Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-05-11

dog. sell it to your wife, or some other
mans wife
Henry Brown has purchased the JAS.
Garget house east of the old school
house grounds.
l. Il. Gilman makes an announce
ment to the public in the Harness line,
call and see him.
Mrs. Messenger has just received il
full line of new styles and patterns
from New York. Do not fail to can
and examine them.
The ID of II. will hold shadow so
cial at the residence of Mrs. Bogardus
Wednesday eve. May 10th All are
cordially invited to attend.
For the latest approved styles in
Millinery goods call OF Mrs. Messenger.
New goods just received Best stylgs'
Best goods. Lowest prices.
Rev J. W. Sutton, formerly pastor
of the NJ. f. church of this place, now
at Hesperia, was in town the first of
the week visiting his many friends.
Boys who will kill robins and wood
peckers as pastlme are violating a
state law and are liable to So fine and
10 days Imprisonment for each bird
killed.
! Miller Bros. have new adv. this
week and farmers in want of Imple-
ments will find it to their advantage To
see them. they carry everything wanted
\ in their line.
Rev Mr.. Refill, of - Louis and Rev.
Mr.. Young agent for Foreign Missions
of the NJ. +. church spoke upon the
suject of Foreign Missions. at the NJ.
f. church Monday evening.
Having removed from Alma. have
left my business with Bert Woodward
to whom all debts due me must be paid.
Also parties wishing to buy building
lots may apply. John NJ. Flanagan.
Mrs. Bugbee. mother of Mrs c.
Rush. who has been spending a portion
of the winter with the latter. has been
called to Kalamazoo to attend her son s
wife. who lies very low with consump-
tion.
The semi-annual apportionment of
the state primary school interest fund
has Just been completed. The number
of children i'm the state entitled to this
fund is 6ls l34 and the amount per cap
ita is 66 cents
Nineteen of every twenty persons
who write family letter. after closing
with an Injunction to write again as
soon as You can" lean back and de-
voutly exclaim: THANK goodness
that job is done,'
1t is said that farmer who lives in
one Of the back counties went shopping
for his W ife the other day who sent the
following memorandum which he left
at the grocery store. ''Carosene hear
pins. sally ratus. shugar. muzzlin. hoi
medsin. rains and bottle af Jew Nip
par corgal.
The authorities Of Mt. pleasant have
driven the Campbell and Highbarkel
girls. the two toughs connected will
the 1t. Louis scandal some time ago
out Of town. The authorities of on
little town could NOW quite swath il
this place and not materially effect tn,
t size of our population.
A representative of Toledo pape
was i'm town the first of the week tryinl
to give some of our business men hi
; BOOM He gives glowing article oi
their business and little taffy on tn,
merchant and publishes it free, if the
take 100 copies of his paper at $50
, per hundred Great snap this-for th'
paper
E Union services were held at the Con
gregational church last Sunday morn
ing, large audience assembled t
listen to Rev. DR.. Hunting who preach
ed in his usual felicitous manner
u Hereafter services will he held regular
: " at 1920 a. m. and 7:30 p m. eac
: Sunday and prayer meeting on Thur:
!. day evening at 7:30.
\ The Ce ntral Mich gan grain buyer
. association held meeting at the Wrigh
House in this village last Friday
There were present J. III Seaver. Itha
a ca; T. Thoman, Lansing. w. A. Rey
Y nolds, Stanton; c. +. Chapel. w. >
l.. Knott, Belding; J. +. Newman, Port
). land; F. C. Henry, st. Louis; III. =. I
, Schneider and James +. Stuttz, Alma
Mrs. Henry Starks entertained he
Y Sunday School class in a very pleasan
manner at her residence on Fores
n Steet last Saturday afternoon. A nic
1t supper was served and many pleasan
o methods were employed to amuse an
A interest her young friends by Mrs
IS Starks. notably an exhibition of he
, skill in jumping the rope, which wa