Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-10-18
Alma. Michioan Friday. October 49, 1889

Jas l.. Clark is attending Suprem
court this week.
j. j. Baoth was in Salt River Wed
nesday on business.
Ifyou want fresh Oysters at % cents
per can, call at w. l.. Hough ~ Co. \
| Otto Sanderhoff returned home from
Chicago Tuesday, reporting a pleasant
trip.
Mrs. II. Case, of Hamburg. is the
G est OF her daughter Mrs. f. n, Chad
wick.
For cotton hosiery and gauze under
wear remember that j. l.. Miller is sell
ling at one-third price.
Geo. Harrington is moving his family
Into the house lately vacated by "A
Ronk, on Woodworth street.
Gen. Church has the dam about com
pleted at his park, and has men on the
premises putting down well,
Mrs. p. II. Reedy was called to East
Saginaw last Friday by the sudden
death of her niece Ethel Jacobs.
Rev. G.. ID. Kaufman has gone to
Grand Rapids to attend the convention
that is now in session at that place.
Forty cords of wood belonging to
n. w. Wright was burned the first of
week on the farm of Charles Godfrey
The Ladies Aid Society OF the NJ. E.
Church will meet at the home of Mrs. 4.
ID. &. Bambrough on Wednesday after
noon Oct. 23.
Jas. Gargett and bride are expected
home to day, his friends will rejoice
over his return and welcome his estima-
bic wife TO our village.
n letter from Fred Hale states that
he has position in the City Hotel.
Chicago, inviting Alma friends to call
on him when in the city.
The railroads of Michigan have paid
into the State treasury their !ast years
taxes amounting to S7l2, 2,l2S.54. This
money all goes to the school fund.
Harrington Table CO. have just com
pleted three very fine tables 10, ii and
10 feet in length, for the reading room
of the college library, which is credit
to any firm.
Fire caught in the Flax mill of
Faughner Il Co. last Tuesday night,
but was put out before any harm was
done and without getting out the fire
companies,
L.. y. Booth, formerly agent at the
L. X a. station at this place has gone
to Chippewa Lake, on the d. l.. 81 n.
where he takes charge Of that station.
He is a good operator.
To LET;-Copvenient cottage No. "a,
superior street near college. S8 per
month. Also cottage corner Lincoln
and Mechanic streets. Apply at Office
of a. w. Wright [549-tf.]
Albert Hazleton, an employee at the
hoop mill had severe cash cut i'm his
back Monday caused by the drag saw
dropping down on him while passing
under it, nothing serious.
The new flag for the Union school
has arrived ana as soon as some plan
Is devised to erect flag staff it VIII be
alloat. 1t is the intention to have q
nice program and have exercises the
day Gs Tasing,
Harrington Table Co. are storing a
large stock Of tables in the back part of
the old rink, they expect to have stock
of 800 tables ready in few days, and
will put a man ont this fall and make
the table business hum.
1t will be noticed in another column
that the Alma Roller Mill advertise tor
wheat. We are informed that they
will also buy other grains Of good quail
ity, this will be very beneficial to the
Alma market.
A. ID. Amsden returned home from
Washington Tuesday night very much
elate1 a., ne was unlucky in having his
hand badly jamed from a header taken
from a bicycle into a pile of lumber,
but it does not hinder his playing a
cornet.
Il. a. Workman, representing the
Detroit evening News, was in town the
first of the week making arrangements
for a write up of the Sanitarium and
Collage. the News is a spicy interest.
ing daily and will be benefit to these
institutions.
ID. Ely informes us that 33 years age
the g., 10 and IL of this month was q
sight TO behold, the whole country was
seemingly on fire, so bad was the
smoke that he and his family did not
expect to live through tie night, he
represents il 100 times worse than that
of Wednesday morning.
One-thrd of the fools in the country