Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-03-20
State News.

gree club.
Farmers in the vicinity of Newport
are boring for oil.
Alpena has fallen into line with a !
large Pingree club.
There are ,lSS patients in the Kala-
mazoo insane asylum.
The Blaine Club of Port Huron will |
have a banquet April 20
Hon. S p Youngs, OF Stanton, is a
candidate for auditor-general.
A Pingree club with 800 members
was started in Saginaw the other nigh.
Col. f. j. March, of Hillsdale, is a
candidate for attorney general on the
republican ticket.
The total number of bushels of wheat
marketed in this state during February
was 1922 bushels.
The pension office has granted pen
sion to Mrs Mary G. Spencer. widow Of
Capt. spencer, Of Lansing.
Judge Coolidge has called grand
jury to investigate alleged violations Of
the liquor law in Berrien county.
James A. Crozier, of Menominee,
has been appointed Commander of the
Soldiers Home in Grand Rapids.
DR.. Edwin Stewart, for more than
half a century resident of Meudon, is
dead. He was an eX-state senator.
Fruit growers Of Grand Haven are
irving To arrange for water transporta-
ton up Grand River TO Grand Rapids.
John Mack, of Pine Grove, near OF
sego. was found dead back of his barn
the other morning. He had frozen to
death
Frank Brown, city treasurer of
Sault Ste Marie, committed suicide
few days ago. His body was found by
his SON.
The House has passed the bill to
pension Isaac y. Williams of the First
Michigan Engineers and Mechanics at
sl2 per month.
Adam c.. Arnold, of Battle Greek,
convicted of numbering his son, has
been released on 5000 bonds pending
appeal to the Supreme Court.
Mayor Woodcock. of Niles. formerly
in business in Lansing, announces him
self as a candidate for the republican
nomination for state treasurer.
Mrs. Alice Lane, convicted of man
slaughter in causing the death of Emily
Hall, has been sentenced to ten years
in the Detroit house of correction.
Manufacturers of salt met in Sagi-
nav last week and organized a new or
ganization. The old organization
would have expired by limitation April
l.
Burt Shepard cut his wife's throat
and then cut his own, dying almost
INN ediately His wife cannot recover
He has been of unsound mind for over
year.
p. Hill, OF Maple Grove, near South
Haven, shot his own son the other
morning installing him for a thief
The lad is pretty well filled with shot,
but will recover.
A training school for nurses Is to be
establishments at the Soldiers Home.
Heretofore the management have en-
ployed nurses from the different hospi-
tails in Grand Rapids.
j j Hcaly, of Bridgeport, has COM
menced suit in the Saginaw circuit
court against Richard c. Lyle for Sl0,-
e Il, .,
that he set fire to the NanSton barn.
Mrs. Bradley, who died IN Worthwhile
few days ago, located with her hus-
band on farm near that village, pur-
chased of the federal government in
1880, and had lived there continuously
ever since. She would have celebrated
her 9th birthday in May.
Free silver democrats met in Lansing
last week and perfected an or
ganlation. A committee consisting
of "A representative from each congress
sional district was appointed to take
charge of the campaign. An address
was issued to the democrats of the
state.
While skating on the mill pond in
Dexter the other day Pearl Walker,
Il years old. broke through the ice
ard would have drowned but for the
heroic efforts of Miss Myrtle Bostwlck,
a teacher in the high school She flung
her cloak to the girl and stood part of
the time in a foot of water the ice sink
ind with her, until with help the drown
ing girl was rescued.