Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-16
State News.
Byron Root a Bangor sport. shot blue
lerOn D. inches high

popu'i-i and freesilvcr
Thirty person, will be admitted to the
Lapeer feeble minded asylum
Jackson people VII. tear down saloon
and erect a church on the site
jackson rrocers pcnic>cd %, Diamond
Lake Holland grocers at Ottawa beach.
Lewiston, Montgomery county. will be
gin work al once on IL new water works
system.
The Tooth family. Of Cambria. have
just held reunion, at which there was
much cnjlwmcut
Al Hart $50 teacher, attended the coun
ty institute Prof y W Simmons. Of
Q 'osso was in charge.
Guk Boswell manager ot the Chicago
Boat CUb, WAS married TO Miss Maude
Ohishoim. of - Joseph
Four prisoners plicd opcu the back door
II The CheDoygan county jail and escaped
Three were alleged burglars.
The Deaconness' home. at Grand Rap
ids. has I'VE workers The property Is
worth so, 900 and unlncumbered
prot Kennedy, AL alleged fortune
teller was jailed a. Bay cry. charged with
obtaining money By false preteuscs
The Maccabecs in Homer. Tckonsha and
Burlington have organized base ball teams
and VIII endu!ge in series Of games
Big Rapid, voted 10 bond itself tor s.,
900 Is a bonu, for Hood 4 Wright. fac
tory, which Will employ - or 80 men.
Owing to drop in the price of salt
from % cents To IT, cents barrel, Thomp
son Bros. have closed their works at 81
Clair.
Three BIZ barns, tool house and two
large sheds belonging 10 Edward Russell,
a wealthy Mason farmer, burned to the
ground
Ann Arbor boasts that more building is
going on here than any other town in the
state, except Detroit, Grand Rapids is not
excepted
The Old Copper Falls mine in Kewee-
nav county winch has been idle for
long time, will be opened again before the
end of August.
The Sixty.siSth Illinois infantry. in
which were many soldiers from south.
western Michigan. has closed a successful
reunion at Paw Paw lake
Polly Shepherd Of Petoskey il is alleg
ed, got mad al a former friend and wrote
her an obscene letter Uncle sam has
bound her over for trial
The wife of Rev ; :. CLARK. formerly
pastor of the Caro- Baptist church. now Of |
AIUnice Ind has obtained divorce on /
the ground Of cruelty.
Niles is building big department store,
4 furniture factory that Will employ 100
men, and scores Of new residences, and
feels pretty gay, thank you.
Decatur has just completed its water
work system For years the only fire /
protection consisted Of fire engine aud a /
lew halfempty clsterns.
The bloomer ball rules at Grand Rapids /
nave been decided upon No lady can .
,Ome uness she IS IN either ful, dress or
boomers Short skirts are barred
Tie Columbus. o., common council
party, numbering il2 spent last Friday at
- Clair with the Pugh Nidettes, who
gave specIa. dress parade ia their honor.
The H.llsdale Jail was empty from
Thursday 10 Saturday OF last week, and
I was 50 still that the cockroaches came
,ut of the cracks TO see hat was the mat.
er.
frankie Beal while wedding onions in a
narshy piece Of land ia the west end OF
Albion, found a twenty dollar gold piece.
from appearances it had been there some
inc
A young Saginaw woman, named Mrs
IlOCk ate several green Cucunbers, rinds
nd a.. then took a dose Of rough on rats,
ut she oyerdld the thing and IS still alive
Domestic troubles
Peach shipments from saugatuck TO
hicago and Nj waukee now average 30.
90 bushels day, and it is thought the
lumber will be increased TO ~. 0OJ. 1t Is
ow beyond doubt that the peach crop
viii be the largest in many years,
City Editor Charles : Rawles, OF the
J, r. Huron News got into an alteration
nth Joe Narley of Fort GratIot While
e was trying TO throw Narley oil the car
e VS. bitten in the hand amt struck in
be face
The Shan'ytYwu women, near Nenom-
Zee. are still. fighting the railroad com
any that wants 10 deprive them Of their
tile homes They are tearing down
eGces whenever put VI. some talk of
looung
The rains have done lots Of good in
late county Corn, late potatoes and
egitable, generally will be good crop.
.arly potatoes. however. are only
uarte OF crop The recent frost al
lost ruined several fields n corn
When it began TO thunder and ftful
-hjeninC Illuminated the bl ckened
eavens at midnight a Blissfeld man
rose ami cleaned the cistern he had neg
.cted Tor months lie was ba'ky at first,
ut his wife wouldn't be gain-aid
\ Iii,lsdaie alderman has invented a ma
hine that cuts out wooden spoon, han.
L. and all. That Is the kind " statesmen
IIlsdale produces. The spoon is de
gned for buildings pOrridge, pot pie and
icnics and not for the city finances
The Eaton county institute, in session
Charlotte last week, has "a gre alter at.
.ndauce than ever before known The
DnluCtOr "a a. Prof Gurupv pf TTillsIol q