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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-25
Ex-suryeon. General Hammond.

After quarter of "A century of self
exile in New York, ex-Surgeon General
w. a. Hammond has come back to live.
and the handsomest team on the asphalt
um OF Washington is the noble span of
grays behind which he and Mrs. Ham,
mond take their daily airing. His re-
entree has really something of tri-
umph in il.
Some four years ago, | was in his
sumptuous home in New York, and |
asked him what he was thinking about
most just at that time.
''Of getting back to Washington, he
said.
Surely, ! said, "you will not return
there to iivep"
Yes, will, he said with earnest
ness. 81 left the army and Washington
because j was the victim of gross in
Justice. Both congress and the presi-
dent have since corrected the wrong
done me, and | mean to go back there
and finish my days in the loveliest CITY
In the world. / shall go back there and
have my house-warming on Oct. 26,
1888"
con that particular and precise
date?" | asked.
Yes; that will be the twenty-fifth
anniversary OF my leaving, When
stood in the Baltimore and Ohio depot
on Oct. 26, 1864, said to myself: Il
will go to New York and do some good
work and make some money; and in a
quarter OF "A century | will come back.
1t Is fad of mine TO keep promises
that | make TO myself"
Mrs. Hammond is a tall ana finely
formed young woman. OF type that
may properly be described as stately"
She was IA Providence belle and heiress
of one OF the rich manufacturers of
that great little state Hammond now
occupies the big Yulee house on Con-
necticut avenue. but is building q man.
sion on Columbia Heights. 1t will be
100 feet square and three stories high.
In the interior is paved and glass
rooted porto or court, 40 feet square,
with galleries, the residence surround
ing 1T being equal to house 800 feet
long and so feet wide. The parlor will
be 100 feet long and the bedrooms of
Gen. and Mrs. Hammond, directly
above. will occupy the same space. =
Washington Correspondence of Phila-
delphia Press.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-25
LEADEN WATER PIPES.
English Chemists Saythat They Are
the Cause of Wholesale Poison

ing.
When some daring novelist hungering
after originality TO depict coun-
try whose rulers allowed the many to be
poisoned wholesale for the enrichment of
the few he would surely be charged with
absurdity, says the London Globe. Yet
there is 3uch a country, ana its name hap
pens TO be England. Let not any Glad
stonite, however prick up his extensive ears
in expectations of startling revelation that
Lord Salisbury and w. III. Smith have
entered into a conspiracy to murder the peo-
pie. The evil is so far longer standing than
the lifetime of the present government; it
apparently began when the community first
learned the convenience of having water
laid In their houses instead Of dipping il out
Of wells or brooks Lelden water pipes
were introduced, at all events a long time
ago, and where they still linger wholesale
poisoning goes on merrily as ever.
Thus at Pudsey, a little time back, some
sixty or seventy citizens were suddenly
placed hors de combat by mysterious
malady, which appeared to derive its origin
from the water supply. Samples of the
drinking water were accordingly forwarded
TO a firm Of analytical chemists at Leeds
who at once detected the presence of lead in
quantities distinctly injurious TO health
Having obtained this information the local
board prosecuted further inquiry with the
result OF establishing the fact that all the
sufferers lived at some distance from the
mains. The theory is, therefore, that the
water, while lying all night in the leaden
pipes connecting the houses and the mains,
becomes impregnated with the metal, and
the chairman advised houscholders to run
off the water for "A time every morning be
fore supplying their domestic requirements.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-25
Dra,h From ii Il thug.

The majority Of deaths from lightning oc-
cur in the level, open country-trees, vii
lagos, and thickly built up towns and cities,
by their projections in the air, serving as
conductors and thereby projecting the In
hapitants from direct stroke. Ths loss of
life annually Throughout the world is very
great. In European Russia from 1870 to ls1'
no less than 2,270 persons were killed by
this cause. In Austria during the same
time !, 700 persons were likewise killed. In
Prussia IL is reported that seventy persons
are annually killed Ten thousand persons
are reported AS having been struck during
~ Period of 20 years. with 2,252 deaths In
France, while In the United States during
1870 alone 2c2 deaths by lightning were 70
corded.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-25
Fresh Skel CHI OF Amelie Rives.

