Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-08

years, Is dead. lie was chleny known
at home for a secret process of hardening
mill picks.
| Winona Beach, which is TO he opened as
soon as the weather is settled, has been
supplied with new bath houses and amuse-
ment places and the Bay Cityans who put
in their time there will find lot OF inn
| proyements over last season.
John Sener of Escanaba, who ran for
congress in the Eleventh district against
Sam Stephenson, is seriously i'll and not
] likely TO recover. A complication of grip
and heart disease.
The Grand Rapids common council
wants the state to expend the $40, 900 it
is going TO get from the government TO es-
tablish technology institute, at Grand
Rapids. Of course.
The Traynor house ut Lcnnox, Gencsee
county. was burned Sunday morning. Most
of the furniture was saved, but the loss
will amount TO nearly $1,000, of which
two-thirds is covered by insurance.
John Murray, alias John O'Brien.
trusted convict at Jackson. who was sent
from Muskegon some two years ago on an
indeterminatc sentence and had gained con-
siderable time, escaped Wednesday.
Saginaw viii spend $780, 600 for paving
and sewers this year, and it is estimated
that 81, 500. 600 vii be spent in building in
the city during the year, unless the carpen
ters strike and make long hold out
Fourteen women attended the meeting
of the North Muskegon council last week
to prevent tho aldermen from issuing Ii
censes for liquor selling. Their plant was
unsuccessful, the licenses being granted.
Port Sanilac citizens are excited over the
finding of a lot of skulls in that place Mon
day. They think it must have been an In
dian burial ground and that they have
struck the remains OF lot of Chippewas.
Harvey c. Kang of Grand Rapids, 90
years old, married about four weeks ago.
| Wednesday night he put a revolver to his
temple and fred. He was dead when
| found.
+. J. Major, formerly of Bay City, who
has been operating photograph gallery in
Buenos Ayres Argentine Republic, is
bound for home, having acquired IA go0dly
supply of the coin of the realm in which
he lives.
The Mt. Pleasant station OF the Toledo,
Ann Arbor & North Michigan railroad has
been moved half mile nearer the business
portion Of the town. The citizens have
been working for this IA long time and are
now happy.
A small fire broke out in Holly Monday
and the firemen had no difficulty in extin-
gushing il, but The gale carried sparks 50
rods and set fire to ID. D. Hadley's barn,
and they could not save it, Loss 80, 800;
insured for 600.
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day and the town would have gone up in
smoke, but the new water supply system
got in its perfect and elegant work and the
for the water supply system.
Patrick O'Brien, an employc of the
Lansing street railway company. fell of
his car ia front OF the wheels Wednesday
night and was so badly injured about the
lett leg and right foot that it was neces.
sary to amputate both He may recover.
a Mecosta county man who has been
chief engineer Of a farm for % years has
just received word that he has fallen heir
to see, 900 in England. lie will quit farm
ing, throw up his membership in the
Patrons and HE himself to get that
wealth.
Hon. o. Il. Pat.engell. an ex-membcr of
the legislature and well known business
man, died at his home in Plymouth We'd
nesday night Of the grip. He was 63 years
old and had for years been intimately con-
uected with the republican party affairs in
the county.
Peter Early. living near the village OF
Milan, Livingston county, hanged himself
Tuesday morning in cow shed. Failing
20 come to breakfast, his wife searched for
him, and found him dead. He leaves a
wife and two children. No cause is given
for the rash act.
Walt Whelan Of Au Train was out in the
woods the other day when a pack OF wolves
descended upon him. He fought them a
few minutes and then attempted TO climb
tree. The tree broke and the sound of
falling scared the beasts away and Whelan
escaped N safety.
Judge c. Gcneung Of Decatur ran bill
lard hall and is said to have sold booze.
He was arrested, anyway, for running a
billiard table without license and fined
$40. This is said to mark the first move
on the pIrt Of the prohibition people 10
stop liquor selling at Decatur.
A Flint & Pere Marquette railroad
train had narrow escape from a bad acct
dent Friday. While running through a
belt Of burning timber one Of the trees fell
on the baggage car. it smashed in the
roof but the speed OF the train threw tho
blazing trunk OF by the roadside.
Negaunee has an iuextinguishable fire.
1t is pile of cEarcoal belonging to tho
Pioneer furnace which contains $50, 900
bushels. The local fire department has
played on the pile for hours, but it still
burns and will probably burn for a month.
The charcoal is worth 52j, 900 and is in
sured for els, 600.
Samuel Bower Of Jackson swallowed
pin some time ago and ever since that time
the doctors OF the prison town and Ann
Arbor have been trying to get that pin out
of Bower They have not succeeded and
now they have driven it further in his
system and he feels quito easy. No seri-
Gus results are feared.
There is big kick on in Kalamazoo be-
cause OK Chief OF Police Owens remov ed a
picture OF himself from tho police station
when he &C ised 10 be marshal. The kick