Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-04-09
MIchIganders to boycott Valencia raIsIns, for


fear 81 cholera germs.
company has been formed at Coldwater,
/ TO be known as the COldwater manufacturing
company; capital stock, $4,000. paid up. The
company Will manufacture chairs, etc.
The sale of blooded cattle at the agrleurtur-
al college few DAYS ago brought out large
numl cr of purchasers, and twenty head OF
stock were sold, all az low figures, the highest
price paid being s2'6 for College Allen, three
years old.
Mrs. Rachael Barnard Of Constantine took a
dose Of chlOral 10 relieve pain. The dose was
quite encctual, and the funeral well attended
by friends and neighbors of the deceased
A heavy snow storm, accompanied by thun-
der and lightning was one OF the attractions
In Iron Mountain "A few days ago
The reunion Of the Twenty-slxth Michigan
infantry vii be held at Lansing, April O. Re
turn tickets will c issued by all railroads at
onc-third the usul rates.
Prosecuting attorney Blair, avs that he WIN
be- unable tu yet the case of Jud Crouch in
shape Tor the April term of court. Without
doubt Il " II he put on the September term, as
everything viii then be ready for The trial
Tie pensions committee of the House has
reported layorably bill 10 give "A pension of
$50 per month 10 Miss Parmea Smith of
Monroe, daughter OF the late Brig. Gen. Jo-
scph Il. smith.
me stockholders OF the Ropes god and
I
said, are grumbling because of the recent as
scssment of 10 per cent being made priort 10 an
explanation being made vi the dspU-
siti0n OF The money ia scd b. tie last assess
ment
W. II. LEROY Of Avon, who .sas union
soldier during the late war, has had his claim
for back pension allowed Of - per month,
dating from his discharge. about twenty-One
Years, together with continued pension OF
the same amount. lie will get about Sl,t00.
Mr.. O. ;. Richmond, WHO has been manu-
facuring pumps for years near Richmond,
has received patent on sprne-tooth eyel-
! lng ana puYcrHng harrow, and has oilers
from Port Huron and ST. Clair capitalists
cooking toward its manufacture on an
extensive scale
Grants birthday April p, is to he celebrated
by number OF schools in Michigan.
An attempt was made the other evening 20
destroy The Aviation army barracks in Char
lOtie by The use O. dynamite The explosion
was heard 40 about twenty minutes after the
cl 81 O., tho meeting The floor was complete
lf torn up and much damage was done 10 the
interior Of tie building. There is no clue
whatever 10 the perpetrators.
Col. Robert Sinclair, am old resident II Grand
Rapids, led the other morning while On sslng
Mr. Sinclair had been resident oi Grand
Rapids since SIS. lie organized the Four
tocnih NJ ch gan volunteers and served IN the
war three years. He then resignod on account
Of III health. lie was widely klowu in t,rand
Rapids AMI was appointed revenue collector
hy Prcsid nj Johnson but not confirmed. He
also held cyeral local Offices,
Grace Whitcomb, the missing jackson lady
has eturncd tO her home. She was found in
Sew York Tut can give no account OF her
journey east.
Marshal TonEn OF Red Jacket. who is some
$1,000 behind in his accounts with the village,
has had bis salary reduced 10 ~ per month
a. l- lii D. a. d a.
not Doe discharged.
Tie Michigan trap shooting association will
b. held W East saginaw MAY . g and Z.
A. q. North of Pontiac $ president.
hc Ann Arbor council has ratified the $1,000
louu. or tie Michigan Central, and the S}j.-
Ol dec Improvements VIII begin at
once. state ANA Page streets ar 10 be closed
and "a ncN street. opened from Detroit 10 the
depot grounds.
/. An entire train load Of pine logs, numbering
twenty-five cars. pissed through tie city over
tie Michigan Central last week on the way 20
Jackson. a few carloads of logs at time
have caas .OuallY been shipped in the past,
iut th, is believed to bc the first time in the
hi,tort ol the road that an entire train load Of
the raw mat, rial has teen sent rom the north
woods Lansing Republican.
surveyors are now running a line ior the
To.cDo Ann Arbor ~ Northern Michigan
railroad rom Durani 10 OWOssO. Tie route
passes through Corunua, near the Detroit,
Orand Haven a. Milwaukee track, which road
j. followed nearly ON a parallel the entire dis
lance. turuuua PEOPLE feel well pleased over
Oh csc assurances that the road will 20 through
there.
The lamuy 90 Thomas Boll,son. a farmer on
tie IttaUawa.-ec river ~ miles from East
Saginaw. ate wild par nips. Two Il the child
rem aged ivc and TWO years respectively, died
from the ctlc ts of the poison, and the mother
is not exp etc 90 recover
W. y. Leroy OF Avon, has received $1,000
back pension
W l.. Zee, Maple Rapids, has invented a
ticket holder or u-e on passenger trains.
John Brook, OF Waldron. who served
through the war of lsl2, will be 100 years old
June IS. The local G.. 4. K. VIII tender the
Ccntcnarlau a grant ovation on that day.
\ stock company with proposed capital Of
SiI.OuJl- beng organized TO manufacture the
kccler sewing machine in Grand Rapids.
Among The interested capitalists are \. ID.
Ralhh. ne, J.. II. Whitney. Julius llouscman, \.
j. Bovine. James VI Barnett, Prof {. G..
Swen,uur-. Willard karuhart, William Stars.
and J. ID. Gilbert.
II firstoi, G'splayman a, .osco has re-
we'd Intelligence from the signal Office,
Washington. that the United states signal
service Las ordered that weather and tempcra-
iurc iag- hall be- disp. ed from that port dur
iug The O. ming season.
,'osep. @ Neil. a farmer living in Greenyille
drop cd dead while at the supper table the
thcr night Heart disease
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