Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-02
State News.


Base ball tournament in Homer, August
1914
Bancroft has a $40, 1000 sidewalk suit On
hand
ST Joseph is .uiTerlug from an epidemic
or burglars
The Bay Cities have good sized coal
war IN hand
Three Of Har,ford's five churches are
without pastors
About fifty new drive wells are being
sunk in Holland.
The G RAJ depot in Tu,tin was
burned few lights since
An immense vein of silver ore has been
discovered near Escanaba.
Some stole 500 from the Montcalm
county house the other night.
John Labazoo of Holland, aged 80, has
become insane over religion.
Mrs. 4 Barbeau, W. has been a resi-.
dent of Sault Ste Marie, Is dead.
DIR. II l.. Cling well known physi
can of Grand Rapids is dead.
The corner stone os Lansing's new city
hall i'll be laid in about week
James DePuy. one of the wealthiest Pic
nccrs of jackson county, IS dead.
Allegan voters decided not to put in
steam pumps at the water works.
Hon Jas O'Donnel of Jackson i, to be
the orator on labor day in Owoaso
Kalamazoo bicyclists are building a
track to Gull Lake 10y subscriptions.
Hillsdale county Masons will have big
picnic at Ban Beese lake, August O.
The Saginaw police are arranging for
field day sports sometime IN August.
Kalamazoo has a club composed of l3
members. called the melancholy club.
Michigan railroads paid into the state
treasury in taxes last week s. PSI -.
Brancl county farmers have organized
farmers institute under the new law.
A miners union with membership OF
( 600. has been organized in lshpemlng.
Richard Tanner, of Fowleryille, wa,
drowned the other day, while bathing.
Jessie Wisler an Antrim county farmer
has 40 acres Of land planted TO potatoes
.Ionesville is a local option town. yet p
DRINKS were arrested there. the other night
The Midland pail factory was damaged
to the extent of SO, 90, few days ago
John Coruell has secured the contract Il
erect the Amazon hosiery plant in Muske
gon.
The attendance at Bay View this year
one-third larger than at any previou
year
Joseph Mantyck of Manistee was hit b
a timber flying from the saw and Instant
killed.
A large amount of valuable timber, nea
Traverse City, was destroyed by fires; lai
r. week
Wheeler x Co. of Bay City, have give
] their employees ten per cent. increase
wages.
The horse and hay barn of the Corrur
Milling Company was burned the oth'
morning.
P The smoke on Lake Michigan for tt
: days has made navigation extremely ha
o ardous.
d. troop. Fifth Michigan infantry, WI
meet in annual reunion in Northvill
+ August IA.
DR.. Lemuel ID. Putnam, for half a &c
5 fury practicing physician in Grand Ia
i ids. is dead
: The Nineteenth Michigan infantry W
hold its annual reunion in st. JOSEF
Z Sept. 1913.
! Mark Sargent of Shelby was seriously
J., iured in an encounter with burglars fe
: nights ago.
d The bicycle factory connected with Z
Jackson prison turns out Il complete
cycles in day.
Dr. Alger of Coldwater wants the CT
l. to give all unemployed men work at o
= dollar per day.
II Michigan ranks thirteenth among I
4, states in the amount of l ternal reven
D." receipts received.
a Rockford Will hold a special electi
D. August 10, to vote on bonding the villa
IN for water works
~ y. b. Hayes ware house. in Muir, "
: burned by an incendary fire, oil Wedn
day of last week
~ Several young girls in Bay City
lie missing, and it is thought they have join
m a theatrical troupe.
e. Mrs Ella Turner of Bronson, has ga
- cred 20, SOL eggs in the last six mont
She keeps 800 hens.
Work has been commenced on
NJ ditch in Bernen county, that will Dir
w. 20, 600 acres of land.
in Ben. A. JOY a Springport farmer.
: been fined $50 for killing his horse wit
pitch FORK and chain.
Mrs. Harry Rowland, of Farwell.
ne thrown from a buggy, the other day,
Ith her neck was broken.
ice The striking miners in the upper pei
no sula are well organized, and have set
down for long siege.
Max Mendall, who victimized the ba
SUI IN Yale and Marlette, is now serving I
de in Nebraska prison.
he Prof Garfield of the state board OF a
,u culture will address the farmers pi'