Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-13
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For the last ten years the increase OF
the Mormon population in the United
States has been about 50 per centum.
The lS6th anniversary of the dcdica-
ton Of Gloria Del Church, commonly
| known as Old Swedes, was celebrated
u few days ago in Philadelphia.
Capitalists of Los Angeles. Cal. have
established a factory for the manufac-
ture of rope from the yucca plant, bet
ter known as the spanish bayonet.
The boarders in a hotel at Water
Vile, Me. sprnkled insect-powdcr on
their hash thinking it was pepper, and
now they are having struggle with
the doctors.
Five men have been convicted and
sent TO prison at Olympia for attempt
inc TO evict the Chinese from that place.
! Their sentences were 500 fine and six
months Imprisonment.
An enormous century plant for many
years neglected in the hot house of
John Condor, BROOKLYN. y. Y, is about
TO blossom About 800 buds have sud
denly appeared upon it,
Pacific coast papers complain that
many of the white men who are sent To
the front by the California and Oregon
railroad work for Il day or two. and
then start ont TO tramp and iniiict
themselves upon the farmers.
Down in the village OF Flushing. l..
l., they have an unwrittcn law that no
man shall be out after | i. NJ, and a
| citizen caught in the street by the vigi-
! lance committee the other night was
] ia t,,s
! his punishment
Miss Monte Walmsley. of Natch-
! tochcs La. IN hunt on Bayou Pierre
| killed two ninc-foot alligators in a sim
! Gle day last week One of the wounded
monsters showed light. and made Il
rush for the boat, but the lady retained
her GOODNESS and shot him through tho
! head before he reached it.
a petition signed 10y many thousands
! of persons will be presented to the leg
! islaturc of Oregon next winter asking
the enactment of law TO prohibit liq
uor-sellers from placing screens before
their doors, or frostng or shading their
! windows so as 10 protect the "busi-
ness from the public view.
The latest reported fasting girl is
Julia Harris. the l2-year-old daughter
/ OF a Methodist minister near Fowlcs
Station, Ten She is said not to have
! eaten ANYTHING IN forty-siN DAYS. She
was unusually fat when she began her
/ self-imposed fast. weighing $50 pounds.
She is greatly reduced in flesh now.
Two summer visitors at Mayport.
Fla, caught shark, shot it and tried
TO pull il ashore. As they were hauling
with might and main another huge
shark swan up and bit the captured
fish N half. When the half on the hook
was hauled to land the fishermen found
in il five Young sharks alive and kick
ing.
In his salutatory the new editor of y
Virginia weekly paper SAYS he doe, not
''re-cnter the theater of journalism rs
the trembling debutant, dazzled by the
tinscl glitter of pictured scenes. nor as
sumo lis more sacred functions a. the
neophytc, whose swinging censor but
deepens the awful mysteries of the
sanctuary.
( George Ball. of Hartford. made Il
water byciclc The rider sits on high
seat supported by two long. narrow
floats rugged catamaran fashion He
propcls with his feet II large wheel
which By gearing operates little
scrw ut the stern Of the craft. y few
trials show the byciclc TO BE- fast and
easily managed.
In New York a few days ago an ath-
lete who was engaged in running
broad iumping-match had just made
his leap when it was not ced that he
was unable TO ,traighten his arm. An
examination was made whom it appear
cd that his left arm had been dislocated
by the Jar with which he alightcd upon
making the jump.
Yu Chung Wong after living in this
country for thirty years and having
kept butchcr-shop, wished TO revisit
China, and applied for return certiii-
cate. These were given TO laborcrs
only and rs he was merchant he did
not receive one. Now he has returned,
and the court SAYS he can not land.
His case has been appealed.
\ curious mixture of races was re-
Gently observed in a Buffalo strcet-car.
a Chinaman with n laundry package,
darky with whitewash brush, an ln-
dian with n basket of SaSsafras, an Ital-
ian with a bag peanuts. an lrishman, a
Dutchman. and genuine American
dude made up quite congress of ma
tions," as the circus bills say.
a young lady in Troy. o.. last sun
day. while playing the organ. suddenly
tainted IN the middle of the opening
song. 1t was supposed to be on ac-
count of the heat. but further investi-
; CATION proved that Il mouse had been
awakened from its sumbers beneath
the organ and started upon an cXplor-
ing expedition. The mouse is dead,
and n deadly poison has been put in
every hole in that church.
1t is said of distinguished member
of the United States senate that on one
occasion. while travelling in India. he
came across cemetery in which were
buried many noted Englishmcn, and
, such names rs George Gordon, Bart,
Henry Trevelyan, Bart, were so nu'
,nnr,us "a IN attract the SENATOR af.