Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-07-23
Alma Market Report.

NJ. G. Pratt is erecting cottage on
River street.
The premature apple has come in all
its prcmatureness
J. II. Vanusdalc is erecting dwell
ing house on Park street.
Mrs. Nesbit and Miss Minnie Depew
spent Sunday with Shepherd friends.
Nh Wymm Niles. of Detroit. spent
Sunday with his cousin. Miss \. NJ.
| Thomson.
il. Clark attended the state con-
yention Of Prosecuting Attorneys. held
at Lansing. last week
Some Of the boys INDUCED in ball
game sunday. Can't You find better
way of spending Sunday boys: 1t
souudsbad
BY recent change in the postal laws
liquids and many articles Of merchan-
disc heretofore excluded, may now be
sent through the mails.
That valued exchange, the Ovid
JIdoa. has been a minus quantity for
two or three weeks. now. What's the
matter. Bro. Fitzgerald?
y. l.. Miller has not been feeling well
for some time ndon Monday last start
ed for Petoskey for a little rest and re-
creation. Hope he will return feeling
much better
The surveyors have completed the
survey Of anew line for the Toledor rail
way north. 10y the way of Fmwell from
Mt. Pleasant to Cadillac. 1t is very
probable That the new line will bc
adopted
Ncstabmg has one of the smallest
principlcd men on earth. He recently
cut a hole i'm a salt barrel and dipped
therefrom pailful with 4 spoon Ii
strikes MS that he must have earned
that pailful OF salt.
The po,t-oflicc department has an
nounced that on and after July 26 the
fee for each domestic money order OF
- and under will be reduced from eight
To five cents, in pursuance of an act
passed by the present congress.
\ mortgage and deed for 500 GOO. aut
running for thirty years. was placed OF
record in the Gratiot county register OF
deeds Office this wcck.from the Toledo
Ann Arbor x Mt. Pleasant Railway
Go. to the American Loan and Trust
Go. of New York City The instru
mcnt covers the line between St. Loui.
.. and Mt. Pleasant only. ithaca JmupoI
When the 7. \. \. & y. NJ r.. r. is
lin fun operation between Toledo auC
Nj. Pleasant, a coach will be run from
the lattcrplacc to Detroit Via the Michi
, gan Central from Ann Arbor: thus oh
Waiting any change of cars from thh
region to Detroit The distance by tn,
new route will be only four miles far
. thcr than 10y the Detroit, Grand IIayel
p and Milwaukee. hut the running tim,
will be shortened accordingly.-lthac;
! JouBal.
a W. W. Lee the gentlemanly and ac
commodating conductor running be
tween St. Louis and Lakeyiew has
been taking a lay-or. Republican, O
O 81. Louis says:
". W. Lee returned Wednesday eve
ming from his northern trip. and re
ports % splendid time while absent
y lie visited Mackinaw. Indian River
and took trip down the Sucz canal
and visited other points Of interest il
y that country. His description of TN
cnal is interesting and gave uS Ia
D. better idea Of il, construction than amy
thing We have ever read concerning il
I. Nest farmers are aware of the fact
hNuecaiucd the knowledge from pra,
J ticaI experience. that as cabbage h
crease ,t size b> tie heading process
thcF Lave tendency ,o split opeu
Wbic,aei} greatly dimiA.shcs thctulu
of uac Asad. y Gcnticmm VINO
authority iu ire matter of goyiu
veg, tables. recommends growing oy,
Die grounds ard stWtiug the cabbage
tlat seem nearly matured. tipping thcl
b. % one side This hc says tends to l
crease tie size of Tie cabbage head
and prevents their bursting. II is ccr
tainly a very simple operation and ON
well worthy of trial.