Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-12-16

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Cuban, has died, leaving an estate of
SO, 100000.
A Fruitland farmer named Miller
was found guilty at Muskegon of rob
bing n Chicago & West Michigan
freight car.
Gov. Winans will give reception in
the executive parlors to some 500
teachers on Wednesday evening,
December IS.
Ironwood is to have chair factory.
Ironwood furnished S24, 200 of the re-
quired capital, Detroit people the
other $4,000
Joseph H. Smith, cashier of the do
funct bank at Tecumseh, is planning
the establishment of state bank IN
in that village.
An employee of the Big Four road at
Benton Harbor found wallet con-
tanning $1,000 while sweeping a car.
He turned the cash over To the com
pany.
A miner named ]. G.. George fell
down shaft at the Great Western
mine at Crystal Falls. AS it was 500
feet to the bottom death was ins:an-
taneous.
There has been 100, 900 tons of ore
shipped from the Republic mine for
number of years. The mine is looking
much the same as for the past two or
three years.
J. Il. Mckee, spiritualist medium,
committed suicide at the home of his
wife's parents near Vicksburg. He
shot himself through the heart.
Domestic troubles
Gov Winans has appointed William
NJ. Roricl1, of Bad Axe, county agent
for the state board of corrections and
charities for Huron county, vice Jacob
L. Rorick, resigned.
Edward Pugh, toolIkeeper for the
Quinnesec Logging company, Iron
Mountain, 2S years old, shot himself
through the head in his room. Pugh
was addicted to liquor.
Mrs. Mahala Norris died at the resi-
dence of her daughter, Mrs. NJ. A. Par
dee, of Osceola. Her age was lO1 years
and eight months. She was born in
in New Jersey and came to Michigan
81 years ago.
After years of patient waiting Jones
vile is soon TO be furnished with
new station house by the Lake Shore
railroad. The new building is to be
placed at the intersection of the Fort
Wayne branch and the main line.
The government life saving crew at
South Haven, has gone out of COM
mission until the opening Of naviga-
ton next season. No wreck occurred
~, haat
valuable aid was frequently rendered
to resorters who got outside the break
ers.
All new officers will be entitled to
take their positions in Michigan's gov
eminent on January l, 1898, except the
following: Inspector of illuminating
oils July l, 1898; labor commissioner,
March 1, 1893; state librarian, March
81, 1898, and insurance commission r,
July 1, 1898.
While attempting TO adjust coup
ling between two moving cars at
Cadillac, WILDER Green, conductor of
Cobb & Mitchells logging train, was
thrown beneath the wheels and had
both legs crushed. He will recover.
He had received an accident policy
only the day before the accident
Van Buren, and Allegan are the only
counties in Michigan where prohib-
tory law in regard TO shooting deer at
any time is in force. Deer have been
SO plentiful in parts of the latter
country the past season that many
residents with sporting proclivities are
agitating measures to secure the repeal
of the law.
The Ionia house of correction has
been losing $500 or more month on
the furniture contract for sometime
and the penal board claim it is the
fault of Cochran & Miller who handle
the output. Il. i. Barnes. of Adrian,
and John Widdicomb, of Grand Rapids,
are acting as an arbitration committee
To decide where the difficulty lies.
Charles Pulcifer, who says he lives
at st. Johns, was arrested at Lansing
for emptying u revolver at Henry G..
Drops, to whose house he demanded
admittance. Drops sworc out a war
rant charging Pulcifer with assault
with intent TO do great bodily harm.
Pulcifer says he has spent three years
in the insane asylum at Traverse City.
When the supreme court adjourned
on the 3D. it was to meet again on De-
cember %. Little more than one-half
of the eases on the calendar have been
heard, and as IL is understood that the
court will only convene on the above
date for the purpose of handing down
I opinions and a1journing for the term,
the remainder win go over and be
\ placed at the head of the calendar for
hearing in the January term.
Deputy State Insurance Inspector g..
/ w. Hall, of Ncgaunee, has double in
name and appearance. The other fell
| low suicidod in Omaha recently, and
all sorts of complications have arisen.
Marie Van Zandt was the principal
/ heiress of the Roselle Smith estate at
| Grand Rapids. Nelson W. Northrup
was the administrator, and seven years
ago tried to wind up the estate, offer
I ing Miss Van Zandt SEE, 10l as her
share. She got verdict for $4,000
more in the circuit court, but the case
was carried TO the supreme court. The
case has been settled out of court, the