Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-11-29
State News.

| Alegan's several churches will unite in
holding union revival services
Rev. FIR Gutowsk of Detroit was fined
$40 for slsppIng his sexton, Lorenz Mrok.
Jury at Hastings convicted Rev. w o.
Lowden of forgery He WAS formerly a
| lWvcr.
Justice simpson o. Detrorf wss ceu'ly
served with a warrant, charging INN with
criminal assault.
Grand Rapids Consolidated street rail
way company announces "A cut Of 10 per
cent in wages of all employees Dec l.
Mrs. Larkins, the Monroe murderess,
was sentenced TO Jackson for lie Thurs
day. Her twin babes are with an aunt.
The 5.year old son Of Buel salisbury,
Otsego, went to hang up pair Of shears,
when they fell and put out his eye in
| stanty,
The congress of nations recently given
in the Howell opera house by the young
people of ST J seph church Melted them
about $500
Although the apple crop in this state
| difficult 10 procure any Of the fruit in San
| lilac county.
BANGOR residents have been experiment
ing with both brick and cement sidewalks,
and have decided TO build the latter eX
cusively hereafter.
1t cost Alfred Bailey and Charles
Sharon o! Bay City $40 apiece and costs
TO catch pickera weighing less than one
pound for the purpose of sale.
A mems SUNDAY evening club has been
J ufganized in the Congregational church at
| INLAY City. As they present fine pro
grammes, they are filling the church.
The hoard of regents have recently
granted Presdt Angel leave Of absence
to attend the duties of commissioner at the
head of the |. 5 deep waterways COM
mission.
The Christian EndeavOr union Of Bay
county will give a lecture course this win
ter 10 raise money for nucleus % fund
to be used in the erection Of hospital in
Bay City.
Gen. Alger has made lengthy reply to
charges of Senator Sherman in the second
volume Of his recollections in which the
general characterizes the insinuationS as
an insult.
The deer hunters no went north from
! HllSdale must have had exceptionally
good luck. as nearly every ne Of them
has sent or brought home a good supply
of venson.
Lake Ann has Just finished her water
works system, and is now talking electric
lights The project Is to run the electric
! lights with the same power that Is used
for the water works
The Port Huron Times now controls the
whole establishment Of Commercial Fri
hume and Riverside printing company.
The sale includes contracts for The Macca.
bee and L. o. T. VI. printing.
So many Chicago summer resorters
made their home at Paw Paw Lake. near
! Watervliet last summer, that local capi
tall-ts are planning 10 erect modern 100
room hotel on the banks of the lake
For the steenth time in three years Lake
, City is tryi 10 10 secure a flour and griSt
mill This time the man who offers to
put in and operate one also wants TO run
an electric light plant in connection
A Burr Oak man lost several cattle by
building his corn crib directly above his
stable, and then overlooking the crib
The supports gave way and the falling
corn killed two cows and badly injured
three more.
The name of the State Democrat of Lam
sing will be changed this week to the
! Lansing Review, which the publishers
think is more appropriate to paper, aim
ing, rs il does TO be news more than
political paper.
! Decatur has postmStress Of whom the
! citizens are proud. In her five years in.
combancy Of the Office she has made but
two mistakes in her accounts with the
| government, and each of these was for
| but few cents.
A Bad Axe farmer in looking over the
wheat which he has stored in bins. has
! found it full Of white worms about half
an inch long. which are eating the grain.
| He says that he has never seen any worms
! like them before
The w r. G. and c. A K Of Vassar
have organized soldiers monument as.
! sociation and committees have been ap.
! pointed 10 solicit subscriptions and to buy
"a monument and have II erected and dedl-
Gated next Memorial day
William Zlas of Lapeer has broken the
record as a horse trader. One day last
week he left home with 10 year old bay
mare valued at $2j In the evening
when he It ached home he had Sos and The
same horse. He had traded eight times
and and finally got his own horse back
Judge ;. A. Adrich of the probate
court Of Muskegon recently handed down
a very important decision this eek
in the case of Edwin Hayward. whose will
was contested Mr. Hayward died in
Casnoyia last May, leaving an estate val.
| ucd ~ $43 000 Carrie Hayward was
keeping the company of a young man at
the time of her fathers death. and her
father did not like her knight II his will
| Hayward provided that his daughter
should have 81 GOO if she did not marry
this young man. and if she did marry him
she was to receive but $4O0. In his decis.
ion Judge Aldrich held that the will Is
legal and has sustained its provisions
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