Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-26

During the past year more than , 600
acres Of stump land ia the vicinity OF Wy
man and Blanchard Montcalm county.
have beech taken up by settlers from Ohio
who are seeking homes.
The Michigan Chickamauqua commits
sion has selected September Is as the time
for dedicsting the monuments which will
mark the positions held by Michigan
troops on that historic field
A fve.year old son of George Haren.
den ot Alden, Antrim county, WAS sent
after the COWS the other night The lad
became surrounded by the fires raging in
the woods and was burned 90 death.
Copies of the first newspaper ever
printed in Korea have been received at
the state university The paper is pub.
llshea by two Japs, and is printed in Jap
anese. Korean and Chinese languages
William Brusseau. the murderer of DR.
Pope in Detroit whose testimony did
much TO convict Mrs Pope as an accom-
plice, has been sentenced to twenty five
years at hard labor in Jackson prison.
The Hon. y. B. HAYNES Of Iona.
eX member Of the state legislature, and al
present a member Of the board Of control
Of the lonia prison. has filed mortgages
amounting to So 900 TO secure his credit
Ors.
DR.. J d. Worth of Jackson has been
held for trial in the circuit court on charge
Of manslaughter in connection with the
death OF Fannie Smith which occurred at
the Good Samaritan home in JaCkso last
April.
Arthur Rolenhagen. seventeen year
Old boy of Muskegon, was killed the
other morning He was driving "A team Of
horses and wnen near the top OF a hill
they ran away dragging the lad about
thirty rods
Fred Whitney. living near Hillsdale
sprayed his potatoes in his apple orchard
with Paris green. His children picked up
some fallen apples and ate them One
child is dead and two others were very
sick for several days.
The Morton manufacturing company Of
MuskegOn is building a portable paner
for a Pittsburg firm, which will weigh
when completed about five tons The
bed plate will be sixteen feet long and
weigh }, $50 pounds.
Or. W. II Gum, convict in Jackson
prison, attempted suicide the other day by
severing he brachial artery in his eft arm
and slashing his throat. Gum was sent
from Montcalm county year ago for
seven years for taking improper liberties
with a woman.
Six years ago Frank Fuller and Ella
Jarrett Of Maple Rapids were secretly
married in Windsor Ont. He at once
1. &. A
home, where she has since lived as a
maiden. \ few days ago Fuller returned,
and they are now living together
Chase H. Osborn was elected president
of the Michigan Press association at the
Benton IIarbor meeting T c. Steven
son Of Marshall was chosen vice president;
+ o. Dewey. OwossO. secretary; l.. +
Slussar, Mancelonia, treasurer, aud Byron
Schermerhorn of Hudson historian.
Out Of population Of 2,241 .4J4. Mich
igan has 4, 3j2 insane persons cared for at
state expense. the care Of which costs the
state $3.50. 600 every two years. The
board Of asylum trustees has decided that
the rate of maintenance for the southern
peninsula be forty six cents; for the north
ern peninsula the rate per day was fixed at
sixty cents.
William Luce and wife Of Bancroft sep.
arated a year ago, Luce taking their child
On the Sd inst Mrs Luce and her father
abducted the child. and Luce had war
rents issue f. r them While Mrs. Luce
and the child were 10 the court room for
her examination, Luce stole the child, and
crowd started in pursuit, rescuing the
child and restoring it to the mother The
Justice sustained their action and gave
Mrs Luce the custody Of her child.