Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-09-20
GENERAL.

waiter u. Campbell or youngstown, n.
Y, swan through the rapids of the Niagara
gorge, below the falls where Capt. Webb
lost his life, on the 18th inst.
The main hall of the exposition building
at ST. Joseph, Mo, was destroyed by fire on
the 18th inst, and all the contents were des.
troyed, except the carriage which was
built 10 convey Gen. Lafayette during his
visit TO this country in 1912. The loss will
exceed quarter of a million dollars.
a statue of Gen. Grant WAS unveiled AT
Lea,,nworth, Kansas, the other day The
ceremonies were impressive, but very un-
ostontatious.
Charles :. Johnson, Nebraska man, has
been appointed United States attorney for
Alaska
Rev. Mr. Smith of the Baptist church OF
Danville, Iud was fatally stabbed the
other day by Willard Jones, druggist.
Smith had publicly been abusing the drug
gists Of the town. Jones was arrested but
afterwards DISCHARGED on the ground that
his act was .ustitable.
The strike in the Conceivable, Pa, coke
region has been settled and the men are at
work again.
The new Catholic university in Washing.
ton is to be dedicated Nov. l3.
Mnnesotas wheat yie.d is about 80, 0OO e
600 bushels
The strike of the western window glass
workers has been settled. The settlement
affects 81 factories, employing 5000 men
and boys
Timothy and Morris O'Bricn of New
Durham, y. d., QUarreed, and in the melee
Timothy received wound which caused
his death two days later.
The Fisher estate in Germany, amount
ing to so ,UO0, 900. is ready for settlement.
There are II heirs In this country.
ON oVor,,,n .,v, Ia3ias a, o,,
found at Johnstown, Pa.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Clarkson says there is no truth in the re-
port that he is going 70 resign.
The business portion of the village Of
Dabny, near Ithaca, y. y, was wiped out
by fire on the 18th inst.
y loss of several hundred thousand dol.
lars has been caused by the burning Of the
pine forests IN the vicinity of Bangor, Me.
Mrs. Margaret y. billiard of Eaton, Pa,
whose husband was murdered, has con-
!essed that her paramour. William III. Bar
thOtOmeW, fired the fatal shot and that she
was an accessory 10 tue crime. The object
OF the crime was to get billiard out OF the
way so that Mrs. Dillard and Bartholomew
might live together.
Thomas W. Edison has given 10000
francs for the benefit OF the poor Of Paris
Forty lives were lost in the great storm
on the Atlantic coast
William Bril- was put of a Louisville &
Nashville train because he would not pay
his fare. He shot the conductor dead.
Four men were killed and several terri
bly, injured by the explosion Of boiler in
Oakland, Cal, the other day
An English syndicate offers 81. 800 600
for the Thomas iron works in Hokendagda,
Penn.
The Chicago Farmers Review says the
supply of hogs as compared with last year
is as follows Michigan l03 per cent;
Illinois, o.; Indiana, !5a; Ohio, %; Mis-
souri,, 30; Kentucky, 1913; Iowa, 100; Kan
sas, %; Nebraska, l4; Wisconsin, %;
Minnesota, l03, and Dakota, 1lG.
An earthquake shock lasting several
seconds was felt in the vicinity OF Wilkes
barre Pa, sept 10. Ash ey, Kingston,
Pittston and other Eeigh5Oring towns
were effected. About the same time
cave-in took place at Plymouth, and five
acres more OF the Delaware Il Hudson's
mine surface dropped out % sight
The funeral Of the late :. >. Cox was
held on the 18th inst
During lsSS returns show that - 6S4 rer-
sons emigratcd from Iceland.
Sept. . California celebrated its 39th an
nivcrsary OF its admission into tho union.
The President has appointed Henry c.
Yarmouth collector OF customs at New
Orleans
a gang of counterfeters was arrested in
San Francisco a few days ago by United
States officers.
George Bush, colorcd, Il years old, was
in Jail in Columbia, Mo, charged with
criminal assault upon jyear-old girl
An armed mob visited the Jail, overpowcred
the sheriff, took Bush from his cell and
hung him.
Three men who entered an abandoned
coal mine near Morgantown, W. Va, the
other day. were instantly killed by an ex.
plosiOn Of fire damp.