Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-12-23
STATE GOSSIP

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one day.
A 40-foot vein of coal has been struck
al Alpena.
VIM. Balm, aged 10 years, of Morley,
was accidentally killed while hunting.
An unknown man, aged about 90,
was killed by a Big Four train near
Niles.
Charles Odds. of Traverse City, was
struck by falling tree and fatally in
jured.
Mrs. j. II. Smith. of Milan, cut her
throat with butcher knife with sui
cidal intent.
Charlie Clark. aged IA was drowned
while skating on the ice in the river
at Saginaw.
Maggie Bradenburg, aged 4, was
burned TO death at her parents home
near Alpena.
1t will take $4,000 acres OF beets to
supply the three sugar factories of Bay
City next fall.
Arthur Smith, farmer, fell off
load of hay near Brighton and was
fatally injured
Brig Gen. Tyrrell, of the Michigan
National Guard, has established head
quarters at Jackson.
The lockout of the freight handlers
by the +. IL 7. NJ, at Ludington, is
likely to be long one.
The date of the DELEGATION of the new
l.,x.- l.,,.1 Il NJ I.n..
set ahead TO Feb. 10.
Nathan Fine. merchant tailor at
Kalamazoo. was fatally injured by
falling on the sidewalk.
Another coal mine is to be opened in
Monitor township, Bay county, by the
North American Chemical Co.
Joseph Duel. of South Lake Linden.
while returning from work broke
through the ice and was drowned.
John Thon. blacksmith. was killed
by an +. & p. NJ. train while walking
on the belt line tracks at Saginaw
Chief Engineer Cooley. formerly of
the /. of NJ. has been ordered 20 go to
Manila with the cruiser Yosemite.
John McAllen, farmer near North
Branch, was killed by being thrown
from his wagon by a runaway team.
The 35th Michigan was reviewed by
President Mckinley, together with the
other troops stationed at Augusta, Ga.
Wallace Twins barn, northeast of
Ithaca. burned. together with two cows
and one horse. Loss $500; insurance
$3.50.
The immense barns of the j. & T.
Hurley Trucking Co.. at Detroit. were
destroyed by fire ard 20 horses persisted
in the flames.
Henry Campeau. a miner. died at
! Sebewaing from the effects of blow
by a falling stone in the Michigan
| Standard coal mine.
Albion college has recently received
presents consisting of 81, 500 pipe or
gan and valuable farm adjacent TO
the city of Grand Rapids.
The Mt. Clemens Sugar Co.. has been
formed. One thousand acres of sugar
beet lands have been contracted for,
and the project will probably be go.
Col. j. p. Petermann, of the Bath
Michigan, is TO have the rank of brevet
brigadier- general conferred upon him
for meritorious services in the Cuban
campaign.
Albert Larsen. aged 21, of Manistee.
while dressing suddenly dropped to the
floor and expired. He had just been
joking and laughing with members of
the family.
Michigan department. G. A. r., will
push law in the state legislature TO
prohibit persons wearing the @. A. r.
badge or button who are not members
of the order.
Herbert w. Savage, of Saginaw, who
recently returned from the Klondike
with considerable gold, has gone on
land looking tour in Nicaragua and
South America.
Gov. Pingree thinks that the militia
companies will get their s4OO annual
allowance for armony rent just the
same, whether a portion of the militia
is in the field or not.
The Bliss & Van Aul1en sawmill, at
Saginaw, one of the oldest ON the river,
was burned. Loss, sos, 900; insurance
Sis, 900. The origin of the blaze is be-
lieved to have been incendiary.
Commissioner Campbell reports that
the Northwestern Fire Insurance Co.,
of Chicago. which is not authorized to
do business even in Illinois, is flooding
this state with circulars soliciting
business.
New Michigan postmasters: Chase,
Lake county, Alvin Seabuck; Gleenie,
Altoona county, Joseph II. Hayes; La
sale, Monroe county, John G. Bot
timer; Clarencevil N1kland county,
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