Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-02-23
DOMESTIC.

A STORM. which was almost unpre-
cedented in the area covered and the
amount of snowfall, swept through the
western states causing great damage
10 property and the loss OF many lives
At Cross, o. T., Sherman Stone killed
his wife and five children to prevent
them from freezing and then took his
own life.
THE law in Arkansas for the taxing
of Pullman cars and telegraph and ex-
press companies was declared uncon-
stitutional.
BUSINESS was stopped by the com
bination of northern blizzard and
southern hurricane which swept over
Chicago.
FREIGHT trains collided on the Wheel
ing & Lake Erie road near Bellevue,
o., and Engineers Connell and Stowell.
Fireman McMullen and Brakeman
johnson were killed.
LOUIS j. SILVA, who embezzled SIG
900 from the Rainwater Bradford com
pany of st. Louis, has returned and will
stand trial.
SIsTo WESLEY, a Mexican woman,
while visiting the grave of her child
by bears
THE Farmers Mutual Elevator com
pany at Crookston, Mimi, failed for
s240, 600
A BIG tannery at Sand Bank, " y,
was burned, causing loss OF 500, 900
WILLIAM II. ARTMAN, "A farmer living
near Tell City, Ind, killed his wife and
oldest son, aged IL. No cause was
known.
a CYCLONE passed over the states of
Louisiana and Mississippi and left in
Ats wake many casualties and a vast
amount of destruction.
OVER half the business portion of
Genoa, o., village of 1000 inhabi-
tants, was destroyed by fire.
THE Gibson Heights Land Improve
ment company filed deeds of assign
ment in ST. Louis with liabilities of
el5O.00O.
DURING the recent blizzard in Okla
homa thirty persons were frozen to
death, including Creek Indian wom-
an aged 100 years Several persons in
Kansas also persisted in the storm
ONE THOUSAND acres of rich coal
were found on the farms of George
Boyd, Mrs Virtue and Mrs. Hurst near
Fairview, o.
THE unemployed at indianapolis,
Ind, refused to work at shoveling snow
when given the opportunity.
NEARLY 5000 miners near Pittsburgh,
Pa, went on a strike against a reduc-
ton of one-half cent per bushel in the
mining rate.
CALVIN ARMSTRONG, convicted of en-
bezzling S43, 600 of Upton county lind. }
funds, escaped from the Jail at Kokomo
THIRTEEN lives were lost in mine
at Plymouth, Pa. The men were caught
by cave-in.
DR. ARTHUR Question: fatally shot
his wife and then killed his little boy
In a drunken frenzy at st. Louis.
WILLIAM II. II. srRoUsE, aged 20,
chaplain of the Indiana prison at JEFF
fersonville, dropped dead. He was a
government scout during the war.
GEORGE and William Lutz, 10 and IA
years Of age, were pinioned TO earth by
a falling tree at Charleston, Ind, and
fatally injured.
THE Northern Mill company at Min
neapolis made an assignment with liza
bilities of over 100000.
Two MASKED men held up and robbed
the mail stage at Briceville, Mo and
secured large sum OF money.
FIRE in the iron works at Bath, Me-,
caused loss of sl55, 900.
AT San Antonio, Tex, fire destroyed
the St Leonard and Central hotels, the
loss being 100000 Three fremen were
fatally injured.
PAUL JONES started from Boston
naked on a tour around the world, but
soon had made money enough TO buy a
paper suit and at the eud of twenty
four hours had $50 which he picked up
tn various ways.