Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-03-12
THE STATE AT LARGE,
STATE sIFTINGS.

died recently He was a brother OF Mrs LIP
pincOtt, WnOse nom de pune Is Grace Green-
wood.
The proposed $4,000 guild hall at Ann Ar
Dor for Eplscopalian students is now an assur.
ed fact Bishop Harris having secured enough
contributions 10 warrant commencement OF
the work this spring. The site already secur-
ed on the corner of state and Huron streets Is
one of ia uuy,t In the city. &. W. Lloyd Is
q he tn architect. 4 generous Detroiter has
promised 10 eniOw Que OF the three lecture
ships with $1,000.
Nearly all the preliminary surveys Tor tie
new Muskegon, Grand Rapids X Indiana road
10 Muskegon have been made. The engineers
are now working near Plunb's Mill ana Indian
Creek irving d find "A line from the Grand
Rapids ~ indiani track. The country fer
about I'VE miles west of that lolnt is verJ
rough, hui 10 Aoud there IL L. exceedingly level.
When this particular survey is completed the
preliminar, worN will be al AN end
\ $1,000 creamery /, To b. erected at iceland
this spring
W j. Carcth OF Hastings has been found
guilt trying TO poison his wife
If Ann Arpor will give $500, the Michigan
Ctnual VIII build $1,000 depot, and bridge
over the road Tor Detroit street
Alexander Rose OF Detroit. an omploye OF
the Brush electric light company. fell from one
ot IN toWtr, IN that citt. distance OF ~ feet
and was instantly kiilcd.
lh grand council of royal templar, of tenn
pctance Las elected a. grand councillor Mrs.
T. Is. hitiield of trand Rapids; grand vice
cOuuCiOt. l.. L. Runncl. BAY CITY, grand
chaplain. Mrs. A. y. Cooper of Battle Creek.
grand lecturer, g. VI. Hasty OF Lansing, grand
treasurer. \. :. Partridge OF Flushing grand
herald o. w Brundage Kalamazoo: grand
deputy herald, A. ilarshaw OF Alpena; grand
guard H. j. Is. NcWcombc OF Manistcc; grand
niincl, +. T.. Sharp Of Whitehall; director
for three years. ii. l.. Bower Of Grecnyillc;
representative 10 10 the supreme council, Mrs.
Winfield. The next meeting will be he'd Ia
Lansing on the fourth Tuesday VI February,
lSs1.
Mrs ten L. c. Hunt OF Ann Arbor, died
suddenly Of internal hemOrrhagc on the -bih
ult. Mr.. Hunt is daughter OF Gen. CASEY.
|. :. y, and her husband, who Is now with
his daughter in san Diego, Cal, j. nephew
OF the late Lewis tass OF Detroit
Vim. Mason and wife, living north OF Ann
Artor, was struck by Michigan Central train
at the crossing while driving home On the
night of Feb - They were intoxicated NJ
the time. Several of the mans rio were broken.
and the woman was badly bruised, though
ueither's injuries are fatal. They were taken
10 tie university hospital.
W j. Carvette Of Hastings who was con
victed of attempting 10 poison MS wife, has
been sentenced % Is wears IN jackson prison.
Fred Foote. charged with the murder OF An
drew J. Drinks, saloon keeper OF Fcnton, on
the evening OF Dec. % last. has been convicted
of murder in the first degree.
H. SchatTer, under arrest in Corunna charg-
ed with having poisoned the well OF one OF h.s
neighburs, has been held for trial in the sum
OF - 90.
Mary Noel, aged - years, daughter Of
farmer of Wyoming township, Kent county.
died IN Grand Rapids on the 18th ult from the
effects Of an abortion. alleged 10 have been
procured by well-knOWn ply stefan. at the
Instance OF the girls father. The coroner will
investigate the case.
Edwin J., Clarke, prominent and wealthy
druggist II Coldwater proposed 10 the llbrar,
board 10 build new public Library building
for the use Of free library. TO cost $1,000,
an donate il 10 the city The offer was
thankfully received and plans accepted. The
building will be- conn leted during the year.
