Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-10-18
John Rose fell under railroad train at

| cities.
| II. G.. Baldwin OF Lalseview was thrown
from "A horse and killed few days ago.
John Weinhart, tho Indian horse thief
who was In jail at Benzonia, sat quietly
reading paper the other noon, when he
was seized with an epiletic fit, and ten
minutes later he was dead.
August Dahlman, employed at the Ropes
gold mine, fell 200 feet down a shaft and
was instantly killed.
| Milo, the county seat OF Oscoda county,
| Is TO have water works. A dam is 10 be
! made In the river and an hydraulic ram
| used
James s. Hooker father of +. A Hooker
! who died at Charlotte recently, was di-
rect descendent Of Rev Thomas Hooker,
who came TO America in the Mayfower,
and who is mentioned in history as the
leader OF the brave colony that settled in
| Hartford.
A representative of the German syudi-
| cate which has purchased the six largest
non Bessemer ore iron mines in the Me-
nominee range, has secured options for
| the purchase OF several other mines in that
| district
At the meeting OF the Northwestern
branch OF the Womans Foreign Mission
airy Society of the NJ. f. church, in Grand
| Rapids, the following officers were elected !:
| President, Mrs. Isaac X. Hit of Evans
y Il
Il. Crondon of Evanston, H.. treasurer
Mrs. Minnie Preston of Detroit; recording
secretary, Mrs. l.. A. Calder of Chicago.
The question of calling special session
of the legislature 10 remedy the legislative
blunders in the new liquor law, is still be-
ing agitated.
A movement is on foot to make Lansing
the selling center OF the thoroughbred
stock interests of the state, by inaugural
ing "A Dermauent mOnthlV sale there
Amiel Gosch, charged with the murder
of Daniel Sinclair at Harris Creek, Kent
county, has been found guilty of man
slaughter.
l.. w. Wright, Of Albion, was brought
back from outside the state the other night
by Sheriff Henderson on requisition papers
issued by the governor. IL is alleged that
he obtained 500 on false pretense from Nj.
r.. Dayton, OF Jackson, and is under 81 600
bail
The northwestern branch of the Women's
Foreign Missionary society of the M r..
church, desiring TO honor the memory of
Mrs. h. A. b. Hoag, recently deceased, has
decided To establish IA missionary scholar
ship in each Methodist college within its
jurisdiction, TO be called the elizabeth
Hoag Missionary Scholarship The
scholarship will be at once established in
Albion college.
n. II. Stewart Of Kalamazoo, who has
just returned from Montana, is showing his
friends IA sample ticket that was used at the
at the Montana election according 10 the
Australian system. u is over a yard long
aud Is inches wide The method of voting
is slow, but IL is sure. The names Of all
candidates were on one ticket and the
voter designated whom he voted for by "A
mark at the side of the name.
A barn, Zoo bushels of oats, 800 bushels
of wheat and 20 tons of hay. the property
Of 1 IF
" burned the other afternoon. IL caught
from the sparks of IN engine, and a thrash
iug machine separator was burned. Loss,
-, 900, insured.
a special election was held in Allegan
Oct. 9, TO bond the village for the purchase
Of an engine for the water works The
measure was defeated.
The Secretary of the state agricultural
society says the society cleared s., 900 this
year.
More hunters are securing the northern
woods for deer this fall than has ever
been known before.
Edward Frances the cowboy who acct
dentally shot and badly wounded Chief of
Police Kelsey, at the state fair, has been
released from custody at Lansing.
There are 2, 200 students in attendance at
the university.
Company Il of the Forty fourth Illinois
y =
pleasant reunion in Coldwater "A few days
ago The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President, Byron
Goodrich, Wasepi; secretary, Is. +. Rolph,
Tekonsha; treasurer, l.. >. Daniels, Cold
water; executive committee, j. T.. Duben-
derf, Daniel Deciute and w. ID. Joles, all of
Coldwater. The next reunion will be held
in Codwater, October III, 1890.
DR.. w. X. Perry, for many years a resi-
dent of Girard, Branch county, died IN
Denver, Colo, few days ago.
The grand jury in the United States
court has completed the investigation Of
the alleged violation of the civil service
law in the Grand Rapids postolfice and
concluded that no Sc had be en- made out,
and will report mo bill.
The barn of Col. b. ID. Prtchard, on the
farm near LittleJohn Lake near Allegan,
was burned the other afternoon Thresh-
ers were at work, aud the fire caught from
sparks from the machine. The barn and
its contents, 600 bushels oats, $50 bushels
wheat, and thirty tons OF hay, were con-
sumed. The loss is 5000; covered by in
surance. The separator, owned by MIR.
kine.ld, was burned
The reunion of the Twelfth Michigan In
fantry Association was held in Decatur.
Officers elected for the ensuing year are
President, q. Nuttiug, of Benton Harbor;
secretary, VIM. Horton, of Hartford; treas
urer, w. w. Fuller, Of Hatchers Mills,
Ind.
During the late terrific gale on Lake HUI
ron raft of 100000 feet of logs owned by
Port Huron and Bay City people was
blown ashore near Port Austin and left so
far up the beach when the waves receded
that IT will cost more 10 get the logs back
into the water than IL did TO get them
banked originally. They will all have TO
be skidded, and the Job will be undertaken
next winter.
Edward Feakins, who settled in Grand
Rapids in 1870, is dead.
Collector Steketee has divided the Yves
tern internal revenue district as follows:
First division, with headquarters in Grand
Rapids. Col. Zach. Aldrich in charge,
Kent, Ottawa, lonla, MusKegon, Oceana
and Newago counties; second division, w.
Nj. Slosson deputy, Montcalm, Mecosta,
Osceola, Lake, Mason, Manistee, Wexford,
Missaukee, kalkaska, Grand Traverse,
BenZie, Leelanaw, Antrim, Charlevoix,
Emmett and Manitou counties; third divis-
lou, Geo. w. Perry in charge, Eaton,
Barry, Alleg n, Van Buren,, Kalamazoo,
ST. Joseph, Cass and Berren counties.
Charles Bidwell, an Adrian boy, who
| has for some time been connected with a
New York paper, died in the latter city
| the other day. The remains were brought
| TO Adrian.
1t is rumored that Genesee, Livingston
Clinton and Lancer counties will form "A