Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-10-01
Alma. Mich. Friday. October 1. 1886.

cloaks and wraps in w. ;. " ;. S win
dows?
Until the new soldiers home is COM
pleted, which will be Dec. lst., no more
soldiers will be admitted.
John f. Harris is back from the
Traverse City Asylum again, having
arrived here Thursday Of last week.
Walter Mcnamara, of Sumner, ar
rived here last week and is acting as
salesman in the grocery department at
w. 5. & SIS.
The Sumner correspondence was mis-
laid last week and could not be found
until too late for publication. 1t will
not occur again, and we hope to see our
correspondent again this week.
The engine used on the road between
Alma aud Ithaca jumped the track at
the latter place last Friday. Nopartic-
ular damage done, further than gen
eral shaking up. a new engine is to be
substituted, it is rumored.
Major Anderson says that the bonds
to build the T., A. a. q n. NJ. exten-
sion from Ashley to Muskegon have
actually been sold, and that the road
will be built immediately.-Owosso
Times.
Messrs. Vought, Rush, Stanton and
two other gentlemen are erecting
dwellings just east of the new school
building The corner has long been
vacant and desolate, but all these new
houses going up change the aspect of
things wonderfully.
Wiley Bros. of Saginaw, who own a
large tract of land two miles west OF
this village, are making preparations
to lumber it this winter. They will
make their headquarters at this village.
This will give employment to goodly
number Elm Hall L0cdl.
\ couple of travelling men claim that
they had their pOcket-boOks stolen from
their rooms in the Wright House at
Alma, one night last week.-lS. LOUIS
Replllican. They may claim this, but
we are in formed by the manager that
the report is unqualifedly false.
The T. \. \. q n. NJ. II. II. compa-
ny has been making extensive additions
to their rolling stock, TO be put in use
when the road opens, consisting of 5
Rogers locomotives for passenger SER
vice. 10 pullman coaches, baggage
ears. 100 freight cars. 30 fiat cars, 10
furniture cars, etc. The new passen-
ger trains will be among the handsom-
est in TIE state.
Superintendent Harry Ashley, of the
7. \. \. & y. NJ. railroad, was in town
Wednesday. He says the track layers
crossed troublesome sink hole near
Whitmore Lake, Tuesday evening and
that the connection with the Howell
division will be made at Hamburg, Sat
urday evening. \ new time card COW
ering the entire line from Toledo to
Mt. Pleasant is being made out and it
will go into effect on Sunday, Oct. 3rd.
-Ho,ceH Republican.
For the benefit Of some Of the girls
living in this town. we copy the follow
ing from a valued Ex:-The young
lady who engages in this kind of pas
time, flirting, should bear in mind that
she not only endangers her reputation
and leaves a stain upon her good name,
but that her name is a byword among
those with whom she flirts, TO be ban
died about on the street corners, fas-
tening on her otherwise fair name a
stigma or stain that will follow her
years after she sees her folly and at
tempts to mend her ways.
The following ticket was placed in
nomination 10y the Republican conven-
tion held at Ithaca Wednesday: III. J..
Wood, representative, Pine River; Z.
ID. Petit, sheriff, Arcadia; register of
deeds. Barney Swope, Wheeler; treas
urer, VIM. Brice, North Star; clerk, NJ.
Il. Slater, Ithaca; prosecuting attorney
b. II. Sawyer, Ithaca; circuit court
commissioner. J. II. Crandal, Pine
River; circuit court commissioner
Giles T. Brown, Ithaca; coroner, J. ii.
DeMay, Ithaca; coroner, j. III. Ilamil-
ton, Pompeii; countylsurveyor, Parker
Merrell, st. Louis.
The most disgraceful conduct we
have ever heard Of in Alma occurred
Tuesday night, Immediately after
Tarsney's speech. 1t was direct in
suit to Mr.. Tarsney and every Demo
crat in Alma. 1t is hobby much
dwelt on by Republicans that the
Democratic party is composed of the
hummer and hoodlum elements, but II
sounded very much, that night, as
though the other party had its share.
The performance was more like that OF