Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-10-12
90, but the ladies have refused to sell them

90, but the ladies have refused To sell them
| for 75 cents.
Robert Harding, travelling salesman for
| New York glove and mitten hou Sc was
arrested In Lansing recently for defraud-
| ing the Spaulding house of Williamson
out OF SIS board bill by means of "a bogus
draft two years ago.
| The state grange meets in Lansing De
| cemberll.
Jeremiah Boardman, aged 10. was killed
by the cars at West Bay City the other day.
James A. Cook, a Lenawee county CON
| Wet in Jackson prison, escaped the other
day. He had seven months yet 10 serve.
Officers Of Cincinnati, Jackson x Macki-
nae railroad elected at recent annual meet
| ing are: President, j. III. Fisher, New
York; vice president, George X. Sheldon,
New York; general counsel, Swayne,
Swayne * Hayes, Toledo; treasurer and
assistant secretary, r.. X. Fisher, New
York; general manager, +. b. Drake.
Mortgages Of St. Joseph Valley Narrow
Guage railroad between Buchanan and
Berrien Springs have been sold to Mr..
Smith Of Kansas City, who is connected
with belt line there,
The Cake -Bigelow syndicate has bought
over q, 900 acres Of land from Charles He
bard Il Son. The land is in Houghton and
keweenaw counties and can be reached by
three mile extension of the Hancock *
Calumet Railroad. The price was s. 10
per acre.
+. Brewer, brakeman on the c. II. &
i. road was killed by the cars at Alba the
other morning.
Charles Johnson and William Robinson
made peculiarly vicious assault upon the
night Waterman of SchwartZ's planning
mill in Grand Rapids last July Their OBJ
ject vas robbery. They secured a small
amount of money and were subsequently,
arrested. Robinson was acquitted, the
jury believing that he was led into the
affair by johnson. Johnson was convicted
and Judge Il lrlingame sentenced him to
% years in states prison.
Siytynine members of the Twelfth Mich.
igan infantry attended the reunion of that
organization in Buchanan on the 9Th inst.
The following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, John Graham, Berrien Springs first
vice president, Benton Stems, Berren
Springs; second ice-president, John +.
Barnes, Buchanan; secretary, William
Horton, ir, Hartford; treasurer, w. w
Fuller, Hatch Mills, Ind; historian, G.. w.
Lewis, Allegan. The next reunion will be
held at Decatur.
O. II. Dickinson Of Juniati exhibited six
pumpkins at the fair which weighed $50
pounds TIE largest one weighed 1872 lbs
The new apartment house at the agricul
tural college has been named Howard Ter
race, in honor of Sanford Howard, who was
secretary of the board from 1854 to 1871.
Jonesyille's big cider mill and fruit evap-
orator has commenced operations. Its
graters, parers, corers and slicers are run
by steam, and its cider presses have a ca
pacity of 1000 bushels per day.
Prof. j. A. Cook Of the Michigan agricul-
tural college saws that the Eastwood tree is
the most beautiful for street establishment
The homesteaders of the upper peninsula
are about to have Justice done them. Com
missioner Stockslager of the general land
Office recently returned TO the receiver and
register of the land Office at Marquette the
applications of los settlers on the indemnity
lands OF the Marquette, HoughtOn x On
tonagon railroad for allowance by the local
officials.
The house has passed the bill increasing
the pension of William f.. Spriugstcin OF
Detroit, from $50 to $50 month He was
private in Co. G.. Fourteenth Michigan
volunteers.
A Tuscola county farmer states that he
knows Of a number of farmers in that
county who have in their graneries the
yield from their wheat fields for the past
five years, some having as much as 5000
bushels. Another farmer said that there
were plenty of wheat growers in t'rankcu-
muth who have done the same thing
The fourth annual convention of the Y.
w. &. A, will be held in Plymouth Oct, 10,
20, 81.
There are $50 students enrolled at the
state normal.
l.. r. DOrr and Robert Reed have pur-
chased 100 acres of land in western part of
Alcoma county and will devote it chiefly 10
sheep raising.
Michigan's university Is en- toying a de
cided boom this year. From present indi-
cations the total number of students in all
departments cannot fall short Of ], 100, and
may reach 300.
James Duggan's saloon in Cheboygan,
was broken into the other night and $500
taken.
+. Il. Horton, member of the state board
Of agriculture, has rendered his resigna
ton.