Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-03-01

DIR. Satterlee OF New York declines the
bishopric OF Michigan.
10 IS claimed that gold has been discover
ell inside the city limits az Marquette.
| The Detroit, Bay City & Alpena railroad
! company is now hauling about 200, 900 feet
OF logs per day
Dan L. Hubbard OF Jackson has sold his
trotting stallion Jericho TO l.. Il. Reynolds
| of Hillsdale for 81 200.
The military record OF Lieut. Eben b.
| Fleetwood of the twenty first Michigan in
| fantry is amended so that he is mustered
for pay as a first lieutenant
The Decatur manufacturing company
works, which made wooden ware, have
| ceen closed.
James Davidson has 400 men to work on
three large propellers in West Bay City.
Rev f. l.. Mccoy, late NJ. +. preacher at
| Mason, died recently while acting as mis-
| sOnary at Calcutta His remains will be
| brought TO Albion for interment.
scheme is on foot 10 have all the hospit-
| ais that are scattered in northwestern
Michigan and northern Wisconsin united
under one general management, with head
| quarters at Menominee.
| Robert White, postmaster of East Tawas
| and one of the early settlers along the
shore, died suddenly the other night.
| The game warden i'm the upper peninsula
|
| who have been shipping wood from Flood
! wood, and also killing deer out of season.
| Twenty seven deer carcasses We're found
! in one car Load of wood.
Mr. Schlesinger OF Milwaukee, who
negotiated the ChaDin mine deal, says
that the real purchaser of the property is a
| Berlin capitalist OF fabulous wealth, who
has large inyes iments in all parts of the
world. The mine - TO be wrought up to its
| full capacity hereafter.
John G. Hill, one Of the victims in the
hotel horror at II Hartford Conn, was, from
1876 to 81, cashier of the American express
company in Detroit.
Supt Nicholson's annual report Of the De
trOit house Of correction business shows that
the net earnings of the inst tuition for 1855
were about 80, 900. That amount has been
turned into the city treasurer. The super
ntcndent says The uueasiness mani
tested by organized labor is passing away
and being rep aced by reflective reasoning
more liberal and humane. This is attrbut-
ed 10 the desire TO eXtermiuate the vicious
and demoralizirg contract system"
Mrs Aaron Price. an aged pioneer Of
Adrian, died Feb. 2l She aud her husband
have lived together for 81 years.
Ex-trcasurer Shafer of Clare county has
been held Tor trial on a charge Of embezzle
ment.
Joseph y. Acton OF Decatur has been
granted back pension OF g. 100 and S12 per
month hereafter.
The Chicago & Grand Trunk railway has
pay roll of nearly 0 00J month at Port
Huron and Fort Cratic. The turmoil pay
roll is about $4,000 month ON each side Of
the river.
The new Smith purifier works at Jackson
viii contain "A h6lf-mie o. solid brick walls.
Grand Rapids firm has the contract for
furnishing ice president Mortous house
in Washington.
The state of Michigan owns just ono piece
Of statuary, the bust OF Judge Campbell in
the law library Of the capitol
The proposition 10 make new county
out of one end Of Ontouagon county carries
with IL "a proposition TO name it Mcmillan
county"
w u. German Of East Tawas, a we'll
known Mich gan contractor, has gone 10
Birmingham, Ala, where he is said 10 have
been appointed superintendent of a railway.
II l.. Warner of Rochester, n. ". is al
legged to have stated that II necessary he
will spend ~, 900 20 retain his grip on the
Ma.scn island shooting grounds which
Michigan claims and Is trying 10 keep away
from him.
y new secret society insurance organiza-
tiou Is known as The Modern Wooimcn."
lis officers arc a venerable consul ''wOr-
tny adviser, - excellent banker, ""escort"
sentry" ard ''watchman." Some camps
of the order have been established IN Michi-
gan
A. V. Mann and J. w Moore Of Musbe-
pon owns 1900. 600 feet OF growing pine
in Arkansas and British Columbia.
Walter II. Mcpherson, an employee Of the
+. * H. NJ. railroad died suddenly at East
Saginaw the other day Of hemorrh sc OF
the lungs.
The petition Of 5136 citizens of Michigan
protesting against the enactment Of what is
"a Ct InHt Ntyu .Yp
sented TO the house by Representative
O'Donneil the her morning Senator
StOckbridge presented a similar document
TO the senate.
Robert G. Clark, who lives near Gladwiu
was swinging with his children and his
nervous little boy was watching him. The
swing shook the house and t4e boy became
frightened and Tell dead.
The Michigan shingle manufacturers as
sociation met in Grand Rapids Feb. II, and
decided that the condition OF the market
would warrant asking better prices for
shingles the coming season, and quotations
VIII be raised, although the figures fixed
are not binding. Shcp Frost Of Stanton
was elected president; Perry Lewis OF
Grand Rapids. vice president. and George
Il. Daniels of stanton. secretary.
John +. Mkesweil. a spirit medium
who was arrested al Montague recently for
stealing So from a man while holding a
TO SIX months at iOna
The reunion of the Twelfth Michigan in
fantry was held in Lansing Feb. ~ The
principal business transacted was TO ap-
point a committee 10 urge the passage of a
Dlli To eluallZe bounties. The following
officers were elected President. Joseph
Ruff. Concord: vice-president. Ephraim
| Wallace, Grand Ledge; secretary, II. G..
Freeland. Mason treasurer, Harvey Lap
ham, Okemos. The next reunion will be
held IL Albion.
Judge II, @. Smith died in Flint Feb g.
Re was a member of the constitutional CON
vention in ISIS, and of the state senate in
1857. For eight years he was Judge of pro-
bate Of Genesce county. For the past few
years he mas been lumberipg in Montcalm
county.
The wife Of Judge Daniel l.. Pratt Of
Hillsdale died Feb. -, after an illness of
less tnan a week Mrs Pratt went to Hills
dale with her husband in lS45. and the fam
ly has res ded there continuously since
She lee, os. besides her husband, two sons,
Daniel l. Pratt, ir., OF Fort Randall. ID. T.,
and Judge Charles W. Pratt OF Dakota,
and two daughters, who also res de in Da-
kota.
The annual meeting OF the Second Michi
gan cavalry W held in Grand Rapids Feb.