Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-09-25

struck Tor ~ day.
Henry w. Sellman. aged 10 years has
been arrested at Utica charged with crlmi-
nally assaulting a IL year old girl.
Miss Edith Benson has been appointed
agent of the Lake Shore road at Charles
town, vice G.. j. Kikendall resigned.
Fred f. Delano, of Utica, n. Y. was
run over by train at Gaylord Monday
night. IL was found necessary TO amput-
ate his leg.
The mixing house of the Anthony pow
der factory at lsphemlng, exploded We'd
nesday evening. Tho men all escaped
Loss, Il, SOC.
The third annual excursion of the far
ners of northern Indiana and southern
Michigan will take place Oct. s. The ex-
cursion goes TO Grand Rapids.
While Charles Hibner, aged l6 years, of
White Lake, was hunting the other day he
grasped his gun suddenly. when it was dis
charged killing him instantly.
The body of "a sailor, supposed to be
Andrew Thompson, drowned a few days
ago by the capsizing of yawl, was found
floating near Cheboygan Monday.
Eva Robinson, of Shelby, Is years old,
ran away to Jackson To marry VIII Eks-
man. Her father followed, however, and
interferred before the event took place.
The fall meeting of the Capac agricul-
tural society will be held October 10.
There will be speed contests for good
sized purses each day, athletic sports,
band concerts, etc.
Gov. Winans visited the jackson prison
Monday and expressed himself as satisfied
with the management. He was at Adrian
Wednesday looking into trouble at the in
dustrial home over Miss SCOTS discharge.
The latest returns from thrashers receiv-
ed by tue secretary of state indicate that
Michig ans total wheat crop will exceed
IS, 900, 600 bushes instead of less than
%, 600, 600 bushels, as estimated two weeks
ago.
The centra! board of control Of penal
institutions and the board Of management
of the Coldwater public school. the school
for deaf at Flint, and the school for blind
at Lansing VIII be appointed in few
days.
Van Buren, county farmers are being
visited by swindler who is taking orders
for a political chart. A confederate de-
livers the order, which proves TO be a GER
tihcaie of agency and an agreement to buy
dozen charts.
A short time ago two cows belonging to
A. V. Young. of Rives township, jackson
county, were poisoned by paris green. two
more the property of John LADDERS, of the
same neighborhood, were found dead from
the same cause.
A Bay City woman frightened her neigh
bors the other night by yelling murder.
When the crowd gathered at her house
she told them she thought she had heard
some one breathe and concluded there was
man il the house.
Ihing Bros. & Everard, of Kalamazoo;
Theo. =. Backus of Detroit, and A. NJ
Emery CT Lansing, have each been award
cd share Of the contract for supplying
the state with stationery for two and
half years from January l.
A bear and two cubs created great havoc
around Cedar Springs the other evening.
One OF the cubs got locked in slaughter
house and, after failing in an attempt TO
release it. the old bear went to a hog pen
and carried away one of the hogs instead.
A gang of toughs went into q Chinese
restaurant at Hancock recently and had
supper, but refused TO pay for it, The
Chnaman than stabbed one of them, and
was taken to jail. The victim. however
refused TO prosecute, and John was releas-
cd.
The Muskegon board OF supervisors
have awarded the contract for the erection
of the Muskegon county court house for
$50, 600. Marquette stone for the base
ment and Portage stone above was the
material selected. The building is to be
completed December 81, 1892.
A two story frame building in Muske-
gon. owned by II. \. Hovey and occupied
by j. II. Quglcy as a fruit store. and by
+. Vogel as a saloon, burned Tuesday
morning. Loss on buildings and stock
about $4,000; partly insured. The fire
originated in banana heating room.
The country in the vicinity Of Trout
Creek, Ontonagon county, is full of men
who are begging their way from place 20
place looking for work, having come in the
first place to answer contractors advertise
meuts. The latter have all the help they
desire, some men working merely for their
board.
The roof of Pettiugilrs hotel at Iron
River, was crushed in by falling trees dur
ing a storm Monday and some of the 90
cupants severely cut and bruised by fall
ing timhers. A large number of other
houses had windows blown IN aud roofs
blown of but no one has been reported
as seriously hurt
Clark w. Mills, formerly of j. Weaver
& Co.. paper dealers of Kalamazoo, has
brought "A suit against VIM. r. Holmes, Of
that place. for $4,000 damages for
defamation of character. Holmes is
member of the FIRST Congregational church
and "A leader OF the christian endeavor
society. Great surprise prevails.
Manager Graves, of the soldiers home,
was in Aun Arbor Friday night Up to
that time he had made no demand on Capt.
Manly for the money in question. Capt.
Manly says he has not one cent belonging
to the home and is perfectly willing that
his successor commence any kind OF pro-
ceedings against him that he sees fit
Capt. John McEncroe found a strange
man in his house at Ishpeming Tuesday
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