Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-11
sers. Charles Miller of the Jackson EN-

| Dr. MAfK ftuSScy. al Olu Tcsluent OF
| jackson, has been arrested, charged with
the larceny of court files containing securi-
ties alleged to have been forged by him.
Marcus Pollasky, in connection with sew.
eral well known capitalists, proposes TO
| incorporate company TO construct a rail
| road from Minneapolis and st. Paul TO Es-
canada. The new road will be known as
the Escanaba, Twin City 4 Western rail
| road and will be an opposition line TO the
J Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie 4 Atlantic
road. II viii be $50 miles long.
On the 30th OF January tho stockholders
| OF the different railroad companies com
| prising the Flint 4 Pere Marquette system,
the Flint 4 Pere Marquette railroad com
pany, and the East Saginaw IL st. Clair
| railroad company, and the Saginaw and
| Mt. Pleasant railroad company, and the
| Saginaw x Clare county railroad company,
and the Manlstee railroad company-will
| meet at East Saginaw and vote on consoli-
dating them all into one company.
A new bank, known as the Peoples saw
ings bank, has been organized at West
| Bay City.
| The second annual reunion Of the Sixth
| Michigan cavalry, was held in lonia on the
| LIST inst 100 members being present. The
| election Of officers resulted as follows:
| Gen. j. II. Kidd president; Capt. j. o.
| Probasco, vice president; Capt - u. Cur
tbs, secretary; Levi j. Barnard, treasurer,
lonia was selected as the place of the next
| meeting.
DIR. David Ward OF Gladwin, owns more
than 500, 900, 600 feet of standing pine in the
| lower peninsula.
StimsoE's logging road in Mecosta county
| has been sold TO the G.. Il. X J., road, and
! the road will be put in shape and used as
| branch from Big Rapids to Ludington.
DR.. a. l.. Ruffe Of Oscoda, was decoyed
| from home during the night TO see
| patient. During his absence his house was
| fired and burned 10 the ground. His
| patient was myth.
Bids have been opened at Washington by
the supervising architect of the treasury
| for the approaches 10 the public building at
Marquette, AS follows: j. X. Lawrence,
| Marquette, ), 464, time to complete July /
w. II. Smith Marquette, =, gOl, time June
| |. Bids were also opened for steam heat
ing apparatus for the same building. The
| bids were: Crook, Horner IL Co, Balti-
more, 5000, time 90 days; - /. Pope. Chi
| cage, $3.50, time so days; M. X. Manhard,
| Marquette. S5,315, time 90 days; Bartlett,
! Haywood & Co., Baltimore, Sj,94S, time 90
days
New Workers living in Kalamazoo coun-
ty, will hold reunion February L.
Duudee's gas well is down ! 500 feet, and
the drill is still going Chinaward
Phoebe Hayes of Ada, Kent county, has
been held in $500 bonds for violation of the
pension laws
A gravel train jumped the track near
Colon the other morning. Brakeman
Frank Matthews of Middleburg, Ind, was
instantly killed and six other men injured.
Martin Healy, aged ~ years brakeman
on the Flint Il Pere Marquette log train,
was knocked from the top of car while
switching cars in East Saginaw, and was
struck on the head by plank projecting
from an adjacent lumber pile at Brown X
Ryan's mill. The top of his head was
smashed in and he was killed almost in
stantly.
John O'Brien. at one time o prosperous
business man of Kalamazoo, dropped dead
on the street the other morning.
Charles O. White, the well known theat-
rical manager Of Detroit died at his home
in that city on the End inst.
Mrs Thomas Faulks of East Saginaw,
who was shot by her jealous husband a
month ago, has recovered and left the city,
and the case against the would be murderer
| Will doubtless be dropped
John Bigelow, an old resident of Mecosta
county and his young son and daughter
were taken suddenly i'll several days ago.
! Investigation resulted in the finding paris
| green in the coffee. Bigelow's II year Old
| daughter hayward girl, who refuses 10
| live at home, coniesses that she did the
| poisoning. The father doesn't want TO send
the girl to prison and he's at a loss as to
what to do with her.
MAJOR Blackman and Representative Sey-
| mour have at last succeeded in getting the
| Michigan land forfeiture bills into the CON
ference committee. and IL is hoped that a
| final settlement will now be reached. The
| bill in its present shape forfeits the Mar
! quette. Houghton and Ontonagon IL Brule
! River grants, and confirms only such cash
| entry lands as are not settled upon by
| hOmesteaders: a communication provision is
| also introduced but the Michigan men will
| attempt TO have this stricken out.
Charles II. Foster post, G.. a K. of Ian
! sing, viii petition the legislature to procure
y statue of Gen. Custer to be placed in the
satuary hall in the capitol at Washington.
A tree measuring Is feet in circumfer-
| ence was recently cut down on the farm OF
| y. =. Burgess in West Putnam Living
! ston county.
A syndicate of eastern capitalists has
| been formed 10 invest in land in the vicin-
| ity OF Cheboygan.
LAUNDERING in the lower peninsula is at a
| stand still for want of snow.
A new shingle mill, with capacity OF
| 100000 shingles per day, is being built at
Cheboygan.
Joseph Heald wealthy lumberman and
banker Of Grand Rapids, died Jan. 4, aged
| 66. He located in Port Huron in '53 and
was a resident of Grand Rapids for the past
six years. He was pres dent OF the Kent
county savings bank and worth $685. 900.
John G.. Blood and wife OF Carlton Cen
ter Barry county, arrived at the Hudson
houa, in lansing on their wedding tour the
other night. Blood saws he turned the gas
down on retiring but the flame did not
disappear, he blew IL out He awoke at an
early hour the next morning, and found his
bride unconscious. Aid was promptly
summoned and she was restored.
Stamps TO the amount Of $500 and sever.
al registered packages were stolen from
the Grand Rapids post office the other
evening The robbery is supposed TO have
been committed by some one familiar with
the workings OF the Office.
Frank Mcdonald Of Flint has been ar
rested for assaulting Mrs r.. NJ. Stewart,
and attempting to take from her "A satchel
containing so in money and u check for
81 600
John Lodock was xii ed by falling tree
| in lumber camp mile and half from
Reed City the other day.
ED. Dean wa, run over and killed by the
cars while walking on the railroad track
near North ST r. lie was very deaf and
did not hear the train approaching.
James Drew, an old soldier, was fatally
| injured by ID. J.. ~ n. train near Howard
| City the other morning.