Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29
MEN AND THINGS.


in upper Egypt.
A hail storm damaged crops In Kansas
and Texas Sunday.
The strike OF the carpenters of St. Louis
has proven u failure.
Ex-queen Natalie is being royalty well
coined throughout Hungary.
Eight persons were recently killed at
Aguas Calientes, Mexico, powder explo-
sion.
Two thousand sewer diggcrs at Superior,
Wis, have struck for an advance of %
cents day.
The Hessian fly has made its appearance
| in the wheat folds in the vicinity OF jack
sonvillc, Ill
A new watch factory, with capital
stock OF $3.50, 000 has been located at
Rockford, Ill.
Houghton & Godfrey, Boston shoe man
ufacturers. are in financial trouble. They
owe $3.50, 900.
The regular quarterly dividend of per
cent was declared Tuesday by the c., d.
81 .. directors.
Syracuse, n. Y, is 10 have $3.50, 900
art gallery and library. the gift OF Con-
gresham Belden.
The strikers in the Pennsylvania coke
regions have decided To continue the strike
six weeks longer.
The construction of an electric street
railway will be Immediately begun at
Cedar Rapids, la.
About two-thirds OF the cannerics Of
California have combined with capital
stock Of e., 600, 600.
The wire and nail works of tho Enter
prise company at Joliet ILL.,, burned Mon
day. Loss, Sl25, 900.
Eleven Italians were buried by the cav
ing of sewer at Providence, II. l.. Tues
day. Four were killed.
The mills Of the National linseed oil
company at Sioux City, la, burned We'd
nesday. Loss, 100000.
Rev. A. +. Brrske Of the Saginaw Pres
byterian church, will accept the profIered
presidency of Alma college.
Signor Corte, the Italian consul at New
Orleans, sailed from New York for Liver
pool Wednesday afternoon.
A strike among the negroes at the
Navasse phosphate works is reported. and
The situation is said TO be grave
Sixteen skeletons. supposed to have been
those of mound builders, were on Wednes-
day unearthed at Springfield, o.
Aoram Burchll OF the Zoo received
81, 900 for his trotter, Puzzler. Sam Lang
ley Of Lake City bought the beast
Grain is whitening and turning yellow in
the district west of Williamsport, Pa,
owing to lack of rain and forest fires.
The preliminary survey OF the Rapid
City, Missouri River & st. Paul railroad
has been made TO the Cheyenne river.
The total receipts Of the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne S Chicago road for 1890 were
&l2, 034. 032. and the expenses s7.959, sal.
]. w. Day & Co. lumber yard Of 49,
900, 900 feet OF lumber at Minneapolis has
been burned. Loss s22S, 900; well insured.
George B. Howard, pension agent of
Mound City, ILL.,, has been arrested for
misappropriating the funds OF his clients.
Charles Peterson refused to jump from
the window Of burning house at San
Francisco Monday and was burned to
death.
The liabilities of the Davis shoe COM
pany. with factories in Virginia, Maine
and Massachusetts, are said to exceed
81, 600, 900.
f. A. JOY Of Old Orchard. No, has
purchased Gen. Grants old log cabin for
S., 600, and, it as said. will not permit it to
leave St Louis.
Mrs. David Lemon OF Amboy, Ind, was
stricken suddenly blind Tuesday morning.
after which she became a raving maniac
and at night died.
Alice Martin was found murdered In her
room ut Chicago Monday, and J. II.
Painter. her lover. is under arrest on sus-
piciou OF being the murderer.
About 1000 employees of Dobson's carpet
mandatory at Philadelphia struck Mon
day beca7so the firm recently imported
some weavcrs from England.
Mr.. Gladstone has almost entirely re-
covered his usual state OF health. IL is
expected that no VIII be able to leave
London for Hawarden this week.
James Kane who murdered his wife
March 81 last, was banged at the Jail yard
at Bclleville, Ont, Thursday morning. He
made no statement on the scaffold.
DR.. Graves. who was indicted by grand
Jury at Denver for numbering Mrs. Barna-
by of Providence, X l., by sending her
whisky containing poison, is ia Jail.
An order has been promulgated from
the department of agricuit ire, bringing
Canadian sheep and swine un Ter the regu-
lations OF the act, which makes IL neces-
sary for all such animals imported from
Europe 10 remain in quarantine at least 3
days
The entire strawberry crop Of Racine,
county, Wis. has born ruined by frosts-