Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-03-06
State News.


be widened and deepened.
The Michigan Wood Pulp Co. i
building new factory at Niles.
Walter McEwing of Coopersville Gel
ebrated his 100 birthday last Monday.
The output of lumber on the Huron
shore is less than it has been in several
years,
There are 9 ,O1O Foresters in Michigan
an increase of III members in the
last year.
j. j. Covll of Lansing died ON his
9th birthday, last Friday, from cigar
cite smoking.
Alexander Rnines of New Buffalo has
lust made application for divorce
from his ninth wife.
Hoyt's -four null in Stanton burned
the other morning. Loss estimated al
$4,000; insurance, $4,000,
Albert II. Towle of Grand Rapids,
and twenty other men OF that city have
gone to Alaska TO search for gold.
The barns. and contents, belonging
to William Maxwell, near Glare, were
destroyed by fire few days ago,
Mrs. Mary Owen, a pioneer of the
town of Bradford, Calhoun county, was
found dead in bed the other morning.
Robert Merrill! and William Kline Of
Yale are under arrest charged with
passing ive-dolar bills changed from
ones.
Rfv. Joseph II. johnson of Detroit
has been appointed and conSecrated
bishop of the Los Angeles, Cal.
diocese.
W. Weber. proprietor of the Hotel
Vincent. Saginaw, mas leased the Hai-
rlngton house, Port Huron. and viii
take possession about May ID.
Andrew f. Klrvan, supervisor OF
Arthur township. Clare county, has
been arrested on charge of criminally
assaulting his twelve-year-old daughter.
Epworth Leaguers of this State have
been invited to meet in Anderson, Ind,
in June fox the purpose OF organizing
Joint association for Michigan ana
Indiana.
The water works, jail and hose
tower IN Pinconning were burned the
other day. Business is a. a stand-still
as the mills were supplied from the
water works.
The democratic State central COM
mittee has selected Detroit and April
30 as the place and date of the demo.
cratic state convention to select dele
gates TO the national convention.
Attorney General Maynard has de-
cided that all officers authorized 10 eN-
anime applicants for teachers certlil-
Gates must collect the fee from each
applicant, and strictly enforce the law
George Rudman, an old resident OF
Ann Arbor. was found dead in the rear
of his house the other morning he
had evidently been lying there al
night. for his body was covered viii
snow.
John Ingledew, resident of Sag
NAV since 1855 is dead. He was born
at sea in 1926, and both ms parents
were burned at sea He was reared by
an aunt He came to Marine City
when he was IL years old, and To Sag
NAV IN 1855.
Francis j. Plant, an old settler OF
Ottawa county, died in Munica few
DAYS ago. He served through the wal
in the fourteenth Mich. Inf. Twenty
four years ago he suffered a stroke o
paralysis. since when he has spoken bu
three words-'I, yes, God
c. w. Sellers of Battle Creek. manu-
facturer of Rye-O, has commenced sui
by summons in the circuit court here
against State Food and Dairy Commits
sioner Storrs, for $25 900, for ALLEGED
damaging statements concerning Rye
q. which the commissioner made IN IN
January bulletin.
When the Ann Arbor road was built
the city of Owosso gave the compan.
several acres of valuable land, "A por
ton of which was used for shops AM
railroad buildings, and the remuinde
leased by the company To various IN
situations. one condition of the least
was that the firms securing the leas
should do certain amount of shippin
over that road. The Ann Arbor CON
pany claims that this has not bee
done, and wants the lands back again
The tree silver party has capture
Arenac county. There have been Oh
ganized in that county within the las
four weeks fourteen camps. Tn
members are called miners Will
the supervising officers are called cal
tains ioremen. shaftmen. assayers an
weighmasters. The meetings are 81
cret. 1t is said there are over 5C
members in this county alone, an
inside the next six months there will
an organization in every city and vi
lage in Michigan.
There are 81 prisoners in jackson