Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-08-09
otsego is the only county in the state

| the Detroit, Bay City * Alpena railroad TO
the Grand Trunk company.
| An epidemic Of diphtheria is raging in
Iron Mountain and vicinity.
IL has leaked out that a big opium SNUG
| Cling business is being done by the way OF
| Charity island in Saginaw bay. The stun
| Is landed there and then taken across in
boats TO the woods, which line the shore of
| Arenac county. Thence il is shipped from
a little station 10 the large cities.
Gov. Luce has appointed George +. Law
| renee of BEDFORD TO succeed VIM. &. Ma
| honey on the Wayne county board OF audi
tors. He has also selected Gen. >. Ii. Da-
| boil as the Judge OF the new 18th judicial
court Of Michigan.
| An English syndicate has an option in the
Bay City brewery plants which expires
Sept l.
Otto Smith from Pennsylvania, aged
about 20, arrested in East Saginaw the
other day charged with drunkenness, was
released the next day and started out on
the Flint " Pere Marquette road, expecting
TO obtain "a Job from the section foreman.
He was run over by passenger train from
Toledo and killed, his body being terribly
mang ed.
Henry White of Birch Run was found
dead on the track near East Saginaw the
Other morning. II is supposed he was
struck by u train.
Mrs. j. H. Pitcher Of Jackson, while
reaching across the table at her res dence,
accidentally hit the lamp, tipping it over
into her lap. Mr.. Pitcher sprang To her
rescue anu snatcbing curtain from Il
window, the only thing available at the
time, wrapped II around her aud smothered
the flames. Mrs. Pitcher was severe Y
burned about the face and arms and Mr..
Pitchers hands were fearfully burned
Twenty eight patients of the Wayne
ASYLUM laUa bapn sent A The pom.
tiac asylum.
An explosion OF giant powder took place
al the Republic mine in Marquette the other
day. Two men and three boys were blown
TO atoms.
Miss Maud Kelly has begun suit in the
circuit court in Grand Rapids against the
Detroit, Lansing X Northern railroad for
s., 900 for injuries sustained while alighting
from "a train at Lakeview on the night of
October Is, l>SS. She claims that thore were
no lights at the station, and that a box was
so placed that she stepped on the edge Of il,
fell and broke her leg and sustained other
injuries
Perry J. Davis, at present cashier in the
state treasury, has been appointed deputy
state treasurer
As Max Brogus, "A miner. was coming TO
the surface from the Queen mine in lsh-
peming in a skip the engineer failed TO stop
the skip at the landing, and 10 prevent be
ing drawn into the sheaye wheel at the top
OF the shaft house, Brogus jumped but
missed his footing and feI into the shaft,
going ? 20 feet 10 the bottom and being in
stantly killed.
George IL. Jamison, formerly of Jackson,
a graduate of the university, and more re
Gently "A well-known new .paper man Of
Washington, died in that city Aug. 3.
Prof r.. h. Smith, special agent of the
department of agriculture, Is making a
study OF the "peacn yelows' in this state.
The old sanitarium building in Flint has
been transformed into a normal school
The officers of the st. Jos phi Valley rail
road company. elected at Berrien Springs,
are "a 70 lows President, j. j. Burns,
Goshen, Ind; vice president, George II.
HUMPHREYS, New York; secretary, Fred.
McComber, Berrien Springs; treasurer,
w. Il. Gray, Berrien Springs.
Elk Constable Fowler of Lansing has
brought suit for $4,000 against tue State
Republican.
John Anderson OF Big Rapids is charged
with forging check Tor ; % on H. NJ. Reed.
The famous Moiles mill, which was stolen
from DetOur and taken 10 Canada, Is now
being operated on Johns Island in the Span
lsh river.
]. MUIR, an aged citizen of Wales, Osce
ola county, tried TO commit suicide the
other day by throwing himself on the track
in front OF a freight train at the Emmett
depot. The wheels pushed him off the
track else his head would have been cut
of. AS it is, he is badly Injured and will
probably die.
Gov. Luce has issued extradition papers
in the case of Jack and Nettie Burgess,
who are wanted in New York for the
HURT diamond robbery. The prisoners
signiiied their Willingness TO accompany the
officers without requisition papers, but the
latter thought them too willing, and were
afraid 10 trust them.
John V. Cody, a young farmer in com
Portable circumstances, was instantly
killed by lightning the other afternoon
while drawing in wheat on his farm, seven
miles north Of Allegan. The stroke passed
from the head downward, leaving at the
feet, and killing the team also The storm
was accompanied by wind and hail and did
much damage.
During July the Calumet & Hecla mine
produced 2,6j5 tons.
The population of the jackson state
prison on July l numbered 80. There
were received during the month sixteen,
discharged thirty. OF these twenty five
were discharged by the expiration OF sen
tence two were pardoned, two discharged
for new trial and one by order of he Jack
son circuit court. The population August
! numbered %. This is the smallest mum
Der on the prison rolls at one time in sever
al years and the contractors are unable TO
carry on their work
| Josiah Barton, one OF the oldest settlers OF
| Hil.sdale, died Aug. ,.
Joseph Fearan was picked up uncon-
scious and badly wounded beside the rail
| road track in Champion the other IN Jrning.
! He alleged that in dispute over his fare
! he was struck over the head with coupl.
ing pin and thrown from moving train by
a brakeman. He laid beside the track for
| twelve hours before he was discovered.
! His condition is very critical.
lonia hopes TO have the free delivery ser
| vice after October l.
The following communicates of Michigan
! Knights 1emplar VIII take part in the
! parade TO be held in Washington oct >:
| Detroit No. l, Detroit; Pontiac No ,,
! Pontiac; Peninsular No 3, Kalamazoo;
Jackson No. 9, jackson; Ann Arbor No. ~,
! Ann Arbor; II. Bernard No. Is, East Sagi
! nav; Bay City No rs, Bay City; Charlotte
| No. 81, On rlOtte.
! Burglars have been cruising considerable
trouble in Leoni OF late. The other night
| Fred Barber, the postmaster, who also runs
a lit store, was awakened by some one
! proving about. lie saw u man running
| from bis store and TAX NJ "A Winchester
rifle he fired at the fellow, but could not
! tell whether he hit him or not as the man