Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-10-26

pcrdtiOhs, ana was suspended from duty
A month ago Barry forwarded his resigBa
ton, which was not acted upon until re-
Gently, .when the board refused TO accept II,
but took the summary action indicated.
George Drost of Mayfield, has been sent
up for ~ years. Last spring George and
his brother Dirk tried to rob Theo. Castor,
and Castor ''fired at the flock, hitting both
men, killing Dirk and badly wounding
George who subsequently confessed the
robbery. Castor has never been tried for
killing Dirk Drost, and probably never will
be.
John Lage, bridge builder Of Kalamac
zoo, fell of a bridge near Portland, Maine,
and was instantly killed.
A savings bank has been started in Os-
coda and is well patronized.
VIM. Kerr has been arrested at East
Saginaw on suspicion on being implicated
in the recent fur and silk robbery at Flint.
The Mountcalm county supervisors have
added $50, coo to the assessed valuation of
Greenville.
Miss Mary Wylie of New York, will soon
start an art school in Oscoda
Hiram Clengerman had his right hand
mangled in shiugle N III at Coral. Sympa-
thetic friends gave him 500 to tide him over
his trouble.
The big Corliss engine which drove the
machinery at the Philadelphia exposition
has been sold TO the q. h. Brown milling
company of Grand Rapids.
Mrs. Sarah ID Parsons, late matron of
the Coldwater state school, has been APP
pointed matron of the Minnesota state
school for the blind, at Fairbault, Mimi
M. V. Wagner of Marshall sold 80 horses
the other day for $3.50 each.
A barn belonging TO Charles Michael Of
Brockway, burned the other morning, and
with IL four horses 2,0J0 bushels of grain
his wagons, tools, etc. Supposed TO be OF
sncendlary origin.
Martin Tanner Of Henrietta, recently
found the skull of an elk with gigantic
horns in the Portage river. The horns
measure over four feet in hight and the
skull bones were sunk into the bed of the
river. As no elk has been seen in this 10
cality for 80 years, the specimens are rare
relics.
The 35th annual session of the Michigan
grand lodge Of Good Templers was held in
Flint on the 18th inst. The reports show
that there are 200 lodges in the state in good
working order, and provisions have been
made for fund of 81 900 with which 10 pay
an organizer and state lecturer. Officers
elected G.. G. Templar O. w. Balm, Grand
Rapids; G.. counselor, Charles II. Russell,
Detroit; G.. V. Templar, Mrs. T.. h. Davis
Belmont; G.. secretary, John Evans, Belle
vue; G.. treasurer, L. j. Council, Muskegon
G. 5. j. templar, Mrs. Il. Il. Knapp, Howell
1t was agreed TO hold the next meeting of
the lodge at Grand Rapids on the third
Tuesday in October, 1883.
Burglars entered the store of n. & B.
Mills of Marysville the other night, blew
open the safe and secured about $500 in cur
rency.
The St Clair river tunnel company has
bought 30 lots in Sarnia, the 40 acre Conger
tract IN Port Huron, and will soon begin
driving the tunnel in good earnest The con
tracts for eXcavating the approaches have
been let and work thereon will begin in a
few days.
Andrew Passage for 60 years a resident
OF Plymouth, is dead.
Chairman John NJ. Potter of the Union
Labor party has issued "A manifesto placing
Samuel Edison on the ticket as electoral
large, in place of Ben. Colvin, and Edwin
L. Greene, as superintendent of public in
struction, in place of Mrs. Sarah l.. V.
Emery.
The supreme court has decided that A.
Backus, ir.. q Sons Of Detroit are entitled
TO another trial in their suit against tho
Wabash and the Union depot company.
The pl aintiffs brought suit Tor 800, 0O1 in
the Wayne circuit court because the rail.
read insisted on doing switching and tho
making up of trains on the line crossing
their property, when they had stipulated in
giving up the right OF way that this should
not be done. Judge Brevoort charged the
jury TO render verdict for the defense, and
Backus K Sons appealed.
The Hart Mills of North Lansing g~ind
$50 barrels of -four per day.
DR.. O. w. Wright a well known phys-
clan of Detroit, died at Harper hospital in
that city on the 18th inst.
Three girls from the Industrial home at
Adrian have been sentenced TO four years
each in the Detroit house of correction for
their attempt to fire Croswell cottage.
If A. w. Wright of Alma, and his part
ners succeed in building the Duluth * Win
npeg railroad it will tap "a tract of 10000
acle of fine pine land owned by Wright,
Davis & Co. The contract for the con
struction of the first 30 miles of the road
has been let.
Thomas McElhaney was fatally scaldcd
while at work in the Flint paper mill the
other day.
a Toronto, Ont, dispatch Of the 2lst inst.
sa,s: Frederick Trostel, an escaped lunatic
from Lansing, Mich, was arrested here
this morning. He went to the Metropolitan
church and created sensation among the
congregation by insisting upon entering the
pulpit and preaching. A policeman was
sent for and Trostel was taken TO the police
station.
The Woolsey wheel company, whose plant
has lust been moved TO Kalamazoo from
Sandusky, o., has dissolved and the Kala-
mazoo wheel company succeeds it. with s.
F'lickinger as president, George r.. Stock
bridge vice-president. and Eugene Mccall
secretary. The factory starts at once, EN-
ploying so men.
Mrs. Streeter OF Jackson offers 500 re
ward for the arrest Of the thief who stole
s., 800 from her sugar. box the other night
George Allen of Elk went to Owosso a
few days ago for medical treatment On
the way he was taken vic en- ly i'll, and died
in a neighboring farm house.
BERTHE Wilson, 10 years old, was caught
by shaft in his fathers mill at Sunfield,
and instantly killed, the top OF his head
being torn OFF and both legs and arms torn
from the body.
Mrs Lizzie Phelps has been elected pres
ident of the Kalamazoo industrial school
William McCord and three other bur
glars entered Richards Hubbell Il Thomp-
son s hardware store in Ea3J Tawas the
| other night. In trying TO arrest the trio,
McCord was shot in the heal, and he will
probably die.
The F. & p. NJ. railroad company have
been granted extension Of time until July
| /, 1889, for completion OF belt line at East