Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-10

Work on the Manislee 4 Grand Rapids
railroad is being pushed rapidly.
Michigan Maccabccs Will hold "a jubilee
in Jackson, beginning June IL.
May there we're 10 30l pensioners on
the rolls of The Delroitpcnsion Office
About onc.third Of the saloons in Bay
City have been closed by the new tax law
Shepherd expects soon to have new
furniture factory 10 cost $1,000.
one hundred thousand fruit trees have
have been SCI cut in Barry county this
spring
The state hrcmen's association will meet
in traverse city May - rs.
Ebcn Goodfruit living near Lowell. wa,
fishing and fell out of his boat IN a fiji and
was drowned.
The board of control of the Michigan
Mining school has adopted the elective
system.
Loren G Day. a wealthy Grand Rapids
man, and largely Interested in the plaster
syndicate, is dead
The high license has caused T. of the
- saloon keepers IN Ann Arbor to quit
The business.
MIS- Mary Fitzgerald who settled in
Howell in 1916. died in Howard City a
few days ago.
Charles Andrews, a WILLIAMSON saloon
ist, run hi, saloon all last year without a
license he has been arrested.
Philip Patterson, aged y years. fell
under an + x i. VI train n Flint the
other day and was crushed % death.
The Eaton county grand jury has sum.
mOned one thousand witness at two dollars
day to give evidence in local option cases.
The herd of cattle at the state public
school in COldwater is afflicted with tuber-
Culosis, and a number of the animals have
been killed
Forest fires have been raging west of
Auegan for several days Already a ter
ritory over two miles square has been
burned over.
The Michigan supreme court has con-
firmed the conviction Of Newell b. Parsons,
who stole 500 600 in bonds from Wells,
Stone X Co, of saginaw.
The Minneapolis Milling Company, con-
trolled 10y British capital, has purchased
the water power in CerescO. Calhoun Co.,
will erect an immense Touring mill.
Mrs Mary f. Hughson and George W
King of Muskcgon charged with poison.
ing Nathan Douglass of Fruitport, have
been held for tial without bail.
South Haven is enjoying a real estate
boom. More real estate has changed hands
IN that place this spring than ever before
IN lis history, at good prices and for cash.
Little Nina Cuatt Of Union City fell in.
TO a barrel Of soft soBp and was not res
cucd until the yc had eaten into her ten
der flesh and injured her eyes beyond re-
covery.
Fire did 500, COO damage in the lumber
and salt plants Of Whitney & Bachelor in
Melbourne, Saginaw county. Insurance
100000.
Alfred VI. Todd defeated candidate for
congress in the third district, is so conf
dent that errors were made in counting the
votes that he offers to bear all the expenses
OF a re count.
Stephen Carpenter of Mayfield, Lapeer
county, celebrated Arbor Day by planting
1000 plum trees and 35j pear trees. He
already has about ,, 600 bearing fruit trees
on his farm.
Michigan farmers are warned not to tie
their wool with slsal Irvine. The eastern
manufacturers object TO the use of this
Irvine for reason that the fibre mixes with
the wool and greatly Injuries lis value.
L, is said that $50, 0OO, 900 feet of Cana
dian pine will be RATED across the lakes to
the Saginaw river mills this season In
addition, the Michigan Central road will
bring 49,, 600, coo. and the F. d Z. VI.
road will bring IN 80, 900 600.
Col Thomas p Robb, formerly resi-.
dent Of Coldwater, died a few days ago IN
Santa Cruz, Cal. During Grants admin.
istratlOn Col RObb was sent TO Mexico TO
arbltrate claims which that country had
against the United States.
VIM Pinkney, of Farwell, jumped from
the loft In his granary and his right arm
caught on "a hook in the wall He hung
suspended until his hired man came and
released him The arm and shoulder are
terribly lacerated.
Mrs John j. Bagley of Detroit, who
attended the national council of 200 600
women in Washington, has issued invita-
tiOns TO all the wOmens organizations in
the state to send delegates to Detroit May
IA for the purpose of organizing a Mich
gan council.
The discovery has been made that the
Detroit city hail site feels in the regents
of the state university. According to an
abstract found in the city records, por-
ton of the site was once occupied 10y the
association for the Promotion Of Female
Education.
The contest Of the Northern Oratorical
Association, composed Of the universities
of Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio and
Chicago was held in Iowa City, Iowa,
last week. The first prize was won by
James II. Mays of Michigan, whose sub
iect was 'Internationalism
Every business structure in Sand Lake,
except restaurant and the depot, was
burned the other night. a number Of res
licences were burned, also, and there were
not enough left to accommodate the home
less people. Loss is estimated at 500 600,
with only 500 900 insurance.