Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-06-11
THE NATION.

and killed by W. II. Giger at Carthage,
Tenn, the other dav. An old feud was
/ the cause.
The fund being raised for the benefit of
the killed and wounded Chicago police
men, now amounts to about $4,000, and is
still increasing.
Herr Most, the anarchist, and his asso-
cates, who were arrested in Ne, York IA
short time ago, have been fornd guilty
and sentenced. The maximum penalty is
one year.
The report that ex-President Hayes was
n congressional candidate from the Tenth
district of Ohio, is denied by
Mir. Hayes himself, who says he sis out of
politics.
The boiler of a locomotive in the round
( house in Galveston Texas, burst the other
morning. Two men were instantly
J killed
Al Warren, an anarchist of San Fran
cisco, arrested on the 10th ult, while d e.
/ livering a socalistic harangue and con-
/ victed Of obsructrG the public streets has
! been sentenced to 100 days confinement in
the county Jail. c. II. Clough, similarly
! convicted, was fined so.
John Steiffer, a well-to-do citizen or
Keol;uk, Iowa, was shot few days age by
his sou, who had recently been released
from the insane asylum.
Gen. Sherman has taken up his residence
in New York.
Very generally throughout the country
Decoration day was appropriately OBJ
served on the Both ult. The services were
Of religious nature.
Snow to the depth OF several inches fell
in northern Vermont Mayo 9th.
The Canadian government is1fitting out
steamers to protect Canadian fisheries
from the encroachments Of United States
vessels.
a terrific explosion of dynamite &C.
Cured at Tom River, Nj. May q. Two
workmen were killed, their bodies being
rent into fragments. The shock was SO
great that window glass was broken for 20
miles around.
Jody Lennihan, years old, has been
arrested at Girard Ga, for the murder OF
/ his playmate, George Howard.
LAND Commissioner Sparks, in recent
decision, rejected the claim of the Wis
consin railroad farm mortgage-land com
pany TO about Il, go acres of indemnity
lands selected in 1882 and 1888 under the
act of June 3, 1856.
Capt. Black, n brother Of Gen. j. C..
Black, Commissioner of Pensions has been
retained to defend the Chicago Anarch
lists now under indictment 1t is rumored
that Robert Ct. Ingersoll will be ASSOCIATED
with him.
! President Cleveland's (O bride-elect ar
rived in New York from Europe a few
! days ago. The presidents private secre-
/ tary met the party on board the steamer.
I Hugh s. Peoples was driving over the
Detroit, Lansing q Northern railway
track on Michigan avenue in Detroit Nov
ember - last, when his horse became
frightened at an engine standing on the
track and partly in the street. In order to
save himself he jumped out OF the car
rage He was injured, so he says, perma-
nently He has filed his formal declara.
ton in $4,000 damage suit in the circuit
court.
Louisiana is suffering from a drought.
The grand jury in session at Milwaukee,
find 81 true bills against the anarchists in
that city charging riot and conspiracy.
Congress is to be asked to give a pension
to the widow of Durbn Ward. That lady,
is in destitute circumstances.
The decrease in the public debt during
May was IS, SIS, $50.
The President has vetoed another batch
Of pension bills upon the ground that they
are not based upon substantial merits
Henry Ward Beecher will spend the
summer in Europe, sailing about the
18th Of June.
Capt. John Mckay, one of the oldest
captains on the lakes died in Cleveland
on the LIST inst.
The Cincinnati Musical festival was
financial failure. The deficiency was So
600, which guarantors will bc called upon
to settle. Theodore Thomas received So
900 for his services.
The Hon. James G.. Blaine delivered
rousing address in favor of home rule, in
Portland, Maine on the LIST inst.
Pensacola Florida, had 100000 fire on
the lst inst.
Clinton Il. Fiske has been nominated for
governor by the Prohibitionists of New
Jersey.
A fire at McGregor, Texas, destroyed
twenty business houses, comprising the
principal stores. Loss c$5S,00 insurance
$4,000
The president has vetoed bills for the re-
lief of Rebecca Eldridge and Eleanor &.
Bougham, widows OF soldiers, and bills
granting pensions To Mrs. Annie & Owen,
Simmons w. Harden, and J ID. Haworth.
Approval is withheld in these cases on the
ground that the disability for which relief
or "A pension is asked had its origin in
causes existing prior To the enlistment OF
the persons for whose services the claims
are made. In the case OF Mr.. Eldrdge
the president says: lit is not pleasant
thing to interfere, but we are dealing with
pensions, and not with gratuities.
The largest oil well in Ohio was struck
the other morning near Findlay,at a
depth OF |, 800 feet. The well is situated a
mile from town and is known as the "Alge
we'll" 1t is flowing at the rate of 34O bar
rails an hnur Tbara upuch .r,.it.p,.nt