At the meeting Of the Michigan spirtual!st
society az Grand Rapids the following officers
were elected President. Giles b. Stebbins.
Detroit vce-prcsident, DIR. ". O. Knowles.
Grand Rapids, treasurer, Mrs. X. \. Shqilcr,
South Haven. secretary, Mrs. T. J.. Spinney.
Alma trustees, Mrs. Sarah Graves, Grand
Rapids. WV Keith, Pearson Lyman Austin.
l.. {. Marvin, Charles r. Andrews, Grand
Rapids The next convention will bee held in
Grand Rapids.
There are 237 inmates in the soldiers home
in Grand Rapids.
Miss Maren +. Kirk sued Chas. {. johnson.
well-to-do young man of Manistee for 5000
because he failed T. keep his promise OF
marriage with her The jury gave Miss Kirk
the full amount.
Richard Young, a wealthy farmer of Carlton
township. fell dead in the journal Office in
Hastings on the 9th ult, of heart disease.
He had called al the journal Office 10 take one
If the composi;ors home With him and fell
he entered the door
Harvey Marshall the young Wood.toch
farmer convicted with assault with intent 10
outrage Miss Della Drake. rs years old. dauCh
ter OF a neghbOr, has been sentenced TO Tour
years In the jackson state prison. The as
ssult occurred three years ago. The case was
tried three times, the jury twice disagreeing.
The Morris stayc and heading works were
destroyed by fire Feb. -.
Mrs. Ann Snover died at Romeo Feb -
aged &C. Her husband died in September amt
her eldest son a fcv day, before ni- mother.
The Michigan turning company is putting
in machinery at Elmira Tor manufacturing
handles The works will have a capac.t Is ol
5000 handles 10 every 10 hours and can cm
ploy 100 men.
The conspiracy emptcd-husband-poisou
ing case against Mrs. frank Grahaugh ui
Gratiot county, viii be- tried at Ithaca, March -
The fruit men OF Occana county think the
peach buds Of that section have not been in
lured, aud that good crop OF the fruit may
be looked lor.
Joseph Duckctt, the oldest convict in tn
state prison. j. serving life scltcnc, for an
unparalleled crime lie killed his little son,
who told him Of criminal intimacy existing
between Ducketts wife aud father, 10 prevent
the scandal from spreading abroad. He Wa
sent from Sanilac in 1865.
The michigan schoolmasters' club" was
organized at Ann ArbOr recently. The club
i, composed Of high school principals AMI
tearhprs who will meet for mutual benefit and
improvement three times during the school
year, at Ann Arbor, its work being 10 supple
ment that of the state teachers association
and the school superintendent association.
The officers are President, l.. I dull, De
troit; yice-prcsident, Leroy llalsey, Battle
Spalding, Ann ArbOr; executive committee, /.
A. Barbour, fpsilanti. and f. VI. Kendall
Jackson
An infant months old belonging To Mr.
aud Mrs Frank Doxsie OF Roxland township.
Eaton county was accidentally smothered o.
death the other afternoon Mr.. and Mrs. DoX-
sic came to Grand Ledge intending To visit
Mr.. Doxsie'- father. The weather being very
cold the infant was well wrapped up and they
did not discover the sad fate OF the babe TIL
they arrived and unwrappcd the little one
Medical aid was at once called but too late.
The special railroad committee have com
menced the work Of canyassing for the dacA
son q Ohio road. The amount of about So,
coo has already been raised along the line %
the road from Hudson southwark.
Judge Wallace, sitting at New York, Ia.
enioined Lawrence * Chaplin and Chase
Henry n Co. ~ Kalamazoo, from making in
Engagements on the Garyer patent spring har
row and cultivaior, holding that their make oil
harrows Ia such an infringement.
one hundred thousand dollars have beer
pledged TO Henry Wills for his proposed 'air