Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-08-02
PERSONALS.


Miss Anna Bahlke returned home
the first of the week.
Mrs. Eva Morrison is home spending
her summer vacation.
Frank Bailey was in Grand Rapids
Thursday or business.
DR. w. Burger, of Marlett, spent Sun
day with friends in Alma.
Miss Gussie Bennett, of Ithaca visited
friends in town Thursday.
Mr.. "A. w. Wright was in Montreal.
Ont, the first of the week
Mrs. J. w. Morton is entertaining u
sister from Belding this week.
Prosecuting Attorney Sawyer, of Ith.
aca, WAS in town Wednesday.
Miss Nellie Bahlke returned from
Saginaw the first of the week.
Fred Alexander. a former student has
returned and is visiting in town.
j Longfelder was in Calhoun county
the first Of the week on business.
Mrs e. p. Shafer and Miss Carrie
Smith visited Shepherd Wednesday.
Joe Van Arsdale has started two
wagons on the road with groceries.
E. N. Chadwick and wife spent
Sunday with friends near Shepherd.
F. II. Wood, left Monday for Boston,
in interest of his patent water-wheel.
b. w. Ellison is visiting his father
and old friends at Jackson this week.
Miss Hattie Spinney, of Ypsilanti, is
visiting her brother JohH d. and family
Senator Z. b. Green returned from
the east Monday, reporting grand time.
f r. Schwelr, of Shepherd made the
RECORD a call while in town Tuesday.
Mrs. Gusta May, of Berlin, Ont, is
the guest of Mrs. J. F. Sartor this week.
DR.. Kelly the Dentist, will be alb
sent next week, leaving on Saturday
for Bay View.
Prof. II. L. Butler, who has been in
the east the past month, returned on
Thursday night.
w. ]. Griffith, and daughter of st
Louis, was in town Tuesday making
the RECORD call.
John Gladding, of w. S. & S. grocery
department, spent Sunday with his
parents at Stanton.
Misses Mary and Anna Watkins,
teachers in Detroit school are guests of
Mrs. j. +. Norton this week.
Mrs d. d. Whitesell has moved into
rooms over the post office, in the Church
block, and is very nicely located.
NJ. NJ. Copp, a former Gratiot County
citizen was in town Tuesday, he is now
on the road for Buffalo house.
Guss Quick of Elm Hall. made us a
pleasant call Thursday, Mr. Quick is one
of the solid farmers in that vicinity.
Frank Strong and O. Amsden OF
Lyons, arrived Thursday, and will
90 with the band to Bay View, to-mor.
row.
r. NJ. Winston, of st Johns. spent
Sunday in town, relieving B. Van Den
Bergh in the drug store during his alb
sence.
Bert Van Den Bergh, visited friends
at Fenton last Sunday, putting in the
day with party of friends at lovely
lake near by.
II. p. F. Schneider contemplates TAX
ing trip through the west in company
with f. r. Schweir and will put in a
few weeks hunting.
J. II. Greig had his fingers quite
badly mutilated last week coming into
contact with,the slab saw at Tinker &
Lancashire's Mill,
Chas. Taylor living milesnorth east
| of Shepherd had,his barn struck by light
ming last Saturday burning it to tn,
ground, he had his hay crop and por
ton OF his wheat into 1t.
Edward r. Palmer, Alma's convic
for murder in the second degree. a
Jackson, made desperate attempt t
escape from prison Thursday. He haC
crowded himself into a hogshead hal
filed with scraps and had chisel t,
knock the cover off when he wanted
to get out, but it didn't work as well al
he expected and he found himself il
too cramped a position to move, an,
when the hogshead was being unloadeC
at the depot he yelled to the teamste
to get him out and gave himself up.
f. l.. Brown has accepted a posi-
ton with the Cline Monumental works
of Lansing, one of the largest institu
ions of the kind in the state, he has
nice line of designs and is prepared t
quote low prices and guarantee hi
work as first-class in every particular
Their facilities for doing all kinds o