Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-08-31
MINOR MENTION.


hibts at the Cincisnati Exposition VIII cover
$4,000 square feet OF space.
The government Is trying lobster culture on
the Pacific coast. The first Atlantic instal'
mcnt has been anchored at Santa Cruz.
The canning q shrimp Is becoming great
industry in New Ocleaus. Fully lOJOJJ
cans a day are packed there during the sea
son.
'Chautauqua" means "a foggy place" The
Indians did not forsee that the name would
be applied U system graudly iog-dlspeil
Ing.
decoction OF tobacco, boie in water
and used cold the next dac, Is said to have
been found eilectuAl against the currAnt
worm.
a BROOKLYN man named Wardrobe Is In
singularly appropriate business He has set w
a shop I'm Fulton street for The renovation ot
clothing.
The four brotherhools, eng iremen,
brakemen and switchmen OF this country are
taking steps toward the amalgamstion OF the
four bodies.
Some OF the Navajo scouts usel b. the gov
eminent in chasing Geromino are reported 10
be robbing aud numbering - miles east VI
Gallup, y. NJ.
There has been a heavy shrinkGge la the
quantity Of South American sugar forwarded
to this country during the season, as con-
pared with last year.
Seven different kinds OF campaign badges
have already been sprung upon the public Di
New York manufacturers, The trnkets costing
from TO 10 ceuts each
Pet dogs in Paris are nov clad in mautles
with pockets for holding lumos OF sugar,
bracelets on their paws aud string OF httle
silver bells aroaad the neck
Land in New York city is so dear that it
does not pay capitalists TO build houses for
rental. Many houses that sell for $40, 700 viii
not bring s.. Js) year rent
An official report on the cholera epidemic
which ragged in japan two years ago states
/ that there we're In, 5,i cases Of the disease,
Of which ia 0sG were fatal.
The Smith family Is numerous in England
and Wales The census places the number o,
individual Sm!uls Ia those countries at 3d.
/ s!4 which is more than the whole population
/ OF Dublin.
Port Huron, VI CHI, woman who Is rather
restless as to how business ma be later in
/ the season, has bought her collln at a quarter
OF sale, and is sow overseeing the construc-
| ton Of her tombstone
Harry Cole, four years OIL arrived at Roch.
ester last week, having travelled alone from
Los Angeles, CD. Both his parents have died
within year, and the li,tle fellow came East
10 take home with an aunt
-Four new quarantine stations are to be
tablished on the Atlantic coast, as follows:
Delaware Breakwater amount appropriated
S7i, eO0 Cape Charles SIP, COO; Georgia
coast, S3s,50O; Keep West, So,
The lightning, which almost demolished
the house of Mr.. BraatiY at SsryIa, Ga, the
other day, harmed none OF the family, a.
| though young sou VAS w,thil foot or two
OF the place where the bolt first fell
! EIGoy. Alger, Of Michigan has a son 9
| years # age When the news OF Harrison
nomination reached Dsroit the little fellow
remarked: well, everybody can't be nomI-
mated You are pretty young for philoso-
pher" remarked the defeated father
Three thousand little sand crabs from the
| New Jersey coast have been sent to Europe
They Will he placed in museums Of natural
history connected with schools, where they
will be studied specimens Of dmlnutivc
crustacea
/ Isn't IL odd that lawyers VIII prosecute,
jures ffud verdicts aud judges pass sentence,
l
sign petition to the governor not to carrJ
out the sentence. "'Ioo much ieelin'sn 1,
what ais this country to-day.
tn. disreputahle Marquis OF Ancsbur, has
J at last turned his hand to something really
useful. lie has bought a Windsor anlIIen-
ley coach AMI drives it every day, allowing
anyboi; TO ride for : shHings AMI pence
with shillngs extra for a box seat beside
his lordshp.
At san Diego, Ca, seance for material
ization was recently held in a Methodist
church with satisfactory results. Several
spirits came out OF the cabinet anl talked
with their friends in front Daring the even
ing fourteen materlalizitions took place and
lU9 tests were given
Jesse L. Grant has been travelling through
Mexico as the representative of New Yors
: capitalists who propose 10 invest largely
J in Mexican Mining property. lie says he
found regret expressed b. business men all
over Mexico that the Mexican reciprocity
treaty failed TO become a law.
Marenne Lesbonnc, the colonel OF the
commune, Is about to become a theatrical
manager for the presentation OF a drama In
verse called The Sleep OF Danton," by
Clovis Hughes. 1t will he given the honors
OF a single addition In Parls-a sort OF pub
lie rehearsal Thence its glory will be taken
TO Marseilles, and from there to London.
The drama tells the story OF the last six
months OF the life OF Danton, aud the tale Is
q simple one OF his own private life. A
great sensation is expected from the scene
where the royallsts die on the scaffold.
man who lives In Americas Ca, has
been hearing strange noises in the cellar OF
his house. At one time II was Ike syrup run.
ming from a barrel, which he thought wa,
caused by rats, and another time like person
digging with pick. When he heard the last
noise he went down TO the cellar with q ligh,
but every thing was quiet Returning to his
family the digging commenced again louder
and heavier The house shook, the windows
ratified, and all his dogs eight or tenn began
| to bark and run around, the hands we're awak-
ened by it, What caused the noise, so much
like digging was never found out IL kept I'D
| for over hour.