Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-10-12
Ask your grocer for "JAXON" crack

Adams Bros bou ght 900 bushels of
oats on Tuesday last.
For decorations of all kinds and
latest designs call at WebbisJ
800 ladies straw Hats will be offered
for 25 cts each, worth so to Sl.50.
j. l.. MILLER.
No one should fail to see the trick
dunkey and allegater at the rink
Monday night.
Parties in need of steam fitting or
lead pipe work, will do well to call on
j. s. Macdonald.
Miss A. V. Case will spend the winter
in Germany, making her absence from
Alma nearly year.
Mrs. Messenger has moved her mil
linary stock into the bank building, the
first door west of her former location.
Quite number of the order of the /.
0. o. f. attended the gathering of that
order at Grand Rapids on Wednesday.
John Graham has moved his family
to Manistee where he is employed as
agent for the Singer Sewing Machine
Co.
Read Mccullough & Buttons new
adv they are wide-awake and have a
large stock and they are selling at hard
pan.
The Weaver stock of drugs and med
icines, recently purchased by Mr.. Mer-
rill, of Ithaca has been moved to that
place.
w. l.. Hough & Co. are selling the
JAXON cracker, having tried them
we can say they are the finest in the
market.
Ad Baker is fixing up the old school
house building (the first school house
built in Almal for wagon and black
smith shop where he proposes to carry
on the business of repairing etc, in con-
nection with horse shoeing.
a. w, Wright left Monday for New
York in company with his son George
who took the steamer "Allor" from
that port to Europe, Tuesday. George
intends to pursue his studies IN Berlin
for time, after which he will make a
tour around the world"
f. B. Green left Monday for the
northern part of this Senatorial district
looking after his fences. which are said
to be in first-class condition, so good.
indeed that no opposition candidate has
AS yet succeeded in getting over them,
to enter the field.
John Day ST.. came in last Saturday
to renew his subscription to the REC
ORD and informed us that he has taken
the paper from the first issue, his name
being the ninth on the original sub
scription list, and while he can raise
the necessary Sl.25 lie will not do with
out it.
In order to increase our circulation,
equal to any in the county, we will for
the next 80 days send out 800 sample
copies throughout the county, receivers
are requested to look them over, re-
member they cost you nothing. The
price is Sl.25 per year or until Jan. 1st
for % cents.
An agent of the Michigan State
Gazatteer is in town revising their
1889 volume. There will appear in
their next issue advertisements for the
Sanatarium, Wright house, Alma Col
lege and the Record. This is very
convenient and desirable handbook
containing much valuable information
upon Michigan and her business in
trests.
III. l.. Wood. of ST. Louis, the popu-
lar candidate for representative from
this legislative district, was in town
Wednesday and made the RECORD Of
flee pleasant call. He has been suf-
fering from malignant carbuncle on
his knee. having been confined to his
home with it for some time. He is now
able to get abont and will devote some
time to his canvas of the district.
On the evening of Oct. Is Rusco &
Swift's Uncle Toms Cabin company,
with the original troupe of singers, will
present that famous old play at the
Rink in this village. While this play
is one of the oldest OH the boards, it
never fails to draw and interest the
public. The combination is said to
present new attractions, one of which
is represented as the original George
Harris, to appear in the tragic story as
related by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Enos Kimball brought suit before
Esq. Yerin gton on Tuesday, against
Butcher Bros. to recover damage done
as is alleged by Butcher Bros hogs, 10