davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-06

The attention Of the engineering world
Is said to be just now fixed upon tho
Bombay presidency in India, where is
being constructed one of the greatest
pieces of solid masonry the world has
seen in modern times. AS the present
water supply of Bombay depends upon
defective works, huge dam has been
designed to inclose the watershed of the
valley which drains into the sea south
Of Bombay. Solely with the aid Of IA
tive labor Engineer Glover, a Scotchman
by birth, began this gigantic structure,
which, il is expected, will be completed
in March next. 1t is miles long, 1lS
feet in height and 1903 feet wide at the
base. The roadway on the top is to be
"A feet In width, and the stone work
will cost half a million sterling.
The lake of water which this dam will
ipprison will be eight square miles in
area. so that Bombay need be under no
apprehension once the viceroy has off,
cially declared the slulces open and the
pipes of sixty miles long are in working
order. Mr.. Glover has 10 600 Hindoos,
all of whom he has trained to this special
work. employed on the dam. To his
thirty years labor among the natives is
due the fact that there are in India to-
day 100000 men, all capable stone
masons, carpenters and navvies, who
have been employed on his contracts for
great public works.--Pall Mall Gazette.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-06

a HORTGAGE sALE-Default having been made
lvl I'm the payment of a certain mortgage, made
and executed by Jane Turrill to Jane B. Hart OF
Adrian, Michigan, dated August 18th, 1886, and
recorded In the Office OF the register OF deeds for
Cratiot county Michigan, on the l4th, day OF
August 1885 In Liber 40 OF mortgages, on page l9s
And whereas the slid mortgage hns been duly as
sigued by The said Jane HAT Ia III III. LhnZ, OF
Des MOines Iowa by assignment bearing dhte Jan
unry 3rd lsSs and recorded in the ONCE OF the reg
i-terof deeds for said county OF GfaiOt on the 10Th
day of February 1854 ia iiber b3 of mortgages az
page 425 and the same Il now owned by MIN, AMI
whereas the amount claimed 10 be due ami unpaid
mon said mortgage, At the date OF this notice l.
the sum Of Seventy one dollars and slzty-six cents
(s7i .66l for interest due and unpaid Aud no suit
or proceedings either at law or in equity having
been i'm stituted 10 recover the whole any par of
the debt secured by said mortgage; now therefore.
by virtue OF the power OF sale IN SAID mortgage
contained. and Of the statute ~ such case mhde
aud provided, notice l. hereby gwen, mat salu
mortgage will be- fOrCclosed by a sale OF the land
and premises therein described, al pubhc auction
or vcndue 10 the highest bidder, al he front door
OF the Gratiot county court house IN the village OF
Itiacu Michigan ON the iOuftccnth day OF March
1891 M ten o'clock In the forenoon. or 20 much
thereof a. may be necessary 10 satisfy saId ucbt
with inter - az the rnte OF per cent ana all legal
costs including an attorney Zee 81 SO D. a. pro-
vided bv statute which said lands ana premises
are described in said NOR gage a. follows. VIZ.
The south hnlf of the North West quarter or
SECTION Two (g) IN township Nine 90 North of
range Four A. West in the county of Gratiot
aud state OF Michigan, Said sale viii be made
subject 10 the principal sum OF one thousand
do lars not vet due and interest on the same
from and after the l4th day OF August, le0O, al the
rate OF per cent per annum.
Dated December 10th. 1922.
JAS l.. CLARK. ii. II, LANlZ.
Attorney for Assignee Assignee OF Mortgage.
Of Mortgage.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-06
wi,lsd $40, 900 to a Polite bartender.

wilIed $4,000 to a Polite bartender.
A respectable looking man. who said
hs was a lawyer from Allegheny City and
administrator of the estate Of Mr.. Hughes,
millionaire, who recently died there,
called at Green's hotel. Eighth and Chest
nutstreets, recently, and said that he had
come to hunt up bartender who waited
On Mr.. Hughes last summer. Mr.. Hughes
in his will bequeathed to the young man
$4,000. Mr.. Hughes on dying did not
know the bartender's name. but gave =
full description of his appearance.
The visitor questioned all the bartend-
es about the length Of time they had
been at Green's, and if they had known
M. Hughes. James Cleary, the head bar
tender, gave him the names and descrip-
ton Of all those who worked there dur
ing the past year.-Philadelphia Times.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-06

