Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-04-24

Mccullough & Button
New and magnificent line of trunks
at Alma Mercantile Co.'S.
Miss Flora Hicks left last Saturday
Tor her school in Coleman.
Have you seen those hobby straw hats
at Mccullough h Buttons.
G. j. Willett, of st. Louis. was in
town Wednesday on business.
Call and examine my line of base
ball and tennis goods. l.. III. HAYT. =
The Ladies' Literary Club will meet
with Mrs. Peters on Monday, April 81.
III. A. Delavan is out again after
somewhat lengthy confinement to the
house.
Mammoth stock of new designs in
window shades just received at +. 4.
Pollasky's.
Hon. III. l.. Wood, of Pine River, was
In town Tuesday making the RECORD
a pleasant call.
A large line of satin edge ribbon in
D, and at l0cts. per yard at Alma
Mercantile Co.'S.
III you want the Water Lilly collars
and cuffs, warrented not to break, 60 to
Mccullough & Buttons.
The ST. Charles Local came TO hand
last week with its first number and ap
pears to be well filled newsy sheet.
Up to the present time the Oshkosh
band, which Alma has an interest in. is
the only band engaged for the Worlds
Fair.
Every one buying dollars worth of
groceries for the next six weeks gets
ticket on beautiful willow rocker at
Vermeulen's.
Remember by paying up your sub
scription and one year in advance you
receive the American Farmer 10
page farm paper, free.
The trouble in the M. f. church over
the fund bids fair TO be settled only in
court. The full particulars will be
given in next weeks issue.
DR.. Hunting is formally installed as
pastor of the First Presbyterian church
of Flint, to-day. BY chance the install
latio>l takes place on the reverend
gentleman's fifty-fifth birthday.
Several real estate changes have
taken place in tie town and vicinity
this week. A. f. Woodward has traded
his residence for the Howe property,
two miles south of town and then
turned around and traded that for the
j. l.. Miller store in town.
Hamlin & Green are busy this week
renovating and repairing the old table
factory and expect to be running in a
few days. The factory will be known
as the Hamlin 81 Green Table Co.
With these gentlemen at the head it is
sure to boom.
l am now receiving my spring and
summer stock of millinery to which /
invite your attention. All the latest
millinery novelties and every thing
usually kept in first class store. My
goods are new and stylish and what is
OF still more consequence, cheap.
624-tf Mrs. &. l.. DowNIE.
John Norton feels the need of larger
sphere and has decided to change his
location. While the future city has not
been determined on he will locate in
the Superior region of Wisconsin. Mr..
Norton sells out his Office and good
will to John d. Spinney who will
change his quarters to the Office now
occupied by Mr.. Norton. The RECORDS
best wishes 20 with Mr., n. to his new
location.
A prominent business man of this
place undertook last Sunday to give a
farmer in Pine River a few pointers on
burning swales. AS an object lesson it
was success but it would have been
much more satisfactory if lesson had
given in how to keep 1t out of fences.
In the opinion of that particular neigh
borhood man may be posted on fax
and excelsior and yet not be an expert
OH fires.
The Zeta Sigma Literary Society at
the College is composed entirely of
gentlemen and has been doing excellent
work in its Monday evening meetings
during this year. 1t is their purpose to
give public entertainment consisting
of essays, orations and music on Fri
day evening of next week, when they
will of course do their best. No ad-
mission fee will charged and everybody
is invited to attend and get something
for nothing. The exercises will begin
at 8 o'clock local time, so come early
and don't interrupt the boys.
A short time since the freight station
at St. Louis was broken into and
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