Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-07-24
GENERAL NEVIS.


starving, has been arrested at San bona,
Italy.
The business failures occurring through
out the country during last week, number
for the United States 200 and for Canada
| 10, or total Of 225.
Deaths were caused in New York Bal
timOrc and Washington by the intense
heat Monday. The mercury registered all
the way from 93 TO l0l in the western and
middle states
A meteor apparently about IL inches
in diameter. with 80 feet tail of fire. was
seen TO fall Friday night by many persons
near Concord. n. j.. bursting with noise
like the report Of n cannon when near the
earth and sending forth three streaks of
flames that brilliantly lighted the surround
ing country.
The large buildings o! the Wells &
French car and bridge company. 22d and
Paulina streets, Chicago burned Monday
night. with the contents. The fire was
seen at O'Clock, and AT midnight the ruin
was complete The loss is estimated at
1900. 900. Spontaneous combustion of
refuse rags is the supposed cause.
Tom Hanlon, aged 81, confined in the
Louisville. Ky. Jail with delerium tremens
broke window pane and with a triangu.
lar piece of glass stabbed hi . self in the
left lung. Then turning the glass round
and round he made II horrible aperture in
To which he thrust his hand and pulled
on, a portion of the lung. He will die.
The New York World 800, 900 fund for
the Bartholdi statue pedestal will probab
ly have TO be supplemented by as much
nore TO cover iheexpense. The steel an
chors and girders will cost $4,000; $4,000
was spcI-t in unloading the statue from the
lsere; $3.50 was the cost of Transporting
it 10 the fort, and i, required $500 TO build
a shed to protec, it from the weather.
A 3-ycars-old child Of Mr.. Wright, @
Kingston, Ont, while playing near the
Grand Trunk depot. fell into well. The
mother saw the accident, and tearing of
the coverings jumped in To rescue the child
She struck the side and was badly injured
but her cries brough; men To the rescue
Phe child was nearly drowned but botif
have recovered.
Friday night OF last week The house Of
JAS. NJ. Evans. near Pittsburg, Pm. was
destroyed by fire and sir Of hs children.
in age from @ 10 l6. were burned. Mr..
| hx
and thinking 1t might be burglars he took
his gun and went outside when. "a his
horror hc discovered that the house was in
flames. and before he could reach The
second floor where the children were sleep.
ing. the floor fell in. The children sleep
ing below were saved but the charrcd and
mangled remains OF four OF the Others were
found among the ashes. 1t is supposed
that The other two were entirely crcma,cd.
a. no remains could he found. The par
ents are nearly crazed with giief The
fire is supposed TO be the work Of all in
cendary.
The name OF the lady who went over the
Niagara Falls, last week Wednesday. was
Mrs. Mcintyre, Of Welldnd, Ont She
was lady full Of good spirits, and knowa
among her acquantances TO possess more
than usual courage and to be- very venture
some. She was about TO cross the bridge
from Bath Island TO Goat Island at 30 in
the evening. when She ran upon a tlume
bridge leading from the main walk. She
challenged her companion to follow her.
and good naiurcdlv called her a coward
for not doing So She had scarcely said
the wor,.s when she became dizzy ana lo>t
her balance and fell into the water. She
was swept under the bridge and dashed tC
j. death just below it where The water strike
1 submerged boulder. The body was new
+ or seen again.
: Scientific Americans On the subject o
American vs.. English machinery. 81
y julius Nogel, eXagcnt- general for New
- Zeaand,mad a very Interesting stalcmcn
: at Auckland on Feb. Il. Sir julius. Win
u is now the colonial treasurer, spoke 70
: several hours on the Tast. present an,
future of New Zealand, and in the cours
Of his speech used the following language
''We sent home an order for CERTAIN
Z locomotives after type which We had run
e ming in the &C lony and which were obtain
e eel from America. Ii was thought by ,h
= late government that 1t was unpatriolic L
Is 20 to America for goods. so the plans an,
o specifications were sent home to England
? and the weights and sizes given mos
j. exactly. When these locomotives wor
|, about finished the engineers tclcgrapbc,
y out that they were about TO slip them bu
d that we had better order plan; to strengthen
Al our bridges and culverts. rs it would no
e be safe To send The locomotives over them
Their idea was that we should make OH
a railways TO suit their engines. We telC
X griphed that we should do nothing of Tia
n kind, that VIC had limited the weight of til
he engines. They replied they could not Il
rs made according to the specifications "
e. had supplied. But the answer 10 that va
ne that We had them running in the colony
ne and We refused to take ih,m Well. tb
IL is what happened; We sent an order l.
m telegraph to America for these engin,
o. and such is the confidence We feel in Il
ed character Of the material which will be SUI
an plip1 that Np arc urpparad IN taLo thot