Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-04-22
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Mrs. G.. Il. Mason, Burton club, treas
urer. The county organization VIII he
"A great bcneii To the farmers, and in
the event of n political combine would
cut big figure at the county cleo
tions, rs all the clubs have a large
membership.
Ground has been broken at Lansing
for new Congregational church TO
cost $4,000.
The funeral of Edward Dugay, the
brakeman who was killed on che
Hauptman branch of the Michigan
Central, was held at Crawling Sunday,
and was the largest funeral procession
ever seen in that town.
Alex Porter aged -, Barney Bigler
aged -, Robert Burdick aged -, |.
b. Shcrmerhorn aged "a, and James
Mann aged II, had a foot race at STAN
ton the other day, distance ten rods
Time, > seconds. Robert Burdick won
the race.
The eight bills passed by the special
session Of the legislature have been
signed by Governor Pingrec and all
those except the one providing for a
revision of the constitution were given
immediate effect.
Congressman Sam w. Smith was at
Pontiac saturday. lie said there would
be war sure if Spain did not back
down. He warmly commended the
presidents course.
Mrs. Johanna Rischow, ;hc wife OF
a wealthy farmer living near Grand.
willie, Kent county, committed suicide
by taxing poison. Domestic troubles
was the cause of her act.
+. y. Ander>ons jewelry store at
Saranac was robbed early Sunday
morning. The thieves set the build
! ing on fire, but the flames were eX-
tinguishcd before much damage was
done.
a gang Of thieves worked Jackson
Saturday night. The houses of Frank
smith and John Pitts, and the Office
of DrE.A. Bulson were looted. Three
/ bicycles were also stolen.
Milo Keep was sentenced by Judge
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Jackson prison forrobbing and assault
ing VIM. Duggan, farmer living near
Galesburg.
Rena Wilcox. who sued Homer Will
cox. her father-in-law,fo for $4,000 dam
age for pushing her down and break
inc her arm, has obtained IA verdict at
Jackson for S3,jl6. The case will be
appealed.
The saw and planning millsat Sights
siding ,near Traverse City, burned Sat-
urday. Loss, $4,000.
The Newland block, at Benton Har-
bor,was Quilted by fire Saturday night.
Loss. $4,000.
The opera house and three other
buildings at Kent City, near Sparta,
burned Saturday. Loss $1,000.
A house and hall at New Boston,
occupied as a drug store by Mrs. j. j.
Parr, burned Saturday night. Loss.
$4,000. Frank Parr was seriously
burned.
George V. Collins, prominent
druggist of Charlotte, has had papers
drawn in $4,000 damage suit against
President w. G.. Sperry, of Olivet coll
legc, charging him with malicious
prosecution. The case will be scnsa-
tional one. On February 10 last Pres
Idcnt Sperry made complaint, on be-
half of the executive board of Olivet
college. against Emery Bros. and CIV.
Collins ~ Son, prominent drug firms
f2hat city, charging them with vio-
lating the local option law bv selling
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The case against Emory Bros. was dis
missed III justice court,and that against
Collins was dismissed in circuit court
last week. President Sperry will put
up "a strong fight, and it is said that the
parents OF the boys to whom it i al
legged liquor was sold, Will back him.
The students who got drunk were eX-
PEELED from college.
For several years the auditor-gcner-
al has awarded the publication Of the
tax sales in Ottawa county to the DE
Grondwet, newspaper published in
the Holland languageat Holland. The
law says that the tax sales shall be
published in an English newspaper.
The DeGrondwet printed the tax sales
in English i'm the form of a supplement
which was distributed with a regular
Indition IF the manor Certain norsOuS