Amelie Rives is essentially a pocket
Venus. She is diminutive in stature
and sylph-like in form, with bright.
straw-colored hair, which she ties ia a
Psyche knot; soft, violet eyes under
sweeping, coal-black lashes, and veri-
table Cupid's bow of mouth. She
speaks with slight southern lisp and
is most charming listener. Her paint
ing is as full of color as Asmodeu's, and
her rendering OF Chopin something to
remember. She rides to hounds, and
has thirty-one pet dogs. and she has
taught hor Scotch terrier 10 sing. She
writes copper-plate hand, and is
prouder OF having invented her mono
gram in blood-red letters on a deep
gray background than of having Great
ed THE Quick or the Dead?" Her
husband, John Armstrong Chanler, is
tall, lanky and boyish-looking. He has
mud-colored. pimply complexion and
retiring mustache, which he is always
urging TO come on. He is about twenty
eight, and was educated at Rugby,
where he picked up the word really"
which he uses with singular rapidity
when spoken on the subject OF The
Quick or the deadP" He never at
tempts 20 speak while his wife has the
floor. He Is not dull. and he has been
round the world. He is on good terms
with his tailor and he places implicit
confidence in the husband of Amelie
Rives.-Epoch.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-25
A MINERS UPS AND DOWNS.
A Man Whom Wealth Has OFTEN
Favored Now Working In the
SawarS.

Man Whom Wealth Has Often
Favored Now Working in the
Sewers.
The story of Timothy Gallagher, who
is working in the sewers in Helena as
IA day laborer, is a most remarkable
one, showing the ups and downs of
miners life in this western country.
His wonderful career would furnish the
novelist with material for a romance
OF intense interest. Fortune has smil-
cd upon him and Fate has frowned upon
him. He has been wealthy and poor
by turns and good luck and bad luck
have toyed with him alternately. Sue
cess did not turn his head. Reverses
did not discourage him. He has won
and lost and never complained when
the play went against him. And now,
while he is working in the bitches, he
seems to have no regrets, and talks
confidently OF success when he goes
prospecting next year.
He landed in Leadville at the begin
ming OF that great mining camps boom,
and within a short time had become
possessed of several valuable claims,
one of which was the A Y and Minnie
mines, property that now has yearly
output of thousands of tons of rich ore,
with millions in sight. Not having
capital to develop his mines, Gallagher
sold them out realizing, however, about
$4,000. With this money he went into
the Red Mountain mining district and
located the Iron Mask mine, but, be-
hnt 4
anything big, he sold it TO Jim Burnell,
of Leadville, now of Denver. Burnell
had considerable work done and sold it
to an English syndicate, considering
himself lucky because he received $33,-
600 for it. Two years ago the Iron
Mask was sold for 81 200, 600 cash
There has been a great amount of val
liable ore taken from the mine and the
supply seems inexhaustible.
Gallagher, however. stumbled on to
n pocket in one OF his mines, in the
Red Mountain country, and cleared up
500, 200, when it petered out Leaving
Red Mountain Gallagher went TO the
San Juan country, where he put up all
his money into "a hole in the ground
which did not promise near as well as
the mines he had owned at Leadville
and Red Mountain. He went out OF
San Juan almost broke and turned up
at SocorTo, New Mexico, and began
prospecting in Canon del Aqua. Luck
favored him, and he sold his claim for
$1,000. With this money he went TO
Arizona and struck it moderately rich
near the famous Vulture mine. He
sold out for $4,000 and drifted to the
Occur d'Alene, where he again lost his
all. And now he is working in the
sewers at Helena, no signs of discour-
agement in his face or his manner,
confident of his ability to .'get on his
feet" again and win another fortune
Helena Special to Portland Oregonian.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-25

Prof Chandler Roberts estimates the
weight of the smoke cloud which daily
hangs over London at about 80 tons of solid
carbon and $50 tons of carbon in the form of
hydrocarbon and carbonic oxide gases. Cal
culated from the actual'result Of tests made
by the smoke abatement committee, the
value of coal waste 4 in smoke from dornes-
tic CRATES amounts. upon the annual con-
sumption Of 100000 Of people, to e, 256, 200.
The cost Of carriage on this wasted coal is
calculated TO be EOS $50, While the unneces-
sary passage Of about 100000 horses
through the streets in drawing il adds SER
iously TO the costs of streetcleaning and
repairing. Then there is the cost Of taking
away the extra ashes. f43,0O per year.
Summing il all up, the direct and indirect
cost Of waste coal may be set down at 81
GOO, 900, plus the add tional loss from the
damage done to property caused by the
smoky atmosphere estimated by Mr. Chad
wick at 100000, the whole aggregatingg
f4,6O0.000. or So, 900, 000.-Engineering and
Mining Journal
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-25
The Gould, Love Each 9th r.

