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


Full line of Rubbers at w. r
kinch's.
NJ isses and Childrens' fine Kid, spring
heeled Shoes at w. II, Kinch's.
Y ouths' doubled soled and tapped
Boot for 81 .25 at w. r.. Kinch.
Gratiot county Sunday school con-
vention occurs February IA and ID.
The thermometer registered 26 de-
grees below zero last Sat. morning.
Jay Woodin and Will Thompson are
on the upper peninsula locating land.
The st. Louis Leader and the Repub-
ican are quarreling over which is the
best paper.
Ten per cent of on all ready made
fancy work, at Mrs. L. i. Shaffer
until Feb. lst.
Wood & Wright are the new agricul-
tural implement firm in the old stand
Of Luther Wood.
Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Collins. of
Howard City, are spendinga a few days
as guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Stark.
\. n Brown, of the Mt Pleasant
Tribune made this Office pleasant call
Tuesday. on his way to Saginaw.
Several couple Of our young people
attended leap year party at llolcomb's
opera house. St Louis. last Friday eve.
Prof. Anderson, the greatest Magic
ian, will appear at 1Iolcomb's opera
house next Friday and Saturday ewes.
DR.. Hunting delivered lecture 10
the young people at the Congregational
church at st. Louis Tuesday evening
! last.
We are glad to announce that DR.. +.
a. Bagley is convalesent, and expects
to be able to resume his practice next
week
f. F. Meyer has returned from the
upper peninsula wnele he has been
locating land claims for parties from
Alma and vicinity.
Jas. l.. Clark will 90 TO st. Johns
next Monday to try a Chancery suit.
Gen Spaulding on the other side--look
out for warm fight,
The Ladies Aid Society Of the NJ. Z.
church meets at the home Of Miss Flora
and Carrie Marlborough. on Wednes-
! day, p. m. February lst.
Miss Rachel Knott and Mrs. Lewis
Maxwell. of Mt. Pleasant, paid our
town a visit one day last week and
were the guests of Miss Alma Pratt.
The year 1883 will have 53 Sundays,
five eclipses, lots of politics, and its
Fourth of July will fall on Wednes-
day, and its Christmas on Tuesday.
j. NJ. Ashley, Jr.. has leased the road
until consolidation with the Toledo,
Ann Arbor & North Michigan is effect
ed, probably Feb. 29,-Mt. Pleasant
Enterprise
On Thursday last, Mr.. and Mrs.
W. 5. Scott were made happy by the ar
rival of an eight pound baby. w. 5.
wears broad smile and says the boy
has come to stay.
w. II. Taft is out with new horse
and cutter Of his own. Since leap
year set in. too many rides: too many
livery bills-now let the girls do theiI
worst, they will find him ready.
Mr.. and Mrs. \. w. Wright, DR.. and
Mrs. Lancashire and George y. Wright
have issued numerous invitations tC
Saginawians for reception to be helC
at the Wright House, Alma. on Friday
\ special train for the accommodation
of the guests will leave the Court st
depot at $3.50 Friday afternoon, anC
returning will leave Alma at 80 Satur
day.-Saglnaw Journal
We are in receipt Of copy Of tn,
Song Journal, published by G. j. Whit
. ney & Co.. Detroit. 1t is MONTH,
publication of 40 pages, replete witt
items of musical interest from all part
of the country, besides containing sev
eral choice pieces Of mnsic. The pric
of the Journal is Sl.00a a year. includ
j.. ing permium of Sl00 worth of shee
music of your own selection from thei
catalogue. The Journal should he i
every household having musical in
strument
1t is quite safe TO assert that ever
T. newspaper man who has been in bus
ness five or ten years. or even less tim
has frequently met the man who va
$ too poor To take the paper. We hay
one in Alma, but in less than te
minutes after he expressed his povert'
e he was seen in saloon playing pedr
for the beer costing him twice the priC
Is Of the paper. this was necessary, bu
he could not stand y cents per wee
for a local paper.