Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-02
State News.

D,kstra Of II, land, while pumping
water from hi, wei hetc, discovered bit
f ,hinirg mineral which p'uvrd 10 b,
cold AL his nelghb0r- rave pumpef
their wells dry IN An endcavor 10 make IA
SIMILAR find without success
Charles Waiter, Of Sherman TOWNSHIP.
,ss tfrc,teI Friday morning ola the char-c
E forging a note for 500 OH Mrs.. Alta
~Aephord a wealthy widow Walters
i j.. alleged, signed his brother Christian
lame to the note a. surely and when The
note fell due tn. latter IepudiaIed the
gnature.
Before breaking camp a. Grand Haven
Friday the ola sOidie:o permau,n'v Gr
g4nlzed under the hame Of the Grand
River Valley Veterans association with
uayoi Goodrich, Of that city rs president:
Dr. { Z Brown Of spring Lake, colonel.
they voted 10 meet here again in 1898 =,
tom June II TO 10 Inclusive
John Howell aod hi, son, Albert. who
Who 1--we three mic- northeast IL Caro
were both ihrowu Gown by bull VII
TODD pve, ih''r forms 4 second ST.
tt.Drgr, thew stone. h.tpg The amin
nciween the eyc,. dazipg hlm ioLg enough
- thu ihr Two w"ic removed The OF /
man vs. quite seriously injured.
Couvict Bsckman. Who wc,I to jack
.on ~ years ago for killing rl, IN lhcr ano
SIC, "a; Pontiac; sGd NcLeary vii,
-'lJb-d rud killed & n1ict Campbell f,..
laN> ago. were Oh Frleay sent l., 10,
Iouia "a lum for ihe ciiMinal.v in-arc
B.actmaa also kI.iot tudGy the owner 81
hc prison broom C. tract tour YEAS ~
The Oakla,d County Electric K r. Co.
Is havirL d hard tlmr II ct,n1 crr~e n.
.t the iuuciou OF toe Detroit Gran,
lIav,IN Milwaukee r r. ana the Grand
Irunk r.ad iu.t OUTSIDE Of the Birmn-
Aun .lmi.- ElGi1es ar" Is pt -huutiuy
Jack '.na tortn 80 thai no cltdCc * -lVrt
'oi the nori, l,lt on The Grand T.uuk
tt4r, npciitiou
CITY boz Catcher RGm.ev If Owp,>
aayng t'l kinds ~ trouble. >omcrur
cen is ,na>hel the lJck ou nis bar
where - uuli .ensed CANNES We're Kept aud
a. them loose He uel 10 take an un
Ic, nscd dO- away IRON "a grty-whi> ker,u
farmer and - battle tor the possession of
he ANNA took place Tae mar shall hau
to neIp Run scy The farmer got tie
worst of 1t.
have had mite boxes ~ Tia Ice room ft
-rverai months 10 collect "A iund towards
IN orphan asylum Il Has discovered to-
ay int the boxes have been sys'emaii
| oaly robbed a thin tue OF tin would be-
,novcd down the slot and the coins would
| mop ,n'O IL when deposited and all lie
hcf had 10 d. 10 reallzt regular dividends
VAS T. pull up the tubes.
ATTY Gen Maynard and Receiver
| T0upkluS have taken an appeal from the
eclsiOn OF United States District Judge
swan in The matter Of The Michigan assets
- the grant state P,ovdent association.
. u lge swan held that the law setting these
assets apart for the benefit of Michigan
certificate holders j. unconstitutional, and
| hat they must be merged with those of
| other states for the benefit Of all the mem.
bers The act will now De passed upon
by the court OF appeals
The bodyI snatching mystery a; the
poor far n, which has kept the village of
E.stXyille, Bay county, IN whirl % ex.
element Tor the last few months was
dccpened today when a committee of sup
| civs0is dug up Michael Days grave al
| he poor farm and found 1t empty Ii l.
| alleged that the body was sold to D.
| Norlhcote, who used it for dissecting pur-
poses and then threw it into The river. A
decompOsed fl Dater was found "a few weeks
ago bat could not be identified. The
prosecuting attorney will begin taking
evidence Monday and will try and fix The
crime There has been such bad feeling
J 10 E-sexsille over the affair that citizens
are said TO be going about armed.