Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-10-22


skipped" his bail and gone to Canada.
Assistant Postmaster Burrage of Troy
N. ", is missing rs is also IA large amour,
Uncle Sans wealth entrusted To his care,
He is believed To be soiourning in Canada.
An east-bound freight train on the
Cleveland ~ Pittsburg railroad ran
through an open switch and into a shift
ing engine standing on the siding at East
Liverpool, Ohio. William Walker brake.
man, was instantly killed, and Fireman
Peck was fatally injured.
Mgr. Capel has telegraphed to the New
York Herald denial of the charges of i'm
moral conduct made against him.
Gottfried Waller, former anarchist
who appeared as witness for the state
in the recent trial in Chicago, was discov-
cred in saloon few nights since and
barely escaped being mobbed.
The belated ocean steamer Anchoria has
arrived at st. Johns, y. S., with passen-
gers and crew all safe and well.
The president has appointed Col. Ii. VIII.
COX. Twelfth Infantry, TO he Brigadier-
General, vice Gen j. G.. Potter retired.
Gen Wilcox has been ordered To Fort
Lcavenworth TO assume command OF the
department of the Missouri.
Col. Jas. Duane has been appointed to
he Chief of Engineers, L. $. A.. with the
rank OF Brigadier General, vice Gen New.
ton, resigned Gen. Duane is now on
duty in New York Us engineer of the third
light house district
The prosecutors of the Chicago anarch.
lists, have received a large number of
anonymous threatening letters. The
court officers are all threatened with vio-
lent deaths for doing their duty
The terrible hurricane which swept over
the country on the l4th inst, wrought
widespread damage. Buildings were
wrecked in Chicago. Toledo, Fort WAYNE,
Buffalo, Rochester, Louisville, KY. Kan
kakec, Ill, and in many smaller cities and
villages Several deaths are also reported.
The whole number of old soldiers in
Dakota receiving pension from the gov
eminent are 2,9}S. The amount paid
monthly is so 1914 50, for twelve months
$336,33> e..
Secretary Manning has returned 20
Washington accompanied 10y his wife and
daughter and resumed active control Of
the treasury department
The chief of the bureau of statistics re
ports the values of exports of breadstuffs
as follows: September, 1855 sl4,2s2, So /;
1885, S9,OO1,1 l3: mine months ended SEP
TENDER 80, ls>6. $40 ,5p. 1855, $40! lgO 70
1qS.
The president has appointed William H..
Maginliss of Ohio, TO be chief justice of
the supreme court OF the territory of
! Wyoming.
The eighteenth annual meeting of the
American Woman Suffrage Association is
announced 10 take place in the hall OF the
House of Representatives at the capitol in
! Topeka, Ks, from October % TO October
- inclusive Many distinguished expon-
ents uf the cause are expected To be pres.
ent.
AT a meeting of the trustees of the
Grant monument fund held u sew days
ago, model No ,, submitted by Louis L.
Rebisso, of Cincinnati, was awarded first
| premium, $500; model No. II, by James
Mahoney Of Chicago, the second premium,
$500, and model No. TO- by f. c. Potter of
Boston, the third premium, 500. The
contract for the statue has not been
awarded
Punxsutawney, IA mining village in
northern Pennsylvania, has been entirely
destroyed by fire. The loss will reach
! fully 500 900.
| Gen. Miles, issued congratulatory or
der formally announcing the close of the
most famous Indian campaign on record
and congratulating the troops on the re-
suit. With the exception of one small
thieving party now in Chihuahua, Mexico,
| all the hostils Indians have been removed
to place Of safety. The document will
doubtless correct the false impression tried
to be created in Washington that the
Apache war is not yet over.
Astricken City.
Three very distinct earthquake shocks
were felt in Charleston on the 9th inst.
| The shocks were sufficiently severe to
shake down loose bricks from unrepaired
walls and to shake the plastering from the
shattered ceilings all over the city. Many
persons were awakened, and, in some in
stances, ran out of their houses into the
streets.
The shock cannot fail to have a very de-
pressing effect upon the people there, who
had hoped their troubles were about over.
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was no installing its character, and it
brought to mind almost faded recollec-
tions OF the terrible night of August 81.
Nevertheless while the people talk OF it
and compare notes, they are still going on
with the work of repairing with logged
perseverance that will not be baffled as
long rs they have the ground under their
feet.
The New Tunnel.
A consolidation of the Canadian and
American companies for tunneling the st.
Clair river at Port Huron has been effect
ed and the tunneling Of the river for rail
road purposes promises to be more than a
project Careful surveys and behring's
have demonstrated the feasibility of such
an undertaking at a cost of 1880, 900. The
excavation will be through mixed gravel
and clay with a freedom from quick
sand, the greatest enemy of tunnels. The