Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-10-28
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mill
The sea serpent i'm Indian lake. neir
Dowagiac. proved 10 be an otter ana
muskalonge.
Geo. w. shelters. ~ eebcwaing. was
sent up for IL years for assaulting a -
year-oid girl.
A coopcragc plant with capacity az
GOO barrels a day will be established at
Traverse City.
The project 10 build an electric rail
road from Lansing 10 Pine lake mas
been aban loned.
Berrien couu has another d'pA-
iberia EPIDEMIC, Benton township
schools ar, closed.
The report t. t 40 I. & =. NJ. and
the Hooking Valley railroads are to
consolidate is MED.
Monroe county farmers and business
men propose TO erect large sugar
beet factory at Monroe.
The third victim of the Pentwater
boiler explosion was I. J.. Palmer en-
gineer at the bedstead fa' tory.
Col. Milford Harmon, prominent
manufactt err Of Jackson, an uncle OF
Mrs Grover Cleveland, is dead.
Rev. A. j. Comden. Methodist, Of
Entrican, took a dose Of aconitc 10y
mistake and died in short time.
About 90 members Of the Seventh
Michigan cavalry met at Lansing on
the anniversary of Sheridan's ride
The National General Passenger and
Ticket Agents association convention
was held at Detroit aud was big
affair.
I'd earns of Three Rivers, has been
missing for over week. 1t Is feared
he accidentally shot himself in the
woods.
Mrs. Lillian Pratt an attractive
young woman Of w 'ock. was ar
rested at Hudson ,uarged With passing
forged orders.
A third dividend Of ~ per cent has
been declared in favor of the creditors
of the defuuct First National bank of
Mt Pleasant
The planning mill property of VIM.
"A. Blal<ely in Petosllev, was com
pletely wiped ont by fire. Loss $4,000
no insurance
The North American Chemical Co..
of Bay City. has received orders from
headquarters in London to double the
size OF its plant
Fire destroyed the house belonging
to Miss Nancy Simpson at Milan. /
was occupied by the Milan laundry
Loss about $1,000.
w. w. GUNNER has sold 10000 acres
of hardwood timber lands adjacent tC
Cadillac to Delos f. Diggi IS. The tim
Der will be cut this winter.
Holly fears another gang of frebug
is at work. The destruction of Morri
! son BeardSlees cider mill is the secon'
incendiary fire in a short time.
A new light produced by chemica
battery and much stronger than in
candescent lights has been invente
by James Whitcomb, laborer o
! Hudson.
f Bay City has offered $4,000 and
site to l.. f. Woodward. recent
Y burned out at Owosso, if he will bull
n furniture factory in that city. II
b, may accept.
a The national civic philanthropic cor
I ference at Battle Greek was attende
/ by prominent scientists, educators
preachers and reformers from all owe
e the country.
III
/, and several stacks of hay and straw
t on the John Gorndry farm, near Belle
o vile. were destroyed by fire. Lo:
about 81, 100.
V The Belt mines. at Houghton, value
It at $500. 900, have been transferred to
n company Of Houghton capitalists WI
V will reopen the mines which have bee
u idle since 1887.
n Work is in progress on an eXtensic
of the Prescott division of the ID. IL
IS railroad, which will open up lars
h tract of pine timber which will
e taken to Tawas City.
% The Houghton county election boar
l. decided by unanimous vote not TO pla
4 Sam Stephenson's name on the otlici
ballot do a candidate Tor congress
IT the Twelfth district.
m The directors and stockholders
ID the busted" Peoples Savings bank
at Mt. Pleasant will be sued to recov
n an assessment on the stock of the inst
or tuition to meet its debts.
Benz. =. Powell. o. Birch Run, n
TO piled for a divorce from his wife. BE
IN tina. on the ground of extreme cruelt
n The couple were married May Il, al
IL lived together two weeks
st The crownsheet of the boiler on I
III tug Arthur d. Capt. Lillis, blew out
Alpena. killing Arthur Pontwood, I
III fireman. instantly, and badly scaldiI
- a deck hand named Pcpplcr.
- The furloughs of ali the Michig
!, men run out Nov. 4. The war depal
~ ment has instructed Capt. Irvine
- allow the soldiers pay from that da
to the date of mastering out
he Veterans of the Fifth Michigan ca