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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-08
MORTGAGE sALE:-pefauIt haylng been

MORTGAGE SALE:-Defuult having been
vi made in the conditions of a mortgage
ma de by James McGarry ana Catherine Nc
Garry TO Thomas McBlain dated April nth
1889, and recorded April ~, 1889 in the Office of
the Register of Deeds for Gratiot county. in
Michigan, in liber 80 of Mortgages, on page 42;
on which mortgage there is claimed 10 be
due at the date OF this notice two hundred and
forty-six dollars and three cents besides an at
torney fee of fifteen dollars, stipulated in said
Mortgage TO be paid should any proceedings
be taken to foreclose said Mortgage; and no
suit or proceedings at law or in equity having
been instituted TO recover any part of the debt
securedby said Mortgage; therefore by virtue
of the power of sale In said Mortgage contain
ed, and of the statute in such case made and
provided notice is hereby given that on July
18th, 1891, at one o'clock in the afternoon at
the north front door of the Court House, for
Gratiot county. in Michigan. in the village of
Ithaca, in sand county, there Will be sold at
public vendue, TO the highest bidder, the prem
ises described in said mortgage, viz: the north
one hunded acres of the northwest quarter of
section thirty two in township nine north, of
range four west, i'm Michigan, except two
acres commencing seventy nine rods east OF
the south west corner of said description OF
land and running thence north twenty rods
thence east sixteen rods, thence south twenty
rods thence west sixteen rods 10 place of be-
ginning Said sale will be made subject TO
the payment OF the remainder of said Mort-
gage, not yet due.
Dated April end, 1891.
PERKINS & BALDWIN, THOMAS MCBLAIN.
Att'ys for Mortgagec. tG29-l3w) Mortgagee.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-08
A Flnsa from m Electric Car.

Richard III. Earle, the insurance agent
who lives in Worthington street, had a
peculiar and rather startling experience
with electricity early one evening re-
Gently through the medium Of the cleo
tIic cars. He was crossing Main street
Just below State street, where the Forest
park line ends, and happened 20 pass the
rear of an electric car just rs it started
III its southwark trip. lie went very
close to the car, perhaps within foot,
he thinks, and as he went by there came
from beneath the car flash rs of light
ming, which seemed TO start from the
wheels and strike him on the left side
under the arm. No harm seemed 10
have been done, and Mr.. Earle contin-
ued on his way.
Just as he turned down Howard street
TO go to the house of an acquaintance,
Carl Wunsch, he felt pain in his side
as if he was being roughly rubbed.
When he reached Mr.. Wunsch's house
the latter exclaimed that something was
burning, and on Mr.. Earle's unbutton-
ing his overcoat smoke and flame came
out, and it took lively work on the part
of Mr.. and Mrs. Wunsch and Mr.. Earle
TO save the clothing. On examination it
was found that the overcoat and under
coat had been burned through from the
outside, and also the vest as far as the
lining. The hole in the overcoat is two
or three inches wide and four or five
inches long A leather book in the UNI
dercoat containing some papers was bad
ly burned on the lower end and the pa
pers therein were scorched.
Mr. Earle thinks there is no doubt that
the mischief was caused by the spark
from the electric car, and no other solu-
ton of the matter seems possible, since
Mr. Earle does not smoke and the burns
in the clothing ere not of the sort to be
started from such source. The street
railway tracks were very wet that night,
and this of itself would tend to dissipate
the electric fluid as it entered the rails.
Taken altogether, Mr.. Earle's experience
was certainly a singular one.-Spring-
field Republican.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-08

ORDER OF PTBLICATION:-State of Mich
~ gan 29th Judicial Circuit. In Chancery; Suit
pcnding I'm Circuit Court for the County OF GratiOt
La Chancery. al Ithaca on the 10th day OF April
FOL John Saxbcc Complainant vs. sarah SaXbee,
defendant. Ina this case IL appearing By aifidayit
on lille that defendant Sarah >axbee, h not a resl
dent of this state but H. resident Of he Dominion
of 1auadr therefore. on motion OF tWncl- Palmer
fendant enter her appearance in said court on or
before four months from he date of this order,
and that within twenty day the complainant
cause this order 10 be published In tue Alma
RrcoHp a weekly newspapers published and cir
culAted in said county said publication 10 be con-
tinued once i'm each week for six weeks In success
sion.
FnANcts PALMER GEO - ALDRICH,
Sol for COMMIT One OF the Cir. Court
Com. In and for
62S ar Gratiot Co. Mich.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-08
The sneea of That Yankee Meteor.

