Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-12-27


4. ii. Kramer Of East Saginaw fell from
the roof of the court house in Howell the
other day, and was fatally hurt.
T. II. Nichols, OK register OF Branch
county, and ex mayor OF Coldwater, has
disappeared, owing over $4,000
Mrs. Fanny Cowlos, a we'll known Ian
| sing lady, and at one time assistant editor
OF the Lansing Republican, Is dead.
A Grand Rapids furniture factory has
| been oh iged TO send man to Uruguay TO
set up some furniture shipped there.
Margaret Stuart Crofoot, wife OF j. NJ
Evans, died in New York recently. The
remains were brought 10 Pontiac for inter
| ment.
Harry Cook. an old man living near Bar
| lamont, was robbed OF 500 by two men who
entered his house and choked him TO
! death.
r. G.. Peters OF Manistee, offers 800 re-
| ward To the crew on his logging train which
! goes through the season with the least ac-
| cidents.
John Loomis a farmer OF Selma town
ship Wexford county, was killed by IA train
on the c. X. * |. road near Cadillac the
other day.
Charles Brearly has been sentenced to
| IL years in jackson for the killing of Dan
Sinclair, in Boone township, Kent county,
! laSl AUX uSl.
Prof. Craudall of the agricultural college,
! has accepted professorship in the botan
nical department of the Colorado agricul-
tural college.
George Dwight. a convict at Ionia, who
assaulted and tried 10 kill another convict
named James Means, is TO be tried in the
| lonia courts.
George Seagraye, steward OF the asylum
| at Pontiac, has become insane, but the
| medical staff OF the asylum think his Attic
| ton not serious.
Miss Cora Russell of Ithaca will take a
two years course at the Deacouessses'
home in Chicago, and devote her life TO
missionary work.
Friends of Wright, the Benzie county
| double murderer, are working hard collect
! ing evidence TO help the murderer when
the case comes up.
Duncan Macarthur, who killed George
Sousie at Black River last September is
! hopeessly insane, and has been sent 10 the
! Traverse City asylum.
Trains will be running on the Toledo,
Saginaw ~ Mackinaw road between Bay
! City and Saginaw on the lst OF January.
Grand Rapids, Saginaw and Muskegon
each oier lO-dcre site 10 the Chicago
pneumatic power and railroad company to
locate their plant there.
Mrs Hedglin and her boy were arrested
| in Flint while begging. The mother is in
Jail and the child will be sent TO the state
| public school at Coidwater.
IL is said that Gov. and Mrs. Luce, on
their recent trip 10 California were COM
| PEELED 10 ride from Council Bluffs TO San
Francisco in an emigrant car.
John Bradley, a veteran at the soldiers
| home in Grand Rapids, fell from a window
! of the third story Of that institution, the
| thar a I pnlya d - ooh
a company has been organized TO build a
! street railway in Flint. Work is 10 be
| commenced May |, next and the road will
be in running order January !, 1891.
The United States supreme court refuses
! 10 set osiue the verdict of Sl,38 given by
the district court in favor of Johnson, who
was logged at the lonia prison by Wat
! kins' orders.
a sand pit Is feet deep four miles west
| OF Peck caved in the other afternoon, kill
ing John and Alex MacKellar, aged % and
- years. -Four men were buried, but two
! were rescued.
The annual banquet Of the Michigan
! clap, held annually in Detroit Feb. -, will
| be held this year Feb. 81, as the 22nd falls
! upon Saturday.
Frank Il. Davis, charged with swindling
! T.. c. Curran of East Saginaw in n land
father paying Curran the $50 and liquid
atinS the costs incurred.
John NJ Metheany of Grand Rapids
superintendent OF the northern division of
] the q. *. * t. railroad. died a few days
! ago. from blood poisoning, resulting from
an liberated tooth.
During the past season the lumber man
ufactured at Cheboygan was 121.0OU. 900
feet, with 33,00O,000 pieces of lath. The
lumber report exceeds by 5000 600 feet
the output OF any previous year.
The Northern express company which
was organized TO handle the express on the
800 line, has collapsed and the Ameri-
can express company has signed a contract
! TO handle the express on that line.
Robert johnson, chief clerk in the pay
master Office of the G.. H. X / railroad,
and confidential secretary 10 President
Hughart, has disappeared with from s., 900
10 $1,000 of the company funds.
Reuben Skinner Of Painfeld, Kent
| county, - years old has just procured a
license 10 marry Angelina Scott, who is "a
years OF age. Reuben was first married in
ISIS, and his wife lived until year ago.
Col. George r. Sanford has s}3, 600 worth
of libel suits against the l. nsing Journal.
He was afraid that he would not get jus
tice in lngham county, and has asked for a
change OF venue, which has been granted.
Cladius b. Grant Judge OF the twenty
fifth circuit, has rendered his resignation,
which has been accepted. The governor
has not decided whether 10 fill the va.
cancy by appointment or call a special
election
Frank Anderson, who was recently &C
quilted of the charge of burning the Charlie
voiX county court house, has been arrested
on charge OF perjury, preferred by man
whom he said knew all about who fired the
building.
On the Saginaw docks there is a total OF
1919, 81 900 feet OF timber, OF which 20, sos,
600 is sold BAY City docks have 1890
900 feet a. AL 900 sold. This is 2,0OJ,0JC
feet more than was upon the docks one
year ago.
Hon. Daniel Barber of vermontvile
celebrated his goth birthday recently
Mr.. Barber, who has lived in Vermont
willie for more than half century, WIS
Eaton cOuntys first representative in the
legIslitu