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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-13
Whole No. 384.

Of AN offer which they have already re-
ceiycd for the bonds.
On motion the report of clerk was
accepted
On motion twas determined to abide
ny the agreement as made by the com.
with W. ;. Turck Il Co.
Com. on claims report favorably on
claim Of Tinker " Lumsden, supplies
furnished SlS5.l0.
On motion said claims were allowed
and Clerk instructed to draw an order
Tor the amt. on proper funds.
special com. on street lighting report
as follows.
To the common council Of the village
OF Alma. Your committee to whom
was referred the matter of street light
ing beg leave TO report that after hav-
lng the matter under adviSement, and
after careful consideration would re-
commend that 80 Gasoline lamps Of the
manufacture of the Illinoise Street Gas
Co. be purchased. In our opinion this
number Is amply sufficient to properly
light the village Respectfully sub
mltted. }. .. Lumsden, A. Yerington
com.
On motion report of com. on street
lighting was accepted and adopted.
On motion said com. were instructed
To purchase 30 lamps at once as recon-
mended by com.
Com. on ordinances report progress
and ask further time. Granted.
Resolution fixing days for regular
meeting 0i common council taken from
table and read as follows:
R1S0lrld by the Common Council of
Village of Alma that the time of meet
a = alt,
changed from the first and third Tues
day evenings of each month to every
Tuesday evening. that the hour of
meeting shall be. from the first of April
To the first OF October O'Clock p. m.
and from the first of October to the first
of April $50 @ clock p. IN.
On motion resolution was adopted.
Matter OF building walk between
river bridge and Ely street referred to
com. on streets with instructions to
report at next meeting.
On motion the Water Commissioner
dnd Village Attorney were instructed
To make contract with Wright,
Schneider X ~tuttZ for the use of
water power 90 drive pumps.
On motion the matter of building
walks across flats between race and
river on superior street referred to
com. on streets with instructions to re-
port at next meeting as to the best
manner of building same.
On motion clerk was instructed to
have printed 900 or 1000 envelopes and
note heads for use in clerk office.
On motion President and Clerk were
Instructed to repay TO w. ;. Turck 81
Co. money borrowed.
Council adjourned.
Is. W. ELY, Clerk.
G. l.. DOWNIE President. n.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-13
Normal School Notes.

Miss Sherwood and Miss Mahr have
secured positions in the Meridian
schools.
Mr.. Davis and family are settling i'm
the Dallas cottage awaiting the com
pletion of their new home.
Miss Palmer and Miss Stailey return
to their work in Colon, to-day.
1t is safe to announce that We will be
in the new Normal buildings Aug. 81.
Prof. Stilwell now occupies a room
in the Dallas house.
\ large number or our students. Will
remain next term.
\ combined literary and musical en-
tertainment will be given at Wright 5
opera house, Friday evening Aug. -
at 7:30 standard time. Programs will
he printed next week. Admission free.
Miss Mary Brown. of Rockway Centre
who is attending tfe NeYmrl sC.ool at
Alma, made the family Of Mrs. C. Stir
ling a visit last Smday.-Mt Pleasant
Eatcprisc.
NIr. ID. V. Jackway left Alma We'd
nesday for short visit with friends be-
fore commencing his school work in the
Fenton Normal where hc has secured a
position as instructor.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-13
Net ce Of 81 ecial Election.

Wh,rcas. the comm s,ion'r of high
why's OF the township Of Pine River, in
tn COun o. GratlO', has not fled the
township Gle * of siid township, that the
brlcgc ac!CsS Pine River where the east
and west quarter line Of section u Of said
township crosses sad Pine Rivf, is in
su-h dangerous coalition that he Ell
sc'cy exists tha. greater sum tfan one
thousand dul.ais needs to be expended on
said trdg'. And, whereas, twelve elect.
ors OF said township did petition the town.
ship board Of said township 10 call a
special township meeting of the qualified
electors OF 81 township 20 vote on The
;he question of building an iron bridge at
the saia describ d place in said township.
And the township board of SAID township
Cat a meeting duly called. deeming the
rNigency OF lhs case sufficient, did on the
3!st dayt Of July, 1856, ty resolution, in.
truct the township clerk of said town.
township 10 ca a sresIal meeting of the
qua.lhcd electors in said township TO vote
upon the qu. ION oi raising twenty eight
hundred dollars g? 500. by Issuing the
bonds oi lhc township; of the gross
amount OF $500 10 be paid January |,
1855, 3 of sad amount TO be paid Janua.
ry ], 1859, and b 70 be paid January /,
lo'V lhe whole BOT TO draw over seven
per cent i1tcsest annually.
Now, therefore, Notice Is hereby given
90 The qualified electors Of said township
that special township meet!ng will "
htid in sad township of Pine Rit
"Wednesday, August 49, 1856. az the
CINE house iu the village OF 81. Louis,
The purpose ot voting on the question >
ralslng the sum Of twenty-eight hundred
do'llls (S2 500, for the purpose of build.
ing an iron bridge across Pine River
where The east and west quarter line Of
section % crosses said Pine River, in
,aii township If Pine River The polls
ot said ci,c.i1n will open at 8 o'clock a.
m. and cose at 4 O'Clock p. In.
Dated al StLouis, this 3lst day Of July.
y. d. 1856. JEALOUS SPERRY,
township Clerk of the Township of
Pine RIVER.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-13
Registra.io ion Notice.