Professor II. A. Newton, of Yale, writes
the following letter with regard TO the
great and wonderfully brilliant meteor
which was seen here III Hartford:
The brilliant meteor that you describe
in your issue of Feb. "a, and which was
heard to explode with tremendous noise
in many places in Maine, appears to have
been moving northward, nearly over
Portland, Me-, perhaps from as far south
as Boston, and to have disappeared some
miles above the surface of the earth over
the middle or northern parts of Franklin
county, Me. So far as known no stones
have been secured from the meteor. If
this is the true path, the body entered
the air with a tremendous velocity.
The earth was at that time moving
eighteen luiles a second directly toward
the point from which the meteor was
coming. According to accepted theories,
the meteor was moving faster than the
earth, and the stone entered the air with
the sum of the two velocities. This
makes velocity of more than forty
miles q second. In most of the cases
where stones have been secured the We
locities have been not more than twenty
miles a second. In one instance, how
ever, in Stanhem, Moravia, there were
secured large number Of stones from a
meteor whose velocity was as great as
that of the meteor of Feb. 23.-Hartford
COurant
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-08

MORTGAGE SALE:-Dcfault having been
vi made in the payment of n certain mort
gage, made and executed by Daniel q. Millerd,
OF North Star, GratiOt county Michigan, Cor
part purchase money 10 Sarah |. johnson,
dated October 18th. 1882 and recorded in the
Office OF the register OF deeds for Gratiot
county, Michigan, on the 18th day of October,
1889, i'm liber IS of mortgages, on page $50.
And whereas, the said mortgage has been duly
assigned 10y the SAID Sarah /. Johnson to me.
Nathan Church, by assignment bearing date
March l4th 1891. acknowledged March 10Th,
le9l,) AMI recorded in the Office of the register
of deeds for said county OF Gratiot on the 25th
day OF April !e9l In liber " OF mortgages nj
page JOB and the same is now owned 10y me; and
whereas, the amount claimed TO be due aud
unpaid upon said mortgage ut the date OF this
notice j. the sum of Three hundred and ten
dollars, for principal and interest now due.
And no suit or proceedings either at law or in
equity having been instituted To recover the
whole or any part of the debt secured by said
mortgage; now therefore, by virtue OF the
power of sale Ina said mortgage contained, and
of the statute In such case made and provided,
notice Is hereby given, that said mortgage will
toe fOrecOsed 10y a sale of the land and premises
therein described, ut public auction or vcnduc
to the highest bidder. at the front door Of the
Gratiot county court house, in the village 81
Ithaca Michigan, on tine 2jth day of July. 1871,
at ten O'Clock IN the forenoon. or ga much
thereof as may bc necessary TO satisfy said
debt, with interest ut the rate of : per cent.
and all legal costs, including an attorney lee
of Sl5.0O as provided bv statute, which said
lands and premises are described in said mort
gage as follows, VIZ; Commencing at the south,
east corner of the north east quarter of section
thlrty-threo (33) town ten 40 north of range
two (2) west, thence north fifty 80 rods.
thence west ninety six 800 rods; thence south
nifty 600 rods; thence east ninety-siX 900 rods
TO the place OF beginning, containing thirty
acres, in the county of Gratiot and State OF
Michigan.
Dated April 10Th. 1891.
NATHAN CHURCH.
j. l.. CLARK, Assignee of Mortgage
Attorney for Assignee 630-lSw
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-08
Electric Light in the poIy Land.

a decided sensation has been caused
in Jerusalem by the introduction Of elec-
trio light into new and flourishing -four
mill lately started there. The building
10 which the light has been introduced is
near to the supposed site of Calvary and
close TO the Damascus Gate. II need
hardly be said that the Arabs and Jews
are much puzzled to account for a light
al a lamp in which there is no oil, and
UP to the present time, while gazing
with wonder, have been keeping at a re-
sDectful distance. Pail Mall Gazette.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-08
General Boulanger i'm New York.

