Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-10-01

n Fusion club Will be organized next
Tuesday evening at Pollasky's Hall.
S. y. Smith is making business trip
to Grand Rapids and Petosky this
week
Geo. Wright went to Detroit last
week. He will attend school there this
winter.
Rev. +. n. James, the NJ. f. pastor
of Alma the past year, goes to Palo
this year.
1t is reported that the Office of the
Shepherd Rcrjuc is to be removed to
Salt River.
Why speak of the leaves as fading?
1t strikes us that they are growing de
cidedly bright.
Quite a number of Republicans from
| this place attended the convention at
| Ithaca Wednesday.
Perhaps some of our readers may
have noticed that we have had several
showers this week?
All wool hosiery at Wright, Schnei-
der * Stuttzs only 10, 12l and - cents,
worth % to % cents.
Nora Fetters has been released on
! suspended sentence and is now at
| her home in st. Louis.
Bert. Hayes has opened a real estate
agency in Sheridan, running it connec-
ton with his law business.
There is to be a change of time on
the branch between here and Ithaca.
The change occurs next Monday.
Two stores at Breckenridge were
burglarized Thursday of last week and
$50 in money secured at one place.
Hon c. II. Morse, mention of whose
injury was made some time ago. is able
to get about with the aid Of crutches.
All sportsmen interested in a squir-
rel hunt are requested to meet at W.
l.. IIough 4 Co.'S. store next Monday
evening.
| :. b. IIeverlo, of Ithaca, Treasurer
of this county, was nominated for state
senator on the Fusion ticket, Tuesday,
at Mt. Pleasant.
The residence of Geo. Mead, of Elm
Hall, was destroyed by fire Tuesday
| afternoon. only the contents of the first
| floor being saved.
Mrs. Levi and children. of Grand
Rapids. who have been stopping at the
Wright House several weeks, returned
home this week.
The Sunday Democrat gave com
plete and interesting account of the
Western Michigan Fair held in Grand
Rapids last week
Marcus Pollasky returned Monday
from tip to Pontiac, Detroit and
Adrian. visiting his wife at the latter
place over Sunday.
Rev b. Young is the new NJ f. pas
tor assigned to Alma by the conference
which finished its annual appointments
last week. at Kalamazoo.
Lee Briggs has been appointed agent
| for the Detroit Evening journal here
in place of Ralph Blair who has been
handling il. Lee is hustler and will
| make a good agent for that wide-awake
paper.
Geo. w. Smith of North Star has dis
covered on his farm in that town a
prepartion suitable for polishing metals
knives. forks. tin. copper, brass. silver
ware, etc. 1t is entirely free from grit
and is evidently rich find" Mr.. :.
| is making arrangements to place it up
on the market Ithaca Journal
Dr. Bagley and family are now nice
| " settle i'm their new home the Quinn
place which they purchased some time
| ago. There is no pleasanter location
in town and we are glad to see such an
excellent family take possession and
settle down there as it would seem TO
| indicate that they intended TO make
our little city their permanent home.
| Occasionally there is person who
seems to know intnitively just what will
fill n "long felt want and of this class
Mrs. NJ. \. Weaver is surely one, for ON
| Wednesday the hearts of the RECORD
force were made glad by the appearance
of this lady carrying huge basketful
of her choicest grapes. They were
hugely enjoyed and Mrs. W. has our
sincere thanks for the pleasant treat.
The prospects for the early compile
| ton Of the lrinch of the Toledo Il Ann
| Arbor Railroad from Saginaw To Mus
kegon via Greenville are bright a
large AMI entl usiastic meeting in aid
of the project was held at Carson City
Saturday, and the committee reported
that the amount required. as well as the