Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-03-22
WOLVERINE WHISPERINGS.


S. l.. Virgins Of East Saginaw has
bought 5, 100000 feet OF pine on the Tittawa
bassee river
Charles Baer well-known citizen OF
| Port Huron, has been arrested by the Unit
ed States authorities on a charge of yiolat
ing the liquor laws.
James OGrady Of Houghton goes TO
Santa Re TO become bookkecper of Jay
Hubbells new copper mining company.
The property includes about 81, 90 acres of
mineral land.
J. II. Rodngton, a Washington land at
torney, who has been interested in upper
peninsula land for n long time, is at Mar
quette, representing SlaO,OOO in scrip lying
| on lands recently restored TO the market as
unearned on the Marquette, Houghton 81
Ontonagon railway grant h. j. MapeS is
retained by the homesteaders, and the first
case is now on trial before Re ister Bearne.
The lands in litigation are worth fully 81,
900 600, embracing much valuable IMMORAL
| and timber. Over 4,Oe9 claims have been
entered.
Railroad Commissioner Rich recon-.
mends that cars no longer be loaded so that
the material overhangs the ends OF the
cars, making coupling dangerous Some
Of the railroad managers have already is
sued stringent orders to that effect.
John King and Henry Fennella quarrel
ed at Tamarack City tho othor night, whe "A
| Fennella drew a knife and stabbed King in
| the brea St inticting q wound four inches
| deep, near the heart, King Will die.
Miss Agnes Huntington, Kalamazoo
girl, has just made her debut ia London in
the opera of paul Jones'"
Kolasinski, the deposed Polish priest Of
| Detroit, has been sued by Anton Dlugi for
| $4,000 damages for SANDER.
The attendance at the university this
| year is far in advance of that of previous
| years, and second only TO Harvard in this
country. The register In the secretary's
| Office shows ,Sg7 entered this year,
although the actual attendance, as shown
| by the calendar soon 20 be issued, will be
| about |, $50 the loss being caused by with
drawals and changes. The registration in
the different departments is as follows
Ii erary, SOB; law, 407; medical, 3SS;
dental, ll3; pharmacy, 10; homeopathic,
~.
Madam Omas, fortune teller, was ar
rested Ia Apena the other day, and taken
TO Saginaw for trial on "A charge Of embeI-
element. 1t is alleged that the madam in
structed her patrons 10 bring alOng the
| ewelry of their wives and husbands,
| and having secured the jewelry she made a
skip without giving it back.
The state military board are discussing
! the merits OF Whitmore Lake as place for
| holding the next encampment
Charles Wight, recently convicted OF en-
| bez2ling letters from the Detroit post-office
has been sentenced TO two years ir the De-
troi house OF correction.
Mrs. T. A. e. Weadock of Bay City. sis
| ter of ex Congressman Tarsney, ed in
| Toledo a few days ago, while visiting
| friends there.
While some cattle were being driven
| through Owosso by butcher a few days
| ago, a vicious cow made lunge at Mabel
! Henderson, a 10 year-old child, and she
| was picked up and carried about 20 feet on
the animals horns, and then thrown
! against fence The child was severely
| injured, but will recover
A wealthy syndicate has bought up tho
| claims againt tho Engleman estlte OF Man
istee, at "a heavy discount.
| The state fish hatcheres are now plant
ing their spr NJ crop OF young trout.
August 1anto, the Polander youth who
murdered Mrs. Christian Stochal in Delhi
township in February and attempted ~
kill the entire family, has been convicted Of
murder in the first degree, despite tho plea
OF ms nifty raised for him.
John H. Belcher, former citizen and
| prominent business man Of Charlotte, died
| in Austin, Tex, few days ngo
Five Bay City physicians who are inter
! ested in the proposed free hospital in that
city have been dismissed from tho Bay
county medical society, they alleging ir.
! ItEulhI GNuuuCb- ~ ~ hhlu Jnb uOclOTS Will
sue the county and ST to associations If
debarro1 from representation.
Mrs. Elanor Royd, a resident OF Muskc-
gon since 1sf5, Is dead.
An Old man named Dougherty, is under
arrest a. Alpena charged with oriminally
assaulting three Little girls between thu
ages or 10 and IL.
a Detroit e. Grand Haven freight train
jumped the track two miles north OF Birm-
ingham the other evening, wreckiug seven
cars. IL took Ave hours OF daylight 10 clear
away the wreck. Ca 81, a broken wheel.
Andrew MeDonal of Stanton, has bcou
with intent TO com nit murder.
J. K. RAnnoy OF CAicage sued James
Donovsn IN lac circuit coBrt 1T Colswa ter
fer eoDmissi on fees gu the sale Of pine
LANDS. Hs got verdict OF 81, 2o9.
Mrs. Seymour, Grand RAPIDS mntc
was attacked ~ viaAps cow and kaookot