y zee is hereby given that the board Of
~ .tioa ot tbe tcwnship OF Pine River
" /. lie in session a. the "a ilice of the town.
.hlp cle.k If SAD township office OF
Judge PsldockJ tue village OF S., Lou
Is, on Sa'ur-a -ay, August IA 1888, for the
purpose of Ieyising and completing the
list cf tn qualified electors Of said town
ship, The sai1 board will be in session
ir-m th. hoUr Of 8 O'Clock a m until 4
o'cl ok p. m.
Ds!ed this 2ld dsy of August. A. ID.
1856. JEALOUS SPERRY,
Township Cl-rk OF said township OF
Pine River
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-13

Miss {. NJ. Fleming, of the Alma RE-
CORD attended the Camilla Urso con-
cert here, but neglected to stay long
enough to call on the newspapers. Mt.
Pleasant Enterprise.
We were to full of the concert Sat
urday evening. and of course we ex-
pected they would all be III church the
next morning.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-13
Alma Market Report,

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Phwew,
Strangers are numerous upon our
streets.
Considerable sickness is reported
at present.
Miss Jennie Webb spent Sunday
with Ithaca friends.
Mrs. j. w. Kazcbcc is visiting in
Bay City this week.
Are You going on the |. O. O. F..
excursion next week:
The sewer job is growing beauti-
fully less, day by day.
Every teacher in the county should
attend the Institute.
Miss Ncttic Brown, of Ithaca, Wis
tied friends here last week.
The most desirable residence lots
in town are on Stuttz' addition. <
Mrs. f. d. Ely returned, Saturday
last, from a two weeks visit at St
Johns.
Mrs. Jas. \. Stuttz and daughter
returned from their visit in New
York, Saturday last. I
The livery business has been brisk
this week owing to the beautiful
moonlight evenings. ~
Secure one of those elegant lots
near Central Normal School. For
terms apply to Jas. y. Stuttz.
!. Z. Gilman moved into his new
harness shop, last week, and is now
nicely settled and finely situated.
a few persons can find pleasant
rooms and board with Mrs l.. Smith,
on Woodwork ave, two blocks from
main st. 3S3 2w
The little son of Wesley Stanton
fell from a horse he was riding,
Monday, and sustained quite a severe
lrs+-tarc of one arm.
Misses Emma and Hattie Whitny,
of Jackson, were the guests of their
sisters. Mrs. X. w. Ely and Mrs. b.
{. Button, last week.
Rev. J. Van Antwerp has returned
from his vacation. and the usual ser
vices at the Congl church were con
Quoted by him, Sunday.
Real estate in Alma IS advancing
rapidly. Now is the time to buy
choice lots at reasonable figures.
Apply to JAS \. Stuttz.
Wanted-A hired girl. one who can
wash and iron. Good wages and Il
comfortable home, to right party. En-
gs+.s~o ~of----Mrs. II. b. WALDBY.
The band gave one of the finest
concerts of the season, Saturday eve.
from the Sanitarium balcony. Some
Of the new music was rendered in
excellent style.
----tssG51 the council proceedings else
where in this issue. Part of them
were crowded ont last week, but we
think they will be found interesting
even at this late date.
Miss Rctta Chapman, of Stanton.
was i'm town over Sunday. the guest
of station agent Fuller and family.
Miss {. i also an old friend of "yc
ed. and We enjoyed pleasant visit
with her.
\. d. Noyes, who went to Africa
a. missionory, last September, re-
turning in June, gave a pleasant
talk, Thursday evening of last week,
at the Baptist church. Ills accounts
of the peculiar customs i'll vogue in
that country were particularly inter
csting and instructive. Mr.. Noycs
expects to return soon and hopes ia
be able to take back enough material
to build school house.
From present indications il would
seem that a large number of good
people are to be present " cdncsday
next. the day on which the Sunday
schools of the county are to invad,
the town. All necessary arrange
mouts are being perfected and N,
doubt an excellent time will be en-
joyed, Better make arrangements
to attend, kind reader, day of rest
spent in such good company, will dc
YOU good.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-13
PoLLAsXY. WAIDBY s. CO.,

