Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-18
WOLVERINE WHISPERINGS.

Miss Jennie SHETLAND of Kalamazoo, has
been Obliged to go back To jail because her
bail ran out and her boLdsmen would not
renew il.
Lieut.. L. h. Baker of Lansing, who com
manded the party which captured Booth, is
lecturing upon the ASSASSINATION of Lincoln
st. Joseph is trying to get the Columbus,
Lima Il Northwestern road
S. b. & A. Il. Stevens, pioneer shoe
dealers Of Greenville, and supposed TO be
among the solid men of the town. have
mortgaged their stock for nearly $4,000
Veterans are packed in the soldiers
home almost as thick as they used TO be in
Libby prison.
s. b. Rogers and brother who lived at
Hastings four years ago, recently obtained
possession of two old claims at Brecken-
ridge, Col, that had been abandoned. and
in less than half an hour after beginning
work in one Of them struck a vein OF silver
which brought them an offer of 500, 900 for
the mine.
The other morning about a half bushel of
ground feed, salt and Paris green was dis
covered in the barnyard of a. l.. Drew, a
prominet resident of Chikaming township,
Berrien county. Some of Mr.. Drew's fine
stock had partaken Of the dose, and four
head died. The mscreant who placed the
poison is not known.
The annual meeting OF the West Michi-
gan Farmers Club was held in Grand
Rapids Jan. 8. Officers were elected as
follows: President, George ). Linderman
yice-presidents, w W. johnson, Grand
Rapids; F.. +. Bosworth, Georgetown, OF
tawa county; SIS Bailey and + M Knapp,
Grand Rapids; secretary treasurer, +. l..
Fuller.
The Au Sable & Northwestern railroad
will connect Au Sable and Atlanta Mont
morency county, and will be completed next
summer. The Au Sable end is being I'm
ished now.
Some Bay City people have formed a
summer resort association, and Will operate
ON one of the Les Cheuaux islands in upper
Lake Huron. The president of the com
pany is A. Nj. Bonstield.
A daughter of James Hathaway Of Grand
Rapids, aged years, apparently died in q
spasm recently, and the Heterogeneous were
made for the funeral, when she resumed
consc BUSINESS. and at last accounts was
rapidly getting better.
A petition is being circulated in Cold.
water asking Tat the governor OF Colorado
commute the sentence of Chas Croswaithe
who is TO be hanged in Denver, Jan. %
Crosthwaite used to live in Coldwater.
A petrified human skeleton was cast ur
by the waves Of Lake Michigan on the
beach near Bridgman recently. The head
and arms were gone, as also the fest, the
body aud upper legs being intact and solid
ly Petrihed.
Henry Ii. Ledyard and Thomas w. Fer
~ are members of the commission tC
represent Michigan at the Washington in
augural centennial.
The circuit court of Bay county has
awarded Jee Kelly 81 COO damages in his
suit against that county for injuries receiv
ed by the falling Of bridge. He asked FOL
$20,0W.
Federal appointees accredited TO Mich
gan, but who hold positions outside of tn,
state, are drawing from the United State,
treasury the vast sum of 500, 900 per an
num-
Hon. Charles III. Taylor, a well lu owI
citizen and politician of Grand Rapids, dice
on the 9th inst.
Three MICHIGAN men are in Washington
trying 10 get the appointment of governo
of Alaska.
Grand Rapids has - newspapers,
Swedish one, just started, making tina
number. a
IL Is probable that bridge $500 feet lon
will be built between Muskegon and Nortl
Muskegon.
People who have paid II. NJ. Wheeler an
J. H. Mcdonald of the Grand Rapids EN-
ployment agency 81 for q Job and have faile
10 get the Job, have caused the arrest OF tn
two for false pretences.