Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-07-09

OF the olemargarine bill by congress-
The dominion government has granted
$1,000 in aid Of the Vancouver sufferers.
The Senate committee refuses to in
vestigate charges against Senator Payne
of Ohio.
Miss Tabitha A. Hutton, the only female
lawyer in North Carolina, died in Colds
boro in that state on the Goth ult.
Charles Reilly, charged with completely
in the Canal street fire in Chicago, where
nine lives were lost, has been exonerated
and discharged by the grand jury. Dur
ing the investigation testimony was ad-
duced calculated to throw suspicion in an
other direction from that in which it has
hitherto been fastened
While on the way to Marblehead on the
Both ult, the yacht Pelican was capsized
and four men were drowned.
The Flint d Pere Marquette railway
company, it is reported, have decided to
season, running their boats from Luding
ton and Manistee there instead of to Mil
waukee. The company has been running
a weekly boat to Chicago for some time.
The town of Lower Salem, near Marietta
Ohio, was destroyed by fire on the 3Oth
ult.
The glass factories in Pittsburg have
banked their fires for the summer. About
5000 men are idle.
Representative sSnowden has presented
the president as a wedding present "A fine
steel horse shoe, which was made by Mr.
John Shaadt of Allentown, Pa, and in
al g., ,lnl nn
one end of the shoe are the initials &c. c."
and on the other IF. f. c." In the center
is the word "Glueck,n which in German,
means good luck When Mr.. Cleveland
was nominated for the presidency Mr.
Shaadt sent n similar horse shoe to him
but the initials IF. f. CO. were not on it
The whisky war in Atlanta, Ga. is at an
end. All legal means TO defeat the enforce
ment Of the new prohibition have been de-
feated.
Internal revenue collections for the cur
rent fiscal year show an increase Of 3d.
402, S}S so far over last year.
DR.. buchanan of Philadelphia, notorious
for issuing bogus medical diplomas some
years ago, has been arrested by his wife
for failure to support
Auditor Day of the treasury, holds that
army officers are entitled in computing
their pay increases, to consideration of
the time spent in West Point This lis in
accord with a ruling of the court of claims
and will necessitate several millions to
pay the claims.
The oldest man in the United States is
James Collins, an Irishman, of Lawrence,
Mass. He is ll2 years of age.
Lieut.. Greedy received the medal Of the
English geographical society on the fifth
anniversary of his departure on his arctic
expedition.
The sultan has chosen the choicest pro-
auctions of Turkish industries in wedding
presents for President Cleveland, and has
dispatched them on a special steamer in
care of the first dragoman of the American
legation.
A. j. Devoe the Hackensack, ". J. mete-
orologist, predicts, among other meteoro-
logical forecasts that Michigan will be
visited by tornadoes and heavy thunder
showers on or about July 10, These storms
will be general at this date. Devoe's pre-
vious forecasts of tornadoes in Illinois,
Indiana and Ohio turned out so nearly
correct that his predictions are now view
ed with more than ordinary respect.
Capt. p. T. Tracy, well known at Mar
quette. is now in Alaska. The Marquette
Jouruai says: Samples of gold bearing
quartz from q claim secured by Capt. Z.
T. Tracy at the head of Silver Bay near
Silka, Alaska. were sent by him TO $. 5.
Carry of Ishpeming and an assay of the
same was made this week by Mr.. Ropes of
that city. The result shows the rock to
be very rich. carrying gold at the rate of
: 400 90 the ton. The vein is nine feet
wide, and occurs III slate formation.
Pennsylvania Republicans have nomin-
ated Gen. James b. Weaver for governor.
The rest of the ticket is as follows: For
auditor general \. Wilson Norris secre-
tary of internal affairs, Il. j. Stewart;
rongressman-at-large Gen F. A. Osborne.
The Arkansas Democratic convention
has nominated Hughes for governor.
Over 10000 head of cattle are being
driven from the dry section of Texas to
the banks of the West Fork The farmers
Of that section are armed and say the cat
tie cannot come in. The herders are also
armed. Three men have already been kill
III. anu IlOTe DlOOusHeu Is expected.
Gov. McEnery of Louisiana has issued
asking assistance for those
whose crops have been destroyed by the
recent foundations.
Five rolling mills in Youngstown, Ohio,
refuse to sign the iron workers scale.
Chambers has become epidemic in Illinois.
A number of valuable horses have been
killed.
The earnings Of Sing Sing prison for
June amounted to s199l2; the expenses
for the same time were sl3,90S.
The military guard was removed from
zen. Grants tomb on the Both ult The
park police will hereafter guard the re-
mains.
George w. Varney a 'pall-bearer at the
funeral of Mrs. Barker of Dover n. H.,
sank down as he was carrying out the
casket and died of heart disease.
James A. L. Wilson, treasurer of the
d Delaware canal company, is
short in his accounts S6l5,200.
Cardinal Gibbons was invested with the