Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-01-24

Tour mnll carriers VIII serve the residents
"t The city.
MIS- Jennie = Anderson. Michigan.
has b. cn appointed t. IA 81 POO CieIksh,p
IN the war department.
A revival Is being held among the
/ Mrthodists of Copemi-h The likes OF winch
bias never been known before.
James Seeley while on his way from
! Muskegon TO Norton, was held NY by
masked man and relieveved of SO.
Sensational news item: The poslollice al
! lnGeX had 10 be discontinued because no
one could be found to act as postmaster
MILO Curtis of Mason City, is visiting
! his brother. Harvey AT Traverse Cily.
They have not seen each other in As years.
Congressman Atken of Flint is in the
race for governor; hut announce that he
has no barrel to open for political pur-
| poses.
Leonard F. Kingsley, of Owosso left
half of his estate amounting tO about So,
900, to build an addition 10 the church of
! Christ
William Tuck, farmer, while walking
up the railroad track from Nassar. was
struck by II tram aud badly cut. He can
not recover.
Women converts 10 the Church OF
God IN Berrien county, are baptized in
the Paw Paw river through holes cut in
the ice,
Rev. j. b. Iiolley, who is assisting Rev
! II II f ri. of the VI T. church at 1t
Louis, has secured nearly 100 converts IN
the past two weeks
Feed for stock is so scarce in northern
Berren county that IA few fortunate far
mers are doing out straw TO their neigh
bOrs at So and - per ton
The year old son of Rev II ID. CHI M
bers. at LudingtOn, ate some sryChnlne
accidentally left within his reach and dled
from the effects
viii Ormslee of Flint, aged %, yestcr.
day got six months tor forgery His
young wife sobbed ny sterically when the
sentence was pronounced.
A game Of checkers is now in progrt IS
by mail between Fred Howard, OF Ithaca,
and Lavergne Beasey, of Omaha, Neb.
Eaci make II move day by postal card.
Claude Wright and William Hall of
LawtOn, were knocked senstless by "a tall
ing Tree, Halls arm being orn nearly from
his body. The deep snow saved their
lives.
George Jefferson the Ludington fire
man pleaded guilty to setting fire to the
cry hall He eyes 10 reason for The act
except that be wanted 10 see the excite
ment.
The Bay county supervisors indicted for
receiving illegal fees Tor committee servi.
ces will make no defense, but pay back
the fees, which run all the way tom -
to 500
James Edwards, jackson brakeman
who lives alone, was found almost dead
with a paralytic stroke. lie had lain help
less IN the two days before he was DIS.
covered.
South Haven people are greatly elated
over the prospect That one OF the largest
peach canning factories in the lake shore
fruit belt will be built there by outside
capitalists
Andrew Noren. young man Of Man
lstee, accidentally killed himself while re-
turning from hunting trip. Ills gun
WAS discharged as he was removing II
from a sleigh.
Muskrat suppers are all the rage in
Alexis, Monroe county. and the WI
a. ainst the toOthsOme animal is beng Wig
orously carried on. One hunter was ar
rested and tined
The salvation army seems 20 have pc
cular effect on Ann Arbor pee lie. Dur
ing the past two weeks three ~ sons nave
tainted away at their meeting, including
one healthy student.
a.,
by IN explosion Sunday morning last.
The entire northern half Of the works was
blown TO bits The explosion shook the
ground like an earth quake.
M 5 Britten and A. w. Blakesley of
Conway, Livingston county, were run In
to by "a Michigan Central train at O~osso
Both were considerably cut and bruised
/ Their horse had 10 be killed.
The Masonic lodge at Gaesburg has
very desirable member in the person Of
Col. ohafter, of the regu ar army, and for
merry a resident there, who pays his dues
ten years in advance.
Five Weary Williams, struch Howell
one evening recently. They were given
their lodging, but had TO beg what they GOT
to eat, and one of them so far forgot him
self as to wash before starting out.
An Italian fruit dealer at Adrian has
sign in his store prohibiting cigarette
smoking. He says the smoke spoils fruit
and haslens decay. There appears 10 be
no limit to the evil of the cigarette.
Dowagiac seems in bad way as far rs
religious instruction IS concerned But
two OF the seycn protestant churches have
resident pastors. and the salvation Army
has decsmped after being o power there
for many years
a + Palmer president of the Kalkss
ka City Bank. and also a prominent farm
or, received "a severe kick in the face from
horse recently. Fortunately the animal
bad no shoes on his hind feet which were
also ballcd up with snow.
Ludington's board of trade is agitatiDg
the subject among its members of holding
a big meeting al an early day and inviting
every fruit producer In the county 70 talk
over plans for securing a better disposition
of The next fall lasge fruit cop.