M ORTGAGESALE--D Default having been made
lV1 In the payment OF u certain mortgage, made
and executed by ECwin :. Knapp and Sarah Knapp,
his wife, To Lewis Knapp dated April End, 1885,
aud recorded in the office OF the register OF deeds
for Gratiot county, Michigan, on the third day of
April, 1855 in liber 40 of mortgages, page 40.
And whereas, the said mortgage has been duly a.
signed by the said Lewis Knapp by Ransom Allen,
his guardian, to Harriet W. Barr by assignment
bearing date May 18th 1886, and recorded in the
Office of the register Of deeds for said county Of
Gratiot on the 26th day Of May, 1886 In iber - OF
mortgages at page 469, same Il now owned by me
and whereas the amount claimed TO be due and IN
paid upon said mortgage at the date Of this notice
and twelve cents s2il.i2j for principal and interest
And no suit Or proceedings either at law in
equity having been instituted to recover the whole
or any part Of the debt secured by said mortgage
now therefore, by virtue Of the power OF sale ip
said NOR igage contained, and of the statute IN
such case made and provided notice l. hereby given
that said mortgage will be foreclosed by sale Of
the land aud premises therein described, at public
auction or vendue to the highest bidder, at the
front door of the Gratiot county court house in the
village Of Ithaca, Michigan, the 18th day Of
April 1881 at ten o'clock ia the forenoon or
much thereof a. may be necessary to satisfy SAID
debt with interest at the rate of per cent and all
legal costs. which said lands aud premises are
described ian said mortgage a. follows, viz: The
south West quarter OF the South v est quarter OF
Section Ten Cl0 in Township Eleven 40 North
Of Range wo % West, in the county of Gratot
ard State of Michigan.
Dated Jan'y 2lst 1891.
JAS. CLARK, HARRIET W BARR.
Attorney for Assignee Assignee of Mortgage,
of MORTGAGE
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-06
ROYAL Com ns BETTING.

Tho royal tombs in the abbey Of St
Denis, Paris, suffer considerably from
the damp, which destroys the wooden
collins ranged on biers in the vaults
Not long ago the Due 'Aumale obtained
permission to place the remains of his
Coode ancestors in fresh receptacles,
while last week some government off,
Gals inclosed the old worn out collins Of
Louis XVI and the Due dc Berri in new
stxong oaken coverings The inner lead
coffin was quite intact, 80 the dead were
not disturbed Paris Letter.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-06

pRoBATE ORDER. State OF Michigan,
Il county OF GratiOt, ss ~ session of the
piobatc curt for SAID County, held at the
Probate ONCE. in the Village of Ithaca on the
4th day at March in The year one thousand
eight hundred and ninety.one Present j lie
Potts, Judge of Probate. In the matter OF the
Estate Of Mrs. Abba e Burrill
deceased. on reading and filing the petition.
July verified. of a. .. Burrill. husband of said
deceased, praying that her estate may he ad
mitted To Probate. and that said petitioner NAV
be appointed administrator thereof. Thereupon
II Is ordered, that Monday the sixth day of
April 1891 next, nj ten O'Clock I'm the forenoon
be assigned for the hearing OF said Detition
and that the heirs-at law OF said deceased. aud
all other persons interested I'm said estate arc
required TO appear AT q session of said Court
then TO be holden at the Probate Ofiice. i'm the
Village of Ithaca and show cause, il any there
be. why the prayer of the petitioner should not
be granted: And il is further ordered that
said petitioner give notice To the persons
interested In said estate of tine pc depcy OF
said petition, and the hearing Tho reof hy cans.
ing copy of this order tn be- published in the
Alma RECORD. newspaper printed and
circulated in said county three successive
weeks previous to said day OF hearing.
"a true copy j LEE PORTS
lSeaIl b22-3w. Judge of Pro bs te
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-06
A Military Bear Forages.

The regimental bear of the Seven
teenth iancers. which has recently come
to England with his regiment, took fur
Tough without permission and started
out to inspect Shorncliffe, much to tn
alarm OF the inhabitants. Bruin frs
supped OF two chickens, and then
walked over some cottage roofs, refus
ing fatty to return home for all the
coa1ng of his military keepers. The
animal next made of across country
and while a search party were look
ing for him everywhere in despair h,
quietly returned to camp of his own &C
cord. London Letter.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-06
Reglstration Notloe.