Successors 10 Gratiot County Savings Bank
Transact general banking business.
Draw drafts available anywhere ~ Europe or
America. Deposits OF SlOo to $1,000 received.
and interest allowed on same under the rules
of the bank. Money 40 loan on good real cs-
tate security. Collections given prompt atten
ton.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-13
MhECUS pCLLESKT,

TTORNEY and Counselor at law ana sol
a iritnr i'm Chnnccry. Practices i'm all the
state and Unite a states courts, Particular at
tcntion paid 10 collections and remittance
promptly IN adc Money 10 loan, once oppo'
size the now hotel,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-13

YOU'D YOU believe itg We are daily
eurautceing kcmp's Sarsaparilla to the
people for cleaning the blood and giving
now ease Of lie. Price 81 90. b. S.
Web, Drugg 3,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-13

NTOTAPY public, Collector Accountant IN
IN surpncc AMI General Agent. Engr"srlh ing
and Ornamental Fcnmanship neatly executed.
Office with j l.. Clark. Room No. = Opera
iousc Block +. q. Box 2jl. Alma, Mich
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-13

Tonight and tomorrow night, and ali
the times call on us for Kemps Pile SUP.
posiiories. The new treatment for Piles.
Price 90 ctnti pr box. B. s. Webb.
druggist.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-13
AIvTORN FNS.
: i ALMER. JbhN ~ -
PAL MER g. S2INNEY.

TTORNEYS at Law. Attend 10 all lcea
A business, the trial of causes, defend VI
criminal cases. draw al KINDS ol papcts. AS
rrnI estate. loan and lie insurance agents.
Alma, Gratiot County, Mich.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-13

ORA llClNG Physician. Office hours ;gto II
L a, IN. TO p IN. once IN "cpo Drug
stO g, Back rooms up stairs.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-13
j. L. CLARK

A 1vroENEY and Counselor at Law Alllcga
"A busincss by letter or otherssc. Will hc
promptly attended TO, OMccin cartons brick
block M stairs,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-13

C,IVIL ENGINEERS < SURVEYORS. sur
~ Vryiug, LcVcling ana Railroad work. re al
corners set free of charge on all lands pur-
chased OF rs. Onicc iu Martin GOu's block,
ST. Louis Gratiot Co. Mich.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-13
E. A. B G LEY, NJ. D.,

rIOMEOPOTHIC Physician and Surgeon
IL Residence FOrcs; street. Office. room No.
|, Wrights Opera House hlOCe, second iioor.
Office hours. 9 TO 10 Il. m; > 10 and : 10 p. III.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-13
MISCELLANEOUS. =.
DAVID LEACH
HASTINGS a. WELLS.

DOOT AND SHOE maker, repairing done
d promptly. State Street. first door south
OF Loycands furniture store.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-13
COMMON COUNCIL.

Alma. Tuesday August Sd. 1856.
Council met III regular session at Of
fee of A. Ycrington.
Present. the President and trustees,
Montgel. Mcleod. Green. Ycrington.
Webb and Lumsden.
Minutes read and approved.
Petition of y. VI. Hudson. ct al for
the improvement of Park street, pre-
scutcd and on motion referred to com
mittee on street with instructions to
ascertain how much work Will be re-
quired to put said street in condition
and to recommend an amount TO spend
on it.
The following claims were presented
and an tnotio olInUp1
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-13
SIMON FINK.

DEALER in the best brands of C'garS, .Iob-
- acco pipes Wines and Liquors. Pure Alco-
bol a specially
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-13
THE AL MA RECORD,
An Independent Local Journal, Pub
lishcd every Friday morn ing at
Alma, Gratiot Co. Mich.
MISS c. NJ FLEMING Ecitor and Pub
Usher

TERMS-Sl % per year I'm advance: i5c
for six months; soc for three months. Rates
of advertising made known on application.
Office south side superior street, near corner
Woodwork avenue.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-13
|. N. aRAINERD, M. o.,

Office and residence in the Dallas House.
~ Office hours: 10 to L. Il. IN. and 10 p. IN.
school hours: ojp. IN. Surgery a specially.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-13
DE N T T S T r Y.

