Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-11-06
Vol. z, No. 80,
HERE, THERE .A.ND Else
WHERE.
Read the supplement.

flee.
We know of but one vacant house ip
town.
I'll aca is agitating the street lighting
question.
A good fire proof Safe for sale. En-
quire OF ). II. Lovelsnd, Alma,
You will get handsome pic ure card
with every purchase at f. l.. Starks.
X S. Wood, of Alma, commences a 4
months term Of school in district No. Z
Newark, Monday next. This will be his
second term there.
The ladies Of the Congregational Socie-
~ will give Chicken Pie Supper In G
VI. Scou's rooms, Tuesday evening, Nov
10th. Supper will be served from five to
ten o'clock. Come and give us another
lft towards the tower.
1t is said cows in some parts of the state
are dying lrom the Effects OF eating rotten
potatoes. We have a poor opinion Of
farmers who will feed their cows such
abominable stuff. The case should be re
verse diet the man die and the COW livr.
Il the village council does OF intend to
supply street lamps in Holly, We earnestly
beg on behalf Of .he entire community
that they petition the ruler of The universe
10 stop the wheels and keep the moon sta
,ionary above Holly.-[Holly A dvertiser.
Alma's last chance 10 now gone. No
moonlight up this way so street lamps
must be resorted to. sure.
The Detroit Commercial Advertiser is
very cheeky. 1t sends out local notice
which would come TO between So and 81
and asks the editors to publish 1t in pay
ment for the Advertiser one year, and asks
The editor to send his own publication in
exchange, also. No, thanks, not any for
as We are s,ry TO see that the notice is
being published by good many Of our
exchanges. however. and thus an other
l"tery concern 10 nouIished ard KEEP.
alive.
A fine full-length steel engraving OF the
ate Gen. Grant, published by Geo. Stin.
son Il Co. the well-known art publishers
now sdorhs our home. II Is after Ander
'on's celebrated photograph which was
II ade when the General wss still in full
v gor, and represents him In his sturdy
manly strength, a. the people wish TO 70
him. 1t is doub.edly the best
portrait ever made OF him --A -.--'i -
ia the homes Of his admirers throughout
the laad.
Married, Oc.. 90. 1855. at the residence
Of the brides mother. (Mre. James WoodO
by the Rev. /. II. Riddi ck. pastor OF the NJ
+. church OF Caro-. assisted by Rev. c. l.
Wood Of the U. b. church. Mr.. II ulbert Z
Brooks, Of Stanton, and Miss Lucretia NJ
Wood, Of Alma. After receiving the con-
sra,ulA'i ms of friends the happy couple
started sss ward with the expectation Of
returning soon and making their he me In
this section,
The Grand Haven Herald reaches our
table every week and il read with interest
and the many good things It contains Gully
precia,ed. We feel more than - pass-
ing interest In "that little city by the sea, T"
for in '64 IL was there that We entered into
this busy world. ard in 81 it Was there
that the kindest and best parents child
ever had we're called to their reward
Death did not separate them long, as one
followed the other In less than week g
time. We have never been there since
but the name Grand Haven, will always
have q sad sound to us.
One day this week we counted up some
Of the new buildings that have been erect
ed this summer and the result was quite a
surprise 10 us. In that portion OF town
living east OF Woodwork avenue-ihe
smallest portion OF town-we found thst
eleven new houses had been built the past
summer, and two more repaired and fixed
over so that they arc almost the same as
new This is not bad, is it2 Then aside
from this Genes The new school house-a
luxury a town does not indulge in every
summer-and the new sanitarium in course
construction, and the new Iron bridge.
When we have an opportunity to look up
the Improvements in other parts of the
town We shall give the results, and We
don't believe any of our citizens will have
cause to be ashamed of the progress oui
town has made this summer.
On Tuesday night last tie house of W. J
Pendell, who lives on section 80. New Hav
en- was robbed Of $50. Two rcddlers
with wagon. who give their namcs a.
Peters and Edick, aud claim to hli from
Ionis, stopped at Mr.. Pendell's OIL the nigh
in question. They were ass gned roou
in which hung coat. In the inside pock
ct Of this At was a memorandum bool
containing ESQ. Gu the following NOR
ing, Mr. Pendell looked for the money
but it was soue. lie then accused the pal
ties of the theft, but they denied It,
warrant was subsequently issued by Ju,
tice Moore of New Haven Tor their arres
aud upon be ne arraigned they pleaded NJ
guilty, when the case was adjourned unt
yesterday at pm. In the meantime NJ
Pendell came here and consult, d Prosecu
ing Attorney Clark, who became Statistic
that the papers under which the accuse
were being held were irregular, and oidc