Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-08-03

tried to cut line and split stick o
wood at the same time, with the resul
that he received bad cut on the fore
head.
Branch county fair will have move
threshing contest at their Septembe
exhibit. The test will consist in firing
up an engine, starting from "A giver
point at given signal, iun to "A stack
thresh twenty bushels of wheat, anC
return to starting point. Test, bes
time and incest work.
GrasshOppers are so plentiful in
some parts of Sanlac county that they
delay harvesting. A farmer in the
vicinity of Peek was cutting grain with
a reaper, when it became so clOgged
with grasshoppers that it stopped the
machine. These pests are cutting a
great deal of standing grain.
Deer are reported quite numerous in
the vicinity of the 500 this summer. A
number have been seen swimming
across from Sugar Island to the main
land at the head of Hay Lake channel.
At that place last week the crew of the
Shaughraun nearly effected the capture
of one of the animals alive.
Some iiends are using lime to catch
fish i'm some of the streams north of us.
They take a sack of lime up to the head
of the stream, empty it into the water,
and then stir it up vigorously. Itresults
in driving the fish down the stream
into a net previously set. 1t blinds the
fish, but they soon recover if placed in
other water.-Florence News.
John l.. Budrow, a blind man of
Schoolcraft, met with a painful acct
dent Tuesday night. He was tying his
cow in the stable, when the animal
threw her head to one side to shake off
flies. One of her horns struck Mr.
Budrow squarely in the eye, inflicting a
painful and dangerous wound.
The prohibtionists of Calhoun coun-
ty are in hard luck financially. A re-
port from their secretary shows an in
debtedness, for campaign purposes, of
$S2.70. Prof. Samuel Dickie suggested
at their county convention that the
party either repudiate or pay its debts.
whereupon several gentlemen paid the
amount.
1t does not look like hard times at
Otsego with one brick block completed
to the second story, the wall laid for
another and DIR. l.. f. Clark's handsome
brick residence well under way. G.. +
Bardeen, owner of the paper mill, is
building one of the finest residence in
the state. The shops and factories are
all running, the streets are being paved
and many other improvements are
being made.
Brook trout fishing at the 500 ana
vicinity is now at its best. Hundreds Of
enthusiastic anglers are there from all
parts of the country, and are vieing
with local fishermen in Turing the
Speckled beauties from their retreat in
the sparkling streams. The conundrum
that is going the rounds among the
anglers is IF man will tell one story
about bite, how many Will he tell if
he catches a fish,"
A farmers beef club has been organ
lied near Minden City. The plan is for
some member of the club to kill beef
every Tuesday and aside from supply
ing himself with meat for week, to
supply all the other members, and by
so doing all the club members are
enabled to enjoy the privilege of having
fresh beef all the time. Minden City
farmers do not believe in living entirely
On salt pork.
The mystery of the disappearance of
John Spry, Hurley miner, three years
ago, has been cleared up by the dis
,overy of heap of bleached bones
hree miles north of Ironwood. in the
Orest, by man named Morris. Identi-
ication was effected by a gold watch
md an English gold sovereign in the
reap of bones, the watch being identi-
led by the jeweer who sold it to Spry
prior to the latter's departure for Cali
ornIa three years ago.