Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-09-13


Frank Howard of Bellaire has been
sentenced TO Jackson for 10 years, for bur
glary.
Joseph A. Tirrell, an ex. bishop of the
church of Christ, died in Grand Rapids a
few days ago,
The infant son of Mrs. +. l.. Decker, OF
Lake City, tipped pan OF boiling water
upon himself the other morning, while its
mother was out OF the room, and was
scaded TO death.
The organization has been perfected in
East Saginaw of the Ohio X Michigan
Anglo-American storage battery company,
and articles OF association have been filed
in the Office of the secretary of state at
Lansing. The shareholders are. George +.
Cross, r.. Hallenbeck, Sanford Meller,
w. G.. McCline. j. II. Booth, w. T.. Alling
ton, w. III. Curtiss, H. l.. Brintnall, John
-. Porter and X. NJ Randall, and the CAPT
tai stock is II 100000, divided into 10000
shares or $40 each. IL las lease OF 20
years life, and is authorized to transact
business in Michigan and Ohio, with the
main Office in East Saginaw. The prnci
pal business for which the company is
formed is TO buy. sell and deal in storage
batteries and other electrical devices, ana
TO furnish power, light and electricity for
general uses. The company has secured
the Sorley system franchise for the states
named, the patents of which are owned in
New York
Natural gas has been found on the Had
dington stock farm near Ionia.
The w. &. + L. of lonia has appointed
special committee TO see that the law re
regarding screens in saloons is enforced.
The Bethlehem home knitting works will
be removed from Milwaukee to Manistee,
and will start in with capital of $4,000.
At least 20 hands will be employed.
O. f.. Jones, Michigan Central station
az NO has
been appointed agent OF the Chicago st.
Paul X Kansas City railway at Minneapo-
lis
The excavation for the tunnel at Port
Huron on the Michigan side of the river
is being carried forward at the rate of five
feet per day. Two hundred feet of the tun-
mel has been completed. At the Sarnia end
the position is not so favorable. The sides
of the hopper have been given an easier
slope so as to prevent, as far as possible,
any further slip. The pit into which the
shield is to be lowered has been eXcavated
to the required depth, crbbed with strong
timber and fioorcd with Portland cement,
and the porting shield is now being set ready
for advancing.
G.. j. Van Scooter of Caro- has sold 10000
acres of yellow pine land in Alabama TO an
English syndicate for $40, 900.
Michigan lumbermen are engaging exten-
sively in handling hcmlock lumber
Some idea of the loss of the peach grow
ers in the territory tributary 10 this port
can be seen when II is stated by the dock
men that not one basket of peaches has been
shipped so far this year for each thousand
that had been shipped up TO this time last
season. Then the boats were carrying
from 5000 10 5000 per day. Now they often
er have less than half dozen baskets than
more.-Saugatuck Commercial.
a serious outbreak Of typhoid fever is
reported at Negaunec.
A lamp exploded beside the bed of RS
w. II. Mann of Lake Odessa. The house
was burned TO the ground The woman,
who was alone in the house, and her furni-
ture were gotten out in safety.
John Staley has been appointed agent of
the board of corrections and charities for
Crawford county.
Two pedders called at the Block house."
dive 30 miles back in the country from
Harrisville, and while trying TO sell the
inmates some dress goods. were robbed of
$500 worth of jewelry. The peddlers re-
turned to Huntsville and notified the OFF
GERS, who at once went to the scene Of the
robbery, but the inmates had gone.
Augustus Dow, a prominent business
man Of Battle Creek, was instantly killed
the other morning by kick from a horse.
Olivet college has extended its corporate
eXistance 20 years, and elected the follow
terfeld; secretary, George w. keyes;
treasurer, Frank 5. Belcher; fnan-
cial agent, Rev. w y. Williams;
board OF directors, +. n. Ely,
Rev. c. w. Millery, &. b. Stowell, Leroy
Capil, Philo Parsons, G. Zaley, Eugene
Rutter, j. =. Farrand, Rev w. Davis,
Judge +. A. Rocker, David Whitney, ir.,
Wellington W. Gunner, Geo w. Radford,
Alanson Shelley. Penney Fralick, Prof. G..
Potsford, Harvey j. Pollister, Fitz L. Reed
Rev. a. Hastings Ross, d. NJ Ferry, f. =.
Belcher Rev w. b. Williams, y. X. War
rem and Rev. Leroy Warren.
Goods to the amount of 500 were stolen
from Beals 4 Maxwelrs store in Grand
Blanc the other hight.
John G. Brown of East Saginaw, a well
known lumberman, has a farm of 2i0 acres
two miles east of the city, on which were
erected the finest buildings in Saginaw
county Fire broke out in the grain barn
on the 9Th inst, the origin being spontane-
Gus combustion caused by damp oats heat
ing, and spread over the entire property.
Four barns, blacksmith shop, ice house,
dairy, kitchen, stables, corn cribs and hog
and chicken pens were destroyed. The live
stock and residence were saved, but the
entire seasons crops, tools, etc, were cc-s-
sumed. Loss, 1000; insured for s.,
+. w. Simmons, superintendent Of the
Methodist Sunday school in Augusta, was
beaten out of s270 by three card monte
men in Battle Creek the other day.
Charles McMullen of Escanaba fell
from passenger train near West
Menasha, Wis, the other night and
was so badly hurt that he died. a special
train sent back TO pick him up found him
lying by the track, sour1ly snoring and APP
parently unh.rt but alter his injuries de-
yeloped.
Ten thousand dollars was the amount APP
propriated for dreoging the Port Huron
middle ground i.l the 81. Clair river. The
money has been spent and the work accom-
plished, giving depth Of II feet over the
bad spot
w. II. Sawr, head miller in the Eagle
mills in Kalamazoo, was accidenty caught
in the gearing the other day. His cloth
ing was torn off. and with il a portion of
his left side. II was narrow escape from
instant death, but he may recover.
Mrs Joshua Tomplzins of St Clair coun-
~ on the Sd inst recorded the deed 10 her
farm received from the government 50
years ago.
A three-year old son Of farmer named
Ruthhordt OF Kassou, Grand Traverse
county, was gored 10 death by bull the
other day.
a rich deposit of gypsum has been found
at ST. Ignace
The authorities of Spring Arbor paid
pauper fare 10 Europe rather than keep
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