Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-27
The WOODEN mile at cass City were

burned the other nigM.
Capt. James Gray, non known mining
captain Of this state, died at Hurley, Wis,
recently. The remains were brought to
Negaunee for interment.
The new concentrating works building
at Republic will be ready for the
machinery within "a month. The mill is TO
separate the iron ore from the jasper. A
similar mill at Negaunee, costing 10000
la, proved a failure, but the concentrate
ing works are now successful at four
points in the Chnutauqua iron district OF
New York. II successful. the mill will
reyolutionize the iron ore business Of the
entire district, as there arc immense un-
touched deposits of ore and jasper which
can be cheaply mined
During thunderstorm at Kalkaska
Mr.. Edgar Watson was struck 10y light
ming and instantly killed. Mr.. Watson
and q little child six month, old were with
her i'm bed one on each side and neither
OF them wa, hurt The bolt struck the
corner of the house, came down the stove
Pie. went through the bedroom where
they were. out again through the roof and
through the yard and into the well.
was burned to the ground the other night
its entire contents being also consumed.
There were in the barn 100 bushels OF
grain, forty tons Of hay, "A 800 team,
wagons, buggies, harnesses, tools, etc The
loss is estimated at 5000 and Is covered
by insurance.
Reeds Lake, near Grand Rapids will
hereafter be known n Pomona Lake.
jeremiah Canon, for over forty years
resident OF Detroit, died in that city on
the l4th inst.
While going from the Chicago & North
western depot to the business portion of
Menominee the other evening, n man by
the name of Bishop was assaulted with
sand bag by unknown parties and instant
" killed. Henry Graham, the supposed
murderer, Is in Jail.
st the Owosso reunion over 1908 vctcr-
ans were registered. On the third day OF
the reunion over $1,000 people took in the
sights.
Henry Gale OF Charlotte. one OF the pio-
noers Of Eaton county, is dead
\ couple of Detroit frauds are around
the country selling 10 unsophisticated
housewives something called ''pectoneum'
for preserving and keeping fresh fruits
and vegetable usually canned. The prep
aratiop is n fraud and the agents swind
lers.
Ed Wclch OF Paw Paw lost a valuable
horse recently by blood poisoning, caused
10y being cut on a barbed wire fence
Gov. Alger and party visited a red
forest on the San Francisco * North
Pacific road the other day, and the gov
ernor took a hand in tree-cuttng.
r. II. Potter. retired merchant of
heart disease.
Lyons shingle mill in Ludington was
destroyed by fire the other night. Loss
$4,000
FIX City Treasurer Il. II. Frost OF Jack
son. charged with embezzlement of $!j0)
from the city treasury by Treasurer j. III.
Harrington has been discharged, rs the
prosecution
The graduating exercises Of the class of
1ssG of the agricultural college took place
in the chapel of the college on the 18th
inst. The address TO the graduating class
was given by DR.. Washington
GLADDEN. on the subject of The best so
ciety." This is the twenty -fifth com
There was none in 1875, rs all that class
entered the war The alumni number 375,
Of whom $50 are living the majority in
occupations related to the industrial
arts