The illness OF Mrs. j. Gould has
brought attention to the good sense of
the Gould family in cultivating the
friendship Of each other instead of
wasting their perfume upon what Is
called fashionable society. Said an
employee of Mr.. Gould TO me recently.
who was an Independent man, and no
hatterer: That family had no passion
except TO make each other happy. For
that Gould has labored for riches. He
and his wife are thoroughly domestic,
retire 10 themselves and love their chill
dren. When their children marry they
look indulgently upon the alliance.
George Gould and his father love each
other as much as any father and son
ever saw, and the same is the case with
the ether boys, who consequ ;ntly are
always glad TO GO home to their parents.
Gould has thus impaired to his sons
skill enough TO take care of themselves.
One of his boys is good telegraph
operator; another Is IA good stenogra-
pher. The old man can go all over his
land and dictate his dispatches to one
boy and the other one can send them by
wire.-"Gath" in Cincinnati Enquirer
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-25
A Young Woman with Gall

The daughters Of Henry w. Longfellow
tell the following story of remarkable re-
quest once sent TO their father Mr. Long
fellow, as is well known, was a very kind
hearted, generous man, and when he receiv-
ed a letter from young woman in distant
part of the country who said she wanted a
piano and felt sure that Mr.. Longfellow
would be glad to encourage youthful talent
and send her one, the family were really
afraid he would respond, but he decided not
to do so, on the ground that girl who was
so lacking in delcacy and self respect could
not appreciate music.-Boston Gazette.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-25

The career OF a government clerk Is
fairly typifed in the case OF James
Eveleth, the veteran OF the war de-
partment. He began working for the
United States in 1929 at $500 year.
In 1886 he was given 81, 900 year; in
1850, 81 200; a year; from 1851 TO
1863 he was paid $1,000, and the next
year he was promoted to $1,000. In
1864 he was given 81 800, and in 1885,
on account Of advancing age, was re-
duced TO 81 600. There he is now at
about 80 years Of age, and there he
win die, unless, perhaps, be live long
enough to suffer further reductions
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-25
A Costly Luxury.

The French minister of war, M. de Frey
cinet, submits an estimate Of 500, 600 900
francs for new defenses, and the German
chief OF admiralty, Herr Monts, wants
something like 15,0OO,00O marks for similar
purposes. 1t costs the German and French
nations great deal to sit with their cooked
weapons in hand and glare at each other
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-25
WHY He Suffered.

Old gentleman Cbestowing trifie) "Poor
fellow. What has brought you to this con-
dition Of suffering" Tramp: temperance.
sor." Old gentleman: '"Temperancel''
Tramp: "Yis, sor; Owe done nothing all
day but sit in the park and dhrink water
but wild the help av your honor's quaYther
Oil be new man in a few minutes."-
tfa
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-25

At the request OF many friends OF
the president-elect, Mrs. Harrison has
removed from the Bank of Indiana
two heirlooms OF very interesting char
acter, which she has freely shown 10
visitors. One is the gold medal pre-
scented by congress to Old Tippecanoe,
alias Major General William Henry
Harrison, for his signal service at the
battle of the Thames, October 5,
1873" Around the edge where the
milling would be in double eagle is
the legend, "By resolution of congress,
April /, 1873" The other medal is a
small one OF silver, struck by the en-
peror OF Austria, to commemorate the
relief of Vienna when besieged by
Kara Mustapha, the wuzeer Of the
sultan OF Coustantinople, by John
Sobieski, the heroic King of Poland in
1888. This was not presented to any
one In particular, but was distributed
generally by the court OF Vienna, and
is little larger than our dollar piece.
The present Mrs. Harrison inherited II
from her maternal grandfather, Mr..
John Neale, who probably purchased
II as a curiosity.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-25
Sam Jones's Business Head.

Sam Jones, at his talk in Glen's Fall Fri
day evening, said that the reason he did not
settle down TO congregation OF 2,OO0 or
more and a salary of s, 900 In some city was
that he could travel and preach TO hundreds
OF thousands and earn g., 900 a year.-Alba-
ny Journal.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-25
Things Best Let Uusaid.

