Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-15
The Michigan oone eused milk company

| few days ago. He was the ranking general
Of Michigan and was born in New York,
| March 10, 1927. a lawyer by profession, he
came 10 Michigan when young man and
was United States district attorney when
| the war broke out. He resigned and went
| to the war as n second lieutenant Of the
| Eleventh Michigan, served through the war
as colonel and brigadier general, and for
| gallant and meritorious services was brevet-
ed maior-general He lost leg at Stone
River. In 62 he was elected attorney-gen-
eral of the state, and was reelected. He
also was IA member Of the 4lst and 42d con
crosses and won distinction for his industry
on committee work and for ability as de
| batter.
Acting Superintendent Race of the school
! for the blind has resigned, his resignation
| 10 take effect June 30, and Prof. Geo. Barnes
| OF Howell, superintendent OF the public
| schools there has been appointed superin-
tcndent for two years. The staff OF teach
ers will remain practically unchanged until
Barnes assumes the management.
Lansing is shipping condensed milk TO
Bucnos Ayres.
The wool market is the most inactive
thing in Michigan at present.
President Willis OF the Michigan insti-
tuition will attend the coming national con
ventiOn OF agricultural college representa-
tives at Columbus Ohio.
Four companies Of REGULARS" are TO en-
camp with the state troops AT Mackinac
island.
In Grant township, Iosco county. people
are hunting for lost boy. The lad is about
ii years old, barefooted and subject 10 fits,
and il is thought he must have met his
death in some Of the streams that cross the
forest in which he was last seen.
shortage or rather discrepancy of
nearly $1,000 has been discovered i'm the
accounts of VIM. G.. Beard, when ne was
treasurer of Bay City in 1855. The error is
now being looked for, and if not found Mr.
Beard says he is perfectly willing TO make
good the shortage.
The central school building in North
Muskegon burned TO the ground on the 9th
inst. Loss $1,000; insurance 81, 900.
Michigan democrats are pleased with the
work Of the ~. Louis convention.
John Anderson. a farmer OF Casnovia
township, Kent county, has been sentenced
TO four years in Ionia for counterfeiting.
Mrs. Jane Reding Of Mosherville was so
badly burned while making soap that she
died two days later
Gen. Alger crates at Chautauqua August
-, that day being G. \. X. day
At the annual Michigan Diocesan con
vention in Jackson the following officers
were elected: Detroit president, Rev.
Samuel carp, Ann ArbOr secretary, Rev.
g. Nj. Williams; treasurer, j. +. Pittman,
Detroit. Saginaw Nalley-president, Rev.
T.. Thompson, Saginaw; secretary Rev.
+. W MacLean, Bay City; treasurer-G.
l.. Denham, Flint; Marquette; president
Rev. W. {. Hall, Marquette; secretary
Rev. {. NJ. Pullcn, HOughton; treasurer
Peter White, Marquette. The convention
of 1889 will be held in Bay City.
The report Of the state inspector shows
the salt inspection for May 10 have been as
follows Saginaw county, 81 GO barrels:
h.- 1T.
IS, III OBJ barrels; Iosco county, At, $40 bar
rels; Huron county, ~, 209 barrels, St.
Clair county, 81, 99l barrels; Mason county,
%, 394 barrels: Midland county, 49i4 bar
rels; total, 1864 barrels. The total in
spection for the year to June l aggregates
1889, 1915 barrels
Grand Rapids new city directory shows
population OF 5000.
The body of a young man Is years old.
weighing about l25 pounds, with checkered
clothes and red, bushy hair, was found
dead on the Lake Shore track east Of Clay
ton the other morning. His head was ter
ribly bruised, and il is supposed that he fell
from a train His pockets contained nothing
but small locket and a memorandum book
in which the name McDougall appears.
William Shobelt, living near Norris, heard
his little boy crying the other day. Rush
ing out doors he found the lad in the Jaws
of "A ferocious boar, which broke away with
the little fellow in his mouth. until inter
ceptcd by barbed wire fence against which
the boys flesh was badly torn. Shobelt
killed the boar with an AK. but not before
the son was cruelty torn on the legs and
breast and had three Of his ribs broken. He
is in very critical condition.
Olivet college commencement from June
Is TO p.
John Jameson of Tallman is under arrest
on charge Of arson.
There are 5l7 less saloons in Michigan
than there were year ago.
Charles Lehman, German, 40 years old,
was crushed while adjusting a draw bar on
a car of the Chicago * West Michigan rail
way at White Cloud. and killed instantly
Orrin Gee "A prominent farmer Of Berlin,
Ottawa county, was killed by train on the
Michigan, Grand Rapids j. Indiana road
the other morning.
G. r. Fowles, aged ~, was arrested in
Bay City the otho- day, charged with rob
bling the Michigan Central depot at Lin
wood.
4 small ferry boat capsized at Bay City
the other afternoon. and Frank Schuyler
man and Jacob Gwisdata were drowned
l.. ID. Kics, a counterfeiter, has been sen
fenced in the United States court at Grand
Rapids 10 three years in Ionia.
Fifty thousand dollars of outside money
has come into Branch county this spring
for horses shipped away.
Andrew Junkoviak, aminer, had his head
crushed TO Jelly in the Calumet X Hecla
mine.
At the fifth annual encampment Of the
Sons Of Veterans. held i'm Owosso. the fol
lowing were elected division officers for the
ensuing year: Colonel. Burt NJ Fellows.
Bronson: lieutenant colonel, r. j. Brown,
Kalamazoo Division council r y
Rogers. Reading: George f.. Tracy, Ithaca;
G.. NJ. Williams, Grand Rapids STAFF offi-
GERS: Chaplain, John II Hale, Hillsdale;
adlutant, Joe, Watson, Bronson: Judge ad-
vOcate, George Stcere, Stanton; surgeon,
r. NJ. Guier, Pittsburg; quartermaster,
Perry Crawford, Bronson; mastering
officer, &. a Norton, Lake View. inspect
or, George Hale, Covert
The various boards and committees OF
Michigan asylums met In Pontiac the other
day. and voted 10 reduce the rate of keeping
patients TO $3.50 per week.
The supreme court has denied the man
damus 20 compel the state insurance com
missioner 20 set aside his order revOking
the license of the Hartford fire insurance
company 20 do business in this state be
cause of the violation OF the auti-cOmpact
insurance law passed by the last legislature
An attempt was made 10 wreck a train on