Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-01

| continuing until Augustus
Iva, the three year old daughter Of Chas
! Shaw of Bronson, fell into n tub Of boiling
/ water and was scalded 10 death.
The Hillsdale and Coldwater common
councils have fixed the bonds of saloon
keepers at $1,000
/ The bankrupt stock Of Mctcalf Bros, &
! Co, of Detroit, has been purchased by
/ Claim & Co, of New York, for 500, 500.
| The goods inventoried S397, 900, and the
appraised value was $3.50, 900.
| Rolsman Lee, an aged resident of Bloom
! field, Oakland county, committed suicide
the other night by hanging himself.
The old Hodges house in Pontiac, which
! has been in possession of the Hodges fami-
! ~ for over 30 years, was sold the other day
10 Thad. a. Smith for $4,000.
The thirteenth annual reunion Of the
Loomis Battery was held in Coldwater
May %, 80 veterans answering 10 the roll
call The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President, II. j.
Harris, Adrian; vice-president, f.. ID. Cut
| ting, Troy; secretary and treasurer, Jas. II.
BeHdle, Detroit; captain, II. NJ. Buell.. I'm
ion City; orator, II. n Norrington. West
Bay City; historian, JAS. T. Beadle, De
troit. Next reunion at ColdWater, May -,
1859.
The salvation army in Kalamazoo was
locked up in Jail the other day for blockad-
ing the street
Lansing factories are now using all the
coal from the Grand Ledge mine.
Sergt Conger will establish a signal ser
vice station at Battle Creek about July l.
Henry, the 2l5 years old son of Mrs
Nanderpfeifcr, was struck bya passenger
train on the Michigan Central railroad in
Kalamazoo the other morning and instantly
killed. The wOman's husband was drowned
two years ago, and she is in poor Circum-
stances, with four more small children.
John Corrigan, "a Chicago & Grand Trunk
engineer, dropped dead near his homo on
Hall street, Battle Creek, the other day.
He was unmarried, aged about 81 years,
and had been troubled with heart disease.
William Rush of Pontiac has been sen.
fenced 10 Jackson prison for three years
and four months for horse stealing
VIM Hathaway claimed 5000 damages by
falling through "a bridge in the township OF
Niles, on a road leading from Niles 10 Blu
chahau. The matter was referred 10 the
taxpayers Of tho township, and by vote of
10 10 the claim was allowed.
The wife OF John Allan. captain Of the
barge Reindeer, fell from the ladder as she
was climbing aboard at Bay City and was
drowned.
Louis Lay gets Judgment of s., 500
damages against the city Of Adrian for in
luries received by falling through "a broken
bridge.
AlIcgan has raised cash bonus Of 81 900,
ana the streets are 10 be lighted by the Edi-
son system of electric lighting.
rs the lG-year-old daughter Of the post
master at Wales, -. Clair county, was
watching a game of ball, foul tip ball
struck her an the jaw, breaking il and
knocking out several tecth
The April term Of the supreme court ad
lOurned May 23
The Gycars old son Of Columbus Phmnix
Of Port Huron was gorcd in the mouth by
cow, the horn coming out at the eye. How
ever, il is thought the lad will recover.
The Joncsvilie cotton mills will soon be
removed 10 Dcs Mones Iowa
Jay Hubbcu and Thomas J.. Chadbourne
Of Houghton have beon giveS "a verdict Of
sos 81 in a suit at Pontiac, for attorney
fees, from the estate of Charles Palmer.
The farmers loan and trust company Of
New York advertiSes that it will sell the
Pontiac, oxford * Port Austin railroad
August :. The sale is on "A mortgage.
Weather observations are taken under
the direction of the state weather service at
the Pontiac, Kalamazoo and Traverse City
state asylums the state school at COldwater,
house Of correction at lonia, tho Adrian
college, Romeo high school, Saginaw City
high school and Oliyct college.
The Methodist Protestant conference, in
session al Adrian, voted against the resolu-
ton licensing women 10 preach
The Michigan stove company Of Detroit
has established branch Office AT London.
Eng
4 young man named Wilson has been
held for trial AZ Cassopolis, charged with
the murder of man named Akin. DR..
Harris, Gus Harris and Charles COpley,
whom Wilson charged with the crime, were
discharged.
\ Cadillac man has been sentenced to 30
days in Jail for disturbing the salvation
army.
Nine veterans in tie state soldiers home
are 50 badly para yzed that they can only
move about by means of wheeled chairs.
The project of building narrow gauge
road from Alegan 10 South Haven is again
being agitated
The democratic state convention for the
nomination Of state officers will be held in
Detroit July 10.
At the annual CONVEX ion Of the w. G. T.
L. of Michigan. held in Coldwater, the fol
lowing officers were elected for the ensuing
year: President, Mrs, Mary T. Lathrop,
Jackson; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Emma a. Wheeler, Grand Rapids, record
ing secretary, Mrs c. II. Johnson, Flint;
treasurer, Mrs. annie T.. Holden, Reed
City. Mrs. David Preston Of Detroit was
elected delegate at large TO the national
convention, ana NlTS. Andrews OF llret
Rivers alternate. The organization is in
hOurishing condition, there being 80 unions
al the present time The amount Of money
expended for temperance work was $4,000
Several weeks ago "a Polish womans
house in Alpena, was set on fire by pass
ing locomotive and all the furniture and
one child burned She sued for damages
aud recovered slg2 in the circuit court, but
the railroad company carried il up to the
supreme court 4 few days ago "a letter
came addressed u Geo. l.. Malt, which
contained check for 500 for this woman
from Gen. L. y. Ayers private fund, 10
help her in this hour of need.
The national commissioner OF agricu-
ture, in his report on the wages for farm
labor says the result Of the investigation
is almost Identical with that Of three years
ago. Michigan is the 18th OF the states in
the amount paid laborers per month with
board, being exceeded by California, Colo
RADIO, Nevada, Oregon, Massachusetts,, Con
necticut, Rhode Island, Minnesota, Iowa
and Nebraska in tho order named The
average wages without board in Michigan
is So 20, and with board 81. In 1879 IL
was ~ - without and sl2 16 with board,
and in 1859 without board il was S}l OF and
with board : % Oh The average day wages
i'm harvest i'm Niiphipau arc II III without