Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-06-14

Concord, while driving sheep, struck her
head against "a tree. The next day she was
taken with brain fever aud died before
night.
The Pontiac, oxford & Port Austin road
was sold on the 9TH inst for $4,000 10 sat
isfy mortgage.
Mai. Shook OF Detroit has been appointed
chief of the post office supply department.
Ihe appointment will please the G.. A. r.,
for MAJ. Sh ok entered the army as lieu
tenant of the Fifth Michigan infantry in
'6l and came out ma or in 1865. He was
wounded in the Wilderness.
A SAINT ry convention will be held at
Lud ngton July Il and IL, under the au-
spices Of the state board OF health.
The Saginaw Herald says that IT is esti-
mated that not over 20 per cent at best Of
the average output OF the pinecries will
come down TO the mills on tAe Saginaw
this season.
capt. George Mitchell died at NePaunce
the other morning. He was interested in
many mining prOpert cs and was the dis
cOverer of the bufla.O mine. He was
brother of Capt. Samuel Nj tchen, general
manager of the jackson mine
he co'ored people OF Ypslanti and there
obouts Will hold camp meeting on the
Yps.lonti fair grounds, July 2-S.
Tne mortgage sale of the Pontiac, oxford
s. Port AUSTIN railway TOOK place at
Pontiac June >. IL was bid in by w.
ii. Murphy Tor tho boudho.ders at SG0J-
900.
Edward Tray, aged 30 years, of Cadillac.
drank freely, an started home on the rail
road. He was struck by "A train ana hOrri-
by mangled. The coroner's jury held the
railway company blanelesS.
Axel Anderson Of Cadilia, charged with
the murder Of Gus Jacobson, has been con
victed OF manslaughter.
DIR. w. +. Reid, spiritualst Of Grand
Rapids, has been arrested tor using the
mails TO defraud gullibie patients.
Seymour Foster has been appointed
postmaster at Lansing, vice Henry ID.
Pugh, removed.
The ninth annual reunion of Berdans
Michigan sharp5hoOters, Co Is, was held
in Grand Ledge June ). The following Of
ficers were elected for the pre- sent year:
III esident, j. IL. Brown; vice-pres dent,
Conrad Helwig; secretrry, }. &. Gallop;
treasurer, u. ID. Ward executive commit
tee, George Morton nd Il. Daniels, all of
Onemos. The next reunion will be held in
Wiiliamston June 5, 1870.
The wife Of Rev j. y. Ranney, pastor of
the Pre- ibyterian church az Kalamazoo, lost
her lie in the disaster at John stown, Pa.
Irving Latimer, the Jackson matricide,
has been released from solitary cOniine-
ment and put TO work as helper in the
BLACKSMITH shop.
Frank Mcmahon, postmaster at Au Sable,
h been arrested, charged with having
stolen registered package, containing s., 900
in currency.
The following staff and non C commissioned
appointments have been mace in the Third
regiment, NJ, >. r.: Surgeon, with rank as
ma on, Arthur wilkinson, Alpeua; assist
ant surgeon, Eugene W. Davis, Saginaw
City; chaplain, Rev Henry NJ. Curtis
Flint; first Lieutenant and adiutant, James
y. Mckay, BAY CITY, hrst lieutenant and
quartermastCr, Fred. a. Aldrich, Flint;
sergeant-ma or, Irving Bates, company y ;
qudrtcrm stcr sergeant, John Joiner, COM
pany /; hospital ste ward, Bruusw ok l..
ViltCn, company G.: color sergeant, Charles
i. Gould, company {.
William Quell, resident of Lenawee
county since 1888, is dead
Hiram B. Chapman, a wealthy citizen Of
Petoskey, and father Of Senator Chapman,
died juno 4.
Minister Palmer arrived in Madrid on
the tn inst, and was gwen IN enthusiastic
reception.
Charles DEMO Of Jackson is supposed to
have be- en- lost in the Johnstowu disaster.
Wellington H. Burt, who has been in
Engl n 10 arrange the de ails of the inter
nat ondl SAT- trust, arrived IN New York
on the 4th inst.
\ large number Of fine logs, supposed to
be ong TO Alger, Smith x Co, have come
ashore near Pot Huron lie saving station,
and more were seen heading for Canada.
IL is supposed they came from the Noiun-
teer RAFT
The government has not taken any action
upon the application OF tho governor aud
al utant general of Michigan Tor an order
for the companies OF the Twenty first In
fanny to camp with the Michigan troops at
Goguac Lake.
The 34th session Of the Detroit confer
encc OF the Methodist church, will be held
IN the Madison avenue cuurch, Bay CITY,
septic ubcr 1. Bishop G.. ID. toss of Phila-
delphia pres ding. Hhc Michigan confer
cnce viii meet az GreyIV.AO ocptom Der j,
Bishop toos 10 preside.
y commit &c Of the Jackson merchants
! and manufacturers association has sue
ceoded ia raising u bonus of S.OOJO TO To-
cate the Fuller carria 90 works orglulzed
1 large with kalama 90 cap tal, and Il
! wheel factory in Jackson. Ile compan .es
/ bind themselves TO employ 200 men at the
! start and Tor five years.
The destruction Of the Cambria iron
/ WORKS a. JohustOwn, Pa, Gisdstr0usly af
/ iects the city OF Norway, ti!e miles from
! Iron Mountain. The G. mUrII company
! operates the Pennsylvania ron company :
mines at Norway, and Manager Haley has
! received orders 10 stop al! work. rom %5C
! TO 40 men will be thrown out OF work and
! business is at a standstlil.
Henry >. Raymond. commissioner of in
! sur nee. has applied for permission &c
| wind up the Detroit Mutual IRE insurance
company OF Wayne, Washtenaw and Lena
/ wee counties.
The famous Moles saw mill, which was
| smugg ed into Canada from Detour, has
been sold at Sault Ste. Marie, Canada foi
500 customs duties due. Henry Col
cough Of Milwaukee, bought the plant fol-
( $500.
Jesse Noacre was instantly killed few
days ago in the freight elevator in the
/ Mcmillan building in Grand Rapids, while
attempting 10 get on while the elevator was
/ in motion
A man calling himself DR.. Hammond
! regs tered at the Franklin house in Am
Arbor, and for SCI er days spent his timC
IN riding around the country, inducin.
farmers u put their sick horses under n,
care, demanding his pay in advance, and IT
/ return, giving the farmer guarantee by
, which he agreed 10 re .und their money 4
no cure was effected. at last lie disap
! pclred from the no el, also did his
trunk. TIE C erA by telegraphing around
located him at tho Hurd house, jackson
where he was stopping under the me o
| j. Miller of Detroit. ON receiving tele
phone mess igc, Chief of Police Whitney
arrested him and he was brought back I,
I Ann a rbOr.