Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-09-14
The report OF the state inspectors shows

the SAT- Inspection Tor August as fOllows
Saginaw county, ll2,95s barrels Manisteo
county, l03,0s3; Bay county, 1858; st.
Clair county, -, 356; Iosco county, -, 4s6 /;
Mason county, 42,6sl Huron county, ~,
319; Midland county, 1920; total, 4G2, SO
barrels. A comparison OF the inspection
for the year TO September shows as fol
lows; 1884 2 l05, 800 barrels; 1888, =, i76, l32
lss6, 2,52s,d50; 1887, $40, S67; 1855, 2,o7l,
| S33
Henry Souers OF the barge G.. X. Jackson
was arrested in Bay City few days ago
| on "a capias at the instance OF Edwin Morse
| OF Marquette, who claims $1,000 damages
| for an assault and battery committed June
3, nj the latter place. Morse has been in
the hospital ever since with a broken leg
and other injuries. Capt. Souers gave
$1,000 bail 10 appear at the December term
OF the circuit court.
ID. Hoyt Of Schoolcraft paid so the other
day for shooting duck before September |.
The right OF way for the new railroad be
tween Battle Creek aud Goshen, Ind, has
all been secured but twenty miles.
j. Wilson Turner the colored ex minister
Ia Liberia, Is anxious 10 meet ID. Augustus
Stalker OF Detroit in the political arena.
The tenth annual fair Of the Western
Michigan agricultural and industrial society
occurs at Grand Rapids during the week
opening Sept. L.
The examination Of Capt Durant OF the
schooner Emma, on "A charge of opium
smuggling has been al burned at Port Huron
until the 18th inst
over POO pounds Of quartz studded with
gold, worth $500 or 5000 were taken
from the Michigan mine the otherday. The
mine Will be worked by "A large force re
CARELESS OF the law suit for its possess on.
The Lake Superior Iron Commny's shaft
has struck gold again at a depth of 90 feet,
and specimen OF rich rock has been sent To
Chicago. with custodian for exhibition TO
the doubtful
The Tamarack Il Osccola copper manu-
featuring company will build at once AN
eight-furnace smelling plant AT Dollar bay,
whore the product of the Tamarack x
Osccola and kcarsage miucs amounting TO
LOCO tons per month, viii be- smelted
The time % redeem state and county
taxes of lSS5 expires Sep. 30. Those who
have been delinquent and do not settle
with the county - iSurer before that date,
will have 10 settle with the tax title men.
The sale OF 1855 titles occurs on the first
Tuesday in October
President Cleveland has issued an order
waving al techniCalities with reference
TO advertising for contracts, etc, and di-
rectiug that every effort be made 20 raise
the blockade at the ST Clair flats canal.
\ horrible calamity occurred at farm
house about 70 miles from Crystal Falls on
the SIN llNl. LOUIS Drown = mousse TOOK
fire. Before his wife could get out she was
So terribly burned that she cannot live.
Brown got out safely, but rushed back
again 10 get his money, was overcome by
the smoke and burned so that no trace of
the body can be found Six children es-
capped unhurt. Loss, $1,000; no insurance
The tire was caused by lamp exploding in
"A bed room.
\ dispatch from Montreal Quebec of
the sth inst, says: II now turns out that
WaldrOn. the absCOnding banker Of Hills
da.c, Mich. has sailed for England by the
steamship Partisan \ private creditor
who had claim of 5000 had him arrested
but allowed him 10 depart after be had set
tied the claim. Detectives, however, were
unable 10 locate him a woman supposed
10 be Mrs Bidwell, accompanied him. He
is supposed 10 have taken $1,000 with him
The special election on the eth inst. 10
bond the city Of Jackson for the purchase
of the Geo. +. Smith purifier plant by the
city resulted in a majority OF ! So in favor
Of the purchase. n light vote was polled.
This years weld of peaches VIII be the
largest ever known in Michigan.
f. German * Co Of East Saginaw have
broken ground at their extensive factory
premises for six story brick warehouse
i5X2lO feet area. This concern is now Civ
ing employment 10 POI men, and the force
is 10 be steadily increased. II is one of the
largest planning mills and factories in the
United States.
Cen. II. \ A'grr will deliver the eulocy
on the late Gen. Sheridan at the annual
meeting Of the Grand Army Of the Cum
berland at Chicago September 10.
Rev. II. f. Manning, pastor of the North
Baptist church, Detroit, has received "A call
from the English speaking Baptist church
at Rangoon. Burmah. He has the matter
under consideration.
Casnoyia will have a roller process mill
in operation in few wee :
a live rattlesnakc five feet long and two
inches thick has been presented 10 the uni
versity museum.
A fire alarm telegraph system is being
put in in Saginaw.
The St Joseph knitting factory has shut
down for an indefinite period
The weather crop bulletin Of the Mich.
gan weather service for september SAYS:
The weather conditions of the past
week have bcen injurious 10 corn
potatoes and buckwheat The corn
is ripening prematurely and potatoes
have not had sufficient rainfall 10 bring
them 10 fullness and buckwheat was badly
touched by frost on the 9Th inst Corn was
badly frosted on the low lands by this frost,
but the crop on high dry lands has not been
damaged TO any extent as yet. Corn cut
ting Is in progress in the central and south
ern sections OF the state, but rather 20 keep
the crop from drying up than because il is
fully matured The crop will be nearly a
fair average, although in some cases the
kernel will be shrunken. The crop will be
secure from the effect Of frost by the 18th,
and for causes noted above will be nearly
all cut. Flowing il progressing slowly,
and wheat seeding is begun in some por-
tons OF the central sections. Potatoes have
been most effected by the continued drought
which is seriously felt In the southwestern
part Of the southern section.
Lewis Whitaker was struck by an east
bound freight pear Bancroft the other
afternoon and was seriously injured His
skull was fractured and his left arm was
amputated at the shoulder.
A sanitary cOnven tien is to be held in
Hastings December and 4.
Clarence shepard, OF Bangor, raised a
sunfower this season measuring ~ inches
across the blossom head, and with leaves
- inches long.
Jerry BOynton's Central Michigan rail
road company, which has a hand in the
pro. ect for building railroad cater corner
ed across this state, has been mortgaged TO
the Central Trust company of New York