Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-18
GENERAL.

Maurice T.. Goffney, clerk OF Ashland
county. WIS, whose shortage OF $4,000 was
discovered, committed suicide on the 18th
inst.
Benz. Hopkins, late OF the fidelity nation
al bank of Cincinnati, who was recently
pardoned from the Ohio penitentiary, died
at his home in Cincinnati on the 9TH inst.
Baden Powell M. Il. for Liverpool, is
coming TO this country "a plenipotenJiary on
behalf of the British government upon the
fisheries question
Amos Shaffer OF East Toledo shot his
mistress i'll fit of jealousy the other night,
and then put bullet in his own heart.
The agents and owners of five ships which
with their cargoes valued at 81 0,OOO, and
which have been missing since Nov. %,
have reported TO the Maritime exchange in
New York that they have given them up
for lost.
Burglars tapped the safe Of the Woolston
spice company in Kansas City on the sth
inst. and secured about $4,000 in notes and
$50 in cash.
One thousand employees Of Higgins & Co.,
carpet manufacturers of New York, will go
out on a strike because the firm refuse TO
restore wages 20 what they were before the
recent reduction of l2l3 per cent.
The politicians who are working up Pres
| ident Harrison's cabinet have decided that
| Wannamaker of Philadelphia will be post
master-general and Senator Spooner attor-
| ney-general and that Alger Is prime fav-
| orite for the war portfolio.
The commissioners of Walsh county, Da-
kota, strongly condemn the sensational
accounts Of restitution west of Park river.
! They wish the fullest publicity given TO the
! fact that no complaints have been made TO
them, and that they 90 not know OF any
| such suffering.
During a terrible storm the other night,
| . l.,.i.l ha
! Niagara river below the falls, was torn
| from its cables at three o'clock in the morn
! ing and a portion of il lies on either bank,
while the center portion OF II is at the bot
tom of the river The structure was cut
clean from tower to tower. The portion OF
the suspension bridge which was blown
down was completed Jan 4, 1862 and was
almost entirely rebuilt last year. The
bridge was owned by stock company. A
majority of the stock was held by the estate
of Delos Dewolf of Oswego. A temporary
bridge will probably be swung from the
cables as soon as possible. The loss in the
vicinity by the storm, including the bridge,
will reach 81 ,000, 900.
William Bryant, proprietor OF the Euro
pean hotel Chattanooga, Tenn, which was
/ burned on the night Of Nov. II, has been
arrested on a warrant charging him with
having set the building on fire. Five lives
were lost in the fire.
The total coinage OF the United States
minis during the calendar year 1855 was
5,3ls, $40 divided as follows: Gold, s31,
3S0,s0S; silver, $33,025, eos; minor, 1912, 200
Senator Cullom of Illinois, has been
chosen TO be his own successor in the
United States senate.
The committees Of the senate and house
have agreed upon the land forfeiture bill
which restores $4,000, 600 acres to the pub
lie domain.
/ Twenty houses were demolished during
the recent storm in Buffalo.
Customs officers at Port Townsend, w
T., captured 400 ponds of opium and dozen
Chinese smugglers the other morning.
| I Associate Justice Matthews Of the United
States supreme court who has been i'll
| since last March, is recovering.
| The principal portion OF Deand, Miss,
was destroyed by fire the other day
] Arrangements have been completed for 9
worlds confere of the reorganized
church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints
at st. Joseph, Mo
/ The National Farmers alliance In ses
sion at Des Moines, Iowa, adopted a memo
rial TO congress that the government should
issue money direct to the people instead OF
through national banks; also that the
United States senator's should be elected
direct by the people. J. Burrows of Filey
New, was elected president; III. L. Lucks
OF Deer Lake, OAK, vice president, August
Post Of Moulton, Ia, secretary; j. j. Fur
long OF Austin, Mimi, treasurer and Alvin
ID. Chase Of Watertown, OAK, lecturer.
Mrs. Clemmine Cox of Paris, Texas, who
had been released from tho insane asylum
at Terrill, secured a can of coal oil, and
after saturating her clothing, set herself Oh
fire and was burned to death.
Mrs Jay Gould died at her home ia New
York on the 18th inst.
In public speech at Binghamton, N Y.
the other day Master Workman PowderlN
stated that one of the four alleged founder,
of the Knights of Labor, who are trying u
establish q new order in Philadelphia, re
Gently offered TO sell out TO him for 800
and he had satisfactory proof that the sam,
person had previously offered to sell out :,
John Wanamaker.
The first official trial trip of the new dy
nimite cruiser Vesuvius was made over thu
government course at the Delaware break
water the other day. The test was entire
ly satisfactory.
2 Walker Blaine son Of James G.. Blaine
fell as he was getting from carriage IL
Washington the other night and broke boil
bones of his right leg just above the ankle
Conrad Kohers the largest cattle raiser
In Montana, says that he has never seen
more favorable state of affairs during hi.
- years. residence in the territory. Cat
tie are thriving, and from all indications
not head will be lost at the close of tn,
winter. He estimates the seasons exports
from the territory at 100000 head.