Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-05-28
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Making garden and swearing about
the neighbor's chickens is now the
order of the day. We suppose the order
of the night is to dream about cut worms
and potato bugs.
Nearly all the baldheads in town were
watching the circus bill poster Tues
day evening and the kids were SO
interested that they let their jaws stop
to rest awhile
We should judge that a boycott had
been ordered against the doctors.
They are taking decided just now
Presume they are thinking of striking
for more patients.
State Oil Inspector LaDu has issued
| Il circular in which he says that dealers
and consumers are liable prosecution
| if they offer for sale or use kerosene oil
before it is inspected.
DR.. Aiken, formerly Of New York
State, recently of Alma, has located in
Mt. Pleasant for the practice Of his
professon.- Mt Pleasant Tribune. Mt.
| Pleasant is welcome to him.
The Congregational society will OBJ
serve Chldren's day, June l3, with ap-
propriate eXercises-in fact something
above the ordinary provided their plans
can be successfully carried out. 49,
The Edmore JO,uWol says that the d..
l.. Il. n. II. II. Co. has purchased II
acres of land out about six miles on the
survey Of the proposed eXtention of the
road and expect to start town there
when the road shall be completed.
| $. G.. Hopkins has erected bakery
| l0Xl2 feet just back of his restaurant
and will be ready to furnish the citizens
with everything in the bakery line after
this week. Clarence Hopkins will have
control of the entire business hereafter.
The steel for laying the L. q \. track
from here to Alma (25 car loads is all
here and has been unloaded at the
junction and near IIarrington's plan
ing mill. Work of laying it began last
Monday and soon trains will be run
ming to Mt. Pleasant. Louis LCddor.
On the 10Th inst ChaS. Godfrey got
shouting happy and when officer Petit
went to arrest him he objected forcibly.
| He was gathered in after quite strug-
gle and when brought before Justice
Yerington he pleaded not guilty. The
case came up last Friday but was adj
journed until the 29th.
"Out of the old house into the new
will soon be the order ut school. n fey
| things have been done not strictly in
| accordance with the contract and ai
soon as these defects can be remedief
the change will be made. 1t is hoped
that couple of weeks, at least, of tlis
term may be spent there.
a Lakeview dispatch of the 22nd says
of the Detroit, Lansing IL Northern
railroad extension: "Thirty men ee4ss.
| mcnced work here to-day on the raili
road. The contract is let and it is eX-
pected TO have the extension to Howard
City done in 60 days. More men are
expected soon.o
Frank Z. Pollaslly is now agent fol
the Palace steam laundry, of East Sag
naw, one of the best laundries in the
state. yFor the present he viii send
laundry every alternate Tuesday, com
mencing next week. Customers must
leave their laundry al Pollasky Bros.
store on Monday to insure its return
the same week.
+. G. AlverSon now in charge of the
carpenter work of the Soldiers Home at
Grand Rapids writes that he has fifteen
carpenters at work, the most of them
being from Alma. The building Is
lacated on a beaut, ful piece of ground
on the east bank Of the Grand River,
facing the west and is l2OX25S feet.
The masonS have co. nmenced work OH
the first story above t he basement.
There is fair prospect that Nathaniel
NJ. Lyon, the Bohemian oat rascal who
made himself somewat notorious al
Ithaca SC veral weeks ago and jumped
the town, will pay the pona lty for some
Of his misdeeds. Complaint was recent
ly made against him ly Mrs lIomitter
Of North star, for obtaining money by
false pretenses. He went to Mrs. III
and represented him self as being the
secretary and author ized agent of re-
sponsiblc, Incorporated company, anC
10y false representa- ons induced her t
invest in his oat Sc heme. OF COURSE
in due time she fou I'd out she had beer
swindled and made complaint against
Lyon, as stated above. Depty Sheriff
Johnson went to Lansing and secured
an application for d requisitiUn Egpn
the governor of Ohio, and taking wit