Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-06-28

| tlOn In causing MS arrest Tor EN- be element
| from which charge he was acquitted Sc
| cured a Judgment in the circuit court for
$1,000.
| Rev DIR. David ii. Lord of Howard City
died at the home of Rev DIR Dunn of Hills
dale June 81. DIR. Lord had been trustee
of Hillsdale college from its foundation and
was one of the earliest settlers in Hillsdale
| county.
| Justice Hydorn. one of the justices legis-
| lated out OF office by the new Grand Rapids
| justice OF the peace bill, purposes to test
the constitutlonality OF the act, and will
take the matter to the supreme court
William Arnolds, brakeman on the +.
| 4 Il. M. railroad, was nstantly killed while
unloading logging train at Midland the
| other day.
The supreme lodge OF the Ancient Order
| OF United Workmen In session at Omaha
| elected officers, among them supreme mas
| ter workman, VIM X. Graham, Cedar
| Tails, Iowa, and supreme foreman w.
Warne Wilson, Detroit, Michigan.
The prosecuting attorney of Wayne
| county asks that grand jury be called to
| investigate charges of bribery and fraud
against several officials Of Detroit.
Lieut.. Fred 5. Strong of the Fourth U.
;. artillery, who has been detailed as mill
tary instructor at the Michigan military
! academy at Orchard Lake for the past five
years, has gone To Atlanta, Ga, to Join his
regiment Col Rogers says that it has
been largely owing to the faithful ana com
petent labors of Lieut.. Strong that the
academy has been brought up to its pres
ent high standard and efficiency. HIS place
is taken by Lieut. Van Loo OF the Second
u. =. infantry, who has been at the acade-
my now for nearly year.
Mrs Martin Langley aged 10 years, ,iv-
ing near Coral, suicded the other day by
taking Paris green.
Gov moo ra appointc II n Dlatf n
Washtenaw county, AZ state oil inspector,
and lex Senator j. w. Beknap of Green
vile as member of the blind school board
OF control, III place of Townsend North, de
deased.
1t is feared that the ''midge" has made
its appearance in wheat fields in this state.
The pest Is a small green insect. not larger
than the common plant louise, but very ac-
tive. The berry - not yet sufficiently de
veloped TO show what mischief the insect
is doing, but IL is feared that il is sucking
the JUICE from the growing kernel, and will
cause il to shrink, ii not to be entirely
blasted.
The Flint road cart company have had to
enarge their shop To meet the demands of
increasing business.
The directors of the Chicago * West
Michigan railway company wish TO extend
their road north from Baldwin 10 Traverse
City, distance OF % miles and for this
the stock holders at Muskegon, July |.
Jay Corwin left his home at Grand Rap
ids, Saturday, June 10, and Sheriff LOOMS
Is. Bishop OF Kent county offers S25 reward
for information as to his whereabouts, dead
or alive He is described as follows:
Twenty seven years old, looks younger,
about five feet seven inches high, dark
complexion, dark hair, thin brown mus
tache, brown eyes, corner off upper front
tooth. chioken-pox mark on left side OF nose
close 10 face.
Prof. Wesley Sears, superintendent of
the state public school at Codwater, has
resigned, TO take effect on or before July /.
No successor has yet been appointed, but
one viii be soon. Mr.. Sears gives as his
reason for resigning that he likes school
work better and will 20 back TO that.
Lewis Westgate, farmer living four
miles south Of South Haven, was fatally
injured the other day while pulling stumps,
BY the breaking OF cable.
Two men named koisomend and Warra,
charged with killing John Wahtola, in X e.
weenaw county, were convicted of assault
and battery only.
The annual reunion of the Fourth Michi-
gan infantry was held in Adrian June 20.
The following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President, a. V. Cole; sec
rotary and treasurer, Lieut.. Kinney; first
vice president, l.. II. Salisbury; second vice
dent, A. II. Boes.
Kalamazoo college reioices because it is
out of debt.
Capt Edwin G. Gasfiu, United States
army, retired and president of tue village
in 1870. was buried at Mackinac Island
on the l9Jh inst with full military honors.
| The United States military of Fort Maci-
nae ana the president and common council
of the village attended the funeral in "a
body. The Grand Army and many promi
| nent men OF the county were present.
Martin Schram of Grand Rapids, who
| has been connected with the government
printing office since 1Ss3, has resigned.
Bishop Foley of Detroit has given the
| German Catholics OF Port Huron permits
| sion to build church
Senator Mcmillan has bestowed another
! valuable gift upon the Agricultur-
al college. THIS time it is the
| Austin collection of coleoptera, or
| beetles from Boston. IL is the collection
used by both Austin and Henshaw, in ar
| ranging their catalogue. This collection is
| many times larger than the one sent by
| Senator Mcmillan last winter, and the col
| lege can now be said TO possess one OF the
finest entomonlogical collections in the
west.
The Eighth Michigan Infantry held its
annual reunion in Lansing on the 18th inst.
| The follow n officers were elected: Pres
|
| president, John Buchanan, Grand Rapids
secretary and treasurer, John Maloney,
| jackson. 1t was decided TO hold the next
reunion in jackson ON the 10th of next
| June.
Frank Lotus of Detroit tried 10 commit
suicide by jumping off the Bridge street
| bridge in Grand Rapids. He was rescued
| about half mile from where he jumped in
Rev. Washington Gardner, late of Michi-
gan. has for the third time been elected
grand chaplain of the supreme council OF
the Royal Arcaum.
The 'Order of Delphians," a secret socie-
! ty composed entirely of school teachers, is
getting strong foot hold in this state.
The headquarters are at Lincoln, Neb.
The eastern Michigan association OF
| Christian churches and ministers, in session
at Ray. Macomb county, elected the follow
Ing officers Rev. ). snyder, Oxford, pres
ident; secretary. II. :. Haywood, lie Aing.
ton; treasurer, ID. h. Skinner, Dawson.
The business transacted was purely OF a
local character.
During the session of the present legisla
ture the presiding officer of the senate has
! died, one member of the floor has also died
and member OF the house has gone insane
At the Wexford county fair this fall q
prize of s25 will be given to the best
speller.
James Millen Michigan Central brake