Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-02-03
NEWS SUMMARY.

Char,ss O'Brien, cashier OF the First
National bank of Auburn, N. H., is do
faulter to the amount OF $4,000. O'Brien
has fled, and is believed to have gone
west
The estimated loss of sheep in half a
dozen Texas counties is 5000.
Senator Hoar has bill in the senate TO
open negotiations for making the Wellanl
free canal, and TO have a canal built
from the bay of Fundy to the 81. Law
renee at the joint expense of Canada and
the United States.
The Knights OF Labor have petitionei
congress against steam printing in the
bureau OF en- yraving and printing.
A Washington dispatch says that a
movement is on foot TO ''docAn members
of congress who are absent at roll call
hereafter.
Postmaster General Dickinson has is
sued an order setting forth what may be
written or printed on third and fourth
class matter. The restrictions as to writ
ing upon matter of the third and fourth
classe, are substantially the same as un-
der the old law; but in general all restric-
ton as to printing on these two classes
are removed, except as To the reservation
OF space necessary tor addressing the mat
ter and the placing thereon of postage
stamps.
Holmes. the Saratoga undertaken who
embalmed Gen. Grants body, sued the
New ork Times for libel because that pa
per said he was drunk when he did it, A
verdict for $4,000 has been awarded
Holmes.
According to the report of the board of
control OF the industrial home OF Utah
territory, sent To the senate a few days
ago, that Institution j. not a success.
The Duluth, Northwestern * Winnipeg
railroad company, with capital of
S35,OJO,OJ0, ha, been Incorporated at Du-
luth. The proposed line Is To run from
Duluth ~ miles to Grand Rapids on the
Upper mississippi To Wa ca point it Is ex-
pected 1T VIII be built this on, and
from there to the Manitoba border and 10
point on tue Red river between the
Northern Pacific at Fargo and the Mantle
ba road at Crookston. IL Will make an
eastern connection with the Duluth,
south Shore a Atlantic road.
a German IabOrer employed by farm
er near Belgrade, Montana, wa, frozen To
death during the recent blizzard The
man was sick and his employer let HIM
lle in u cod room without proper food or
medicine The other morning the man
was found dead in his bed, and his body
was placed in IA woodshed, where it was
lartiany eaten 10y hogs.
Gov. Swineford of Alaska is in Washing
ton u urge the claims Of that territory
tor repres entation IN congress.
The repub lean convention OF the Dis
trIct of Columbia met in Washington the
other day and selected delegates u the
national convention. The convention
was divided into two factions, known as
the Carson faction and the Chase faction.
The following were chosen: Chase fac
tion-Judge Samuel Snellabarser for
merly member of congress from Ohio. and
Fred a. Dyson, alternates, W. Calvin
Chase aud Nj. NJ. Holland. Carson faction
Perry Carson and Andrew Gleason; alter
mates, Daniel Cahill and Marcellus West
With the exception of Sheilabarger
Gleason and Cahill, all the delegates and
aternates OF both factions are colored.
The Carson faction is put down ior Blaine
and the Chase faction for sherman.
An explosion occurred in coal mine
near Victoria, British Columbia, the other
day. Two hundred miners were buried
but it is thought will be taken out alive,
although some Of them will be terrible in
jured.
Since the present system OF internal
revenue taxation went into effect sept /,
1862, down to June 3, 1851, there was col
lected from special tax on distillers, s25
12s,slQ; brewers, $40 p S3; rectiiers
S7,2.0 ,O59 capacity tax on dstillers under
IA law laying a tax Of s! per barrel on dis
tilleries having n distillery capacity over
a certain fixed amount s., 81, 80 The
production Of distilled spirits during this
time was 90 So 1914 gallons, and of fer
mented liquors, 2j9,1.9,1.2 barrels. The
amount Of tax collected on the spirits was
slO9g3 ~ So, and on the fermented liquors
S2W, 24G, ~.
The Central and South American immi-
grafton association and equal rights league
OF the United States of America filed its
charter in Topeka Kan, Jan. p. The CAPT
tai is given ats 100 900. The charter states
that its object is TO encourage immigra-
ton 10 the Central and South Americ an
states where free homes and guaranteed
rights can be secured
There is no probability that Missourps
governor will interfere to save Maxwell.
James Wilson has been elected United
States senator from Iowa to succeed him
self.
David NJ. Allen, tate prison steward OF
Indiana has been sued by the state to re-
cover 81 00JO.
Oklahoma committee have called n con-
ference convention at Kansas City, Feb. s.
George w. Childs of Philadelphia says
he is not candidate for presidential
honors.
Gen. John W. Finnell died at Helena,
Montana. OF heart disease, after a brief
illness. He was adjutant.general OF Ken
lucky during the war. His home was at
Covington, Ky.
The Rev. jeremiah H. Good, founder and
president OF heidelberg college, Tifiin,
Ohio is dead, aged %. He was one of the
leaders of the German Reformed church in
the west