TO the electors of the village ( Alma in the
county OF Grai'ot and State of Michigan,
Nouce is Hereby given that the board ~ regis.
ration viii be in session at the of CO of W A
hahke, on saturday the eth day of March A
H., Icvl Tor the purpose of registering the
namee OF all persot rs shall he possessed of
the qualifications OF electors in said viilava
ana VINO may apply fer that purpose.
Ana me SAID board of rrqistraiion will I've in
from eight o clock in the forenoon mill enc
CLOCK ~ the afternoon aud from three o'clock
~ the tue AFTERNOON until eight O'Clock In the
pstej ~ Alma. this The 18th day Of e .bruory
- w 'e'i' JAHuy q. kpEse
Village Clerk
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-06

A red flag, flying from the rigging OF
the steamship Knutsford, which arrived
ct New York few days ago from Liver
pool, was an object of interest to all yes
sells that passed near her moorings in
Gravesend bay. There were 1900
pounds of dynamite stored in tho hold OF
the Knutsford, and the least jar might
have exploded the dangerous cargo and
blown the vessel to pieces. York
Letter.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-06

SHERlFF'S SALE:-Notce Is hereby given
, that by virtue of writ of fieri facias out OF
the Circuit court for the county OF Gratot in
tGVOr of Jacob Mann against the goods chattclS
and Real Estate Of William fauth in said county
10 me directed and delivered did on The 9TH
day OF October y, ID. 1859 During the term OF
my office levy upon and take all the right
title and interest of the said William Fauth in
and 10 the following described real estate
THAT'S To say all thnt certain piece or parcel OF
land situate in the viaVc of ST. Louis in the
County OF Gratiot and state of Michigan com.
mencng M point fifty six tjGl feet due north
OF the Southwest corner of Lot three 90 Block
thirty-nine t3a Of The village of st Louis,
Gratiot County and state OF Michigan. Themes.
east one hundred 400 feet. Thence north
twenty 20 feet more or eSs to center of Brick
wall OF Aaron Vessels situate on Lot two e.
Of said block Thence west one hundred lOUi
feet. Thence south twenty go fees more or
less 10 place OF beginning All OF which vii
expose for sale AT Public Auction or vendue
to the highest hidler ant the north front door
OF the court house IN the Village at Ithaca ia
said county OF Gratiot. that being the Mace OF
holding the circuit court for the said county OF
GrHtpt, on the 10th. day OF April next 1881, at
one O'Clock in the afternoon of said day.
Dated this cath day of February A. D. 1891
PERRY ID. PETIT Sheriff.
u. IL. l.. Is. SAWYER, who commenced the
Attys, Tor PIN. execution ofthe writ
and who made said
o2l-lw. LtNy.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-06

SHERIFF'S SALE: Notice IS hereby given
y that by virtue OF a writ of tieri facias or eX-
Ccution, issued out OF the circuit court, Cor the
county OF Grafton and ate of Michigan 10 me
directed and delivered In favor OF the Weld
man company, corporation, and against
the goods, chattels ana real estate. OF ID Peters
whose giVenname Is unknown in said county TO
me directed and delivered did on the nth day
OF February, 1891, levy upon all the right title
and interest of ID. Peters in aud To the follow
ing described real estate to wit; The South
west one fourth 20 of South East one fourth
~ of Section thirty 600 township Twelve C2)
north OF range four "a West, Gratiot county,
Michigan all of which shall expose for sale AT
public auction or vendue TO the hip hest bidder,
as the law directs, ut the north font door OF
The court house in the village of Itbaca,
Gratiot county, Michigan. that being the place
Tor holding that circuit court for the county
NJ Gratiot "a loresaid, on Saturday the 2sth day
OF Mach 1891, at ten O'Clock in the forenoon
of said day.
Dated Ithaca, February Sth. 1891.
u. II. SAWYER, JANIS z. KING,
Atty. for PIN. sheriff. Gratiot
county, Michigan.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-06
Election Notice