Don't be startled If tell you secret
General Boulanger, the deposed head Of
a retrograde movement, is in New York.
So, at least, n Frenclman tells me who
claims to have called upon the general
at his secluded lodgings on the east side.
My informant asserts that Boulanger has
shaved his face clean and is DESTROYS of
remaining unknown in the metropolis
until his country calls him. In TINS case
his residence here is likely to be long
one.
There is strong probability thatmy
Gallo friend has given me "a straight
tip" in this matter. Boulanger took q
fancy to New York when he was here at
the time Of the Yorktown celebration.
He likes the life Of a large city, and has
been bored on the Isle of Jersey. Lon
don did not treat him well and Paris is
denied him. What is more natural than
that he should come to New York-the
refuge Of so many soiled foreigners?-
Cor. Chicago Herald.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-08
Some Prison Dogs.

There lives at the big penitentiary on
Church street familyof dogs which are
as interesting as any dogs in the state.
Some of them belong to the officials con-
nected with the prison and some belong
to the prison itself, but they all live and
eat together in perfect harmony. The
most prominent, perhaps, is the large
Newfoundland, Nellie, the property of
Il. II. Grass She possesses almost hui
man intelligence, and there seems hardly
limit to her capacity for learning. She
will go errands, steal hat off the head
of the wearer or preach to you. She is
the mother of four curly, clumsy little
babies, whose frolicsome gambols she
watches with grave dignity.
Nellie loves her babies very much, In
fact she loves any kind of child, and
will play with one by the hour Her
master has a little -year-old girl, and
when Nellie is there to see her they al
ways have big romp. One of their
games is hide and seek. The little girl
goes and hides while Nellie is held with
here eyes covered. When the time to
commence looking arrives Nellie scours
the whole place and never fails to find
the little one. When found she gently
takes her by the arm and leads her to her
mother.
Another interesting dog living at the
prison is the great Danish mastiff
Dante" He is a glorious old fellow,
just such a dog as was the friend of
Little Lord Fauntleroy, and looks Zero
cious enough to eat up man; but he
wouldn't, for he is sweet tempered and
amiable. He does not get chance TO
see many people except the convicts, but
he is very fond of children, and when
they come into the prison yard he fol-
lows them around, and will not leave
them as long as they stay in the yard.
There is also fine greyhound, sew
eral hunting dogs and saucy little
spaniel that takes liberties with the big
fellows. On pretty days they will have
romp, and it is funny thing to see
the greyhound jump clean over the whole
crowd when they run him too close
Nashville American.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-08
a Church of Oranges,

The Palermo (Mon.) Fruit Growers
association, which recently affiliated
with the California State Board of
Trade, sent to San Francisco large
model of the Union church, which is To-
Gated at Palermo colony in Butte The
model has been erected in the board of
trade rooms, and is now on exhibition.
The miniature church is an exact model
in every detail of the original, and just
one-seventh its size. 1t is 10 feet in
length, O. feet wide and III feet in
height. The roof, gables and bell tower
are covered with oranges, some thou
sands of which are used, while in the
windows and around the pedestals are
arranged exhibits of nuts, dried and
fresh fruits and other products of the
colony. As the oranges used in decorat-
ing the church wither they will be taken
away and fresh fruit substituted until
the orange season is over, when other
fruits, dried and fresh, will be used for
decorating, making it standing unique
advertisement of the resources of Paler-
mo.-Omaha Bee.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-08
Time for Early Garden Work.

Tree and vine pruning should be COM
pleted before growth commences. Peas
for an early crop need to be got in as
early as the ground can be worked. The
wrinllled, or sugar peas, should be held
until the ground warns little. Those
intending to raise onions by the new
plan of starting the seeds in cold frames
should have everything in readiness and
get the seed in early, and have the young
plants in readiness to set out as soon as
the ground can be put in good order.
The advantages claimed by this method
are full rows, a longer season of growth
and less expense in cultivating and keep
ing clean, the expense saved in the last
item making up for the extra cost of
transplanting. a much greater yield is
claimed for the method. But no time is
to be lost in preparing the soil for onion
seed to be sowed in the rows where the
crop is to grow. The preparation and
sowing cannot be done too soon. The
seeds of lettuce and early. cabbage,
caulifower, celery, tomatoes and radish
will need sowing at intervals as required,
and the hotbeds and the forcing pits
will command daily care.
Seeds of biennial and Parental flower
ing plants can be put in at once. Sweet
peas in the open ground should be plant
ed at the earliest opportunity; they
should make their best growth in the
cooler weather of the spring.
Lawns can be seeded to grass as soon
as the ground can be properly put in
order.
All kinds Of work that can be done in
the garden should be pushed along and
be out of the way when the hurrying
time comes later, as it surely will
Vick's Magazine.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-08
6as4.17

