tongue became 80 swollen that IL protrud'
ed from her mouth and finally half or II
dropped off. She lived but n short time.
An English colony has settled at VOL.
VERNE, Cheboygan county. and promise
To build up "A lively town. They are build
ing box and barrel works and also II
veneer mill, TO which 100000 feet OF logs
are going in this winter.
The appointment OF Daniel j. Campau
TO be collector of customs at Detroit, has
been confirmed by the senate.
Homer Call, the alleged higamist, plead
ed his own case at Evart. and was bound
over in the sum OF 500 for trial at the cir
cult court. He could not secure bonds
men, however, and languishes IN Jail.
The little village of Pittsford. Hilsdals
county, was visited 10y disastrous con-
flagration on the 10th inst. The loss is
about $4,000.
Nicholas Spear OF Hartland township,
went home from weeks spree the other
day, and the next morning he put paris
green In the water pail used 10y the family,
and died from drinking thereof in the even
ing His wife discovered the poison i'm the
dipper before any Of the other members OF
the family drank Of it,
Geo. w. Sickles of Vanderbilt appeals TO
the teachers of the state 10 contribute
funds for the defence OF Fred Joscelyn. the
Shiawassee county teacher who shot one
of the patrons of his school who had come
10 thrash him for Furnishing scholar.
Sums sent 10 Joscelyn at Corunnh. or
Chase at Vanderbilt, will he reccipted for
and applied 10 the defense.
The unknown body found on the shore
OF Lake Michigan, near Whitehall, has
been identified as that of Fred Martin. son
OF o. " Martin, farmer living four miles
north of Albion.
Michigan is the eighth state in the union
in rank in schools. teachers and pupils,
and the rank Is sixth in pupils attending
schools, and fifth in the number of school
sittlnEs. There are in the state i1,ll2 per
sons over 10 years Of age that are unable
TO read. The states ranking above Michi-
gan are Iowa. Nebraska. Maine. Ohio,
Kansas and Minnesota. The number over
10 years of age unable 20 write are -, g33.
"a "a ~ q fn. m fFI "a Fs
Iowa, Maine, New Hampshire and Ne
braSka.
Charles Gary Of Riga, Lenawce county,
IA young man, was killed while numbering
at Hersey recently
a little daughter of A. NJ. Russell Of
Mancelona died "A few days from the effects
of chewing gum.
James +. JOY of Detroit has rendered
his resignation as regent OF the university.
Charles =. Draper, "A young lawyer of East
Saginaw, has been appointed 10 the
vacancy.
Mrs Jacob Eldredge, the colored woman
of Howell who has been gradually turning
white for several years, Is dead.
X w. Rabbit and Arthur H. Whitlark
of Michigan have been promoted from the
$1,000 to the $1,000 grade in the post
Office department. W. II. =. Wood also
OF Michigan, has been promoted from 81
1VO 10 . W. per uuhuiu III tue same once.
Francis Shvers. who shot Joseph Nc
Keen in Detroit some time ago has been
convicted Of murder in the first degree.
The following officers were elected at
the annual meeting of the merlno sheep
breeders association held in Ian sing on
the 22d inst. President John +. Rich.
Elba; vice president II. H. Kinds. Stanton;
secretary, Erwin W Ball, Hamburg:
treasurer, j. EvartS Smith, Ypsilanti.
Board OF directors L. W. Barnes Byron:
A. A Wood, Saline \. = White, Kalama-
zoo; S. c. Lombard. Addison; T. V.
Quackenbush, Plymouth Committee on
pedigree, +. W. Hardy, Osceoa: ID. Z.
Dewey, Grand Blanc and L. b. Welch,
Paw Paw.