Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-10-30

] home for nurses, to be an annex TO st.
Marks hospital, Grand Rapids. The
home will be gift from the Kendall es-
state.
Marquette hunters discovered the life.
less body of VIM. Whitehill hanging from
IA tree in the woods northwest of the city.
He was wood turner formerly from
Detroit.
Ishpeming's public schools are crowded
and il is estimated at least 400 children of
school age cannot attend because OF the
lack Of room and a sufficient corps OF in
structors.
Iosco supervisors have decided to submit
to Iosco electors the proposition of bonding
the county in the sum of IS, 900, to reclaim
some 25, 900 acres of swamp lands by
drainage.
John Pejiszlk, farmer near Port Austin
went to the hotel at Kinde on the Goth,
poured carbolic acid into his tea, drank it,
and fell back dead. His household affairs
were not pleasant.
Dog fancers and sporting men will meet
ut Kalamazoo November 10 TO organize a
West Michigan kennel club The project
ors expect ANNUAL bench shows and field
trials will be held.
A slick rascal has been travelling through
Macomb county and victimzing old SOL
diers TO the tune OF - each by representing
himself to be an agent of the United States
pension department.
Charles Seaver. of Grand Blanc, was
| passing along the highway near Swartz
creek, when he discovered three offers.
| He overlook and killed one that measured
42inches from tip to tip.
Kalamazoo's wheat crop for the past
year is placed at l, 1913, 952 bushels, an av-
erage of 10. 6S bushels per acre. This is
the largest crop of wheat in any Michigan
county excepting Calhoun.
The Rev. Gilbert S. Bailey. d. D., who
died in California recently, was formerly
pastor of the Niles Baptist church, and
was largely instrumental in securing the
society's handsome church structure there.
Mrs. Charles Lehman, OF Bay City,
dropped dead while walking from the barn
TO the house; cause, heart failure. She
was CD, had resided in Bay county 81
years and leaves a husband and three chill
dren.
Mrs, Joseph Chamberlain, of Leroy,
Calhoun county, committed suicide by TAX
three daughters and a son, and no reason
can DO imagined why she should act thus
rashly.
Reed Blakney, convicted of sheep steal
ing, will spend six months in the Kent
county Jail. Unless he can furnish 500 in
cash before the end of his term he will
have second half year to serve at the
bastile.
Frank Crispelt, aged ) years. while out
rabbit hunting with his brother. near
Holland, had his left leg shattered from
his hip down by the accidental discharge
of his brothers gun. The doctors say he
cannot live.
Whitehall's new water works well has
proved happy surprise. When down but
IS feet water gushed up through the six
inch pipe to a height of seven feet above
the surface, and the fresh, giddy thing is
gushing yet.
Eugene Weaver. a mechanic Of Hudson.
has invented and patented a water motor
that is expected TO eclipse anything of the
kind now in existence. He is a poor man.
but his invention will pot him in comforta-
bic circumstances.
The early settlers of the "Galien woods
Berrien county, held log cabin raising at
! Three Oaks Tuesday. There is little TO
remind them of the early surroundings save
the hard cider barrel, the pans Of dough-
nuts and the cabin.
Kent county is blessed or cursed with
numerous toll roads. The Graud Rapids
common council says efforts to secure por-
| tons of them. TO make them free, have
failed and now the press and people are
| al for
Ex-County Clerk Crane of Genesee, Is
now on the rack. The court calendar
shows there was due the county 1856 for
/ fees, while the records Of the county treas
urer show only Si93 was paid in by the
clerk A special committee is getting at
the bottom facts.
The Chicago g. West Michigan railroad
company will erect station houses upon the
extension north of Traverse City at Will
liamsburg Elk Rapids, Baker Greek, Spen-
Ger Greek, Bellair, Central Lake and ELS
worth, and large freight houses at Charlie
voix and Petoskey.
Abel Land, inventor. of Hudson, has
begun suit against the Page wire fence
company, OF Adrian, to recover damages in
the sum Of 5000 600, which he alleges he
has sustained because the Page company
marked fence made by it patented With
out first securing letters patent. Aoers
attorneys are residents of Hudson.
M. f.. Chadwick's dry goods store at
Decatur was entered on the cath by a
burglar, who gained access through rear
window. The silks were packed up ready
for removal. but the burglar was fright
ened away leaving the goods. He made
his escape by stealing a horse, which he
afterwards exchanged for fresh one,
from farmers barn few miles distant
When Charles Pegram, OF Grand Rap
ids, was sentenced to the county Jail for
80 days for assaulting his wife, he swore
that he would kill her upon his release.
Last week his time ran out, he went home
aud made an assault upon his wife stabbing
her In the face. Then he took an AK and
proceeded 10 destroy the furniture. He
is now in jail charged with murderous as
sauit.
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