Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-06-14
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a bicycle factory is being built in
Bangor.
Three Rivers had a s95. 90 fire the
other night.
The work of dredging Holland harbor
commenced last week
Charlotte Methodists will build a new
church this summer.
Much damage has been done in Gladwn
county by forest fires.
A postofiice has been established at
Brady, Saginaw county
one hundred new houses will be built
in Holland this summer.::- t..ss E@yR
The corner stone of new armory will
be laid in Monroe July A.
Tightening rod swindlers are operating
10 various parts Of the state.
W II Santer has given the village OF
Shelby land for pubic park.
Gov Mckinley Of Ohio will speak in
Battle Creek on Emancipation day.
Every saloonist in Union City IS under
arrest for violation Of the liquor law
Gov Rich refused to sign the Donovan
interchangeable railroad mileage book.
a company is being organized at Grand
Haven 20 pu, in ship building plant.
Saut Ste Marie compels the tramps who
come there TO work on the public streets.
TIE summer university of Bay View
i'll open July 10 and continue six weeks.
The First Michigan infantry will hold
its annual reunion in Grand Rapids, June
-.
George Babe Of Inlay City, aged 1G,
was drowned while bathing, few days
ago.
George Jones, wanted in Mason for
horse stealing, was arrested in Orland,
lid.
Durand hopes to induce the Oviatt
WAGON Co Of Lansing to locate al that
place.
The number of pensioners on the rolls
at the Detroit Pension agency June was
-, 22j.
James Bicknell of Cedar Springs one Of
the Oldest pioneers IN Kent county is
dead
\ stock company has been organized in
Monroe to work the stone quarries near
that city.
South Haven business men talk of erect
ing factory for the manufacture Of alum
mum type.
The Hessian fly is said to be doing
great damage TO wheat in many sections
of the state.
O. f. Dewey, editor of the OwosSo
Times, has been re- appointed deputy
state oil inspector
The farmers Of Kellogg, Allegan county
have organized stock company to build
and operate a creamery
The village council of Gobleville has
purchased 49, 0 of four foot plank and
g i'll build new sidewalks
The Collins Cart works in Jackson were
entirely destroyed by & re the other night,
causing "a loss of 5000, 600.
lonia wool buyers have taken in loo GOO
pounds Of wool in the last 30 days paying
from 10 I cents per pound.
Charles VI. Cleveland, one of The best
known business men Of southern Michigan,
died IN Adrian few days ago
The annual campmeetng of the Seventh
Day Advcntists of Michigan will be held
in Lansing, commencing Sept. l.
W. A Small a clerk in Tierney's law
Office IN Bay City, is missing. together
with g. % Of his employers money
The State w G, T. L. in session in
Battle Creek. formerly endorsed the Pro.
hibition party as a party of temperance.
Charles Mericle of South Bay City, aged
| 50 years. suicidcd last Friday his only
reason being that he was tired of living,
Indians are securing the woods for gin
/ seng root, ~ Inch sells readily at 800 per
pound. The root is all exported to China.
What is supposed to be a panther has
| been playing havoc with cattle and sheep
/ in the vicinity of Pine Lake, Cass county
For the first time in the history of lum
| bernc in Isabella county no logs have
come down the Chippewa river below NJ
/ Pleasant this spring
Genesee and Shawassee county farmers
/ say that the dry, hot weather has practi-
| caily killed wheat in that section, and
rain they say will not benefit the crop.
Ten tons of wool were bought in the vii
| lage of IIalton, Muskeeon county, In one
day last week. the price paid varying
! from five cents per pound to is "A cents.
Mrs. Grice, whose husband was killed
/ on the Detroit Bay City n Alpera road
/ two years ago, was given verdict of 81,
| 900 against the road, in Alpena, last week
Woodruff Parmalee of Traverse City is
under arrest, charged with the murder of
/ Julia Curtis whose dead body was found
/ in the woods near that city, few weeks
\ ago.
c. j.. Darling, yard.master in Grand
/ Rapids, while trying TO open window IN
/ an excursion train near llol and, severed
an artery in his wrist, nearly bleeding to
/ death.
Mrs Ada Sweet Of Greenvilc, whose
/ husband was Killed on the ST Louis, Iron
/ Mountain Il Southern railroad in 1871, has
/ been gwen "A verdict of so. coo by the de
| cison Of the Arkansas supreme court.
State Game Warden Osborne and his