Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-08-30


Articles OF incorporation have been filed
with the secretary OF state at Lansing by
company organized under the name or
''fhe Fort Street Union Depot Company"
for the construction of q new union depot
on Fort Street. in Detroit. The capital
stock of the company Is set dow. at ST.
600, 700 and the articles set fortS th0t This
sum 'is not less than the estimata' cost
of the station grounds, depot buildings and
track" IL Is also declared III the articles
that the following railways will make use
OF the depot: Canadian Pacific, Wabash,
Flint x Pere Marquette, and others that
may decide to avail themselves OF the STU
alton. The depot site will comprise the
two full blocks bounded by Fort, Third,
Congress and Fifth streets, and the half
block bounded by Fort street and the alley
on the south, and Fifth and Sixth streets.
Rev. James A Gordon. pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Decatur, and who
recently won a prize scholarship at Har-
ward university has resigned his pastorate
, in order 10 embrace the latter opportunity.
l.. :. Burdick of Kalamazoo has been
elected president of the Southwestern
Michigan Spiritualist Association.
The st. Johns Catholic orphan asylum
in Grand Rapids was dedicated on Sunday
Aug. %, Bishop Richter officiating. The
asylum is of white brick, three stories IN
hight, and will cost upwards of 100000
AT present but one wing is built, costing
about 3 ., 600 and the rest OF the building
will be erected as necessity demands IL.
The asylum will be under the care OF the
Dominican sisters, while the Redemption
ist fathers will have school and house
adjoining the asylum grounds. The asy-
lum is built with funds left Tor the purpose
by the late John Clancy, who died in April,
1883, in New York
While Clark Jennings, agel -, was
helping his father load logs near Brighton,
Newuygo county, q log fell upon him,
throwing him across a skid and breaking
his neck
The state fish commission finds fat white
fish weighing two and IA half pounds in
Brown lake.
Harry Gin OF Lansing, and several
other young men stopping at Petoskey,
were amusing themselves about midnight
the other night by having row with an
intoxicated old man, whom they met on the
street. The night Waterman came up and
the boys decamped. After they got home
| Gill complained that he was stabbed and
an examination showed bad looking
cash in the abdomen. The physicians
made n careful examination, and concluded
that he will recover.
State Treasurer Maltz has appointed
Alexander Harrington cashier OF the state
| treasury in place OF Perry j. Davis, pro
NOTED.
Ontonagon county expects 10 soon be out
of the wilderness The Milwaukee *
Northern railroad company is building a
road from Hin Creek, on the Duluth, South
Shore X Atlantic, to connect with sec
tion OF the Old Ontonagon ~ Brue River
road. Ontonagon will celebrate its com
| pletion in few weeks.
John Torrent has obtained a refusal from
( the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad of
| large tract OF pine land situated in Nissan
kee county. He states that the land is
| estimated TO cut about one hundred million
! feet, onc.half of which is the cho iccstof
| pine, the rest being coarse pine and Nor
! way.
! X. NJ. Chamberlain's barn near Flat
! Rock with the entire contents, was des-
! troyed by fire Aug II. Loss, $500; insur-
ance, $500.
! Michigan bankers, in session in Detroit,
| elected the following officers for the ensu-
| ing year: H. G. Potter, East Saginaw,
president; II. J. Hollister, Grand Rapids,
| first vice president; w. Fl. Wilmington,
| jackson, second vice president; +. w.
| Hayes, Detroit, secretary; y. n. >. Yer
der, Grand Rapids, treasurer; r.. j.
! Phelps, Kalamazoo, a member OF the eX-
| ecutive council to ill vacancy; &. &. Bill
| inghurst, Muskegon: n. T.. Choate, Dowa-
| giac; w. Chandler, Sault ste. Marie; Geo.
| Spaulding, Monroe; II. Fairman, Big Rap
| ids; e. +. Harrington, Port Huron, and L.
| :. Anderson Detroit, members Of the eX-
! ecutlVe Councn Tor TWO years.
John Dougherty is in Jail at Big Rapids
for picking $40 from the pocket of Henry
| Hasten.
Edwin Dart is in Jail at Caro-. charged
with committing criminal assault upon
his niece, girl Is years old.
Mrs Leroy Riddle of Grand Rapids was
struck by Reeds Lake dummy train the
other day and fatally injured.
A company has been formed in Kalama-
| ZOO for the manufacture of carts and bug
gies. one hundred men will be employed.
Reported that Geo. r. Smith of the Mid
dlings purifier company will build nam
moth erist mill in Jackson.
Frank Howard was arrested at Paw
Paw charged with stealing horse from
Cornwall Bros. of Ypsianti. He has been
bound over for trial
A company has been formed at Bear
Lake with $1,000 capital, to build -four
| ing mill.
william Turner. aged 80. OF Dexter, died
few days ago. He settled in Washtenaw
county in 1899.
Ella Nicholson Of Grand Rapids has sued
VIM. Wiseman of that city for $4,000 for
breech Of promise and seduction.
Mr. Tuken, a Japanese law student at
the Michigan university, has been in Jack
son making an examination of the prison
system. He will write u paper upon Amer
lean penal institutions Tor the considera
ton of the japanese government
Fred Ficks barns in Oregon township
Lapeer county, with their contents, were
burned the other night, the fire being
caused by an exploding threshing machine
cylinder.
Fishermen say there is scarcity oil
sturgeon in Lake Michigan this year.
Six thousand patrons OF industry held d
picnic at Lake Neppissing, in Lapeer
county.
Black Bear and Chicken Hawk, two oil
Gen. Clusters Indian scouts, are travelling
through the state selling patent medicine
Each holds an honorable discharge from
the United States army.
lease of the Toledo, Saginaw & Mack
NAV railroad, from Durand TO Saginaw
and West Bay City TO the Toledo, Anr
Arbor & North Michigan, is being con
sidered.
One third more students than have eve
before attended the Michigan military
academy have applied for admission thi,
fall.
The main building of the Crescent furni
ture factory in big Rapids was destroye,
by fire the other day. and 5000, 900 worth n
1 "a. .ft,,-. hy,. V,..I