Hostess: miss Brown has no partner for
this waltz; you will not mind dancing with
her instead Of met" He: ION the contrary.
shall be delighted. Opinion.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-25

Never swear by an architect; ne msy
change his plans at the last moment-Texas
Siftings.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-25

Here's an Enoch Arden story from
Montreal, in which the hero doesn't
commend himself entirely TO the SYM
pathy and admiration of the reader:
Eighteen years ago man named
Charost deserted his wife and young
family to seek his fortune in Cali
fornia. Nothing was heard from him,
and about four years after his depart
ure a rumor reached his wife, who had
been in great poverty, that Charost
was dead. She was soon after asked
by a devoted lover to marry him.
She did so, but they had hardly been
welded year when he was killed by
falling of a bridge. After respecta-
BILE delay the bereaved woman again
married, this time farmer. All went
well. They had children and were
prospecting. The other day the couple
were surprised ty the appearance Of
Charost, who had made fortune of
over x3O, 900 in the mines OF California
and came back to seek his deserted
wife. She declares that she will have
nothing to do with Charost, preferring
TO remain the wife OF husband No. g..
Cbarost, however, insists on resuming
his marital relation, and it is probable
that the case will go into the courts.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-25

The sugar swindle started by the
al towns in Michigan, has fairly star
tied the whole country. 1t was COM
menced some five years ago by man
known as Prof. Henry M. Friend, and
after his alleged death, which was said
to have occurred in the month of April
OF last year, the woman, Mrs. Friend,
became the active spirit in the COM
pany. Friends scheme was to make
refined sugar out of raw sugar or syrup
by electricity, and company was
formed in Brooklyn which proposed to
carry on business on large scale
whenever things worked thoroughly
we'll. Friend received in hard cash
$4,000 and $3.50 OF the company's
stock, and it is pretty nearly certain
that the widow disposed of these at
about $3.50, though the par value was
only 800, so that she must have net
ted a very large sum. Her business
affairs were managed partly by her
self and partly by her father, a Mr..
Howard, and it is believed that though
the lady may escape prosecution, her
father has put himself in jeopardy,
for he swore before a notary public
that he had seen the professor refine
raw sugar by electricity. The treas
urer OF the company, a Mr.. Robertson,
made the discovery that the process
which had been kept secret by Mr..
Friend consisted in manipulating sug-
ar that had already been refined, and
that the raw sugar which was brought
into the dark room" remained un-
touched. The losses of the people in
this country and in England amount to
nearly s., 900, 900, and the extraordi-
nary fact remains that so much money
should have been paid out by the di-
rectors of the company, who were
thoroughly honest, without a full
knowledge OF the secret. But they
were carried away by the magic of the
word electricity, and actually spent
$3.50, 600 in building and machinery
in transaction which was equivalent
IL putting up a blind at draw poker.
--
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-12

DEPARTMENT OF THE PLATTE, CHIEF
~ Quartermaster's Office, Omaha. Neb.,
March l, lSS9-Sealed proposals. in triplicate
Will be received here until o'clock pm, central
standard time, April l. 1889, and then opened, for
furnishing transportation, drayage, and for
handling stores in this department during the
hscal year commencing July 1, 1889. The gov
ernment reserves the right to reject any and all
proposals. All information furnished on appiica
ton here or to depot quartermasters at Chey-
enne or Ogden. Envelopes containing proposals
to be marked Proposals for transportation on
Route Mo-" etc., and addressed to the un-
dersigned. WILLIAM B. HUGHES, Lieut.
Colonel and Deputy Or. Mr.. General, u. S. A,
Chief Quartermaster.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-12
To be DO Called Netting.

