Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-06

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clarcd that pigeon shooting is not cruelty
70 animals.
The fve-story brick warehouse OF the
Toronto plate glass company collapsed
Tuesday night
| The Counselman grain elevator at Chica-
go was burned Wednesday night. Loss,
about 500. 900.
Italy's new prime minister says that
country will cultivate the friendliest rela-
tons with England.
English capitalists have purchased the
Delamar group OF mines in Idaho. The
price was 81, 100000
A tornado passed over a portion of
Indiana Tuesday night and several build
lngs were badly wrecked.
The Standard oil company has pur-
chased the plant OF the Geyser oil company
1t Lima, o., for $500, 900.
The Union mutual accident association
If Chicago is in trouble. The president
and directors have resigned
Senator John Sherman has announced
ais intention OF retiring from public life at
the close OF his present term.
| Police Inspector Byrnes of New York
city has had the order Of knightLood con-
ierred upon him by the king of Italy.
6Thomas Hall. inventor of the turbine
water wheel. was killed by train at Rlh-
way, n. j., Tuesday. He was 20 years
did.
Meredith Stanley. professional bridge
Jumper, successfully leaped from the
/ Cincinnati and Newport bridge Wednes-
day.
Jas. T. Myers. Geo Hadey and Benz.
Reese are under arrest ut Johnstown, Pa,
for making and passing counterfeit silver
dollars.
Scott Bishop, negro who murdered
aud robbed Hugh Hammock at Blackstone,
Va, was lynched by a mob Tuesday
morning.
! John Williams. the leader OF the gang
that perpetrated the cotton belt robbery in
Texas last June, has been sent 10 prison
for 80 years.
The Etna powder works, near Laporte,
md, blew up Wednesday afternoon. Sew
,ral bu Id ngs were wrecked, but no person
was killed.
After May the members Of the cigar
advance OF Il per 1000 for making cigars
Or they viii strike.
Prof. Licbrich OF Berlin treats tubercu-
osis by injecting canth ardate Of potash
lnder the skin. He claims to be meeting
with great success.
Secretary Window left an estate valued
at between $3.50. 900 and sl75, 900. When
he debts are paid the income TO the family
will be So, 600 year.
| All the electrotypers Of Boston. 300 in
number, have struck for uniform rate of
pay. The strike affects ., 000 other men
N the printing trade.
The patrons Of industry contemplate the
| ormat.on OF grand association for
Ontario. which VIII be separate from the
United States association.
The captain of French stea mer arrived
1t Marselles from Madagascar reports the
massacre of over l0J rebels by the gov
ernor Of French colony.
The young ladies' OF Aylmer Ont. have
org Inized and pledged themselves not 10
xeep company W tn any young man who
drinks, smokes or plays carls.
John Dobler, a famous ex-pedestran,
who has been a mail carrier in Chicago for
some time past, has been adiudged insane,
having recently become a klcptomaniac.
1t is reported that Mr.. L. " Powderly.
general master workman Of the Knights
Of Labor. intends TO resign and retire TO
private life. He is troubled with heart
disease.
Jas Reynolds, the Chicago man who
owns the Hot Springs railroad in Arkansas
and IA line of steamers between ST. Paul
and st. Louis, died at Prescott, Arizona,
Sunday.
Henry Guth, a German butcher ut Chi
cago. fought a duel with an unknown man
Monday, knives being the weapons used.
Both W II probably die. The quarrel was
about woman.
Two Arab peddlers, who have been go
ing about New York selling curiosities,
have been sent to a hospital. Afflicted with
small pox ami il is feared they have ped
died that disease TO a large extent.
Sir Knight DiclSerson the Chicago
man upon whose boly WIS grated skin
from the bodies of about 100 knights tenn
plar. died Monday. The operation was IA
success, but the patents vitality was
/ exhausted.
The body of ]. VI. Null. school house
anitor. has been found on the railroad
rack at Defiance, o., terribly mutilated.
IT is believed he stabbed himself and then
ay dowr upon the track and was run over
oy q TAIN.
May Hanley stepped between her brother
and father at Chicago Wednesday night,
after they had drawn knives. She re-
,eived a thrust in her side and died soon
iftcrward. Her brother 10 the murderer
and he is under arrest.
A dispatch from San Francisco states
that some of the crew Of the cl pper ship
Elizabeth, which foundercd of Northhead,
Cal, Saturday, succeeded in reaching the
shore, and that 10 OF the crew OF the ship,
including the captain, Were drowned.
a revision OF the list of dead in the
Springfield mine disaster places the num-
Ger at ll9. OF these 54 wore married
men. 40 single and % boys. 1t is expected
that the debris viii be cleared away suffi-
cently TO permit work 10 be resumed