DROBATE ORDER, State of. Michigan, County
l. OF Gratiot ss:-At a session OF the Probate
Court for said County, held az the Probate Ofhcc
Ia the village OF Ithaca on the2Oday OF April In
the year one thousand eight hundred aud
ninety-one Present J. Lee Potts, Judge of
Probate, In the matter OF the
Estate OF James Partee.
deceased ON reading and filing the petition,
duly verified, OF Martin Partee, "A son OF sald
decreased, praying that his estate may be ad'
United to probate and that Henry Bodhsh, or
some other suitable person. may be appointed
administrator thereof. Thercupon it 4
ordered that Monday the 18th lay of MAY
next. al ten O'Clock in the forenoon, be assigned
for the hearing OF said petition, and that the
hers-at.law OF said decease Il, aud all other
persons interested I'm said estate, are required
TO appear at II session OF said Court then 10 be
holden IN the Probate office in the Village of
Ithaca and show cause, If any there be, why
the prayer OF the petitioner should not be
granted And it is further ordered, that said
petitioner give notice to the persons interested
in said estate, of the tendency of said petition,
and the hearing thereof. by causing copy OF
this order 10 bc published in the Alma RECORD
u newspaper printed and circulated in said
county. three successive weeks previous 10
said day of hearing.
"a true copy.) j. LEE POTTS,
Seal 6291w Judge of Probate.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-08
Water That Flows Into the Earth.

There is an interesting instance Of
water flowing inland from the sea. IT.
found on the island of Cephalonia, in the
nomenon occurs on the southwest side
of the island, near the small town and
port of Argostoli. Two streams flow at
q short distance from one, straight from
the sea for few yards, and then follow
different courses. One turns at right
angles and runs for some ways parallel
with the shore and close to it. Then it
turns again toward the sea, and run
ming, of course, deeper and deeper,
doubles completely under itself, thus
forming loop, and finally passes out of
sight deep down in landward direction.
In its course it turns two -four mills,
which will give an idea of the strength
of the current. There is no tide in the
sea here, and the flow Of the salt water
brook is perfectly steady and continuous.
The other stream disappears in the
ground in q similar way.
This curious phenomenon has not at
tracted much attention because Argos
toll is not on one of the regular tourist
routes. No one knows what becomes Of
this water, but it probably flows to some
subterranean reservoir, and it may have
something to do with the earthquakes
that occur in that neighborhood once in
a long while, or possibly it feeds some
distant volcano, for, as is well known,
the most generally accepted theory Of
the cause of volcanic eruptions is that
they are due to steam generated from
water admitted through cracks in the
earth's crust or in some other way
Goldwaite's Magazine,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-08
Students Credit In Paris.

The Partisan tradespeople who have to
do with the students are not lenient
The lower French classes, every one
knows, are grasping. In Paris they are
spurred ON by what Alphonse Daudet
SO graphically calls "la peur de ne pas
arriver"-the fear of not getting there. +"
In the Quarter student is allowed 100
francs credit; in other words, thirty dol
lars. If any expenditure is run up above
that limit, or rent permitted to stand
beyond that sum, the hussier appears
and the student is literally turned out
on the pavement. have recently heard
of several cases where this limit had
been reached within franc or two, and
where the student, man or woman,
had been reduced to keeping the vital
spark alive by one or two cups of coffee
a day.
In one instance the person was New
England girl from small village, who,
entirely without talent, had come over,
as have described, with about 500, out
of which, her passage being deducted,
she had been able to live, after fashion,
for a time. The last cent was now gone;
she was friendless, without means TO get
home, and probably too proud to make
her restitution and failure known to her
family, against whose instincts of COM
mon sense she had probably undertaken
this venture, lured by all manner OF
wild and unfounded hopes. And this
case is really one of any.-Milwaukee
Wisconsin.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-08
In Early Spring.

