Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-20

gineer, and his son Joseph Lester and his
10-year old boy, and Joseph Haas.
Another of LISTERS sons, aged years,
and man named Fisher were fatally
scalded. Several Others received scalds.
The governments crop report for
August shows general falling of in thu
condition Of wheat, corn and o ton
Mrs. Lille May Pavy, widow of the late
DR.. Octave Pavy. naturalist and surgeon
of the Greedy Arctic Expedition, has
donated TO the National Museum the relics
collected by her husband on his trip to
the Arctic regions
Commissioner Coleman having been re-
qucsted TO select "A jury OF award, consist
ing of one representative each from tho
United States, France and Canada, TO act
at the coming exhibition of the American
Percheron Horse Breeders Association to
be held ut Chicago, H., September GIL,
has made the following appointments On
the part of the United States, Hon. Geo
b. Loring; on the part of France, VI. dc
Lamotte Bouge, Inspector of the Stud;
and on the part OF Canada, President
Andrew Smith of the Veterinary college
of that province.
DR.. James Z. Kimball, the director of
the mint, has made his annual report on
the produ elton Of gold and silver in the
United States for the year 1850. The pro-
duction of gold Is estimated at $3l, 500, 900,
an increase of l,00O,0OO over the produc
ton Of 1854. The production of silver III
1856 is estimated at SOL, GOO, 900, an increase
Of $2,000,0O0 over ISIS product. The
amount OF gold coin in the United States
January l, 1856, is estimated at 1888, 49,
453. Colorado retains the front rank as
the largest producer and Montana and
Idaho show a very gratifying increase
An accident occurred in Valley Falls, II.
l., the other afternoon whereby one man
lost his life and three others were serious
ly, if rot fatally, injured. a gang of men
were at work tearing down the earthwork
OF an old trench. Patrick Gallagher went
down in the pit, when the embankment
caved in on him and three Italians. Gal
lagher was dead before could be taken out.
AT least one of the Italians will probably
die.
George Turner of Kalamazoo, IA mill
wright employed in Merrell * McCourtie's
Touring mill, fell in the mill n few days
ago. and received injuries from which he
died in few hours The board on which
he was standing broke and he struck his
head against spout twenty feet below
nearly gouging out his right eye and cut
ting bad wound at the base of the brain.
The annual meeting of the Michigan
state pharmaceutical society will be held at
Grand Rapids. October - TO H.
Company ID, First Michigan cavalry
will hold a reunion at Ovid the place OF
organization August 20. \ picnic dinner
will be given on the grounds occupied p
years ago.
The Seventh Michigan Infantry, the old
Stonewall regiment, will hold its annual
reunion at Jackson, September II.
y. c. Peterson, who runs laundry at
Muskegon, was Knocked down by three
foot pads about midnight recently, and
robbed of n small sum of money.
The sheriff of Genesee county has offer
ed a reward of 500 for the arrest of the
persons who recently blew up the house OF
-. y. Fox with dynamite.
Rev George b. Ransom has resigned the
pastorate of the Presbyterian church at
'
Michael Murphy and his sons William
and Patrick have been held for trial at
falmouth, near Saginaw, for stealing 700
feet of lumber and burning 5000 feet 10
conceal the theft.
Gov. Ireland, of Texas makes an appeal
for relief for the drought sufferers
john Brochow, of Omaha, Neb., in fit
nf L 1 Ia 4
ter, Mrs. VIM. Hehuehe, and then blew his
own brains ont
Robert Drakcly. aged 20 shot and killed
his wife. aged 5, in Woodbury.. Conn, the
other night, while crazy drunk. He has
been married but six weeks, and is the
heir TO considerable fortune. His home
is in Baltimore, Nd He himself was
slightly wounded by the accidental dis
charge of the revolver.
The reports teegraphed about the fires
Of Manitoulm Island. were grossly eXag-
gerated. Bush fires certainly destroyed "a
great deal of timber, some fencing and
buildings but to assert that the whole
island was in flames and settlers bears
and deer were fleeing to the water to-
gether for safety is gross and ridiculous
eNagGeratlOn. III portions OF tue SetJle-
ments the fires have done no damage
whatever.
Acting Secretary Fairchild has made n
ruling that -four in sacks EMIT ed TO draw
back, shipped at Grand Haven, Mich. may
be entered for drawback at that place and
transported in sealed cars to Canada
without unloading at Detroit or Port
Huron. or further attention than to see
that the custom seals are intact.
Houses saw mills, lumber camps and
millions of feet OF timber in the northern
part OF Wise onSin are in ashes.
Ex-Postmaster General James haa be-
come convert to prohibition.
Rev Moses \. Hopkins, minister resi-
dent and consul general of the United
States To Liberia, is dead.
The postmaster general has issued an or
der directing that hereafter all mails for
Mexico he sent by rail. crossing the border
at II PaSo, Tex.
Daniel Haggerty, of Baltimore has been
Amounted assistant superiutpndent of the