ST LOUIS, April 11.-Chairman Leeds, Of
the Transcontinental association, has mo-
called meeting of the association to con
slider the Northern Pacific Union Pacific
situation with regard to. Puget Sound pas
senger business.
To an Associated Press reporter Leeds
said to-day: Il shall not call meeting for
the consideration of this unless desired tc
do so by the interstate lines. do not anti
cipate that the trouble will have such a
disturbing effect on transcontinental bust
ness as some of the Chicago people seem to
think. 1t is confined to Northern Pacific
territory, and will not affect California
business at all. AS have stated officially,
there has been a violation of the agreement,
but am strongly inclined to believe the
two companies will speedily adjust their
differences and there will be no necessity
for a called meeting of the association"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-12

LONDON, April 11.-Sir Chas Russell con-
tinued his speech in behalf of the Par
nellites before the Parnell commission to
day
He declared the publication by the Times
of the forged letters and articles on Par
nelllsm and crime was a serious and reck-
less calumny. He characterized the man
ner adopted by the prosecution and tone of
the Times policy as most ungenerous. Par
nelIs only care now, he said, was to IN
mask what he believed to be foul plot
Where did the money come from that was
used to Torment that plot! Houston did
not enter upon an enterprise involving the
expenditure of thousands of pounds as a
private Individual. 1t was an association
representing the land interests of Ireland
that supplied the funds and that had found
a ready tool in Houston, who had pursued
a course such as would have been followed
by a man who was lending himself TO DELHI
crate forgeries. Houston had de-
stroyed all documents that misht in
criminate him and all letters which
it would be dangerous to produce, and had
resOrted to every device in order to render
it impossible to trace the course of his rela-
tons with PigOtt.n
Sir Charles Russell detailed the history
OF the forged letters and promised to pro
cure evidence that would afford the fullest
vindicatiOns for Parnell and his associates
and show cOnclusively that they were free
from the remotest connection with the
crime.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-12
THE STRAIGHT TIP.
Secretary Porter Tells How Set
tiers May Go to oklahoma.
THE MEDICATION OF PARNELL.
The Leaders of the Land League ExOnerated-
Picture of the "Times" Conspiracy
Who Furnished the Money?

WASHINGTON, April lin asWer to an
inquiry from the secretary OF war on be-
half of large number OF persons con
templating settlement in Oklahoma asking
if permission is given these intending set
tiers to cross the Cherokee outlet to thc
north line of Oklahoma about the 22d day of
April, the date upon which the Presidents
proclamation opening the territory goes
into effect, the secretary Of the interior has
replied, in part, as follows;
I think they may be allowed to cross without
extraordinary delay and l therefore recommend
you to instruct your commanding officers to
place no obstruction in the way of persons who
desire to journey in good faith in quiet peace
md orderly manner upon and along the pub
HeklghWayS post or military roads, or cojaD-
hshed or customary cattle trails through the
Cherokee outlet in going forward 10 the tract Of
land to be opened for settlement
Care should be taken to have the Indians M
derstand that by this passage there is no dispo
Siton TO appropriate their lands, and that it will
be continued no longer than is absolutely neccS-
Sary. After the first migration to the Oklahoma
country is over, the military forces should then
scout the Cherokee outlet, and require all per
sons unlawfully there to move on, either back TO
Kansas or over into Oklahoma lands
The secretary in another part OF the let
ter says he deems that settlers are entitled
to as much consideration as has been given
to cattlemen and others heretofore who
have been permitted to travel through this
outlet. It is urged upon the secretary
among other reasons for granting this per
nit that settlers coming through the
Chickasaw and other Indian lands are
gathering on the immediate borders of the
Oklahoma tract without obstruction, thus
putting those in Kansas, who must pass
through the Cherokee outlet, at a dis
advantage. No movement will be allowed
under this permit until full authority and
instructions shall have been received by
the military having charge of the matter.
The recommendations of Secretary Noble
were laid before the President by Secretary
Proctor, and after consideration an order
bearing upon the subject was sent from the
war department this afternoon to the army
officers in charge on the border of Indian
territory, presumably to carry into prac-
teal effect Secretary Mobiles recommends
tons. Authoritative information on this
point is, however, withheld.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-12
He Cried Like q Baby.

DENVER, April 1l.-About four hundred
men left this city at noon today by special
train to witness the fight between Charlie
Gleason and Patsy McCarlin, skin tight
gloves, for the featherweight championship
Of the west.
4 The train ran about twenty miles from
Hle city, and a ring was pitched on the
open prairie. The mill lasted nine rounds,
in which McCarlin was most brutally pun
ished, both eyes being closed, and he was
badly cut around the mouth and nose. In
the last round he was knocked senseless
ann ,remained in that condition for several
mfiSS9ites. On recovering he cried like a
baby over his defeat. Gleason and LIE
Blanche leave here tomorrow for Los
Angeles, where the latter has an engage
ment with young Mitchell.