Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-03

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The social skate at the rink We'd
nesday evening was quite well attended
and proved quite enjoyable, considering
that skating has become such n stale
chestnut.
). b. McIlhenney, familiarly called
Mac on account of his elegant but
almost unpronounceable Italian name,
leaves the RECORD tomorrow to accept
a situation i'll st. Louis, Mo.
The Pink Tea on the fifteenth will
be Il festival worth visiting. a quad
rifle of dairy maids in costume, pail
and milking stool in hand, will be an
attractive feature of the evening.
The L. y. y. & n. NJ. changed time
again Sunday and the corrected time
card will be found in this issue. The
change is for the better and will be APP
preciated at both ends of the route.
Pollasky Bros. are distributing bills
announcing their grand clearing sale
! which commenced Dec. l. You can
always find bargains at the Beehive, .
but now YOU can find crtra bargains.
Frank Thomas, baggage man at the
ID. l.. X y. depot, had finger badly
crushed Monday night by heavy
sample trunk. He attends TO business
altho' the hand causes him much pain.
The Ann Arbor" now has a train
leaving Alma ut ll;53 IA. m. for Mt.
Pleasant, returning, leaves Mt. Pleas
ant at / o clock. allowing three hours
there, and reaching Alma at 1850 p. m.
Editor Hall. of the Lodi Independent
was in town over Sunday. He made
the RECORD a visit Monday and espec-
tally admired our Prouty press and
thought seriously of purchasing one
like it for his Office.
\ Saginaw paper refers to DR.. Stiles
Kennedy as "a worthy divine of the
| Presbyterian church. That's the
meaneSt attack that was ever made on
the Presbyterian church by a news
paper.-Mt. Pleasatt Tribune.
Joe Lindley the engineer, +. Toller-
ton the fireman and Townsend the
conductor of the train which was in the
collision at 81. Louis, Mich, the other
day, have been relieved from further
| duty. at least for the present.
The Il am something of liar myself
card. which was intended To act as a
sort OF companion piece to the chestnut
Dell, has been checkmated by another
which bears the inscription, 80 I'm
told 10y those who know you
Tie Normal School Instructor, is the
title Of anew monthly journal published
by the Alma Normal school. 1t is from
| the press of the Alma RECORD, and is
IA credit in typographical appearance t.
that establishment Edmore Journal
Read >tuttz Furniture Cos ad. else
where i'm this issue. This Go. is. as
usual. on ha1d with Il complete stock
of useful and elegant holiday goods and
old Santa Claus will deliver them free
on Christmas day-but You just read il
for Yourself.
If you want to spend an afternoon
pleasantly and prolitably, visit one on
more of our school rooms. I'm amy one
of them we think YOU will be amply
repaid, and the teacher and pupils will
be pleased and encouraged 10y the man
Hesitation of your interest in their work,
The officers elected for the Gratiot
county agricultural society, for the en-
suing year are President, Silas Moody;
secretary. L. ;. Barnes treasurer. VIM
+. Thompson executive committee, III
b. Angel. Lafayette Sweatland, Nath-
aniel Walker, II l.. Sage, Chas ;. Morse
Alma, the enterprisiug town in Gra-
tiot county where the Presbyterian col
lege is To he built. is going to have the
electric light. The Alma Record, edited
10y Miss G. NJ. Fleming, is one of the
brightest OF the state papers that come,
to this oflice.-Grand Rapids Democrat
The Isabella county board of super.
yisors have cut the salary of the
prosecuting attorney from $500 to $500
and raised the clerk salary 500. They
have also made the bonds of the treas
urer $50 900. instead of S4O,0 900 Us here
tofore There is wailing and gnashinl
of teeth.
The ladies of the Congregations
church will hold an Apron Sale ant
Oyster supper at Wright Opera IIous,
this Friday evening. Supper. serve,
| from until Top. III. The Opera lIous,
band will furnish music and unless
something unusual happens the whol,
affair will he decidedly pleasant.
W. ;. Turk and family. Harrison
Rogers and daughter. X. W. Ely an,
Geo. Best took the i50 p. III. Am
Arhov train Monday for Florida. The