Bright daYs are with Va, heightened and serene,
The clods grow mellow, and the forest hath
Its budding pleasures; yet OF Winters scath
Some drear memorials here and there are seen,
For, though the wind no more breathes frosty
keen,
II often floats the old leaves In our path,
Or signs along some unrcaped aftermath,
TO mind US of the rigor that hath been.
O thou my JOY. Spring Of my Wondrous Year!
Forgive, IL In thy presence aught of grief
Remain from that dead time ere thou waste
here.
Now, surely, such gainsaying shall be brief;
For thon wilt set my feet where flower and leaf
And soft new sward blot out the stubble sere.
Edith NJ. Thomas in Scribner's.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-08
Dnsiness La nusineas.

Manufacturer-Have you succeeded IN
perfectly initiating Good 81 Company's
goods2
Superintendent-All of them, sir.
&anufacturer-Very well. Get up
,cirr;ulas s,srning the public against vile
limitations ana put 'em on the market
New York Weekly.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-08
Thls !. a meehanicaI ACC.

Mrs. Brown (at Mrs. Smiths tea)-Ob
dear, that dreadful Miss Smith is sing
ing again. ! wonder what started her.
Tom Brown aged seventh dropped q
penny down her back when she wasn't
looking. --Loudon TitBits.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-08

A farmer residing near Cumberland,
N. Y, has been sent to an insane asylum
because he has "A mania for whistling at
all times and in all places. He whistles
from morn to night, and after retiring
he whistles until he falls asleep. If he
walfens through the night he immediate
ly commences 10 whistle and continues
until he is exhausted
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-08

The olfactometer recently exhibited to
the Academy of Sciences in Paris is n
little apparatus for testing the smelling
powers of individuals. It determines
the weight of odorous vapor in o cubic
centimeter of air which is perceptible by
the olfactory sense Of u person.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-08
& WEST MICHIGAN Ry

'Every day-Other trains week days only.
300 u. m Train from Grand Rapids has Free
Chair car TO Chicago
90 p m Train from Grand Rapids has Wagner
Buffet Paror car to Chicago. Seats soc.
IL rs p. IN. Train from Grand Rapids has Wagner
Palace Sleeping cars TO Chicago.
sos p m. Train from Grand Rapids has Free
Chair car to Manistee.
GEORGE DEHAvENs,
Genl Pass. Agent
Grand Rapids.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-08
Merit Wins.

MtIlC WINS.
We desire TO say to our citizens that for
years we have been selling DR., Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, DR.. Kings New
Life Pills, Bucklen's Arnica Salye aud Electric
Filters, and have never handled remedies that
sell as well, or that have given such universal
stisfaction We do not hesitate To guarantee
them every time, and we stadd ready to refund
the purchase price, If satisfactory results do
not follow their use. These remedies have
won their great popularity purely on their
merits, b. s, Webb, Druggist
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-08

Costiyeness is the primary cause of much
disease DR.. Henry Bakers Mandrake Btters
will permanently cure cOsiivcnCss, Evcry bot.
tic warranted. For sale by Ii. 5 Webb.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-08
PILES.

LOOSE'S RED CLOVER PILE REMEDY is q
positive specific for all forms of the disease.
Blind Bleeding, Itching, liberated and pro-
truding Piles. Price SOC. For sale at Cenua
Drug Store. $40
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-08
A Safe Investment.

j. one which T. guaranteed to bring you
satisfactory results, or in case of failure a re-
turn of purchase price. On this same plan
you can buy of our advertised Druggist bot.
tie OF DR., Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton. IL Is guaranteed TO bring rehef in every
case, when used for any affection OF the
Throat. Lungs or chest, such az Consumption,
inflammation of Lungs, bronchitis, Asthma
Whooping Cough, Group etc, etc. II Is pleas
ant and agreeable To taste perfectly safe, and
can always be depended upon.
Trial bottles free at Ii. =. Webb's Drug store
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-08
BERT WOODWARD,

BERI WUUUWAkU,
Has choice farms
For sale at
Lowest cash price.
Houses and Lots
Bought and sold.
Money to loan
On approved security.
| have first class
Insurance Companies
For farm risks,
Such as the
Western, of Toronto,
Granite State and the
United States.
sHMA. MICH.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-08

CLosE connections at Grand Rapids in Union
" station, with the
CHJC JANUARY {, 1891.