Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-03


was the master. She was loaded with o.,
600 bushels Of corn. from Chicago 10 Mus
kegon. She now lies few feet from shore
nearly broken up. There are no signs or
the bodies Of the crew. Her capacity was
100 O feet of lumber and her value 81. 0p'
There was no insurance.
Fred Sommers, saioonist or Sturgis has
been sent 20 lall for getting a l5-year.old
girl drunk. he had previously been fined
for selling liquor to boys.
Alex. G.. Brown. the young man charged
with stealing $1,000 OF Jacksou's fourth Of
July fund has been discharged
\ Scafolding in the new cyclorama
building IN progress OF erection in Detroit,
gave way the other morning. carrying
with il a distance OF II feet, the six men At
work thereon Two of the men were in.
startly killed and the others were serious
~ injured.
Dr. :. B. Wright. FOR over % years a
wei, known homeopathic phy.ician OF
WYaudotte, is dead.
Frederick Hall. the Dundee mission.
airy . who j. under arrest FOR incest. has
been be!d for trial IN g, 300 bonds
", w. Cook formerly of the Leslie To-
eat Is spoken OF rs the probable private
secretary to governoreect Luce.
W. b. Watson Of Delhi was driving to
Lansing the other day. when his horse be-
son TO the ground, breaking three ribs and
his collar bone.
The board of prison inspectors has dis
missed DR.. Palmer. the bribe-taking physi-
clan of Jackson prison.
The Pembroke knitting mills is one Of
Battle Greeks newest and best industries.
AT the mills 300 girls and Young ladies are
employed. and besides these 100 persons
are given work mt their homes, finishing
etc. The capacity OF the mills Is 100 dozen
caps and 10 dozen stockingS daily. Be
tween 500 and $1,000 are paid out weekly
10 these employees,
The proposed furniture factory at East
Saginaw seems 20 be n certainty a com
pany has been organized. composed Of
Ernst FeiCe, Henry G. Silsbcc. Henry
Feige, L. +. Judd. and Frank X. Judd
They are looking around for a site.
The Smith purifier company of Jackson
have received letter from Buenos Avres
inviting proposition for the construction
OF mill at Jackson complete for shipment
to South America.
The Marshall paper mill has shut down
for good. 1t belongs 10 the Perrin estate
and Is all out OF repair, and as the estate
is in litigation no repairs can be made ex-
ceptby the lessees ut their own expense.
Harvey Rowley. employed in the Owos.
so casket company. was found dead in "A
buggy with a bullet through his head and
revolver hy him. Many think he was
murdered, causing n great deal Of excite
rent he had spent the evening IN Cor
Unna. He was D years Of age aud unmar-
ried.
Mrs. Mary Dubois OF Ann Arbor has
been ndjudged insane from the use of mar
cotics
There will be a reunion OF the surviving
members Of battery II, first Michigan light
artillery, at Holly, Dec p
4 young man named William Hollis has
been arreste,. in Chesterfield, Macomb
county. for horse stealing
The officials of the institution ut Boston,
who brought car load of orphan children
TO Mt. Pleasant last summer. have, on ac-
count Of some difficulty with the chidren's
parents, visited Mt. Pleasant again and
taken the children bacE.
Work on the extension OF Chicago q
Northwestern railway from Iron River 10
Watersmeet is going on rapidly. The ex-
tension, which Is thirty-seven miles long
will be in running order by June OF next
year. AT Watersmeet the Chicago a.
Northwestern railway cOmany VIII con.
meet with the line OF Milwaukee, Lake
Shore q Western railroad. The two roads
have entered into mutual traffic arrange.
ment.
An exchange warns its readers 10 be-
ware Of the following swindle. young
man is travelling about the country selling
watches OH the installment plan. The
pay OF - on OellNeFy Is n balb
that is swallowed easily, but before the
party is for any length OF time in posses
sion confederate comes along, claims the
watch n stolen. proves his assertion by
giving the number OF the time-piece, aud
takes il away.
DR. Weir Of Oscoda is now wanted s., 900
worth by the authorities and people there,
that being the reward offered for his ar
rest.
The Kalamazoo Cart company has re-
ceived recently orders for their carts from
Mexico and Italy They have within
short time shipped carts TO seven or eight
foreign countries.
George Burtch was killed in a logging
camp near Lakeview, the other dax nv
falling tree.
Francis Palms, the Detroit millionaire
- dead.
+. f.. Stevens has been arrested by Dep
-ty United States Marshal Whitebeck
for embezzlement of funds while cashier
OF the First national bank at Paw Paw
nearly n year ago. He lost his position
and during the intervening time the bank |
has endeavored 20 reimburse Itself, but is /
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