)nice over Gratiot County Savings Bank
, I'D filling 10y the use of the Electro Magnetic
| iiiot a speciality. \ ttcial teeth inserted ON
ld. 'hnbCT or cclulOid base. All work guaran
- ID 40 give satisfaction. Alma, Mich
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-13
IsA y Ii T. II =,
,yM. S. TuRCK d CO.

General Banking Business Transacted
A Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Exchange
Special Attention Given 40 collections.
wM. :. TURCK, \. W. WRIT 1T, O. :. WARD
JU.EEA~.R. G. T.. WEBSTER,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-13
w q. BHHlKE,
JOIN w, BROWN

A TTORNEY at Law. Does a general law
n bus ucss. Trial of causes specially
Insurance and Collection.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-13
Professional, Il
C.L, DOWklE. NJ. D.
6. D. YERINCTCN,

n ENERAL Practice. Oiice; back room III
VI WcbO's Drug Store,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-13


Claim Of +. II. Burtt for 30 and G..
II. Wood l.l2refcrred 10 com. on claim.
Claim of Wright. Schneider y NUt,Z.
supplies ~34ll referred 10 com. on
claims.
Claim of Tinker y Lmsdeu, sup
plies, S39.Gl referred To com. on claims
10y the following vote. Yeao-NcLcod.
Yerington. Montigcl and Webb. Nays
-(tTcCu.
Clerk made the following report.
Your committee appointed and author
iZcd to issue and place upon the mar
kct the water bonds tor 1.UUOreport as
follows: That having coTcspouded
with different parties and having iu-
vited bids from both banks i'm this vii
lagc the committee decided that the
offer of W. :. Turck X Co. was the
most favorable to the village and have
therefore sold the bonds to them on
the following conditions; said W. :.
Turck \ Go are to credit the village at
once with the face of the bonds or So
600 and when they finally sell said bonds
they agree to credit the village with
one-half of net proceeds over and above
their face value. This is their agree
mcnt with your committee: but W. ;.
Turck n Co. made the village a pro-
position rs follows:
If the common council SO desire they
will credit the village at once with S50-
5000, this amt. to be accepted 10y coun-
Gil in full payment for said bonds. This
proposition they make upon the basis
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-08-13
Business Directory.
CONGL CHURCH,
g. A. +

VTTm MOycr Post, No. lj2, Dcpt OF Mich, &
w a. r.. meet on End and 4th. Thursday OF
each month. 49,,
e, III AXTELL, COmd.
A. YFprNGTON, Adj't.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-21
THE ROMANCE OF GOLD.
Fate of the Men Who Discovered
Some of the Great American
Mines.
rFrom the Denver News.7

The superstitious belief is an old one that
unless the diScoyerer ola camp meets an un-
timely or bloody end, his find will never
amount to anything; and this seems borne out
by facts, since nearly all the discoveries of
the gold mines Of the United States, with but
few exceptions, have, as the saying goes,
"died with their boots on" Of thirty-eight
booming towns in the early days, the locators
of twelve were killed by bullet, three were
buried in their creations by caye-ins and the
rest drifted away with the tide of immigra-
tion have become lost in oblivion or died and
were buried in pauperS' graves. George H.
Fryer from whom the celebrated Fryer Hill.
or Leadyille. derives its name, died at Denver
not long ago from an overdose of morphine
administered by his own hand. Two years
previous to his death he was worth million
or so, but he died pauper and almost with
out friend,
Old Virginny, after whom the "Consoll-
dated Virginia was named and who sold his
claim for $25, pony and a bottle of whiskey
came to his death by an overdose from a
bucking mule near Dayton, NeV.
Bill Bodle, the discoverer Of the great
standard mine in Mono County, California
slept his life away in a snow-storm While
making his way to the mines.
Col, Story who gave his name to the county
in Nevada where the Comstock is situated,
was killed in battle by the Pyramid Lake In
dams.
Thomas Page Comstock died a beggar in a
strange land. odd Pancake" as he was
known in the mining camps, committed sui
eide at Bozeman, Mont, on September 81, by
shooting himself. He was leader of the ia
nous Big Horn expedition that was sent out
by Nevada capitalists in search of the Lost
Cabin mines, supposed to somewhere among
the Big Horn mountains. The expedition
was failure, and Comstock, whether from
disappointment or some other cause, while
encamped near Bozeman, drove pistol ball
through his head and died instantly. He
was buried there and his grave is unmarked
and unknown.
Near the wild spot where twelve years
before the hidden treasure of Alder gulch
was first revealed to him, William Fair
weather was laid down to rest Like poor
"Old Pancake. this cratic soul stranded on
the shoals of dissipation, although each IN
his day had turned a key-the one silver, the
other golden-whch unlocked millions for
others but nothing for themselves; William
Farrell. Who'll struck" Meadow Lake, died
victim to remorse in one of the leading hosplt-
ais of San Francisco, haunted by the spirits
of 1000 deluded pioneers and proSpectors
passing and repassing his dying bed" The
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-21
MOVING SLOWLY.

