Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-20
liner heath, of Ithaca, was in town


5. w. Tinker returned from Yer
mont Wednesday.
l.. ii. Hayt is confined TO his house
this week with an attack of the grip.
A. 5. Coutant OF the Mt. Pleasant
Enterprise was a caller op the RECORD
Monday.
If you want to purchase watch or
clock on the installment plan call on
G.. b. Porter.
Fowlerville was almost destroyed by
fire last Monday, SO buildings were
burned and the total loss will reach
$3.50, 900.
The Savings Bank has put into its
vault one of the finest safes ever
brought into the county. It's weight
is over 5000 pounds, has time lock,
double system of levers, double COM
bination and is altogether beauty.
There was quite rush in the cloth
ing department of +. L. Pollasky's
stores last week, many persons taking
advantage of making selection from
the large line of nobby suits just re.
ceived. They are giving away hand
some neck scarf with each suit.
a reunion of the Goth Michigan IN
fantry will be held at st. Louis on
Thursday, April 8. AT the reunion in
Williamson last year it was decided to
hold this years meeting in Grand
Rapids, but it has lately been deemed
best to hold it III st. Louis. The
citizens of the latter place are making
arrangements to give the survivors of
28th good time. and AL the boys"
are urged TO be present.
Harry Mcdowell who was sent to
Jackson for II years for killing Sylvia
SAVOY, Howard City girl in Grand
Rapids some six years ago, was PAL
doned by eX-Gov. Luce. On Tuesday
morning of last week Mcdowell ap-
peared in Howard City, well dressed,
wearing silk hat and looking very
slick. He had not been there many
minutes before ne was recognized, and
in very short time crowd Of angry
citizens had literally fired him out of
town, smashing his plug" hat, tearing
his clothes, and giving him many IA kick
and cut to help him along. lie will
not visit his old friends in Howard
again very soon.
There are Il good many people in'this
country who are land poor. They own
too much land to make farming any
thing like What it should be in the way
of profit. There is too much of the
capital tied up in land thar cannot be
farmed as it should be. One acre well
titled is worth more than three half
cultivated. With proper care in the
way of keeping the land up TO a high
standard of fertility, Il farm OF slit,
acres is worth more than three times
the number of acres only half cared for
Smaller farms and better tillage would
be good motto for more than half the
farmers Of Michigan Cedar Springs
, Clipper.
Last Monday evening the friends OF
w. w. Pike met at the residence OF +
n. Chadwick and surprised that gentle
man and his estmable wife on the ev,
Of their der arturo for their new nome
in Fielding. About 90 invited guests
were present and bad very pleasant
? time. After refreshments were served
Rev. J. W. Vichers claimed the atten
ton of the company and addressing Mr.
and Mrs Pike presented them. in tn,
name Of their friends. vi h Il handsome
tea set and Il set of silver teaspoons
Soon after The company bid COOL bye
to Mr.. and Mrs Pike wishing them tn,
best of hack in their future home.
V. J. Lagatree, who has the contrac
for unloading the timber for the Tub
Pail factory at st. Louis, was seriously
, Injured while ut his work last Saturda,
morning. He had begun work OF ca
of logs when i'm some way the tiinber'
gave away and the logs and MIR Laga
, tlee were prccipitatcd down the banl
, some % feet into !he river. The man
4, WHO was assisting him called for belr
and he was soon rescued from the riv
p er. Tie physicians found that on,
: hand and arm was crushed, his heaC
was badly cut aud he had sustained
p serious internal injuries. 1t was fearet
at first that he could not survive bu
, at last accounts he has good show TO
pulling through.
. Last Monday afternoon, Clarenc
, Pangborn, a youngster just from tn
Reform School at Lansing, picked tn
r TIL in Spicer's meat market, and peck
| citing the $500 which ne found therein
departed. The theft was not discov
cred until some minutes after, and sus
picien resting on the lad, search wa
made for him. 1t was found that In
had visited several stores and at on
had purchased a pocket book an
shortly after had left for Henry Mape:
living north Of toWn MIR Snicpl