Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-10

opened last Saturday aud started out with
glowing prospects.
The street railway from Fenton to Long
Lake, summer resort OF considerable
note. is in operation.
Durley Pringle. Grand Rapids man, is
under arrest for criminally assaalting
Ed tn Durley. a domestic in the employ OF
his brother-in-iaw
The Y. NJ. C. A. of Owosso celebrated
its third anniversary last night with q
large attendance and interesting exercises,
consisting of music and speeches.
The proprietors of the Detroit CONNER
cial Advertiser have been fined $500 for
running lottery. An edition of the paper
was seized by the post office authorities.
The Tuomey block of Jackson was
offered for sale Monday, but as the highest
figure was only $3.50 more than the mort
gage the creditors refused TO consider 1t.
Van Buren, county is mildly excited
because a Kalamazoo justice married
Nelson Daniel, white. of Van Buren,
county to coal black bride named May
| Lucas.
Capt. John Bedford and wife of Jackson
were driving Sunday when the horse ran
away, pitching them both into the gutter.
Mrs. Bedford is badly hurt and it is feared
that the captain will die from his injuries.
June 80 James Bryant, Cassopolis col
ored boy, placed a railroad tie across the
Michigan Central air line track, which
| came very near wrecking a freight train.
Two days later Judge O'Hara sentenced
him TO three and half years at lonia for
| the offense.
| Joseph Mackan, aged 30 years, was over
| come by gas while boring in an old well at
Ostrander, o., Monday evening, and died
instantly. His brother Emmett attempted
to rescue him, but fell dead before he
reached the bottom.
Gus Hinchman, a mysterious sort of
| fellow, disappeared from Mauistee a short
| time ago and now they think he was
murdered by Jack Kehoe. WHO killed his
mother-in-law and nearly murdered his
wife short time ago.
Ellsworth B. Foster, assistant post
master of Hudson, is under arrest for
| robbing the postoflice He was the one
who reported the loss of 500 by sneak
| thief few days ago. Foster was promI-
nent in church and Sunday school work.
+. G. Hartwell died at his home in
| WILLIAMSON, Sunday, aged OIL years. He
came from Pennsylvania in 1851. He
settled in Shawassee county and lived
there until about ten years ago. Then he
came TO WILLIAMSON where he has since
| resided.
Gen. James Ashley's road, the Toledo,
Ann Arbor & North Michigan, has been
attached for s40 900 by Post, Martin ~
| Co. of New York for money loaned. All
the banks in which the road has. or is sup
posed TO have funds were served with the
| papers.
The gauge of the Saginaw, Tuscola &
| Huron railroad has been changed to stand
ard from Saginaw to Bad Axe and the
new equipment will go into service at
once. This change will greatly aid the
Sebawaing coal miners in getting their
product 10 market.
Quartermaster General Fred Wood has
| begun work on the new camping grounds
| for the state militia at Whitmore Lake.
He has a large number of workmen en-
poyed and be will spend a very liberal
amount in making this new camping
| ground ready for use.
The catalogue of Ann Arbor university,
ordered by the board Of regents two years
ago, has just been completed. 1t contains
40 pages. filled with interesting statistics
of the university. 1t shows that in the "a
years Of existence of the university Is, 900
students have attended it.
The Valley railroad company at Grand
Rapids has now served upon the city
council an injunction restraining them
| from granting franchises to any rivals.
| The good people of the second city seem TO
think that the city company owns the
town, streets river and all.
The woodenware factory of Robert Ri
chard at Bellaire, which was destroyed by
! fire on the evening of June 49, will be re-
| placed by a much larger and more substan-
| tial building. The work of rebuilding has
been commenced. and he expects TO have it
in operation in ninety days.
Wheeler & Co. the West Bay City ship
| builders, scored a big success Tuesday by
securing the contracts for the four new
| government lighthouse boats for the At
lantic coast service. Their aggregate bid s
we're $3.50, 300, which was $50, 600 less
than the bids of the ocean shipbuilding
| firms.
Allen Evans, respected and prominent
farmer, in fit of dependency, blew of
the top Of his head Tuesday morning. at
|
recently regained the use Of his voice after
speaking for two years in whispers. He
was so years of age and leaves widow
and two children.
Cochrane & Co. won't move from
Escanaba to the sunny south right away.
They are under some sort of business
obligations 10 the town, and are held tight
by a temporary Injunction. Another
instance. it is said, Of bonded concern
getting bonds from as many places as they
can aud accepting them in order.
In the trial Of the alleged street car
strike conspirators at Grand Rapids it was
shown that according TO confessions made,
the plot TO destroy the company's property
was couutenanced by the central labor
union, and the consplrators were to be
assisted by the members of the transfers,
common laborers and butchers unions.
Minnie Webster school teacher at