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


A nettle thread sixty miles long only
weighed 81 pounds.
One Of the leading Anarchists In St. Louis
is named Griefgrsbber.
Nearly %, 600 men have been naiuralized In
New York city this year.
A Rochester paper speaks OF tramp look
Ing as seedy as a watermelon.
A grandmother only twenty-five years OF
age Is the chief curlo In Hancock, Ind.
A German officer cannot marry m Amer-
can woman without Bismarck's consent
An old bachelor says that be rather likes
comical baby, but he objects when 1t becomes
q screaming farce.
Under the law no political parade can be
held In Philadelphia during the week pre-
ceding an election.
The ranches and large forms OF southern
California nre slowly but steadily being cut
up into small farms.
Upward OF 1000 children are reported TO
have died from measles in Santiago, Chill, In
less than two months.
Important success has been obtained Ia
beet cultivation in Siberia, In the elevated
portions Of the country.
More than so old coins and medals have
been stolen from the French museum at
Carthage, North Africa.
The total decrease In the public debt OF the
United States since the opening OF the cur
rent year is s2S. 29i, $40.
A total OF 5, 100 miles OF new road has been
added to the railroad system OF tie United
States this year thus far.
The corn crop is so poor in Langdon, y. H.,
nm vii &c hal alrpaly bll giDy
grain to feed their cattle.
An interesting ancient canoe, followed
out by means of red-hot stones, has been
found ia south central Norway.
A Vermont citizen who started out to pur-
chase wedding suit got drunk instead and
on returning home committed suicide.
South Windham, Me, man attributes the
cure OF a cancer on his nose to the applica-
ION OF the plant known wool sorrei-"
The Oldest and largest tree in the world is
a chestnut near the foot of Mt Etna. The
circumference of the main trunk is 22 feet
A waterfall has been discovered In the Il ne
Creek, Colorado which is said to exceed NJ
agara in beauty, though not equal to it in
volume.
The advance in the price of wheat will en-
able the growers in Minnesota and Dakota 10
realize from Ss,000,Oo0 to SIS, 0JO,01O more
than last year.
An eastern sportsman lost his gun in an
odd manner. A wounded bird, In falling
struck the weapon as the owner was taking
aim and knocked 1t into the water.
Employees OF the Central railroad at Macon,
Ga. are a good deal disturbed over the ghost
OF an immense Newfoundland dog that roams
around In the rear Of the Union depot
According 10 Johann Fsber. the famous
manufacturer OF Nuremberg, the people OF
the Uniied Stated use, IN round numbers
about 100 0OJ, 900 lead pencils every year.
A letter was mailed at Pittsburg recently
addressed TO 'The Secretary Of the Knavy
Department." and the intelligent clerk sent
1t TO the warden of the stste penitentisry.
In central Dakota sections the wheat Is
we'll marketed. The ihreshing was done
under the most favorable conditions OF wealth
err, placing the crop early In shape to sell.
Anew double pointed nail " the invention
of an ingenious woman. The points turn IN
oppos tie directions aud the nails are es-
pecally useful for invisible mailing In wood
work.
The name OF the White House is derived
from the fact Of the Virginia roe-stone, Of
Which IL 10 Duiit, otlbE puihiCu "hNec w WI
ceal the dlscoloraton caused by smoke and
weather.
1t ia estimated that crows have cost the
farmers OF Maine 500, 600 the past year. The
next legislature Will be asked to give boun
ty OF ten cents a head for the destruction of
these sable vorites
sparrow with white wings leads flock OF
100 OF the brown species at Rondout, n. Y.
7. l., ed ,..ft daft ny ito
panions who follow all its movements az
d respectful distance
1t has been found that goose can stand
the weather until the thermometer goes to 6f
degrees below zero. Then her feathers won't
save her Wild ducks can 60 II degrees low
er and come out on top
The Alaska salmon pack Is now all In. The
Alaska Commercial company alone caught
1000, 600 salmon, most of them In Karluk
river, which is only 2& miles long. The quail
ity of the fish is fine.
An ingenious farmer of Shiloh, Ga. has re.
sorted TO the use OF half inch pine boards as
a substitute for bsgging. A bale OF cotton
In the novel covering reached Columbus, Ca,
and attracted much attention.
Four thousand boxes OF California raIsins
sent this fall 10 London brought better prices
than the famous layers from Malaga, and
orders have come to California from Am
sterdam. Vienna and Australia
Tive American trade with Gaia is an i'm
portant aud a growing one. Out OF total OF
seventy five vessels arriving at Havana last
month, thirty seven OF them were American.
British vessels numbered only five.
The Nswab OF Rampur recently paid
Sergt Maj. Freyer, surgeon in the British
army. the princely fee OF $4,000 for having
brought him safely through a three months
illness from msligant rheumatic fever.
A California widow had plans made for
SO, 600 monument for her late departed bat
when the lawyers got through lighting over
the estate the widow was doing Homework at
g. a week for the man who designed the
monument
Amos Marsh, a colored man OF Orange, y.
n q ~ nm L.. 1ott M Ia 6rat 49,