Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-12
State News.


fire July ith
John Gooch, pioneer of Carsonvlile, Is
dead, aged 96.
\ br ok v,rd IN Bellaire turns out 1000
bricks per hour.
Berricn County wheat crop Is the light
est ever known.
Four car loads of -four are shipped from
Midland every day.
The search for the lost vessel Chcora
has been abandoned
1t cost Wallace Vaudcbar Of Nassar SO
to shoot neighbours COW.
TIE effort TO bond Pc,oskcy for public
Improvements has failed.
There are 3 l0i registered pharmacists
in Michigan, and 3}9 assistants
Bakers new block in Coloma was burn.
ed to the ground the other day
The attempt to close Saginaw saloons
on sunday has proved failure.
1t has cost Bay City 500 o in the last
four years for sidewalk damages.
Cas- Coupty's wheat crop is estimated
TO be about II bushe 10 the acre.
Coldwaters cutter factory has been
transformed into a bicycle factory
The Oscar hotel IN Midland was totally
destroyed by fire the other morning.
A fTf6G; T. inches long was recently
caught in Poscy Lake, near Hudson.
Wheat in Kalamazoo County averages
from eight TO twenty bushels to the acre.
The new canning factory in Hart is put
ting up fruit AT the rate of $4,000 cans a
day
a Baptist aud Methodist church are in
process are in process of erection in Vas
sar.
Muskegon County hasn't had fair for
l. years and this year It proposes TO hold
one.
Agricultural College students get eight
cents an hour for working on the state
farm.
The berry crop in South western Michi
gan Is larger tnan it has been in many
years.
In a saloon row in Stevensvile near
ST Joseph Albert Grams, an officer. was
fatally shot.
Omena, near Traverse City, has been
chosen as the summer home OF the Jesuts
in this country.
The Huron County poor fund is ex.
hausted The supervisors favor a return
to the township poor plan.
Favel Hauilton, pioneer of Calhoun
County was fatally injured in runaway
In Marshall, few days ago.
There is farmer living near Adrian
who never read newspaper and has yet
10 take his first ride on the cars,
The Coldwatcr district VI. T.. camp
meeting vii be held at Peninsular Grove
near that city. from Aug. To II.
Congregationaisls Of Covert asked their
pastor Rev + c. Palmer. TO resign be
cause he belonged to a secret society.
There has been war in Sau Ste
Marie between dealers Of ready made
clothing and oyeralls sold for one cent a
PAIR.
Clare has a newspaper, the Clare Cour
Ter, published by A r. Garfield formerly
publisher # the Cleayer, published in
Harrison.
The council of MacKinaw Island has de
clded to levy tax Of $50 per month on
all transient summer merchants who do
business there.
During the month of June the State
game warden caused the arrest Of - per
sons, ano of these 4, were convicted, and
paid fines amounting 10 $622 30
Attorney General Maynard says that %
acts passed by the last legislature are in
valid. If the supreme court sustans the
Attorney General, much of the legislation
Of the last session will be undone.
W II Allen, of Nicksburg, was in.
formed some time ago that his pension
had been reduced from So per month to
$24 He is now notified that it has been
restored to Si2, anu he will also get 500
back pay.
In ls92 Patrick Kensler and John Ken.
nedy, Of Morrlce, cut off the tail OF
horse belonging to a man named Reagan
Reagan was awarded 1912 50 damages
The case was appealed 10 the supreme
court which has handed down decision
sustaining the decision Of the lower court