Notice is hereby given to the electors of Tho
village OF Alma in the county of Grntiot and
state OF Michigan that the annual election Of
the aforesaid village will b, held az Firemen' :
Hall on the second Monday i'm March A n
1891 dt being the 9th day in the said month i'm
said year. at which election the following
ofbcers are 10 be chosen, to-wit:
One President.
One Clerk
One Treasurer
Three Trustees,
One Assessor
One Street Commissioner
One Constable.
kThe polls OF said election will be opened al
eight O'CLOCK in the forenoon a ,entrsl S,ands rd
timel and Will continue open until FIVE o'clock
IN the afternoon unless the board shall i'm
lnelr discretion adjourn one hour for dinner
Dated at Alma. this the 18TH day of Fehruarv
4. D., 1881. JAMS q KEYss
VILLAGE ClerL
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-06
A winter Rsvery.

Ths ~ y numb and dead with cold.
~ fcutyteps crash and crush the snov,
Ny beard cracks frozen; behold
Ny breath like smoke. yet on 60.
How hushed and restful lies the landi
Tho moon lights up old pine trees round,
Longing for friendly death they stpnd.
And point with branches 10 the ground.
Frost, freczc my heart, too In my breast
Freeze the reAellious heats and pains,
That once even there, even there bo rest.
A. here on these nocturnal plains.
-Cornhil Magazine
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-06

Three young men were seen to empty
tho contents Of sack on lot in San
Francisco the other day. The contents
consisted of $3.50 counterfeit silver dol
lars. Some children found the coins,
and in short time that section of the
city was go flooded with bogus money
that even genuine silver dollars were 70
fused by tradespeople.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-06
Apple. That Cost s2s . Barrel.

Newtown pippin apples are now in
market for shipping tc England, and cost
t25 a barrel. They are all selected and
each apple is rolled 10 paper. New York
Evening SIM.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-06
A Serious Laurhinx Mater.

While laughing heartily Mrs. John
Patterson, colored woman Of Brazil,
Ind. ruptured the optic nerve of one
eye, producing instant blindness in that
organ. Physicians say that not similar
case is recorded in medical annals. st
Louis Globe Democrat.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-06

The opening Of bank in Hauims-
burg, KY, brought TO light $500 bill
that p farmer living near there had had
stored away in his house for twenty
years. This amount put out at simple
interest for that length of time would
have brought the owner $500.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-06

The wreck register for twelve months
shows 4.s72 casualties, n third of them
being collisions. The lives lost on the
coasts If England, Scotland and Irslsod
s1anbeurd <57.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-06

Teachers Examination,
The Sprirg examinations Of teachers for tho
schools Of Gratiot county will be held a. follows
Regular Examination, Ithaca. March and C.
Special Examination, Alma, March, =, aud p
Special Examination, 81. Louis, April - aud p
flrst aud second grade certificates will be
srauted ouly atthe regular examination, exsmina
tons for which will begin at o'clocs a. m. The
examination for third grades will ia all cases, be-
gin at o'clock p. IL. OF the irst day.
FRED FULLLRToN
j. y. MCCALL,
.. G.. FUTILE.
620iw. County Board of School Examiners.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-12

YANKEE ingenuity must be on the
wane when ii cannot invent SO simple IA
thing MS a letter box for Unolo Sam.
About a year ago the postmaster gen
eral appointed a commission to recon-
mend Il suitable device for letter boxes
to be attached to the doors of dwellings.
and invited inventors and manufacture
ers to submit models. designs and sug-
gestions in reference thereto. The OBJ
ject Of the postmaster-general was to
effect a saving of time in the distribu-
ton of mail matter. 1t was estimated
that about ~one-fourth of a mail carriers
time was lost in waiting for people to
come to the door to receive mail matter,
and therefore that any device which
would save the time lost would add ne
third to the general efficiency of the
the work. About 500 replies to the in
vitation of the department We're re-
ceived, no one Of Thorn being entirely
satisfactory. New bids are to be in
vited and it is to be hoped that the let
ter carriers boon will be found,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-12
BUILDERS AND MANUFACTURERS,
Resolutions Adopted Protesting Agains
Dictation From Labor Unions.

