Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-11-02
MINOR MENTION.

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(Mexicol paper.
A iurquois ny tugglng to get out OF web.
is new bracelet idea.
The Frenc! grain con gress reports that the
harvest exceeds all expectations.
Mort mer stckynle West, the first Baron
S ck,ille, Is dead. He was SKY eight gears
old.
The freedom Of the city Of Dublin was con,
ferred on Cardinal Moran. Archbishop OF
Sydney.
Dakota Is $50 miles one way anl $50 miles
the other. But this is nothing 10 Texas
which is s.5 miles one way and - The other
A carrier pigeon loft has been established
at the United States training station, New.
port. The birds are 10 be- used in the Naval
Service.
Owing to fears OF military emeute precau,
tionary measures have been taken ia the
Spanish barracks at Saragossa, Seville, and
other places.
The departure from Berlin Of the expedl-
ton for the relief OF Emin b Y has been de-
layed until the rising OF the natives in East
Africa Is quelled.
torpedo boat OF a new End powerful,
pattern was launched a, Toulon, France. The
been maintained.
The report that the Dukes OF Norfolk and
! Newcastle are to b, MARI ell 10 American
ladies is denied in London by fr ends OF the
noblemen named.
The court in Paris has adjourned the hear
| ing on the IctitiDn TO wind up the business
of the Paris American Exchange, TO enable
the concern to 60 into voluntary liquidation
in the battle between the Houssas and Togu
natives recently over the death of Cap. ain
/ Dslrymple 300 natives were killed. aud tie
Houssas lost sixty four In killed aud wounded.
Large quantities OF fish are being froz,n
In New York and piled away, ike cordwooi,
in the Big cold storage houses aga INST the
time when severe weather stops salt water
fishing.
Russia has granted an annual subsidy OF
! S., 900 to a steamship line between Russian
ports aud Corea, Japan and CDina. In case
OF war the steamers are TO be at government
disposal
Mr.. Bslfour, CHI ef secretary for Ireland,
was resented with an address at Glasgow.
! In his reply lie said that II ireland were to
obtain a local parliament she would have TO
| be reconquered.
The Empress OF Austria explains that, al.
though she admires heine's poetry, she W tn
! draws her donation 10 tie He ne monument
fund at the request OF tue emperor, In conse-
| queuce OF Hcine's insults TO the HoheIzo,-
! lerns
The pope gave aude 10 thou sands OF
| pilgrims, amoug whom were sbout two thou
| sand priests. In an address, VIII ich he made
! during the reception, he spoke at some length
! on the necessity Of the re-cstatlishment II
| his old temporal power.
Four members of the Hawaiian legislature
! have been expc led for acce; ting brides from
! Chinese. The inquiry which led 10 the expul.
sion developed the fact that The Chinese had
| paid the legislators TO vote against bin re-
strlcting Chinese immig atiou.
Professor Gelfkeu, OF Il rlin, who was ar
rested for revealing state secrets in furnish
! ing the ID utschs tend ca" with extracts
| from nperor Freiric<'s diary, states that
lie had the emperors permission TO publish
the diary three months after his death
special from Fl Paso Texas goes to show
that he movement OF Murmons 10 Mexico il
assuming a definite shape The government,
! has granted them no land, but the Momona
are quietly buying OF private owners large az
! ricultural tacls In Northern Chihuahua
Human bones, supposed to be those Of Tom
| Scott who was murdered by the rebe during
the first Rel revolt, have been exumed IN
Hudson Bay Fats, near where the crime was
supposed to have been committed. Until now
| the whereabouts Of the body has been q mys.
terry.
Advices have been received at Auckland
from Samoa that the par, sans of the deposed
| King Malietoa have bad an engagement with
| al. 81.
lstter's forces were totally defe ted. King
Tamasese's army was under the command OF
! German officers
| IT 10 question whether the foreign nobility
are attracted by the American girls for their
own sweet sakes or by the rolls which the
fathers of tue American girls sre known or
supposed TO lie possessed of AT any rate
American girls are ia demand abroad. 1t
would be better for the future OF the country
II they were in greater demand at home.
Emperor Williams progress through
Southern Germany has been cordial in he ex,
treme. The display at Stuttgir. was the fin
est the city has ever witnessed Immense
crowds of people congregated at the railroad
! station, hundreds OF lamps were lighted bells
were rung and the utmost enthusiasm prevail
| ed.
Inc SILK fnanulac'OrV OF northampton,
Mass, has the deepest well In this country.
that is, ii is 3,1J0 feet deep and inches In
diameter but at depth OF $50 feet from the
surface sedimen tary sandstone was struck,
which continued the whole depth, aud water
was never obtained At ST. Lous there lie q
well 3, los feet deer, which yields all abund-
ance OF uphur wafer
The officials OF the Hereford Railway Com.
pany have agreed to a conference tn the
Italian Consul, signor Marotti, says a Mon.
treal dispatch. with references 10 the claims OF
The 700 Ital an lsborers now on strike. Signor
MariottI has also telegraphei the governor
general, slling his attention TO the fact that
the labUrers have been robbed b. the alb
sconding contractors, aud astng II the Do
m Mon government eau do any hing for their
relief.
Information Is received that the vote 10 the
New Zeal parliament by which 1t vas de.
cided not to renew the main subsidy to the