Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-01-13

pense OF moving Two sites have been
offered them-one at Lakeside and one at
| North Muskegon.
A verdict was rendered in the case OF
Willie II, Smith of Baldwin against Dun
ham, Peters a. Co. OF Manistee, for $4,000
damages. Willie wa an employe OF the
| firm at their mill in Chase. He fell through
hole in the floor Trying to save himself
he had his hand cut Off on the saw. lie
sued the firm for damages for negligence
William H. Hunter, piano tuner OF AL
pena, was found frozen to death near
Oscoda. He was terribly frozen, his tongue
cleaving to the roof OF his mouth and his
extremities being like sticks.
Albert j. Scott was killed in an accident
on the logging road of Pitt a. Grange, near
| Ogemaw Springs.
lshpeming has been named as the place
and Wednesday, Jan. -, AS the date, for
holding the republican congressional con-
ven.ion to nominate "a successor to the
late cougressmon Mofat.
VIM. Harrison Fisher, aged 81, u farmer
living in Monitor township, Bay county
has been missing since last October or
early in November. The authorities have
arrested his wife and one Henry Wallace
and will hold them pending an investiSa-
ton OF the case.
Antrim county poor house was opened
Jan. |, ISIS.
Wyatt Ryan, tho Karen who was educat-
ed at Kalamazoo college and the medical
department OF the U. OF NJ is dong very
finely in hospital AMI general medical
practice at Moundec, Burmah. His oldest
son is named Edward Oiney.
An epidemic of typhoid fever is raging
IN Jackson perison.
New commissions have been issued from
the AdJutant Generals Office Tor the
following named officers OF tue Michigan
state troop: Company e.. First Reg iment
| Muskegon, Geo. III. Armstrong, as second
lieutenant; Company H., First Regiment,
Jackson, Edward l.. Lennon as first lieu
tenant Frank VI. Drumm, second lieuten-
ant; Company b., Second Regiment
Grand Rapids, VIM. ). Kinney as captain
Jacob Schroder, second lieutenant, Com
| pany H., second Regiment, Manistee, G.,
| IL. Crane, as captain, john l.. IhornburII
first lieutenant j. V. Mcintosh, second
lieutenant; Company X, Third Regiment
! houghton, Ed. r. Douglass as captain,
| George Miller, second Lieutenant. Ger
tiilcates OF reelection were issued as fol-
iows; John \. Tyrrell, captain, Company
| H., First Regiment, Jackson; W. W. sta
icy, captain, Fred. ShuOuh Jr., first lieu
! tenant Andrew Purcell, second lieutenant
Company r., First Regiment, Lansing;
Geo. +. Chllds, captain, +. A. Aldrich,
first lieutenant, Chas. :. Martin, seconi
lieutenant, Company A., Third Regiment
rlint; Joseph ". herns, captain, =. j.
Schmidt, first Lieutenant, II. c. Thurber,
second lieutenant, Company T., Third
Regiment, East saginaw, Chas. Dupont,
captain, Geo. ". Corns, first lieutenant,
Aenry b. Lathrop, second Lieutenant
Company d., Fourth Regiment, Detroit.
Mrs. Gordonier's grocery store in Cold
water burned the other night. 1t was the
oldest business place IN the city.
Or. AntcAeusays the epidemic Of typhoid
fever ia JACKSON j. caused By poisoned
milk.
Mr.. /. Slater ana Mr.. NJ. Huntley of
Lapeer have been sentenced . pay So
ami COSTS or % days IN the Detroit house
of correction for robblng clothes lines.
Tne contract 10 manufacture 100 cars
for the Chicago, Milwaukee * 1T. Paul
railway has been completed by the Mus
keSon car company. Inc contract price
for the work was in the neighborhood Of
S!OJLUJ.
An organ factory is to be aGd 81 to Char
iotte's industries
Plans are being made to start a knitting
mill at MendOn,
Five men started 20 ride to the surface
in No. shaft of the Champion
ron mine az Champion in Mar
quette county. Three OF them, John
Casey, an Irishman, Carl Johnson, a
Swede and w. IL. Craldock, Cornish
man, were riding in the ore skip and two,
Frank Oleson and Chas. Johnston, were
standing on the bail holding the cable.
When between the fourth and fifth levels
the skip left the track and was dumped,
precipitating Casey, johnson and Grad.
dock 10 the lotion of the shaft, neariy
| go feet, where their bodies were horribly
crushed, The other two escaped, one 10y
hanging TO tle cable the other by jump
ing. All were miner.
The Canadian ron company OF ship III.
ing, which has been financially embar.
rassel, mas been reorganized on a firm
| OASIS, Win - l4dcAapeAe, president, II. vi.
Gro ,ker, vice-president' Moses TodtoT
treasurer; ID. f. Wadsworth, secretary /;
W. J. Officer mine superintendent. The
property Of this mine is near the cele-
brated Chaplin mine at Iron Mountain.
The democr attic congressional conven.
ton for the eleventh district, has been
called to meet in Marquette on the Goth
inst. 70 nominate Il successor to the late
Congressman Moifatt.
The state department commander Of G..
\. r. warns the members Of that order to
beware of Il man calling himself Mai j. III
Durham, West Point graduate, 3! years
soldier, and as having been wounded
nine times. lie is posted y Commander
Rutherford as getting drunk, borrowing
money and beating hotel bills, and as be-
Ing in every way dead beat. lie has
been in Ohio, and is now doing this state.
2The Andrew Jackson association OF Jack
son county held its gath annual meeting