Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-05-17

The President has appointed Arthur H.
Thomas Of Salt Lake City 20 be governor
of Utah.
New York brewers have raised 500 600
10 defeat prohibition In Pennsylvania.
A passenger train on the Valley Road
was wrecked near Cleveland, Ohio, the
| other morning. TWO passengers were
| killed and score Of others in urod.
The Steamship City Of Paris which ar
rived i'm New y orl1 on the sth inst, made
the trip across the Atlantic in five days %
hours and seven minutes. II is the first
voyage across the Atlantic made in less
than six days
Mrs. JIM. Kellogg, wife Of the attorney
general q Missouri, has been appointed
hrst assistant attorney general
The Chinsse munster has presented 10
Smithsonian institution at Washington a
ga de- ring oyey =, 800 years old. The ring is
known as the Hau Pck jewel Of the dynasty
of Ifau and played an important part In
ancisnt Chinese court ceremonies.
A soriy-horse' power boiler a. Racine.
Wis exploded I fe other day The engine
room and part OF the main building were
wrecked, and several persons at work
about the building were seriously injured
Asa Matthews o. Illino has been ap-
pointed FIST comptroller Of the treasury,
The shops at Pulluan, IL, have laid of
1000 men temporarily
Fr. Damien, the heroic priest who for
several years has devoted himself 10 the
care OF the lepers on the Sandwich Islands,
died on the 10th Of last mouth
The Bel!aire goblet works in Findlay
Ohio, were destroyed by ire on the 9th
inst
Gen VIM Harvey, who Joined the army
in ISIS died in st. Louis, Mo, few days
ago.
j. r. Salisbury, secretary of state Of
state of Delaware died on the 10Th inst
Two deaths from heat occurred IN Mil
waukee on the 10th inst.
a special meeting of the national demo
cratic committee has been called for Wed
nesday, June l., at the Fifth Avenue hotel,
New y DIRK, for the purpose Of elect NJ a
chairman of the committee, and also 10
take appropriate action on the death OF the
late chairman, Hon. William VI. Barnum.
+. w. Palmer, the newly appointed pub
lie printer qualified on the 10TH inst
Wind and water caused great damage %
property and the loss of several lives in
New York PennsylS ania, Delaware and
Rhode Island on the eth ins'
Mrs Mcneil and her three children
Ridgeway, Pa, were killed by lightning on
the 18th inst
Five lives were .ost in the outskirts OF
Pittsburg during the storm the other day.
DR. Cronin, the missing physician Of
Chicago was seen in Toronto a few days
ago.
Thos. A. Edison has begun a suit against
Ezra Gilliland Of Boston, and a lawyer
named TOmlinsou, for the reco cry of $3.50,
go. Edison employed both Gilliland and
Tomlinson last year 10 sell his rights il the
photograph These rights Mr.. Edison es-
tlmated TO be worth Sl,OtO,OOO He was,
however, induced to sell for 500, 900 He
now claims that defendants made az o 900
on the deal and wants them TO disgorge.
Disappointed colonists are leaving Okla
homa every day and stating out claims in
the Sioux re eTvation
Four men were killed by an explosion Of
fire damp in "a mine "a few miles from P5Es-
burg tie other morning.
Patrick Ford Of Chcago aged 60 years,
shot and killed his young wife and then put
u bullet into his own heart
The work of counting the cash in the
United states treasury was commenced on
the 18th inst, and vii ta6e 60 expert count
ers four months 10 complete tae count.