Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-10-25
WOLVERINE ITEMS.

S2OOOO damages for false Imprisonment
The complainant claims that Col Dean
asked him TO meet him at his store. he
went and Dean aud King charged him
| with being the author of "A scaudalous let
ter which a young lady freud OF Col
! Deans had received few DAYS previous.
| Stevens denied the charge and claims that
| Dean and King used every enort TO make
him confess 10 being the author he
| claims that the doors 10 the store were
locked and he says revolver was display
ed conspicuously as "A method OF lntlnldat'
| ing him. After some time the doors were
unlocked and he was allowed to depart.
| Col Dean says no force was used and no
threats made during the interview.
| hurry Lytele has been given verdict Of
1000 against the Chicago n West Mich
| lgan railroad by the circuit court at Grand
| Rapids. In 1856, while a switchman on the
| road at Muskegon, he was run over and
| lost leg He sued for $4,000. The case
will PROBABLY be appealed.
The Port Huron tunnel is being bored at
both ends.
Drouth in this state has had a deleterious
effect on the newly planted wheat.
| w. NJ. Maynard 5 hardwood mill, be-
tween Rodney and Chippewa Lake, was
| destroyed by fire the other morning Many
| thousand feet of lumber were lost with
! no insurance and none on the mill. The
| loss was caused by wood fires, which are
running freely in this section, owing To the
| drought
David Carpenter, n wealthy resident OF
| Blissteld, was assessed on large amount
| of mortgages He paid under protest, the
| taxes being over 500, and sued the town to
| recover. lie claimed To be resident OF
| Florida, where lie lives part OF the time
and where he owns landed property. The
| jury in the Lenawee circuit court heard all
| the evidence but did not think that his
raE ifin = hap h.Aa nr fntlP M = :.
| year made him bona-ide Floridan, and
refused to give him verdict
Delos Down, merchant Of Freeland,
| was nearly killed on the 10th inst by the
| explosion of dynamite cartridge thrown
by mistake into the stove. His recovery is
doubtful.
Peter Carey, who has lived in Ann Ar
Dor % years, IS dead
Dick Trevillic, well known in this state,
is stumping Ohio for the prohibitionsts.
Fire broke out in the laundry of the
Lewis house i'm Escanaba at an early hour
the other morning, and such Roadway had
the flames gained that the entire block was
destroyed, at a loss of $500 before the
tiremeu were able 10 control the destruc-
tive element
The fifth annual state convention OF the
Y. w G.. a. met in Ypsilanti with 100 dele
gates present The following Officers were
elected: President, Miss Bernice Hunting
of Alma; first vice president, Miss smith
Of Ionia; second vice president Miss Eos
ter secretary, Miss Nina Nudge; assist
ant secretary, Miss Minnie Westrater OF
Olivet College.
Some one stole $500 span Of horses from
David Halstead of Clio the other night
The state prison board has decided to re
build the portion OF the jackson prison
which was burned recently.
ri, S+auIar1 ,oal NINA ot Iaclson has
been partially flooded and 30 men are
thrown out Of work for time.
Miss Carrie Julia Barlet has been or
dained aud installed as pastor OF the hala
mazoo Unitarian church.
Birdsall Bates, who as "Col Wilson"
swindled numerous veterans in western
Michigan, has been sent TO the house OF
correction for l. months.
The Saginaw. Tuscola & Huron railroad
company has brought suit for $4,000
against G.. NJ. Rice, its late auditor, who is
charged with $1,000 short &c in his ac
counts.
Ann Arbor boasts Of being PCS feet higher
than Detroit, $50 feet higher than Sault Ste.
Marie, and zoo feet higher than st, lgnace,
Alpena, Marquette, Flint, Grand Rapids,
Manistee and CharevoiX.
The Sargent manufacturing company Of
New York, and the Child chair company Of
Chicago have merged and will build fac
tory at Muskegou. Beds, chairs and inva-
lid appliances, etc, will be manufactured by
about loo hands.
In the trial of Charles Stelitz for shoot
ing Solomon Fech of Iron Mountain, the
jury at Marinette, Wis, brought in YER
dict OF murder ia the second degree. The
defense is said to have made an attempt TO
charge the crime upon three Indians who
claim TO have seen the murder committed.
The Governor has appointed John X.
Boies OF Hudson, member of the commits
sion 10 audit the Johnstown subscriptions
and disbursements.
Taxpayers of Calhoun county ask the
board Of supervisors 10 set tramps at work
breaking stone.
The prosecuting attorney of Kent county
informs Gov. Luce that he is obtaining
evidence against Ryan and Murphy, the
pugiists, VINO fought fight near Grand
Rapids, and will take prompt action to
wards prosecuting them.
David ID. Trumbull died at his home, four
miles west OF jackson on the 20th. inst
aged So. He came 10 jackson county 90
years ago, and has held many Offices Of
honor. He was brother of Hon Lyman
Trumbull OF Illinois.
The executive committee Of the teachers
association met in Lansing few days since
and outlined the program for the next
annual meeting of the association, which
will begin in Lansing on the afternoon of
December 20 and continue until noon of
the y tn.
\ dog was attacking calf tied to post
in a yard near Mrs. Lindeau's house in Bay
City, Mrs. Lindeau went out to drive the
dog away aud the calf in running around
the post wound the rope around the woman
so that she was injured internally, and died
10 minutes attS being released
Miss SHETLAND, the Kalamazoo girl who
was arrested for forgery on one count, has
been freed by the supreme court, which
has reversed the decision of the lower
court.
Monte ID. Hurlbert superintendent of
the Au Sable & Northwestern railroad, is
dead.
Suel Fisk of Palmyra, Leuawee county
gets % years in Jackson, for assaulting a
little girl.
Mr.. Eliza Taggart Of Charlotte is editing
the Hillsdale college Herald.
John Kay of Brookfield attempted TO
blow OFT boiler when il was carving %
pounds of steam and was terribly scalded
The coroner's jury in the case of the
three men killed at Lansing states that
they came TO their death, but does not as
sumo the responsibility OF fixing the blame.
BY order of the secretary of war the com
handing general OF the division of the At