Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-12-28


ABOUT 5000 persons attended the
anniversary services i'm New York to
the memory of the anarchists hanged
in Chicago.
In Berlin heavy wagons are not al
lowed on certain streets. In Paris any
carload of rafting material must be
fastened till it can't rattle.
PROBABLY the largest man in Iowa
is j. ii. Craig. of Iowa City. He is
32 years old. 6 feet Al inches tall and
has weighed as much rs S33 pounds.
Cor. s. G. KELLoG. u. S. A.. who
has been detained TO complete the To-
cation of the troops for the map of the
battle of Chickamauga. has commence
ell his task.
j. w. KELLY of Philadelphia, who
has invented the queer motor, has been
attached for contempt IN refusing to
divulge information to experts regard
inn his machine.
ACCORDING to Prof Potter, asphalt,
the article of prominent commercial
importance of the present day, was
used in the building of the tower o.
Babel and other ancient structures.
The United States court at Cincin-
naiti has rendered favorable decision
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Bank of Chicago. and part of the
money lent Harper will be returned.
A WOMAN who bought an 1889 alma
nae returned it next day because it
didn't tell what kind OF weather there
would be on March "a. She will cole
brate her silver wedding on that date.
Two Tennessee men went OUT TO
fight duel, one having ~ axe aud
the other scythe. but II stranger
came along and suggested game OF
poker and all shook hands and be-
came good friends.
IT is said that the first thing u
Washington Territory Indian buys is
huge trunk. Then. if he has money
enough. he fills it. This trunk acts as
storehouse for trinkets as long as the
lock holds good, then it is turned into
a cradle, and when the owner dies he
is buried in 1t.
THE obelsk to be erected on the
summit of the Ortler in commemora-
ton of the forteth year of Emperor
Francis Josephs reign is nearly ready
for removal from Vienna. 1t will
stand on the highest point of the En-
peror's dominions-over II 600 feet
above the sea level.
A New YORK woman bought
"waxed cord' at one of the big dry
goods stores the other day, for which
she paid one cent. She did not buy
anything else, at least at that store,
but she ordered the saleswoman to
have it sent to her home on West
Seventy-second street.
THE highest personal revenue re-
ceived by a Protestant Episcopal bish.
OPP in this country is said to be that of
the bishop of New York-S10. 600
year-and the lowest. 81. 800 year.
that of the bishop of Maine. In Eng
land the range is stated at from S20.-
600 TO SO. 600 per annum.
A LAWSUIT in New York has deve-
oped the fact that after the owner of
o 10, in Cypress Hills cemetery has
buried deceased member of his own
family in It he is absolutely forbidden.
by law under which the cemetery is
Incorporated, to ever transfer or sell
the lot outside of his family"
In various paris of China there Is a
belief that the souls of the very afro
cious criminals who have either been
executed or died in prison. are sent
back from hades by Yenlo, the Judge
there 10 undergo further term of
Imprisonment, one death not being
enough to expiate their crimes.
A ST.. LOUIS diamond broker makes
the singular statement that the amount
of money invested in diamonds in that
city is greater than the volume of
actual money used in business. Nearly
every family in the city he says. even
many in humble circumstances. has
collection of the precious stones.
A CONNECTICUT school teacher who
was recently forbidden by the school
authorities to punish children by put
ing sticks an inch or two long between
their jaws and tying their hands behind
them. is said since then to have pun
ished the unruly by sealing their
mouths with court plaster. occasional
ly seasoned with red pepper.
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