Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-01-01
Vol. Z, No. 40.
HERE, THERE And ELSE
WHERE.

Elgut weeks reViVM-o ConVerts-Sat
River.
The compliments of the season TO all
readers.
Who said we weren't going to have an
open winterr
Rev. J ". Sutton, of Lakeview, was
10 town Monday and Tuesday.
Miss Aunie Penland, Of Elm Hall, is
visiungfriends here during the holidays.
I. NJ. Fish Of Ionia, or g of the ID. L. X
y. "Cbieis" was in town Tuesday on
Ousiness.
Mr. Fordyce Of the firm of Tnhhs &
Fordyce wCut 90 Sat River ol busines,
Wedle.dsy.
A. w. Wright and some NJ Pleasant
capitalists are about t. start bank at
Duluth, Mimi.
The melodlous "seambost " whi,tle"
now makes music on the Saginaw Valley
& st Louis Ry
1t is better to make one good resolution
and keep it through the year then to
make ha!fa doz IL and partially keep
them.
The editor OF the Sand Lake Times is
unable TO fill sll the orders for job work
lfit is because he is 50 busy. he is a
lucky man.
One of the chimneys on the r-sidence
of III. A. ID lavan celebrated Christi mas
by bur ing out. No damage and no
alarm given.
Past Grand High Priest, G. IT, Axtrn,
of Alma. will install ,fllcers T. Get Of -.
LOUIS chapter r. a. NJ On Mouday p NJ.
Of next week
W B. Humhert started for Florida last
week. II will return soon and Dame
Rumor looks very wise and saysh he prob
ably will not return alone.
Some of cur exchanges will hear some
thing drop if hey don't quit cr' diting
our items to the "Almont' Record. Be
warned in time, all ye ink singers
The value cf pig iron produced in this
country duriI g the past yeur Was over
S13,COOOO0. OF nearly the value Of the
output Of both the gold and the silver
mines.
Back numbers cf the great continued
sJoly, Ma HAS Suncorf," can always he
now the back numbers viii be furnished
at Il Tfl,ug cost.
Mr.. Loomis, who has been in Dakota
tor tie past Two years has been In Alm-
"a we, k shaking hands wi h Old friends.
IL kes It lhers very much and will r..
turn In short time.
4 certain Mckinney "A sort Of preacher,
Of Sal River is making for himself very
uuenviable reputation. We should judge
from The comments ON his lectures that %
would be just as well for him 10 quit The
te,d
Wright & Lumsden want 100000 feet OF
Bt.swood White and swamp OAK, Ha
Maple aud Rock Elm delivered on .ht
hauks If their mil pond In A nus, or ou
any a the R-iroad INES leading in.o
a ma.
!, looks as though there might lie very
serious trouble in D,trolt owHtr ia
Po sa church troLbi,s The last news
r ce,veu was that The Poles were armBe
>ijh revolver and inltndCd 10 es,st TIE
police.
Mr. Lee, who managed the ST. Louis
rink for tie past ihre or iour months
took walk uu, oi town AMI failed l."
come back. All, or nearly all. parties
Who had anything to do with him got
left IA the lurch.
A very dangerous counterfeit; dollar has
mad it, Appearance in some Of the towns
Of the state. 1t looks Ike new dollar.
bearing The date of 1885, but is triile
larger and viii not 20 through the tester
/ The eight and NJ are perfect but The
milling Of the edge aud the stamping of
th eagle are not quite as PLAIN as The
genuine.
An engine sent on special business WA
uatirp around las, "Wednesday morning
a., ut O'Clock m aud We b iieve hrp
are veiy iew m t0~n who did no. ~skr
Up rather abr pity 10 see what was tue
msiier II nad n steam boat whistle, IN,
Fl st one ever hesrl IN this locality, sud
the morning being So quiet it sound {
J. uder than er lea ing the afrrgUt.
e ones TO b, liev, that Gabriel was x Iung
Ia his work, sure.
/ An exchange remarks: Don't use rub
/ Der stamps on yCur letter heads tnat j.
/ a dead z We away on your own bus ness,
on The town and on the newspapers
published in It. Get your letter heads,
/ bus ess cards, etc, printed at the prin o.
ing office a rubber stamped envelope
or letter heads, il conclusive evidence
that the man using 1t Is a cheap fellow
and does NOT contribute penny toward
tn snport OF any business enterprise of
! net WIN in which he - loCa'ed. Much
port 3 made Of the rubber stamp ia the
Wholesale houses Of the country"
Atihe re.union of he Ely family. held
al the r. sidence q Hon Wm. Tnrck
CHRIS mas day, some of tn member Il
that laige sud favorahly known family
were treated tO an eegant surprise. tn,
fact has for ONE time teen paieut 20 all
bservers ths Fred ID. Ey had f,llrn y
victim 20 Cupid's darts, but no one knew
the exact moment when + p would be
made supremely happy. He concluded
not to WAITE any longer aud when ih'
friends we've all ass. mblrd the services I
+. n. james were brought into recqui-
sitioD snd the aforesaid Fred ID. Ely
Mss RI Waite were made Que NJ
crd.-but very hearly aud sincere con.
gratulstI, rs on all aides followed the next
day.
The editor Of this paper was the CRATE
ful recipient several fine Christmas pre-
sents, but there are two IN particular W.
cannot re'rain from mentioning. One
was about the handsomest watch chsim
We have ever seen, yo scrlbes initials
b, ing woven into very neat monogram
of gold, Ger ain portions of the letters be.
iog made of hair work, exqusiiely fine
Everyone who notices II particularly IL
capiivaled and we ie, Justly proud Of II
nd nj al 10 ha a Ea Har a.