Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-01-27
Alma. Mich, Friday. Jan. 27. 1888.

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Miss Leila Stevens was in st. Louis
Tuesday.
Dongolia Kid button Shoes at w. r.
Kinch's.
Mrs. w. a. Valleau, of Grand Ledge
spent Sunday in town.
Warm meals at all hours at
5. G.. Hopkins
The next state fair will be held Sept.
10 to IA. probably at Jackson.
Pine River has been made into one
election district by the town board.
Geo. r. Brown, of Sheridan, spent
Sunday with his father in this village.
a very large line of mittens and
wool goods at cost until Feb. lst.
Mrs. +. i. Shaffer.
DO not forget the great bargains on
mittens at Mrs. f. p. Shaffer's until
Feb. lst.
The sleighing is splendid and the
farmers are improving it hauling logs
and wood.
Rev. j. Van Antwerp expects to
preach at Breckenridge next Sunday
morning.
There have been union services at the
NJ. +. church during the evenings of
this week.
For sALE:-An account of $3.50
against f. j. Topping very cheap. En-
quire at this office. Tyr
Dennis Clark who went to New York
some three weeks ago to visit friends
is down with the measles.
Our Common Sense school shoe, with
leather inner sole and outer counter
tip, sold by W, II. kinch.
Out of three hundred and twenty-five
members of the present Congress- two
hundred and sixteen are lawyers.
VIM Slater, of Forest Hill, has sold
his farm and will take up his abode at
Sterling III. The RECORD will be a
regular visitor to him.
Now is the time of year when the hy-
drants should be closely watched and
kept cleared of snow. In case of fire
there should be no delay in securing
water
Papa. what do printers live on;'
why do you ask my SOM" Because |
heard you say you had been taking the
paper two years and LA dn't paid Il
cent
The citizens Of Leslie are sndeavor-
ing TO establish market place in their
village where all kinds of personal
property can he sold or exchanged on a
certain day in each week.
The order of O. +. :. give a very
pleasant entertainment at their rooms
in the Church block. on Friday evening
last, and purpose to give another, at
the same place in two weeks from that
time.
Township clerks should bear in mind
that the new election laws require
that every township be provided with
an election seal, and it i, the duty Of
each township clerk to look after the
matter and see that his township is
thus provided.
The second meeting of the Alma
Orpheus Club was held at the home Of
Miss Jessie O'Connell. on Tuesday
evening, Jan. "a. lSSS The following
program was rendered:
Piano Duet. Misses Stevens and Nesbit
Male Quartette- Mcssrs. Beckner. Crit
tenden, Marsh and Marsh.
Essay-W. II. O'Connell.
Vocal Solo-Miss Stevens.
Piano SolO-Miss O'Connell.
Violin Solo-H. 4 Milliken.
For the first entertainment OF SO new
an organization, it was decided sue
cess. Tie public are soon to be treat
ed to an entertainment from this Club.
Twenty couple OF our young people
attended dancing party at Riyerdale
last Wednesday night, the guests of
f. r. Moblo and W. II. Taft. a sump-
tious supper was served by the popu-
lar landlord. y. Z. Bradley, and it was
put up in frst-class order. When the
time came to pay their bills they were
surprised to find every thing paid.
This is a way these boys have of doing
business, nothing done by halves.
. Homer Murphy has bought and vii
bail about 5000 tons of hay this season
, If all the money paid for the above
, were i'm II 90 bills it would form line
, 81 miles long. or if in silver dollars it
would weigh 1880 pounds, and the bail
would also make line % miles long o.
if piled one above the other pile ?
miles high and the wire with whicl
they are bound would form one cOntin
j. Gus line us miles long 1t will require
8 o freight cars to carry it to market
!, or 80 trains of 20 carseach. Shipment