Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-06

;. NJ. lsbell ~ Co., probably the
largest buyers of beans in Michigan,
state there is large amount of beans
i'm farmers hands yet from last years
crop, and prices are stiilening some
what. They expect to have shipped
800 cars by the close of the fiscal year
ending Sept. l.
The Jackson coal mines, which were
shut down, are now running full
forces, and those which have been run
ming have increased their forces.
Some are working night shifts. This
is because of the coal miners strike.
Considerable coal Is being shipped 10
outside points.
The Paw Paw Canning Company is
Just closing up its seasons pack OF
black raspberries. The pack will be
| in the ncighborhood of seventy thou
sand cans and the entire output has
been sold, some desirable orders hav-
ing been refused within the last few
days, because of inability TO fill them.
Reports of the State Board of Health
the most sickness in Michigan last
week were IN order of prevalence,
rheumatism, neuralgia, diarrhoea.
bronchitis and tonsilitis. Diphtheria
was reported at twentv-seven places,
scarlet fever at seventeen and typhoid
| fever at sixteen.
On August the ladies of Marquette
will try and cancel part of the remain
ing debt on the Pere Marquette statue.
They Will be the conductors on the
street cars and will not give back any
change unless it is requested. They
will make ii pay for in the afternoon
there will be ball game between the
Marquettes and the Page Fence Giants.
Solicitors for the Chicago commits
| sion houses are already making lite a
burden for the peach growers of the
! fruit belt. One grower with a taste
for collecting souvenirs has accumu-
lated l22 brass stencil plates from as
many separate commission firms, to
each of whom he is expected TO con-
sign his entire peach crop.
The following residents and agents
have been admitted to practice as at
torneys aud agents for claimants be-
fore the Interior department at Wash
ington: Seth Il. Terry, Durand:
William II. Bryum, Marengo: James
w. Clements. Britton; Peter Fisher,
Blissfield; Isaac ;. Huckins, West Bay
City; David IL. Smith, Gobleville:
George L. Stevens, Bellevue.
\ local statistician at LawtOn has
been investigating the grape industry
of that region and has figures TO show
that G,Gj0,SO0 pounds of grapes were
shipped from that station last season
! by the Michigan Central. 1t is esti-
mated that over Zoo, 900 pounds adj
| ditional of the fruit was taken by the
South Haven Il Eastern railway and
drawn away in farmers wagons to
market. 1t is expected that consider
ably more than that will be shipped
this season.
Charles Nelson, the victim of the
mysterious shooting in a Chicago
park, a few weeks since, has returned
TO his home in this city and is able to
be out on the street. He says that he
can feel the ball, which the N-rays
showed 10 bc imbeddcd in his heart
and is obliged to be very careful in
his movements, but that otherwise il
causes him no Inconvenience. His re-
covery is a marvel to the physicians,
who; however, now admit that he
will probably survive the injury.
The ball has dropped nearly an inch
since it entered the heart, and is now
incased i'm the muscles at the lower
end of the organ, where it will remain
as long as Nelson lives. Mr. Nelson,
under the advice OF physicians, will
remain quiet for five or six months
at the end of which time, IL is thought,
the ball will have become encisted 81
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