Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-02-12
Sydney Fisher and Emma King. OF Is
!. LA Were married Thursaav Iasx


ed ON the margin OF THE REcoRD and then
do rs they would be done by.
Aichdcaeon Farrar tells English audi
ences that duringhis long journey throu. h |
the United States he saw less i unkenuess
than IN single walk 10 London.
Alma is booming these days. A new
creamery and the new Normal School
building will go up in the spring, or befoie
II the weather permits. Elsie Sun-Plenly
more coming, too.
Secretary Of state Bayard has been u
terribly afflicted man Of late. having lost
his wife and daughter within the past tN o
weeks. IL is reported he will resign the
| secretaryship.
&. +. Overacker. publisher Of the Shep.
herd Review, was a caller at this Office
Saturday last. We were out at the time
and were sorry enough TO find that We had
missed his call. Come -gain.
Corner Local; Mr. Prichard is still de-
termined TO prosecute the search for gold
as soon as the weather viii permit, md is
now getting out timber for new shaft
He has already e1pe nded large amount
Of money in the enterprise. but does not
despair Of his ultimate success
Detroit Tribune; The A. w. Wright
lumber company own an extensive LOG
cling railroad 10 the southern part Of Ros-
common county, with n terminus at
Meredith. but dc not Use it very steadily
This is a very extensive hrm, and own
Ia rye tracts II pine, which they are rap
idly cutting Their logs go to Saginaw
They bank from 20, 0t0, zoo to 80, 900, 900
feet of logs annually.
Hon. Perry Hannah, writing TO the
Traverse Herald from Paris, says: II
never realized before my arrival here how
fortunate is our geographical position a,
home MS compared with the nations on the
continent lying in close proximity 10 each
other We are strong to-day and destined
to occupy position in the world second
10 none While il is true that our coast
defences are but limited and our exposures
great, still VIC have nothing to fear If
we ever require large standing armies it
will be only because we need them to EN-.
| force law aud order among on selves
! Here on this great checker board each
country must keep its large and expensive
standing army W tn knapsacks strapped
on to the backs OF lis soldiers, ready TO
move at the slightest shadow OF their
adversary"
An extract from r. G.. Horr's lecture on
the labor question:" Look at the last
struggles made bv Gen. Grant. His ca
reer has been n most wonderful one II on.
ors without stint had been heaped upon
him. lie had seen all the glory and pomp
OF power in almost all the nations OF the
world Crowned heads. kings. princes,
emperors, had We'd With each other ia
showing him evidences of admiration and
respect He had finally settled down at
his home in the city of New York. hoping
to spend his old age in quiet repose. All
at once he was attacked by a disease that
led TO early and certain death About the
same time he was overwhelmed with bust
ness disaster. lie had supposed that he
possessed enough property to place his
wife beyond all fear Of want. In one day
the bubble burst and buried him under
debts that aggregated millions. 1t looked
as if he must leave the wife of his youth,
the mother OF his children, penniless.
Then il was he reused himsefto action as
he had never done before. By the exercise
OF his marvellous will power he stayed the
hand Of death for season Early and
late he devoted himself TO writing his mem
oirs, simply because bv completing them
he could earn enough to leave his wife a
competency What a struggle lie made
At ne time you see him writing unth
overcome with fatigue he would be given
up to die. Again and again he would rail-
~ aud give little more of his wasting
strength TO the work He suffered re-
lapse after relapse. but at the return Of a
little vigor II would be instantly devoted
TO the labor before him. What agsuy I
What anguish Of body must have beee en-.
dured that he might finish his task And
yet when you read his book you find no
trace Of this suffering. His soul seems to
have risen above all pain, and in spite Of
his terrible ilness he gave to literature Que
of It's brightest gems, d TO history one Of
its most valuable contributions The
moment his work was finished he laid him
self down to die know We look on him
AS the hero OF Dish son. of Vicksburs, of
the Wilderness, of Aypomattox bu in all
his eventual career, in my judgement, he
won no Glory that retlec.s more glory
iupnn his illustrious name, that better
shows the surprising strength OF his heart
and head. than the victory he won over
that deadly disease VIII CHI enabled him by
his own labor TO leave the woman he had
so long loved II competency for Ter declin-
ing years.
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