Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-12-09
AROUND THE STATE.

A large plant for the manufacture of
railway appliances viii be built at
Dowagiac.
Eight Democrats are desrous of Sc
curing the appointment of postmaster
at Lawton.
James NJ. Kelley has been commits
stoned postmaster at Butman, Glad
win county.
John Belts, of Pewamo, is candi-
date for sergeant-at-arms in the next
state senate.
Hon. C. o. Butler, OF Dowagiac, is
candidate for deputy collector of inter
nal revenue.
The potato crop of Mecosta county is
estimated ut 10000 900 bushels, valued
at 81 100000.
The Calumet & aecla company at
Hancock, has put into operation two
more furnaces
Four inches of snow has fallen at
Cadillac, but no sleighing results, ow-
ing TO rough roads.
Barry county's new court house at
Hastings is nearly completed and
promises 10 be n beauty.
While moving a small building at
West Bay City, Clement Pudran, aged
80, was nearly crushed to death.
A leaking gasoline stove set FIRE to
the clothing OF Mrs. Clara Allen at
Lansing and she was terribly burned.
The Hart butter factory is paying
one cent per pound for milk and re-
ceiving 81 cents per pound for butter
Rev. William Moerdyke, of the Mus
kegon Holland church, has gone TO
Kalamazoo to labor in the vineyard
there.
Hollis Graham, while hunting near
Thomastown with a companion, was
accidentally shot and died the next
morning.
Marine City people complain that
they have more mud in their streets TO
the square foot than any other town in
Michigan.
Port Huron viii buy a new engine
and pump for her water works. 1t
will cost S41, 900 and pump 2,0O0,O 600
gallons an hour.
Mrs knight, aged IS years, was
killed on the railroad track at Gaines
by Detroit, Grand Haven &c Milwaukee
passenger engine.
The Quincy copper mine had an out
put of 900 tons in November, the At
lantic POS tons. The Peninsular has
closed permanently.
II. Tinker, of Saginaw, has shipped
n beautiful doe to Miss Ruth Cleveland.
The deer is two years old, and was
captured short time ago.
a 250-foot extension will be made to
the piers al the entrance of Muskeg on
harbor This will take the outer work
beyond the reach of wave action.
John Saunders, IS years old, of near
Stanton, had the right side of his chin,
several teeth and his right ear torn of
by the accidental discharge OF gun.
Fatal injuries.
Flint e Pere Marquette train of is
freight cars was ditched north of Mil
ford and the contents scattered, the
engine and one car alone not sharing
in the general wreck. No one was
hurt.
Napoleon and Edward Oleson, who
left Drummond's island for Alpena in
sailboat November -, are probably
lost. They have not been heard from
since 1t is known they encountered a
big storm.
DR.. C. G.. Chaddock has resigned his
position as assistant superintendent at
the Travese City insane asylum and
has accepted position at the st.
Louis, Mo-, university as professor Of
mental diseases.
State Superintendent of Public In
struction- Elect Pattengill has named
Prof. j. +. Hammond deputy state SUI
perintendent at salary of $1,000.
Hammond is school commissioner OF
Hillsdale county.
An upholsterer known as "Shoppy"
Pipps, drank a pint of alcohol at
Cadillac and died almost Immediately.
lie formerly was wealthy manufac-
turer at Saginaw. His stomach will be
sent 10 Ann Arbor.
Judge Allen Il. Morse has decided to
leave lonia and will locate in Grand
Rapids to practice law. Arrangements
! are practically completed by which he
becomes a member of the law firm OF
McGarry ~ Mcknight.
The register OF the Michigan-Li
Sheep breeders association has by the
treasury department been added to the
list of official registers OF pure bred
animals entitled TO free entry when
imported for breeding purposes.
Joseph Spinsl1y, employed in the
| Gypsum compauys plaster quarry at
/ Grand Rapids, was frightfully burned
! and bruised about the face and body
/ by the explosion of n can of powder
while charging blast Several fellow
workmen were also injured, but none
! fatally.
The village president OF Saranac has
! issued circular ordering every dog
| found upon the streets between now
and the first day of January, 1893, "a
! be killed. This is caused by the fact
that the mad dog that ran through the
streets OF Saranac bit number of dogs
and other ANIMALS.
The Correspondents association oi
Michigan has reorganized as the Mich
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