Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-05-14

quite pasSable again.
b. 5. Webb was the first man 20 Jay
down his Sl.25 for the RECORD.
The Misses Marlborough are having
several additions attached to tAc;
dwelling on south State street.
Geo. Yerington's name was omitted
from the roll of honor" last week.
through IL mistake. We heard OF the
shortcoming soon after
Popular prices at Wright's opera
house May 18th and 2OtA. l.nok here
Children 10 cents. General admission
- cents. Tickets on sale at Webb
drug store.
The Alba Haywood Combination at
Wrights opera house, "Wednesday and
Thursday evenings, May 18th and 20tli.
Popular prices. 10 and - cents. ST.
cured seats 20 cents.
Tie frame of G. II. AXteil's new
house was crect5d "Wednesday. Tic
house is to be fine large one and will
many a. SINtl NiltlllSN III lll' hl'lNttl AliN y
of that part of the street.
Fourteen of the congregational
churches of GeneScG conference met at
Breckenridge May IL, and organized
new conference to he known aS the
Saginaw conference The GeuCScc
conference had become 50 large as to
necessitate this movement for more ci-
! feCtivc work.
John Connolly became very hilariouS
upon the streets and WAS gathered in.
Justice YcrringtOn gave him his choice.
Wednesday Il. m. between paying -
fine or staying at the county boarding
house IL days. 1t is not known for Il
certainty that he preferred the G. b. h..
but ne will languiSh there for Il time.
Bert Wo0dwardS child was taken i'll
Wednesday and it was thought ON sev-
cral different times during the day that
it was dead 1t is now much improved
although still very weak. Mr.. W. feels
very grateful to DR.. Yerington for his
constant attention. and gives him
much credit for his skilful manage
ment of the disease.
An alarm of fire brought ont the
citizens about > p. m. Thursday and the
boys made the dust fly in getting the
hose cart AMI hook and ladder truck out
1t was soon discovered that Edwards
X Sutphin had been doing some roof
painting and the contents Of their tar
kettle had ignitcd making great smoke
but doing no damage. Much disgust
was manifested by the fire companies.
We have been favored for the past
two nights with grand entertain
ment by the Alba Haywood Combina-
ton. in their male and female impcr-
Sonations and musical SpccialtieS. IIa-
bert Davis on the flute, piccolo and
violin. +. Alrich pianist. They played
to good houses and we bcSpeak for them
crowded houses wherever they go.
They are deserving of liberal patron
age.-Grand Rapids IelcWUm.
Edward \. Russell. tramp making
Alma his headquarters for Il time. help
ed himself to suit of clothes belong
ing to Richard Small. Il boardcr at the
Alma House. Mr.. Small did not Just
appreciate this and had Russell arrest
ed. He was brouget before Justice
Yerrington Wednesday morning when
he plead guilty and was fined so and
50 costs which he paid. Next time he
will probably buy the suit.
The rock was reached at the gold
digging" some time Wednesday. and
the excitement i'm that vicinity now
runs high We have been shown small
specimens of the rock and that there is
gold, silver and some other metal in
considerable quantities cannot be dis
puted. The water still persists i'm run
ming into the shaft but they continue
ut work and there may he something
startling to relate before another issue.
1t really begins to look encouraging
and those who have Succred oudeSt
now begin to retract somewhat.
J. O. Lumsden came in last week
about half an hour after the paper
came ont. with the avowed intention of
annihilating us because of an error
made i'm Il statement concerning the
amount of logs Wright & Lumsden
have Oh hand. We explained to him
how easy it was to substitute 100 600 for
| .OOo, 900 when one was in II hurry and
he concluded to spare us this time.
The item should have said that their
,0OO, 900 feet of logs was rapidly being
converted into lumber. etc. Printers
always get caught if they make any
blundcrS, YOU see.