Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-11-08

1t Is believed that the efforts OF the
United States Indian commission To buy
| the Cherokee indian strip Will fail, as the
Indians have received a much better ofier
than that made by the government.
Assistant Attorney General Shields
holds that the Cherokee nation can relin-
quish its claim of title 20 the lands known
as the Cherokee outlet without violating
the constitution of the Cherokees.
First Lieutenant Ballard Humphrey, OF
the Ninth United States Cavalry dropped
dead in Omaha, Oct. 80 OF apoplexy. he
had been in service since 1880 ana was
soon TO have been promoted TO "a captaincy.
The New York Sun IL authority Tor the
statement that Jay Gould has borrowed
$40, 100000 for the purpose OF rebuilding the
elevated railroads Of New York in antici-
patton Of the worlds fair being held there.
Another phase Of the Louisiana state
bonds swindle has been unearthed and the
Over-issue by the state auditor and treas
urer, recently indicted by the grand jury,
is estimated at between $3.50, 900 and $4OO,-
0OO
Two Italians were killed and six injured
at the new croton aqueduct near Danbury,
Conn, by the breaking OF heavy caole,
used for conveying blocks OF granite over
"a gulch, letting a mass OF rock fall upon
them.
The supposed Bender has arrived at Os-
wego. KS, and people will try and identify
the old woman as one OF that famous lam
lily, but there is no interest in the matter as
the belief is universal that the entire Bend
err family was wiped out years ago.
A fierce encounter between a blooded
mare. valued at 500, and an OK, at Cowan
Station, KY, occurred the other day, and
resulted in the death of both animals. The
OK plunged his horns into the mares neck,
and the mare kicked and bit the OK.
The ceremony of unwilling the monu-
ment over the grave of Caesar Rodney. one
of the sgners of the declaration OF indie.
pendence and member OF the continental
congress- took place at Dover, Del, Oct 81.
The monument is of Quincy granite, IL feet
high, surmounted by an urn. A memorial
address was delivered by Hon. Thomas l..
Bayard
Mayor Davenport OF Kansas City, slapped
Congressman Tarsney's face because the
latter said that the mayors idea OF how To
raise funds for entertaining the visiting
pan American delegates were ''pothouse
methods" MIR. Tarsney attempted TO draw
his revolver but was prevented by his
friends. Tarsney is brother OF the Mich
| igan ex-coDgressman.
John Siebrecht of Baltimore, has entered
suit for 49, 900 damages against William II.
Evans, wealthy marble cutter, alleging
that the latter aided in separating himself
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divorce married her, the couple being now
| in Europe on their wedding trip. Siebrecht
and Evans have been close friends and
prominent members of the same church.
The candidates for the class in practical
| librarianship which the regents OF the un-
iversity transferred from the library OF
| Columbia college, New York city, TO the
New York state library last April, were
recently examined for admission. Nine
teen candidates were accepted, three of
these from Michigan university. This Ii
brary school is the first of its kind estab-
! lished in the world.
Frederick Newberry of Des Moines,
Iowa, was in St. Joseph, Mo, one night
recently, when he was caught in lonely
part of the city by four men, held up aud
robbed of SO, and then stripped of his
clothing and thrown into a ditch. He was
discovered. by some train men, almost
dead from exposure, but he rallied after re
ceiving proper attention and described his
assailants so accurately that the whole
gang was captured