Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-05-03
WINGED MISSILE

pension clerk Robert Sigel OF New YORK
has been indicted for forgery
The reported rupture in the irish Major !
al Teague in America is con.radicOeo'
M ui;nois senate has passed bill 70
,e1,,Ia,e telephone charges in the state
Fifteen congressman are III IN washing
ton as a result of exposure on Inauguration
day.
The Racine CWis) Basket Factory IS
claimed TO be the largest OF It's Kinu III 'ne
world.
A new Jersey cannery has contracted Tor
2OD acres of tomatoes at 81 per Ton LOT next
seasons pack
meeting Of Parnell sympathizcrs az
phuadol,bia ~ 600 was contributed 10 aid
the Irish leader.
II is reported that much OF inc choices'
land in Oklahoma has been taken UP anu
now held by squatters.
The postal treaty arranged between Great
Britain and Mexico has been officially pup
lished in the latter country.
During the last congress slO,OOJOOo was
appropriated for the construction ana I'm
provemcnt Of public buildings.
Pulp mills have so multiplied In Maine
that there is fear of an over-suppIy unless
new mills are put up to turn the pulp INTO
paper.
MANY of the bureau chiefs in the. ss art
ments at Washington have tender eY
designations TO the new heads qpr q NS0
partments.
II is said that Edson's incandescS
ent taken out in Canada has boeh de-
null and void on the ground of faiiurI
comply with patent regulations.
One of the rules in the Royal Library n
Berlin. made with view TO preservingN
quiet and good order, calls for the excla-
sion of all members of the gentler sex.
Edmund G. Stanton, of the metropolitan
opera house of New York, has had bestow
ed upon him by the prince regent OF Bavaria
the order OF St Micheal, in recognition OF
his services in the promotion Of German art
in America
The Seventh Regiment drank 1000 bottles
of beer on their return trip from Washing
ton TO New York, and their path Is marked
by trail Of broken bottles. There was no
disorder, in spite of the evident danger that
the members might get at lager heads.
Martin Thorp and William Garner, lead
ers OF the most extensive gang OF counter
feiters in the southwest, have b zen captured
in Conway county. ARK An immense sum
of bogus money, comp Using s., so, ana so
imitation gold pieces, was also secured.
James c. Whittier pronounces the rumor
that he con .emplated "a visit 10 Europe as
utterly without foundation. "rhe time
has long since past" he writes, when
such trip would have been practicable Or
desirable. AT my age one travels easiest by
proxy"
Colonel John w Wilson Of the engineer
corps has been placed in charge of the work
on the Washington aqueduct extension. re,
leving Major G.. j. Lydecker, who will be
tried by court martial on the 18th inst for
negle t OF duty in connection with this i'm
provement.
FL TEMPO. a conservative journal OF the.
City of Mexico, says it sees in PRESIDENT
Harrison's inaugural address a menace to-
the peace Of the Spanish American reAyA
lies especially Mexico. 1t expresses a f.
as 10 the policy which Secretary of Stat
Blaine may adopt.
Eighteen hundred men and boys are
thrown ont of WORK by the closing of the
Scott Foundry Rolling Mill, the new pipe
mill of the Reading, pa iron works
whichsfailed last week The company
only establishments at work are the bias
furnaces and a portion of The tube mill.
A Chicago surgeon testified in a crimn
case the Other day that he had properly st
the defendants broken nose, but that I'll
patient was morGidly afraid that his beaut
would be spoiled ana that to ease his miDe
the witness had twice thereafter rehroke .
and reset the nose. Accommodating tsctoI.
that.
Senator Greer, inspec or of the Penns
vania Soldiers Orphans Schools, has co
pletei his report regarding the crazy boys
the McAllisterville school He says
boys were shamming. They have all
fessed much TO the confusion of wise
snowy haired doctors, who diagnosed {
cases
Yielding TO the inevitable, Presideu
Harrison has at last given form II notice tina
hereafter he will set apart three hours daily
for the reception of callers. From ten 10
twelve, senators, representatives and oths.
privileged persons viii be admitted, WIN y
from twelve to one the general public VIII
be seen.
The president has signed an order extend
ing the time from March -, 1899, TO May
1889, within which tine railway mail sery.
shall be brought under the operation OF III.
civil service law and rules. This exJen 4os
is made upon the representation Of Civ
Service Commissioner Lyman that tn
organization OF the service could not be ae
complis ned earlier than Mly1.
Brainworkers must envy the constitute
OF the emperor of Austria almost as mgc
Gambetta did Prince Bismarck's capa
for enjoy M lager beer and tobacco. Thol
the emperor is an exceedingly hard work
"a couple OF hours of sleep are at any tin
sufficient for his rec operation. Whel ira
cling at night he is able to remain at h
writing table during the whole of the joul
ney without ever getting fatigued. II is'a'l..
custom TO make himself thoroughly ac4
quainted with the contents of ever docu-
ment of Importance before putting his name