Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-03-03

a new electric road from Jackson to
Adrian has been secured for almost the
entire line.
Albert IIeysler, of Burkcttville, who
murdered his wife and stepdaughter
recently, has committed suicide by
taking Paris green.
The St Johns Manufacturing Co.
has changed it's name 10 the 81. Johns
Table Co., and reduced its capital from
$500, 900 to $780, 900
Large numbers Of wild ducks have
been gathered ON the ice in Thunder
Bay which were frozen to death dur
ing the cola weather
Thirty-threc damage suits. aggrcgat-
ing claims COR $500, 0OO Is ON the docket
for the March term of the circuit court
Of Washtcuaw county.
Andrew Carnegie has leased the
Michigan Iron Mining companys prop
erty on the Mcnomince range and will
work it on a large scale.
Stewards big Touring mills, located
northeast of lonia, have been destroyed
by fire. The loss win aggregate So
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Saranac people are raising fund to
pay the expense of driving "A test shaft
TO see if there is coal in paying guam
titles underlying the village
Geo. Dent, of Lapeer lost 1000 bush
els of potatoes by the recent cold snap.
He had been offered 3Oc per bushel for
them before he opened the pit
A consolidation of the Bank of Sagi-
nav and the American Commercial and
Savings bank has been effected. The
former succeeds TO the business.
Menominee people are circulating a
remonstrance against the passage of a
bill by the legislature TO establish a
state normal school at Marquette.
Ionia county fruit growers have
formed a horticultural society to swap
ideas and protect themselves against
INSCRIPTIONS commission merchants.
Ingham county people are keeping
their mental balance very we'll of late
There has been but one Of them sent
to an insane asylum for several months.
Contracts have been let for IL large
sandstone buildings in the vicinity of
the Red Jacket mine near Calumet, and
a $50, 900 hotel is to be built at Calu.
met
Isaac Anderson. of Saginaw, claims
he has invented a plan whereby cleo
tricity can be generated with oxygen
and the same will revolutionize the
cost.
Essexville people are all worked up
resentatives to detach part of the
village and throw it into Hampton
township
Congressman Geo. Spalding, of Mon
roe, whose term Of Office expires March
}, has secured the appointment of post
master at Monroe with salary Of 81
200 per year.
One result of the recent cold weather
will be n big demand for glass fruit
jars TO replace those broken by the
frost, Judging from reports from all
parts Of the state.
1t has been so cold at Grand Rapids
that grave diggcrs had to give up their
jobs. as the ground was frozen so
tightly that nothing short of dyna-
mite would bulge it.
Bogus quarters and half-dollars are
being circulated quite extensively at
Grand Rapids. Both bear the date of
1898, and are excellent specimens of
the counterfeiters' art.
A movement has been started at
Hastings looking towards the building
Of fine new opera house, and the
chances for the success of the project
are at present first class.
Marshal Frank Dolan, of Mt. Glenn
ems, was badly slashed by knife in
the hands of Phineas Phillip. an in
sane person. Phillip imagined Dolan
was conspiring against him.
VIM. Conklin. of Battle Creek. aged
&C. committed suicide by shooting at
Charlotte. An hour later his father
died i'm the Kalamazoo asylum, where
he had been confined several years.
The children of VIM ellis. a farmer
living near Port Huron, have been de
clared state charges. 1t is alleged that
they have been neglected by tfeir
father and forced TO live in hcncoop.
Tired out with teaching, Miss Fannie
Harding. of Orio. opened her mouth to
yawn with n result that her jaw be
came locked in that position. 1t was
sad blow for the teacher, but the
scholars thought it pretty good joke.
Medical aid, however, restored the use
of the organ.
There is a chance for some Michigan
town TO secure an industry which will
give employment TO about 100 people,
besides furnishing n market for the
potatoes of the surrounding country.
The industry in question is factory
for the cooperating of potatoes, now
located in Indiana.