Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-24

Gratiot has soldiers in the Soldiers


Home.
School closed to-day, Thursday, for a
vacation of one week.
L. G. Achard is moving his hard
ware stock into one of the stores il
the new Church block.
The f. & A. NJ. Lodge now holds its
sessions Saturdays instead Of Fridays
See corrected card in directory.
Rev. j. f. Richards, of st. Louis, has
been appointed a member of the State
Board of Visitors to IIillsdale College
for term of ftwo years.
The Sunday edition of the Grand
Rapids Democrat was mammoth "A
page affair filed with live advertise ne
and excellent reading matter.
The dynamite case has been put over
until The next term of court. 1t looks
now as though the defendent would be
beyond the reach of the law before that
time comes.
\ new comet may now be seen just
before daybreak, almost directly ca t,
about - degrees above the horizon, and
on a parallel with a row of five stars.
1t is travelling eastward and after awhile
may be seen in the west in the evening.
The work on the coal kilns has been
completed, and as soon as wood can be
delivered they Will be put i'll operation.
Mr.. Bushnell informs us that if he finds
the supply of wood sufficient he will
erect four additional kilns in the spring
salt River Rcriec.
The -. l.. Il y. Ry. tickets will be
on sale and good going Dec. n, % and
3lst. and Jan. lst, good to return until
Jan. 3, 1887, inclusive, at one fare for
the round trip. Close up the old year
and ring in the new by taking ride
on the ID. l.. X. y.
\ pig party" is the very latest nov
city. The guests are blindfolded and
in that condition are obliged to draw a
picture of a pig, which they do with
more or less success generally less.
There is prize for the best picture,
and also one for the poorest. The lat
ter is called a BOBBY prize.
The sheriffs of Michigan want to be
lin the hands of their friends for the
nomination for n third term Accord
Jag to the statutes sheriff is not
eligible for more than two terms.
They are now circulating petition TO
be presented to the next legislature
asking that body to submit that ques-
tion to the people to amend the con-
stitution so as to allow them to serve
the people as often as they can be
elected.
1t is evident that Ithaca and Alma
do not appreciate Il good play, at least
ii looks that way, from the manner i'm
which they patranized Manager Sey-
mour S special train Wednesday even
ing when SO few came up.-St. Louis
Republican.
On the other hand it is quite evident
that st. Louis does not know what a
tinc actress is, or she would not so COM
pletely lose her head over Ada Gray
and East Lynne. Almaites and lth-
acaites appreciate frst-class attrac-
tions and patronize them whenever it
is passible
The Anti-Bohemian Oat Association
are holding weekly meetings as may be
seen by a notice elsewhere, with view
Of taking united action against the pay
ment Of the notes given for oats. Some
of the Pine River victims who have
notes out ranging as high as $500 inform
us that the oat company has not yet
made a move to fulfill it. agreement by
10y selling their oats. And the notes
ars due, or are coming due soon; and
begin to see that buying oats at SO
bashel was the poorest investment ever
made by them in the line of farming
81. LotGS HDud.
The boy or girl who iSaregular news
paper reader will grow up in intelli-
gence, and will use good language, both
in speaking and writing, even with a
limited education. 1t is news, science.
literature, grammar, history. geography
and spelling combined. Sometimes it
S a little difficult to get children inter-
ested in newspapers, but after they
once get started their intellectual crav-
ings are as sure as the desire for food,
and it is as necessary to feed the mind
rs the bodies. The local newspaper
above all will interest them, and it has
become a necessity in every well reg
llated family.
The scandinavian immigration to
this country is now a marked feature of
ocean travel. This month three thous-
and have already been landed at Castle
Garden. The ocean-caTrying steamship