Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-03-24

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into warehouse for buggies and az
riculsural implements, and as n conse
quence the village is without a publ,
hall.
Chester township in Ottawa county
has been organized since ls4s and ha,
had only six different supervisors
One supervisor. George +, Porter, hav
ing served his township 70 consecutive
years.
Reading people have for some time
wanted a -four mill. and now tina,
they have chance to get one by pay
ing bonus of $500, will probably
take IL.
Nearly 1000 women in Detroit made
up their mind they wanted TO vote for
a school inspector this spring, and ac-
cordingly consented in revealing the
secret OF their ages by registering.
So many petty burglaries have oc-
CURED at Hillsdale of late that couple
OF night watchmen have been ap-
pointed by the city council and il is
hoped this will put stop to the depre.
dations
John O'Brien. Of Albion, aged 81.
bed'ridden and almost helpless, secured
razor and attempted suicide. He
said afterwards: IL tried TO do a good
job, but luck was against me- He can
not recover.
In mix-up between n d., q. II. e.
M freight and c. s. Il NJ. mixed
nj a
molished as a result of rear-end col
lision. The wreckage caught fire and
was burned
Mrs. Forbes, formerly Hattie Mar
chant, committed suicide at her home
in Kalamazoo by hanging herself on
the top of door by a cord. She had
been respondent OF late and was left
alone only short time.
All the furniture factories in Owosso
are working IL or IA hours a day and
are then unable to keep up with or
ders. Such season of prosperity so
far az the factories are concerned was
never before known there.
Mrs. c. Birk. an old woman living a
mi lie east of New Buffalo, was found
dead in bed the other day. She is sup
posed to have been dead for over a
week. She feared witches and drove
1000 nails in the door TO keep them
away.
The state fair authorities have de-
cided 10 abandon the system they have
followed for years of advertising the
IA, ~ "A Al.
graphs. and TO spend all the money set
aside for this purpose in newspaper
advertising
1t cost Grand Haven 81, l76. 90 to run
its municipal electric light plant last
year, and the receipts were 81, 5sl.s7.
Up to last year the city paid 81 900 for
its street lights to a private corpora
ton. This year the plant will net
profit to the city
A Deckcrville farmer is the owner Of
n lamb which boasts OF six feet--four
in front and two behind The freak.
which was born only few days ago,
seems to be as healthy as any ordinary
lamb which has only fore feet in front
and two behind
A little girl named Celia Smith. of
Owosso, was playing in the basement
of the school building when she ac-
fell, running a pencil she
had in her pocket through the wall of
her abdomen. II blood poisoning does
not set in she may recover
Petitions has again been circulated
in Eaton county, asking for another
vote on the local option question, and
enough signatures has been secured to
enable another special election. This
makes the third set that have been cir
within the past four months
Port Huron's city council has re-
solved TO purchase a strip Of land from
Lake Huron TO Black river for the con-
'truction of a canal to cleanse Black
river. For years past that river has
been an eyesore, owing to it's stagnant
condition during the summer months. !
Last week a Miss Davis. aged 10. |
laughter of a farmer near Cess City. |
'ashed a forged order for So at bust |.
less house The merchant called on |
her parents for settlement and they |
n turn reprimanded the girl Later
he young woman placed strychnine in /
cup of tea and drank it, death re-
ulting
While the saloons at oxford were
losed on account of its being election
lay, some fellows with great thirst
'roLe into one of them, and after get
ing outside of all the whisky he could
rink, left the taps of the barrels open,
o that when the proprietor came
round he found the whole place
Iooded with liquor.
The electric road from Port Huron
o Marine City, which has been talked
( SO much now appears to be an as
ured project. 1t is contemplated that
y connection with the Detroit & ST.
lair railway at Marine City and the
.apid railway at Mt. Clemens a con-
nuous electric ride to Detroit will
ave been made possible