Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-02
State News.
Napoleon b. Bowker has been COM
missiOned postmaster al Ola.


missloned postmaster al Ola.
OF all the merchants on the man
street of Berrien Springs, there are only
we who m free silver advocates.
The postoilicc al Metz, Presque Isle
Co.. has been ordered discontinued
Ociohe l5 Mai Will thereafter
- L. SOUtn Rogers.
a Prcsbl teriAH church society with
totuty-mne members has been organ
lled AT Muuising ana "A church building
will be- erected soon.
A Leelanaw county man has received
4 check for $50 40 from the government
tor a horse belonging 10 him which
was disabled in the civil war.
Two young children Of b. f. Adams,
Coloma, were drowned in Paw Paw
lake last Saturday. They were brother
and sister and ; and s years old re-
Spertivey.
The young ladies of Tekonsha have
organized an enthusiastic Mckinley
club and propose to help detray the
expenses of the local campaign by Civ
ing entertainments.
| he chances are that South Haven will
soon have an additional industry in
The shape of Il nail factory which will
move to the village from its present
location in Illinois.
Crops in Berrien county haye been
all secured without having been dam
aged 10y the frost. Barns and cellars
are too small to contain the abundance
the season has produced.
For several years past diphtheria has
not failed to make its appearance in
COldwater just about the time of open
ing the public schools in September,
and this year has proven no exception
Rev. s. C. Strickland, who has just
+. church at South Haven, is evidently
hustler. During that time he increas
ed the membership of the church from
20 to 375.
Vestiburg people were surprised the
other morning to see that Mckinley
banner had been hOisted to the top Of
the school house flagstaff during tn"
night in place of the national flag which
is SUPP osed to ily there.
The comptroller of the currency has
approved the Importers and Traders
National Bank of New York, as re-
serve agent for the First National Bank
of Ovid. in place of the National Bank
Of the Republic, of New York.
Herbert Slocum, of Chippewa county,
had for some time been reading up on
the single tax theory, and then took up
the tree silver idea. reading all the
literature on the subject he could Let
hold of. He is insane now, and will be
sent TO the asylum at Newherry.
1t is probable that work on the test
well at Bangor to see if there is OIL, Goa
or gas under the village. The tools in
use at the well have been tied up by
reason of some litigation, but have been
sold for court costs and bid in by those
in charge of the drilling.
\ couple of Coldwater boys who
wished TO raise some pocket money
started out to collect old iron To sell
they used poor judgement in their
selection, taking the jaws of the city
stone crusher, which they sold for forty
five cents, and were arrested when the
larceny was discovered and sentenced
to short term each in the county i'll.
In 1898 the village of Dodge. IN
Hamilton township, Clare Co, was a
prosperous settlement of 800 inhabitants
but now there is just one family there
In 1898 the plant Of the Lansing Lumber
Co, the main stay OF the villagr, wa,
burned, and never having been rebuilt
all of the people moved TO other field,
TO find employment.