Senator Frye, in his letter to MessrS. Sar-
gent. Lord q Sllillin, in regard to the SELF
ure of the Ella Doughty, says the State De-
partment moves slowly in the fishery mat
ter. So far as the public has been abe 10
perceiye there has been no evidence thai Inc
State Department was moving at ALL ana
therefore there is some con ISOLATION IN the
assurance from so distinguished a source
that it is moving slowly. But why does the
State Department move slowly? Senator
Frye probably supplies the answer when ne
saws that it has not yet abandoned the COM
mission idea. That has been one OF the pei
schemes of the administration from the Tune
the fishery clauses of the treaty OF Washlng
ton were annulled. 1t was supposed Liza.
unanimous opposition of our fishermen anu
the declaration of Congress against IL hau
given it its quietus, but apparently tne
wishes of Canadian fishermen and Oh tlie
British minister have greater weight wlth
the State Department than those OF Con
sress and of our own fishermen combined
There can be no doubt that the chief OBJ
Ject canada has in view in haraSsing our
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-21

locator of the famous Homestake,, IN the
Black Hills, is said to have afterwards turned
road agent. Times going hard with him he
attempted to stop stage loaded and pre-
pared for lust such emergencies, and he was
planted alongside the road by the tender
hearted express agents whom he had tried to
rob and kill. Homer, of the Homer
district, followed in the suicidal tracks
of Comstock After squandering small
the Streets of San Francisco: Doughnut
Bill, tOld Eureka, Kelse Austin, Lloyd Ma
cruder, 'Nine-mile Clark George Hank
inson Henry Plummer and scores OF others
died violent deaths in one way or another
and reaped nothing from the rich finds each
had made in his day. Doughnut Bill was
planted in the Lone Mountain cemetery In
Utah in 1858; a lone grave under white pine
tree in frontier mining town OF CallioTnla
tells where poor sold Eureka sleeps MS last
sleep; Kelse Austin was killed and buried
Lloyd Magruder, while conducting num-
Der of wagons loaded with treasure from Vir-
ginia City to the nearest railroad, was muir
dered and robbed by his own teamsters, who
were Plummer's outlaws in disguise; George
Hankins0n and Henry Plummer were hauled
up by yigilantes and strung up without the de-
lay and formality of trial Plummer was
a great rascal In the early days of the min
ing camps of Montana Plummer was elected
sheriff of the camp about Virginia City. lie
was the first locator of the rich ground about
Virginia City, but thought he could make
more money, and quicker too, by taking what
was already mined than by laboring in the
gulch day after day and getting it by hard
honest toll. But he was tripped up at last
and died acringing miserable coward on
galloWS of his own construction.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-21

The case of the Eastport schooner which
the Dominion custom authorities at Digby
refused to permit to purchase herring, differs
in many essential particulars from the cases
of the Adams and the Doughty. The East
port vessel was not fishing vessel; she was
not preparing to fish; she did not want her
ring for bait, but to sell in this country. In
short she was an ordinary merchant vessel,
duly licensed by the American government,
and went to the Provinces for trading pur-
poses purely. The Digby customs authorl-
ties were acting too apparently by direct Or
ders from 1.-THE Ottawa government. 1t has
been supposed that the Dominion govern
ment proposed to confne its restrictions to
fishing vessels, and that purely merchant
vessels were still to be allowed to buy what
ever it was lawful for the Nova Scotia peo-
pie to SELL But this act seems to indicate
that our merchant vessels are to he tabooed
as well our fishing vessels.