Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-10-23

acquired desire TO live 10 other people.
He is under arrest for stealing four cases
OF crarberries.
Gov. Winans has pardoned Harvey Har-
rison. sentenced to the Marquette prison
from Marc uette county in June. 1859, for
the term of five years for larceny. No
reason is given.
Sheriff Breally, OF Mecosta county,
saved two of his prisoners for justice
| through the kindness of a brother of one
OF them, who gave away their cleverly
planned escape.
Rev. W. ID. Simonds, pastor of the Inde-
pendent Congregational church, Battle
Creek, has declined the pastorate for the
ensuing year. He is popular pastor aud
the action is regretted
John Lane. OF Greene. Mecosta county,
went in search OF five horses that had
broken out of pasture. He found small
| parts OF three of them scattered along the
Grand Rapids 81 Indiana Railroad.
! William Mittelstadt. fireman at the Ash
land mine near lronwood, was scalded To
death Monday night by the bursting of
boiler blowpipe. He was "a years old and
leaves widow and four children.
Bert Van Klecs, an employee in the cider
mill AZ Pontiac, had his arm caught be-
tween two large cog wheels and ground To
fine pieces IL was amputated above the
elbow later. Van Kleek Will recover.
! The li-year-Cld son of J. o. Rice.
! prominent farmer living near Hutch nson,
! has been taken To an asylum, a raving
maniac. 1t is claimed his malady was
/ brought on by the excessive use Of tobacco.
Prof. Vaughn. Of the state board Of
health. advocates the procuring Of an in
! spector 10 act under the board aud to visit
and ad localities suffering from dangerous
contagious diseases. Other members favor
the plan.
Thomas Roney died at Fremont on Thurs
day at the age of 1903. He had smoked
! daily for 30 years was the father OF II
Oh ldren, only four of whom are living,
had 30 grandchildren and 90 great grand
ch dren.
President Clute and associate members
of the agricultural college board have gone
TO Guelph, Ont. TO Investigate the work of
Prof. Thomas Shaw, with view Of secur-
ing him for the place made vacant by Prof.
Davenport
The remains OF an unknown young col
ored man were found scattered along the
Detroit ~ Bay City railroad about mile
from Warren station the other day. The
coroner is awaiting anXiously information
concerning the mans identity.
c. II. Hackey, who presented the beau
tful public library TO the city OF Muske-
gon, has been presented u beautifully
wrought and engraved gold key TO the big
front door of the structure Numerous
citizens contributed TO the souvenir fund.
At q session of the Muskegon county
board of supervisors, Tuesday, the S75.-
600 issue of county bonds for the new
courthouse was sold 10 the Farmers q
Mechanics savings bank of Minneapolis
There were a dozen bidders from Chicago
The bank gave a premium Of $500.
Samuel X. White, farmer near Fruit
port, IS under arrest charged with MAX
ing an assault upon Mrs. Flora Beach
White claims he fired a shotgun to scare
dog and that he did not know Mrs. Beach
was in gun shot until the next day. Then
he learned that part of his guns contents
had entered her face.
A. ID. Ayers, of Kalamazoo, has secured
letters patent upon Il new electric motor
that experts claim will entirely revolut on
ize motor building the world over Mr.
Ayers worked eight years in perfectng
the machine, which is described as a series
OF magnets in circle, arranged to act con-
tnuously on a series OF armatures.
G. III. Morgan. of Sodus Berrien county.
took a strangers horse into his stable and
the animal proceeded to show its gratitude
by attempting 10 kick Mr.. Morgan out
over the straw stack. The doctor saws
Morgan will be around iE a week or two,
but his anatomy Will be patched with plas-
ters that fairly overlap each other.
hardwood silver seven inches long,
not more than half inch in diameter at
its widest point and wcig Ching less than one
ounce, flew from buzz saw and pierced
:. Lessard, of Big Rapids. The dagger
passed through a blue jacket. The bands OF
oyeralls and heavy trousers and two shirts,
and deep enough into the unfortunate man
TO make his recovery doubtful.
The total appraised value of the Chart
able. penal and reformatorv institutions Of
Michigan is s., 1873, 2S453 total annual
cost of their maintenance: asylums, $685.
sis o.; schools 1898, 5O9. 81; prisons. 5S.-
62j; reformatories, slSi, ga. 30. Inmates
for the year ending June 80 last, were:
asylums, 3,19'; schools. 1,S6O; prisons,
., 703; refOrmatories, l, 800.
Iron Mountain citizens have raised $3.50
to pay the expenses of a visit of the state
DOdIu ol utdilu. anu tue OOdIu Will con-
vene at Iron Mountain. OCTOBER 30 and 81.
The city is suffering from an epidemic of
typhoid fever. having had Az cases and SO
deaths between August and October g.
The board has also appointed committee
TO investigate an outbreak of dphtheria at
Inlay City.
Sheriff Baker, Of Genesce county, ex-
humed the body Of an infant in order that
an autopsy might be held. He looked two
days for physician TO perform the work.
but in vain. The board OF supervisors OF
Genesee had reduced the fees on autopsies
from s25 TO SO. and no reputable doctor
cared 10 undertake the work for the lesser
figure. IT is claimed the infant was a vic
tim of malpractice
Business men OF ST. Joseph and Benton
Harbor are almost unit in desiring the
removal Of the Chicago x West Michigan
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