Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-05-31
GENERAL.

The civil service commission has made
an important alteration to one OF its rules
! by provid ny that hereafter the list of eli
gibles for appointment to the government
service and their standing shall be made
public
Great dissatisfaction is expressed with
the members OF the city council OF Guth-
| rte, Oklahoma, aud a new set of officers
will be chosen June 10.
Henry G.. Schorr the young assistant
rector OF St Paul $ Episcopal church Of
| Baltimore. committed suicide few days
ago He had been respondent for some
| time over business troubles.
b. f. Gilkerson of Pennsylvania has
been appointed second comptroller OF the
| treasury.
| Forty-fve persons were injured in a rail
way accident near Sullivan, Mo, the other
morning, but singularly enough no one was
| killed. The accident was undoubtedly
caused by train wreckers.
! A memorial statue to the confederate
| dead was UNIV iled in Alexandria the other
day.
The trustees Of the Hartford theological
seminary have voted TO open all courses OF
the institution 10 women
! Pa st. Commander in Chief Lucien Fair
| child of Milwaukee has been appointed on
! the national G.. a. X. pension committe e
TO succeed Corporal Tanner, the commits
/ sioner OF pensions, who sent in his resigna-
| ton
Laura Bridgman, the deaf, dumb and
| blind woman who for many years resided
at the institute in South Boston, died May
/ "a.
! Miss Jennie Fucker and Miss Bette
| Kyle, prominent society lad es OF Hunting
ton, w. Va, fell in love with one young
man, and resolved TO settle the difficulty by
a duel They fought with knives and both
ombatants were badly wounded, NJ IS
! Kyle being In critical condition. Miss
! Rucker was arrested, but the justice de
cded that she had acted in self-defense
and discharged her.
1t is reported that movement is on foot
among English capitalists TO secure control
of some OF the largest Touring interests of
/ this country, among them the PlIsbury
property in Minneapolis.
An English syndicate has purchased eight
brewing establishments III 81 Paul
| The Shenango Valley, Pa, furn ace
operators have cut wages 10 per cent. ow-
ing o the low price of pig iron. Two thou
! sand men are affected.
The residence OF Rev. +. c. Clarke, near
! Virginia Beach, Princess Ann comfy, Va,
Was burned the other night. Mr.. Clarke.
| his two daughters, "a son and a niece were
! burned to death.
! The mystery of the Disappearance Of DR..
/ p. II. Cronin of Chicago has been solved,
/ his body having been found in sewer in
/ that city. His death was undoubi eddy
caused by blows on the mead. There is no
clue TO the perpetrators.
The graduating class this year from the
! government Indian training school at Car
| isle, Pa. numbers IA.
The attorney general says there is no law
! by which national banks may be established
| in Oklahoma.
The Sioux Indians have agreed not TO sell
their lands unless paid 100000.
Two oce n steamers on the st. Lawrence
collided the other morning, one vessel sink
/ ing in few minutes. Eight seamen were
| drowned.
Hon. Robert Il. Lincoln, minister 10 Eng
| land, was given an enthusiastic reception
upon his arrival in Liverpool and London.
Wol,i hGs been received OF a ferocious
! fight which took place near Fort Mcleod
between band OF Blood Indians on one
! side and force composed of soldiers, cow
/ boys AID Gros Nentres on the other. The
| Bloods have lately been stealing horses
from the eros Neutrcs, and the latter, as
sisted by soldiers and cowboys, made an
/ effort to recover the stolen animals. In the
! fight "a numb Der Of persons are said 10 have
! been killed, but as usual the reports rs e
the number OF killed are very conflicting.
Arthur Fra her. n canal boat coptain,
paid visit to Edward lsjwe and wife near
! hawkins, q suburb OF Cleveland, Ohio. In
/ the course of pleasant talk, Mrs. Howe
SAID that she never saw man whom she
! could not throw, and Frazier took up the
chal. enge. They clncned and after bret
tug Mrs. Howe threw Frazier upon his
back ON a lounge. IN moment he was
dead, presumably from the rupture OF an
artery.
Friends of DR.. Groin, the missing Chica
nh fgia nffn ratts rid nf@ fnF
any information as to his whereabouts
The Illinois senate has passed "a b II pro
viding for canal TO Join Lake Michigan
and the Mississippi river.
Attorney General Miller says there is nc
provision Of law under which national
banks can be established at Oklahoma.
The lower house Of the Illinois Legislature
defeated the bill TO prohibit the manufac
ture or sale Of liquors IN that state.
The treasury accountants have completed
an estimate OF the cash value of the cur
rency, coin and securities turned over tC
/ Treasurer Huston by eX-Treasurei
Hyatt, and hud the total amount to bs
s122, 100000.
a statement prepared in the Office cf tho
solicitor Of the treasury shows that there
are now 1868 Gnsatisied judgments or
the books OF that Office, representing the
sum of Sl0,595, IL, They cover the perioC
from July /, 1856, TO July |, ISIS, and rep
resent all classes of Indebtedness TO th,
20 eminent, principally from fines, for
FIXTURES and trespasses. There was col
lected during the same period the sum o
100000.
Over 400 officers and men, survivors o.
the storm and wreck az Samoa, arrived II
San Francisco on the Goth inst
Special Agent Heth and several employees
of the Nez Perez agency have been arrested
for defrauding the gov ernment.