Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-02-15

'pNIWi lbl ftblhalN -. VIII Nv tulttu
by the ladies of the NJ. l.. church
The wife and TWO children Of w II.
Mann Of Mcnomnee died ii diphlhcria.
within two days of each other. last week.
Harvey b Rowlsou. who has been
proprietor of the Hillsdale Standard
since 1916. died in Mobile. Ala. Friday
Of iasi week.
Michigan has received the sixth in
: aliment Of $4,000 from the govern
ment, "a it, share of the proceed, of the
sale of public lands.
The contest for the seat i'm lhc national
house of representatives. between Bel
KNAPP aud Richardson has been decided
in favor of the latter.
The Bedding cigar company has been
organized with 10000 capital, There
are eight factories in Bedding running
TO their fullest capacity.
The legislature has passed the bill
500 to mark the posi-
tious of Michigan regiments AT Chicka-
maugua aud Chattanooga
Norman G. Root. aged 81. lived alone
in little cabin near Howard Ciry. His
dwelling burned the other night, and
Root persisted in the flames
The knights of the Loyal Guard. =" "A
fraternal benefit society. has been incor-
porated in this state. +. II. Rankin, Jr.,
of Flint. j. commander-in-rhief.
Joseph Grant, aged u, Of Richland.
shot his wife twice, lnilicting serious
though not fatal injuries, and then shot
himself, dying almost instantly.
$. O. Fisher of Bay City and james
T. Hurst of Wyandotte have purchased
10000 acres of land IN Minnesota. on
which there are SOC, 900 900 feet of TIM
Der.
Adam G. Arnold has been arrested
for the murder of his son George III.
Arnold. the Battle Creek man whose
body was found in the river in that city
few days ago.
Isaac NJ Turner of Grand Rapids
died in Washington February 6. He
was there as counsel for Congressman
Richardson in the Belknap-Richardson
election contest.
Two hundred and fifty men are reg
uarly employed in the Challenger Corn
Planter works in Grand Haven, the
proprietors of which say they have not
suffered from the hard times.
A L. Dibble and wife Of Lowell went
six miles from home the other day tax
ing the baby with them. When they
unwrapped the baby it was dead. Too
many wraps had smothcrcd T.
The Central Michigan fair association
viii bring suit against the State Agri-
cultural society To recover the fair
grounds. if the latter society does not
hold fair in Lansing this year
Clerk Miller of the state house Of rep
resentatives is candidate tor tally clerk
of the national house of representatives.,
and has the support of nearly the entire
Michigan delegation in congress.
The Detroit house of correction will
show "A deficit of 10000 for last year,
instead of the usual $50. 600 surplus. As
result of the law prohibiting the re-
ception and employment of federal
prisoners.
The record of Michigan soldiers in
the battles of Chickamaugua and Chat
tanooga will be compiled by Congress
man Belknap. and read on the occasion
of the dedication Of the monuments on
these fields in September next.
George Campbell of Alamo, kalama-
roo county, was cleaning Winchester
rifle, when the weapon was discharged.
and a bullet shattered one of Mrs. Chas.
Phelps legs. The leg was amputated.
but Mrs. Phelps died soon after the OPP
Grafton.
From hieroglyphics found in an Ind
ian mound some one has deciphcrcd the
meaning of The name of the county in
which is located the Athens of Mich
igan. "Washte' means good; "nena-
washte." better; "wash-ta-na," best
The Michigan Club has secured able
speakers for the annual banquet to be
held in Detroit February %. Among
them are: Gov. Mckinley Of Ohio; II.
d. ESterbrook of Nebraska; Charles +.
Aldrich of Chicago: Gov. Hastings of
Pennsylvania, and Ii. o. Bradley of
Kentucky.
Several over-zealOus members of the
w. &. +. L. of Cheboygan started out
to raid the saloons the other night, but
failed. The saloons have been closed (?)
for several months, but the "reguars"
to- get their usual lihations,
and the women proposed to find out
where, but didn't.
DR.. V. II. Long. medical superintend'
ent of the asylum for insane criminals
in Iona, in his biennial report says the
total admissions for the period covered
by the report were l02, Of whom nine
were females number inmates at the
6 4 g., . 10,