Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-10-16


The consolidated prison board has ap-
pointed Mrs. Lucy Sickles superintendent
to succeed herself at the home for girls at
Adrian.
Edmund Hutchins, editor of the Michi-
gan Patriot, has been nominated by the
Peoples party OF the Fifth district for
congress
Nels Lundstrum is the name Ct the man
who was found dead at Republic on the 9th.
There was a large sum of money found in
his pockets.
Michgan's supreme court holds that "a
county clerk can name "A woman as his dep
uty-in fact that his choice is not confined
TO any race, sex, color or age.
The Nichols-Shepard thresher company.
OF Battle Creek, on starting up on next
season work this fall made employees re-
uounce trade unions or lose their jobs.
Alexander Neveau, the Bay City wife
murderer, was arraigued in the circuit
court Tuesday. He refused TO plead and
plea OF not guilty was entered for him.
Fifty Bay City saloonkeepers have been
arrested for selling whisky on beer licenses,
and a gang OF thieves is breaking into the
saloons at night for cigars ana money.
Mrs. Elizabeth Knapp. for 80 years a
resident OF jackson, died last week, aged
92 years Mrs. Ann NJ. Hulin, another
half-century res dent, died at the age of a..
Some ESQ car loads of peaches have been
, taken from Fcnville this year, reckoning as
peaches were measured last year. 1t only
took $50 cars TO transport them, however.
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arrested for violating the local option law.
His was the only place in Van Buren, coun-
~ in which 1T is suspected that liquor is
sold.
The Tittabawassee boom company has
doomed all it is going to this season. Logs
RATED and delivered by it foot up about
! 295 900, 900 feet-the smallest output since
| 1873
Capt. Webb, of the Traverse bay line OF
steamers is negotiating with the Grand
| Haven builders for new boat 10 carry
400 passengers and make Is miles an
hour
Gov. Wiuans has appointed Preston c.
| +. West, mining engineer OF Calumet
member Of the mining school board. 10 fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation OF
Peter White.
The new prison beard met at Ionia on the
| eth and appointed DIR. O. Il. Long superin-
| tendent OF the asylum for insane criminals.
and also reapponted Warden Parsell both
| foe four years.
Andrew J. Stewart, of Jackson, who is
to be assistant general master mechanic of
the Chesapeake & Ohio railway, has been
presented silver tea set by his old Michi-
gan Central employees.
1t is estimated that during greater part
| OF September there were shipped from the
| peach region between South Haven and
Saugatucli upwards of 20. 600 bushels of
peaches daily, or so car loads
Marquette's council has voted TO abolish
the electric light commission, and it is
feared that it is a move in the direction OF
selling the plant TO private parties. A
great municipal struggle is expected.
1t is contemplated convert the site of
the last fire at ST. Louis into public park.
The devastated pece is OF 1atiron shape
and would make good park No. 3, the
city already having two pretty parks.
Frank Odell, Of WILLIAMSON. had re-
vover i'm his possession ne could not ac-
count for and the officers believe he is ono
of the gang that burgarized a hardware
store at that place. He is under arrest
Manager Fisher, of the Speery electric
! light company. has leased land adjacent 10
the city water works at Pontiac for the
erection Of building for the plant TO light
that town. The work is being rapidly
pushed
The great race at Grand Rapids on
! Thursday, between the stations Nelson and
Allerton was won by the latter. Nelson
won the first heat, but failed 10 lead after
that Allerton's time was 2:0glI and Mel
| sons 2:i0
The vote on the water works proposition
at ST Joseph. on the 9TH, stood 10 TO in
! favor of the Improvement Racine parties
Will now erect the government oil supply
station buildings at ST. Joseph. They will
cost $50, 900.
George Wilson and j. A. Cameron
caught wild horse in the Huron noun
taus recently and have taken IL 10 Mar
quettc The horse lived in the woods at
! least two winters as is shown by the trees
with the bark and browse off. The horse
was caught over 40 miles from airy settle
ment.
| At the 18th annual meeting OF the Wo-
mans foreign missionary society, synod OF
Michigan. held in Adrian last week. officers
were elected as follows: Mrs. A. +. Bruske.
OF Alma, president; Mrs. e. l.. Brownell,
of Detroit, secretary and treasurer, and
Mrs. j. +. Seeey. of Caro-. recording sec
rotary. Cadillac was chosen IA the place
of the next meeting.
Patrick McHugh. aged IS, committed
suicide Monday morning at Parmenters
lumber camp, near Nadeau. He had been
drinking hard for some days and had
grown respondent He was a lumberman
who had obtained some notoriety in the
pineries as a pugilist and a general tough
character. He claimed a former residence
at Green Bay and his body was sent there
for burial. The authorities deny that he
ever lived there and returned the body 10
Nadeau where it was buried.
AS a result Of thorough examination OF
the tax rolls for the past six years, it is
found that Bay county is indebted to Bay