Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-06
As it passed the Senate the sundry civil

gate OF 81 4ls315 or an increase OF 81 1866
$50 over the amount appropriated by the
bill as 10 came from the House. The items
added by the Senate are S7l7, SIS for public
buildings, S5l6,7JO for light houses, SlO6,-
652 for the coast survey and Sl,165,9 O3 on
account of miscellaneous items.
Hubert o. Thompson, leader Of the New
York county Democracy, was found dead
in bed the other morning. Death WAS
caused by cerebral appoplexy.
The farmers aud dairymen OF Shcboy-
gan county, Wis, are selling of their
stock To keep them from starving as the
gras, and grain have all dried up, and the
prospects o,crops are so poor Good horses
have sold for $50 and fine cows for 80 and
s..
Patroman Walter Israel Of Detroit was
shot the other night 10y drunken Poland
err The wound is not thought to be dan
gerous, but will coniinc Israel 10 his bed
for some time.
VIM. Savage sent from Detroit for four
years for larceny, escaped from Jackson
prison the other morning. He was em-
ploycd outside the yard and ran away.
Savage has served two years in the prison
before, and has escaped twice before and
been recaptured. He has also been in
prison at Columbus and also in Missouri.
Prof. Henry Gilman of Detroit, recently
appointed Consul at Jersuaem, sailed
from New York on the 3lst ult His son, r.
W. Gilman, will go with HIM as far as
Vienna, at which place he will finish his
medical studies. Col. James Romeyn,
United States Consul at Valparaiso, South
America, sails for his new home at the
same time.
j. Painter, publisher OF the Scord Of
TIE Spirit of Hart suicided on the 2ith inst.
He had been in ill-health for long time
and had become very respondent.
Milwaukee was visited by disastrous
fire July oath.
Mrs. Bentz, a Hillsdale county pioneer,
is dead.
Dispatches received from Cascade, Wis.
pronounced the reported poisoning of the
wife Of DR.. Hall, formerly Of Oakland
county,) false. The women is alive and
well
Joseph Clover OF Kalamazoo, a
lad Of l6 years, died OF rupture
of the heart the other night. The
case bafiled the physicians. Just before
his death Joe confessed To his sister that
on Decoration Day, n big, bury fellow
pitched on to him choked him till his tongue
protruded from his mouth, then threw
him down and beat him badly. The young
man concealed the signs of his hurt from
his people as well as he could, fearing pun
ishment, but from that hour sickened. He
was treated for inhammatory rheumatism
and other ailments but grew worse and
died it is believed, from the effects of his
brutal treatment. a post norton exam
nation revealed evidences of the
truth OF the boys story, but perhaps
not sufficient to lead 10 a conviction of the
assailant.
The smoke from the burning forests was
so thick in Muskegon the other night that
the electric lights could not be seen.
The total shingle cut OF the Muskegon
mills for the season estimated at 80, 600. 900.
There eight shingle mills and thirty five
sawmillS now in operation employing
$500 men. The booming company have
about 1000 men, making a total Of 1900
men employed on the river aud in the
mills.
Coleman had $4,000 fire on the 9th
ult
Frank Graham had a hand sawed OFF
while cleaning shavingS from the planer
at Forbes mill, Caro-. VIM. Forbes gave
him SO and citizens raised SO more.
A little child aged two years of August
Voss OF Owosso, German living near the
ID. g. II. q NJ railroad, crept out of the
house on the main track under n moving
freight train and was instantly killed.
in April. 1876, G.. G.. Force OF Madison
township, Lenawce county, exchanged 10
sheep and "a contract for six bushel, of Boz
hemian oats for SO in money and colt
valued at 500, with 4. b. Carpenter
Force agreed 70 stand between Carpenter
and the Bohemian oats men. guaranteeing
the fulGllment OF the contract. OF course
the agreement was not carried out by the
oat men. and Carpenter brought suit
against Force 20 recover $50. \ jury
rendered verdict of no cause for action.
Albert Williams, jr., principal of the
new Michigan mining school at Houghton,
has issued neat prospectus. The first
session begins Wednesday, September 10,
and ends December 81. There will then be
n recess for two weeks, and the second
term will not close until June 80, lSS7. For
/ the present it is proposed TO confine the
/ curriculum TO mining engineering and the
study of metallurgy, making specialties Of
~ copper and iron. Already there is the
! NC Gus of technical library and suites Of
{ pc rocks, minerals and economic miner
al products are provided.
Harry the little son of DR.. Henry a.
REYNOLDS the red-ribbon reformer, died in
Detroit. July %. The remains were taken
to Rockford ILL.,, for interment.
John +. Ellis and his brother Sidney
were drowned at Manistique the other
day They were on the tug Edith and in
the heavy sea running Sidney fell over
hoard and John jumped in after him.
The Union school furniture factory of
Battle Creek is now running Is hours a