Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-01-25
STATE SETTINGS.

In BATTLE Creek few days ago.
Petoskey has started "A boom \ sea
serpent Is swimming around there.
\ constitutional amendment is pro-
posed making the state railroad com
missioner elective instead Of appoint
i've.
The Big Four" will soon make Mus
kegon terminal point. Lack Of Yard
room in ST. Joseph necessitates the
change.
a funeral procession in Mu,kegon
was run into b, a runaway horse the
other day. Four persons were badly
injured.
Frank :. Reed of Chicago has been
appointed lecturer ON the law of copy
right in the law school Of the state
university.
Barney Schmecrman, a G. IL w. Nj.
brakeman. fell between two cars in
Grand Rapids Monday, and his body
ground to pulp.
II. NJ Henderson near Manistee lost
a barn and its contents, including 20
milch COWS and u span of horses, by
fire the other morning
DR.. Moves of Providence. X. l.. for
merry of Detroit, has given -, 900 to
Oak Grove Sanitarium near Flint, for
the purpose of building an amusement
hall.
James Dempsey. an employe in the
Oval Wood Dish factory in Traverse
City, fell from a pile of logs a distance
of 20 feet, the other day, and broke his
neck.
Walter Robbins, confidential clerk in
the employ Of Anderson Bros, DRY
goods merchants in Saginaw, is under
arrest for the larceny of goods from
their store.
a bill is before the Legislature pro-
hibiting all contracts for interest i'm eX-
cess Of y per cent per annum. Any
rate above this is uSury and forfeits he
entire interest.
The elevator in Morrce, with is con-
tents, burned the other night. hlauv
farmers had wheat stored therein, one
man losing 900 bushels. The fire is of
incendiary origin.
There were 3. 49, .42S barrels OF salt
manufactured i'm Michigan last year, an
increase of 100000 barrels over last
year. There are are nearly 100000
barrels of salt on hand at present.
The treasurer of Montcalm county is
in the lurch Sl5.57j, which amount of
county money he had deposited in thu
National bank i'm Grcenville and Cha
pms bank in Stanton, both OF which
failed.
Lardis +. Butts of New York has
sued the G. IL W NJ. railroad company
for S25, 900 for injuries received near
ICELAND in November, 1898, when the
train on which he was riding was
ditched.
Edward c. Gay has been convicted
in the circuit court of Kalamazoo cir
cult of violating the insurance laws of
the state, by soliciting insurance for a
company not authorized to do business
in Michigan.
John Nj. GOtshall has sued the Gen
esee County Farmers Mutual insurance
company. His farm buildings, on which
he had $4,000 insurance in said COM
pany, burned January |. The company
refuses to settle, hence the suit.
L. &. Head of Midland and Memo
Swart of Flint have been appointed
trespass agents for the upper and lower
peninsulas respectively. There are at
least 200, 900 acres OF land IN the upper
peninsula alone which need careful at
tention.
A Lansing bank has sued the State
Agricultural society for $4,000, the
amount OF Il debt contracted several
years ago when the society erected
buildings in Lansing. Unless the debt
is paid. or satisfactory arrangements
made therefor, no fair will be held this
year.
Another phase in the sensational suit
of the Muskegon Booming company
confronts the court. All the officers of
the Booming company have been ar
rested for contempt. The arrest is
based upon testimony of Edward Ben
nett, who swore that he was spirited
away by the company's officers so that
he could not testify against them.
Rev. Samuel Graves. ID. d., late pres
ident of the Baptist Seminary in Atlanta,
Georgia, died in Grand Rapids few
days ago. He was pastor of the Foun-
tain street Baptist church in Grand
Rapids for ID years, and tor several
years was pastor of the Baptist church
in Ann Arbor. He has also been a
teacher in the Baptist college in Kala-
maZoo.
The last of this month or the first of
next there will be sent out from the
state fish hatchery in Paris. Mecosta
county, 10000 trout and 200. 000
salmon. Half million trout fry have
been sent to the hatchery in Sault Ste
Marie, from Paris. The several state
hatcheries have this season secured
more than 20.000000 white fish eggs,
the largest number in the history OF
pisciculture in Michigan.