Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-03-18
AROUND THE STATE.

Knoxville is building a new rolling mill.
Sand Beach is preparing for building
boom.
Marshalrs electric lights cost S. apiece
Il month.
A band sawmill viii be erected at Even
by W. A. Andrew.
A school in Huron county, near Mud
Greek, is taking vacation on account Of
poor roads,
y miniature salt plant is being con-
structed at Saginaw TO DE sent TO the
Worlds FAIR.
Earl Wright became dissatisfied with mis-
quarters at the Ionia prison and left for
parts unknown
The water works company of Iron
Mountain will spend $50, 900 in improve
ments this year.
Thomas S. Jewett. Niles boy, has been
appointed assistant paymaster in the
United States navy.
The new lumber and single mill on
Mackinaw island is in operation. 1t is
owned by Manistee men.
Hunt Ogemaw county, citizens decided
the roads Of the township.
Nine-year old Robbie Wilson, Of Sturgis,
was playing with "A toy gun and now
mourns the loss OF an eye.
Lacota citizens have raised the neces-
sary 81, 400 bonus that is to insure them a
roller process Touring mill.
William Trainor and William Walker,
he of hox
victed of highway robbery.
The Ingham county annual convention
of the w. c. II. U. will be held in Mason
March 23 and -. Mrs. Louise Rounds,
of Chicago, viii speak.
The state board of agriculture has de-
cided to abandon the experimental stations
in the northel part OF the state, except
ing only the Graylng station.
Capt Kirby. Of Grand Haven, has sold
his small passenger steamer Joe, and his
9arge steambarge Ford, and will proceed
at once 10 build two new boats.
Dickinson county supervisors fixed the
price for post-mortein examinations at $40.
Physicians don't like the cut and have
organized a society to protect themselves.
Wasbtenaw's Democratic board of super
visors has failed TO raise sufficient money
10 run the county machinery through the
year. The county treasury is now over
drawn SIS, 340.16.
Park Place hotel in Traverse City is
going to be greatly enlarged and
thoroughly modernzed this spring, just &c
make it as fine as the finest hotel in the
Michigan resort region.
lost their lives at Michigan Central inter
sections with streets during three years
and now the city council will have more
safety gates, or will enforce the ordinance
relative 10 the speed of trains within tn,
city limits.
L. NJ Pearson, of Cheshire, Allegar
county, has cut pine tree that should
have gone into Michigan's forestry exhibit
TO olow what a southern Michigan count!
can produce. 1t was feet in diameter "a
the stump, and was 15S feet high. Tn
butt log, cut IL feet long, scaled !, l52 fee
of lumber.
Patrick Heating, of Allen township
Hil'sdale county, committed suicide b.
tai; ng laudanum or ether. About on
year ago he made an attempt on his life b.
taking paris green, and failed. He wa
born in ireland, % years ago, ana came I
this country when quite young. Six month
ago he tried TO kill his wife, but assistanc
came in time TO save her and he was lodge
ia Jail. IL was supposed that he was In
sane He left a widow and seven children
The First Congregational church {
Olvet has extended an unanimous call
Rev. Clarence II. Brown. of the Fore'
Hill Congregational church, Chicago.
The C. & w. NJ. road has experience
great difficulty with that sink hole I
Ellsworth, Antrim county. About 20, OC
cubic yards of earth has been hauled ther'
and trees, stones and everything imagii
able have been thrown into the swami
but TO no avail. a gang of men have bee
at work filing this swamp, several rods
length, since last fall. but without success
About half mile from the first there
another hole that is almost duplicat
The track win now be built around the
lbottomless pits.