Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-01-22
Blessed be the man , no first invented
a snow Dlow.


"A snow plow.
X. W. Ely has closed out his stock of
baznar 600 and h : ccepted position
in ;he bank Ot FUR X N Co.
f. W Hohi,ter. architcc' of Saginaw.
was at The Wright House over sunday
We understandable Mr.. III Is preparing
plans Tor the Normal -chool building.
The blankets in W s. & S. show win
dow eau lht lire Wednesday evening and
caused considerable of scare. The
blaze WAS soon eXlinguished aud but itlle
damage done. luckily.
Wanted A competent and willing
girl for house work. tuch one can
secure comfortable home aud good
wages. Apply
Giatiot County Saving Bank.
The thirty.lhird semisnnual meeting of
The Gratlot county teachers association
will hc held At IL aca, JauY. 20 and 30
An interesting program HAS been prepared
a I'd every teacher in the county should be
present
DR.. Kennedy OF st Lous. and DR.. J.
ii. Lancashire have been elected directors
Of the North Eastern Agricultural Assccia
,ion for the year 1886 in place of Judge
Paddock OF II. Louis and w. >. Turck OF
this place.
An Emerson Center stors was burglariz
cd by TWO youthful burglars, Tues lay OF
last week. About s. in money and quite
quantity of cigars aud tobacco was taken.
\ lad named Sanders. aged Is did most
of the work aud wa assisted by Roy De
Peel ten year old boy. Sanders was
sentenced to the State reform schoo for
one year and the ether boy waslet go on
account OF his youthfulncss.
\ local weather prophet has expressed
himself ss 10 the following winter weather,
and bases his calculation upon the con
dlian Of the weather OF the lSh. 19th, AMI
21th of Dec-mber-th ee days upon which
it is said Loui- KoSsuh always told what
was coming i'm January, February and
March aud never failed This prophet
SAYS that after January Is We will have
winter in earnest. al first stormy then cold
then pleasant and cold. then stormy, and
thcn plcaSan, aga n until well along in
March. the storms I'll to bs snow. and ia
roads good with a fair run Of sleighlng -
Leslie Local.
What dos the Alma Record rnrEn 8
= Week before last Il gave IL readers an eie-
CANT supp, ment and last week II came
out a impur tas YOU can think, accom-
patird hy both ruppl' ment and calendar.
Guess Miss + eming. its editor, don't ia
tenl beng b rind a Y Of her con emp'r
ny in the m .tter 10y giving mr. pf'rons
d zeal live, local paper - Eaton Rapids
I"urpa,
II simply means. Fro. st veos. that
wl en- We find news We publish il even
ifit does take " supplements. We in
'0 give our subscr bsrs tn worth o
their money invested in th RECORD
'vefy time.
Anybody 1ho wishes e. take pecp a.
another world than ours has only to ok
a the planet Venus, wni.h h nov shines
brilliantly in the southwest afler sun
Il wu. Venus is Of nearly tar same size
the Earth, and as;ronmers think j.
may possibly bear life not altoge her M
Ike that upon the su face of our own
nlaper YAt at the distance of SOM So
O00. 600 of miles Us h"ge bulk appears
sduced 10 the dimension of stsr. re
fl"cling the sunlight 10 us like a pelicle
# silver. W. inhab't wonderful world
but our world btiougs to a still more
wonderful family Of WORLDS.
The Metropolitan Comedy Company
opened their engagement at NrishtS
Dpcra House lasi night presenting lhc de
lith fa society PLAY Divorce. Ia fair siz-
ed audience. To- sly that The presentation
ravc satisfaction would be puting it
mildly All the parts were well played
and an intense interest maintained through.
out the entire evening Tonight the now
famous play Hazel kirke will be presented
and all who can should certainly be- pre-
sent and hear A. Tomorrow evening ne
| Lancashire l. ass will be put ON. and We
douh, not this company will give it a
strong presentation, as they are well
capable OF doing.
Marcus Pollas'Sy returned from Saginaw
last eve ing. and has shown vs. the con.
tract between A. w. Wright and + NJ.
| Harding which brings the Eastern Mich
igan Normal school TO \ ma. Mr. Pol
a>ky drew up the papers and saws thai
both Mcssrs Wright and Harding are
mutually saiisfedNith their b rEain, Mr.
Wright that he has been nstruman al 10
adding so valuable a, ins tuition to Alma's
public enterprises and Mr. Harding that
he has secured foI the educational in
stitulon Of which be IL the prinI al so
suitable loi alton. Mr. Polasky has a
power Of attorney to act lor nr. Wright
in all matters pertaining TO the preliminary
work ceSsSary in procuring sight, drain
ing, collecting aid &c.
Mr. Pr chard working against many
difficulties Ia his sea, ch for gold. a. the
following from the Corner Local 'illtestify:
The shaft at The gold mine which
Mr. Ptichard has been at work on so long
has again caved in, and The work is thus
ST ppeu Tor the present. a party who
has been engaged in similar work on rail
way piers, etc. has taken the job to- sink Il
shaft through the quick and "a distance OF
ahaut 80 feeD for the rum Of : l2j and the
money 10 pay tor the job has been, or is
belu- ra-ed, by subscripiisu. Nr. Prich-
ard agreeing 10 pay TWO dollars for every
dollar gwen aid of The work, IF gold is
found in pay ing quantities
II after the time and money spent In
this work. no gol 1 should be found it
will be- safe ts predict tha Mr. =. Gill
7 want 10 have good. able-bod ed man to
kick hun around al over that field for a
) week or 50.
Vicks RAJ Guide for 1856, The
pioneer ,ttd annual of America, comes to
u- tina year real gem, not dry list o.
hard to,snical namss, but over thirty
psgts of rraiis mater among which ait
r ar CHS IN X srs, llouse Plants, Cheap
, Gr,euhou-e, Onion Cuuurr. Mushrooms.
N,uug o.gapars and Wv intpr.sttn,