Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-06-08

minus a home, barn and team OF
horses. The vermin we're also exter-
minated.
Arthur Cole, 15-year-old, boy of
Decatur, confessed Thursday to plac-
ing a railroad tie on the Michigan Cen
trial track Tuesday night. A passen-
ger train struck the obstruction, but
no serious damage resulted.
Minnie ROethke, a domestic working
at the residence of Mrs w. T.. Crane,
of Saginaw, was terribly burned Thurs
day morning by her clothes, which was
saturated with gasoline while she was
lighting stove, catching fire.
The ladies of Union City invaded the
rooms Of the common council and inn
portuned the city fathers to place
saloonists' bonds at the maximum
limit. The council listened gracefully
to the pleadings and fixed the bonds
at sc, 900.
| We have often heard of citizens TAX
ing drop, but thing happened in
Shelby the other day that is a little out
of the ordinary. The hOnse of Albert
Worken thought that it had to be in
the swim so it took drop--nto a Z
foot cellar
Henry Holtorf, the insane German
for whom there was reward offered
was found IN Leelanaw county some
time ago and taken TO New York and
put on board steamer bound for Ger
many. There is a fortune awaiting
HIM in the old country
Cadillac is still talking over the recent
horsewhipping of the Rev. j. l.. Hoop
or. The minister is firm, and declares
that he will come out victorious, while
the ladies Of the village-forty of them
have Endorsed Mrs. Miller's course,
and presented her with set of silver
ware.
During light storm on Sunday at
| Otter Lake, a ball of lightning fell in
straight line to within about ten feet of
the ground. when it burst, cracking
like cannon. Mrs. II. W. Mason, on
whose place it burst, was slightly af-
fected, but gained consciousness in a
few seconds.
Holland City is bound to shut down
on the practise of young men congre-
eating at the entrance of churches and
annoying the attendants as they come
out. Eight of them were recently
arrested, tried and convicted. The
good work will be kept up. Good for
Holland City.
Fish are dying in large quantities in
Lyon Lake. a popular resort aud fish
ing grounds in Calhoun county. The
same phenomenon was observed last
year during the months of May and
June. The waters of the lake are eX-
ceedingly pure and the cause of so
many dead fish being washed ashore
is mystery.
A druggist in the interior part of
the state had a lot of perfumes that he
! didn't know what to do with. Sales
were awfully slow until he thought of
a scheme that worked to charm
The Druggist himself was quite a pop
ular fellow SO he told his girl friends
that the latest fad was an onion social.
The thing took. Onion social became
the rage. Now nearly every young
lady and gentleman in the whole viii
| lage is his customer and while his
scents decreased his cents increased.
A Dorr correspondent in local
paper, in speaking of last Thursday 5
storm, says that .'men in their 70's and
SOS dropped on their knees in prayer,
believing the day of judgment had
come. Hail broke in windows, pieces
flying about their heads. driving them
to the cellars. Floods of rain tell, fill
ing cellars in the lower parts of the
town; in fact, not a dry family could
be found in town that morning. Crops
were completely driven into the earth
fruit riddled as if shot to pieces, and
hail stones measuring nine inches in
circumference could be picked mp any
where. Bushels of haistones lay in
the streets, in places to the depth of
six or ten inches. The large plate
windows in the stores and residences
were shiyered to atoms. Cattle and
horses were bruised to a Jelly, sheep
and lambs killed by the score and the
ground literally covered with dead
birds"
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