Resolutions Adopted Protesting Against
Dictation From Labor Unions.
The Builders and Manufacturers associ-
alton, at a largely attended meeting last
night, adopted unanimously the following
resolutions, which were prepared by a COM
mittee on Monday night:
Resolved. That this exchange does hereby
affirm that absolute personal independence
of the individual to work or not to work, to
employ or not to employ, is a fundamenta al
principle which should never be questioned.
That upon the strict observance of this
principle depends the security of our whole
social fabric and business prosperity That
upon these Fundamental principles this as
ISOLATION utterly refuses to confer or arbi-
trate, but will be at all times ready and
in any matters indicated by
the laws of right or justice as
proper subjects for such action. That this
the right to employ any person.. regardless
of any organization, upon such terms rs
may be mutually agreed upon between
themselves and such person, that it does
not recognize the right Of any organiza-
tion to dictate who shall or shall not be
employed. that boycotts and strikes will be
met by the members of this exchange by a
discharge within five days of all the mem
bers of any organization responsible for
such strike or boycott that shall not have
been shown to be justitiable after arbitra-
ton before the proper committee, and pro-
vided by the constitution and the laws of
the exchange.
There was no discussion of the resolu-
ton, but after their adoption H. +. Breid-
enthal said: at seems we are going to
have a good sized fight on our hands, and
that there is going to be a commotion
among the laboring people. 1t occurs to
me that every member should turn himself
loose to get all the business mon in the city
in the organization. The larger the asso-
citation the more successful We will be as
an organization. / move that each one
here signify his willingness by standing up
to constitute himself a committee of one to
solicit membership" The motion was
adopted and everybody stood up.
New members were elected as follows:
Fred Gamer. |. l.. Israel, Ben Harris, Henry
NELL, John W. Thompson, f. X. Turner,
Edward Goodkind, Francis Pope, James
Fitzgerald. Isaac Marks and X. Ii. Klein
schmidt.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-12

THE legal representative of the LON
bard Investment company. of Kansas
City, says in a Denver newspaper:
"Our company is putting a great deal
OF money into Colorado just now, and
considers the ditch lands of this state
a far better class Of security than the
lands of other states whose crops de-
pend upon the annual precipitation"
What is true of Colorado is true also
of Montana. The time is near at hand
when millions of capital will seek profit
able and safe investment in the irrigated
lands of this state.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-12

in irrigation has been over 753 per cent.
The growth OF wealth has kept pace
in tho irrigated counties with tho in
crease OF population. Lands have risen
in value from 100 to 1000 per cent. In
twenty years the valuation Of Los An
geles county has risen from s6,9ls,oT4 to
s67,12l,6lo. San Diego relatively puts
that in the shade with ar increase
from s., 5ao,957 to SGT, 703,52o. San Ber-
nardino takes the place of honor with
an aggregate increase of nearly 1000
per cent. Similar statistics could be-
quoted from the article almost al intini-
tum, but we have said sufficient to show
tho value of irrigation under the Wright
law, and to testify to the completeness
and lucidity of the Chronicles brilliant
effort in Journalism. ~,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-12

Sundays INDEPENDENT will be a star
number. 1t will contain the opening
chapter Of the great serial romance "The
FREY Secret" besides the
usual variety of special articles from the
pens of our most eminent American
writer's. The rapid growth in the cir
culation of the Sunday INDEPENDENT
shows that it's constituency is quick to
appreciate merit and give patronage to
enterprise.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-12
Royalty is IN bad luck all around. Ex-

Royalty is N bad luck all around. Ex-
King Milan, of Servia, won $4,000 at
cards from his companions the other
day and then started in for high stakes
at the Royal club, Paris. The game
lasted from Thursday to eight o'clock
Saturday morning and the Elk King re-
tired $4,000 behind the game. Sir
William Gordon Cumming wasn't in it,
either.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-12

Treasury experts estimate that So
100000, will be paid in bounties to the
sugar planters of the United States as a
compensation for the destruction of
their business by making sugar duty
free. In other words our people make
money by transferring money from the
right pocket to the left.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-12

Pension Commissioner Raum is re-
minded by the Philadelphia Record that
the close of the fiscal year, June 30, is a
very good time for officials intending to
resign to square accounts and get out.
The Record ought to know that the
motto Of the Raum family is, 1--WE never
take a hint"
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-12

Col. JOHN A. C~ocKERILL, late of the
New York World, is a brilliant journal
list, but it doesn't follow that his new
morning paper venture in New York will
be a success. The metropolis is over
crowded with newspapers now and half
of the old mes are doing a losing bust
mesa