Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-08-02

Battery O., First Michigan light artillery
will hold their eighth annual reunion at
Ransom Creek, Hillsdale county, August
20
Cartain Ben. Strauss OF Detour was
drowned the other day while trying TO save
a little boy.
When the Methodists settled on Bay
View as their campmeeting grounds the
Grand Rapids * indiana company agreed
TO give them warranty deed for the
property IL they stayed there l3 years.
They did 1t and now they will get the
ground.
Forest fires are raging on the narrow
gauge division of the +. * u NJ. railway
James Bullard, one of the three captors
OF Jef. Davis, is deputy marshall OF the
village of Paw Paw.
county by the recent storms is greater than
at first supposed. In addition TO the
damage TO crops, bridges have been washed
away and great damage done TO country
roads.
The directors Of the Michigan fair and
exposition 10 be held in jackson this fall,
have elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, Gen. w. II. Wilmington; vice presi-
dents, M. III. Ray, Frank Maynard, II. q.
Bennett; secretary, Robert Il. McNaugh-
ton; treasurer, A. NJ. Tinker. Gen. With
ington, X. r. McNaughton and ID. >. Smith
were appointed a committee TO see TO the
incorporation OF the us ociattion.
A party of Wisconsin gentlemen have
been making an investigation of the chart
table and penal institutions OF this state, TO
gain ideas Of how the institutions are man
aged.
The Croswell agricultural society holds
its fair Sept. %, 26 %
IL. G.. Gibbs of Manistee, who is about 10
bring 3, coo feet OF logs from Georgian
bay to Bay City, must pay $4,000 export
duty.
Agnes Ryback of Port Austin, and her
two sisters were stringng beads, making
necklaces with needle and thread. One of
the larger girls attempted 10 take the neck.
lace from the little tot, whereupon she
stuck the needle in her drees and started To
run. She fell to the ground the needle
penetrated her breast just above the heart
and broke of. a doctor was called, but
fearing TO risk an operation, left the needle
IN the flesh. The child died the next day.
An electric railway to cost $4,000 is TO
be built in East Saginaw. the common
council having granted the company per-
mission 10 construct the road.
Several bridges south of Decatur were
washed away by the recent storm in Van
Buren, county.
Horace Sebring, who was arrested in
Three Oaks charged with attempting 70
murder his mother, father and sister, has
confessed his guilt, saying that he put AR
senlc in their tea, hoping TO kill them all and
thus come into possession OF the family
property, which would enable him TO mar
ry girl who had refused him on account
Of his being poor.
Charles &. Cuptie of Reed City, was
found dead in bed the other morning.
The Muskegon shingle and lumber com
pany's mill, the largest shing mill in that
city, has shut down on account Of strike
among the knot sawyers, who demand 81
per day. Owing TO the present stagnatiOn
in the single market, the company is not
anxious 10 run the mill and will probably
keep it shut down for the next 90 or 20
days.
There are % lady lawyers among the
alumni Of the Michigan university.
Mrs. Dobson of Litchfield fell over dog
as she was carrying lighted lamp. She
broke one OF her arms, set the house en- fire,
but-the dog was uninjured.
William Duffy, the G. & w. NJ. engineer
who was charged with killing a boy nam
ed Grin Clark by striking hin with his
engine at Holland, has been bound over for
trial.
The decision of the supreme court i'm the
case of Eva X. Beller OF III MT vs.. William
A. Burr ct al. is OF sttte import nee. The
lady was refused permission TO vote for
school officers at the spring election of IS.
She sued and won, ana Burr ct al took the
case up. The supreme court says women
can vote at "a school election tJudge Camp
bell dissenting). The contention was made
that the constitution gave the right OF suf-
irage to males only. The reply of the
court was that the constitution relegated
the school question and all pertaining
thereto to the legislature, and when the
Legislature said who should vote at school
elections it was acting under the authority
the constitution had given it, Eva X.
Beller had right TO vote for school Off
GERS and Burr ct ~. erred in preventing
her from doing So
Vice President Morton is one of the most
noted breeders of Guernsey cattle IN the
United States. His herd will be exhibited
at the Detreit exposition in September.
Citizens of Inlay City are trying to raise
funds sufficient TO hold races there next
month. The citizens claim that they have
the best ha.f mile track ia the state.