Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-08-14

Burglars are having lots of fun in
Niles, having secured sl25 in one night.
There will be terrible trouble If any of
them are caught.
Bay City people are raising one great
big kick because the work on the govern
ment building is delayed owing to the
non-arrival of stone.
United States Judge Seyerens has ap-
pointed Charles NJ. Wilson receiver to
wind up the affairs Of the Parlor Furniture
company, Grand Rapids.
Chauncey NJ. Gates, a well-known wool
buyer of Kalamazoo, aged III years, died
Saturday afternoon OF paralysis. The
funeral was held Sunday.
The Flint & Pere Marquette railroad
company has abolished the primitive pay
car system and now sends its employees
their checks every month.
Many Fay City people believe that the
| $4,000, 900 extra state taxes are unwar-
ranted and unjust and may decide TO
fight the payment of the same.
George w. Atkins barn in Grand Haven
township ipcineratcd Thursday night with
| "A loss of $500. The 500 insurance will
not even cover the stock burned.
Small brush fires have started up near
| Remus, in Mecota county, and the peo
pie are afraid they may spread owing to
the parched condition of everything.
There is move on foot up at Ishpem.
| ing 10 make consolidation with Negau.
nee. The enthusiasts are talking of max.
| ing city Of 25o, 600 by the combination.
Melvin Raymond's barn, near Grass
Lake, burned Wednesday night with /, 100
| bushels of wheat and 50 tons of hay that
had just been harvested Cause unknown.
| Uninsured,
A misplaced switch on the Chicago &
Northwestern, up near Menominee Thurs.
| day, tied up traffic four hours md resulted
| IN the demolition OF seven loaded
| freight cars.
Theodore Goulard. tailor, whose home
was at Oscoda. was attending the encamp-
ment at Detroit when he was run over bya
| street car and received injuries resulting
! in his death.
Ezra Adams, an employee in a shingle
| mill at Robinson. fell upon circular saw
| cutting his hip and body in such a manner
that he lived but few hours. His home
was in Grand Haven.
Holland has but one hotel, and that one
so crowded with business that travelling
! men are forced to use cots for sleeping
purposes, There is scheme Oh foot TO
get another house there.
Edgar p. Mills. editor of the Grand
Rapids Workman, has been arrested on
| capas to answer suit for IS. 900 damages
| for libel preferred by the Grand Rapids
| School Furniture company.
Tom Scott. formerly prominent sd.
loonkeeper, of jackson. was released from
the Jackson prison Wednesday, but i'm.
mediately rearrested on an old charge oil
larceny by Eaton county people.
The largest corporation formed in the
| state last week was the Lake Superior
smelling works. Of Hancock, with a capt.
talization Of 81, 200, 600. At least that is
what the articles fled with the secretary
of state claim.
! Myrtle Goodwin, IS years old. Of CISCO
da, was struck on the head by a stone
thrown by Willie Kane, boy OF the same
age last week and died at 10 o'clock the
same evening. A coronor's jury holds the
boy responsible for the death.
Reardon Bros. of Midland, filed mort
secure Edison. Moore :, Co., OF Detroit,
and Morley Bros, of Saginaw, for unse-
cured claims. The liabilities Of tho firm
are said to amount 10 s55, 900.
1t is with silent tread and the appear
ance of an old sleuth the Negaunee and
Ishpeming police officials now perambulate
the streets o nights because they have
heard from Oshkosh that a gang Of pro-
fessional safe blowers is bound their way.
| Mrs. A. IL. Gardner, wife OF the leading
druggist of Fowlervlle. had a stroke of
paralysis two weeks ago, since which time
| she has been unable TO move or speak.
| Death relieved her suferings Saturday.
She was one of the foremost women in the
village
While the Shore line boat Metropolis
was lying at her dock in Bay City, fire
broke out in the hold and threatened the
ship with obstruction. 1t is supposed to
have originated from one Of the boilers,
and 1000 damage was done before the
| fire was quenched.
Capt. Manly, late commandant of the SOL
diers home is out with a long letter in de-
Tense OF his administration Of the affairs
of the home. He denies that there was
/ VI Nhllt nc utiu
Office, and makes various charges againt
the board OF control.
A dog running wild on Bay City's streets
and frothing at the mouth caused no erd
of commoton. the people taking to the
houses. The excitement was quelled by
an officer getting out the way OF the canine
and pumping five bullets into his carcass
from safe distance.
Toy Weaver. OF st. Louis. Mich, drew
"A letter from the post Office there contain
ing money belonging TO another. He also
hypothecated dime bank book belonging
TO another hoy and skipped to West Bay
City, were he was arrested. He will be
taken TO st. Louis for trial.
Christ Alsbach, of Lake Linden, was
out hunting Sunday, when he heard the
report of "a rifle and felt the bullet as it
entered his breast and lodged in his back.
II is not known who fired the shot, but is
supposed that il was "A stray bullet fired