Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-03
Alma. Mich. Friday. December 3. 1876

Fourteen unhappy couples will asl,
to have the matrimonial knot united
when the next term of court meets,
Tuesday next.
| Ithaca has great amount of trouble
with her school house. The new fur
mace just put in fails to do its work
properly and school has been closed
again.
Get ready to greet the tax collector
when he calls upon you. OF course you
can't be expected to do this with a
bland smile, but the cash will suit him
just as well.
The first house was built in our sister
village, Ashley, two years ago. In
November it was incorporated as IA vii
lage and on Monday held "A special elec-
tion with view to authorizing the issue
of IS 800 of water works bonds. The
vote was unanimous, showing that they
know where to commence.
IL - Stilu llldl a. ItSlutuN Ol -Alllld
comes To Edmore To buy boots and
shoes. Thus il can be plainly seen that
competition in EdmOre is worth some
thing as well as an advertisement i'm
| the Journal. The Alma purchaser is a
subscriber to this paper.-Edmore jour
nal.
We are sorry for him if he can't find
what he wants here, when we have two
exclusive shoe stores and four dry
goods stores that keep good stocks.
OF the fire so plainly visible here last
Friday evening the st. Louis RcpuJl-
can says About Is o'clock Friday even
ing II. r. Baldwin's barn, two miles
north of this city, WIS discovered to be
in flames. The origin os the fire is un-
known. The horses and carriages were
the only things saved. Mr.. Baldwin
places the loss at =, 800 with an insur-
ance in the Ohio Farmer of II 800. II
is but two years ago that the same gen
tleman lost his house by fire.
F. NJ. Mllken has Il COW which is
a good traveller, inasmuch as when the
train don't just suit her ideas she gets
off and walks afoot." During her
transportation from Fenton to this
place she escaped from the car at
Owosso and started ont to visit rural
scenes. Last Friday Mr.. Millikcn went
down and looked her up and succeeded
in getting her home safely.
Alma is to have a marble shop. Mr..
A. J Hatfield, for some time past CON
nected with Murdock's ST. Louis Mar
bic works, having decided to open Il
shop of his own, has concluded that
Alma is an excellent location and has
made arrangements to locate here very
soon. The Ithaca works suspended
some time ago. leaving only one shop
in the county, and we see no reason
why the second should not flourish and
prosper.
Greenville has a set of people who
are so anxious to know what their
neighbors are doing that they turn the
Stats in the blinds and peer through the
windows. Many of the citizens have
grown tired of this. and have formed
the Anti-Interfere- o-Other-Peoplc's-
Domestic-Affairs Society, every mem
ber of which pledges himself under
oath to keep IL kettle of boiling hot
water on the stove and to administer Il
generous supply whenever an caves
dropper is found.
The Shepherd Review is up stump.
| that is. it don review, having lost lis
! bearings since election. We have heard.
in fact are pretty positive that Alma
will be hit upon as the home of Bro.
Overacker i'm the future. Well. Alma.
here's our Ia hoping You will get
through the ordeal all rght.-Elm Hall
! LOc0l.
We don't know but that Alma will
get through this ordeal as well as She
would through one that was threatened
short time ago-when Shelley Bros,
of the Locdl talked of locating here.
| for instance.
Does kerosene oil cause diphthcria :
This may sound like foolish question.
but in Connecticut this disease has
been unusually preyelnt during the
past year and the State Board of Health
has been trying to solve the reason. y
Hartford correspondent of the New
York sun says;
There have been Il good many cases
in Meriden. and some of them could
not be traced TO amy of the causes, such
as uncleanlincss and filth presence. 20
which the disease is asCribed. 1t was
noticed that not Il single fatal case oc-
Cured in the town in any house where
gas or candles were used. In every
case the family in which it appeared
were in the habit of using Kerosene oil
exclusively. Inquiries made else
where showed the same results. In
one case i'm Meriden the Kerosene lamps
were removed and candles substituted
for light. and there was immediate inl-
provement in the patient. Bat by ac-