Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-04-10
The best s5ct. tea at vermeulens. =

Alma Mercantile Co s.
The best single harness and whip for
the least money can be found at Gill
mans.
A. j. Brown, of Ithaca. county drain
commissioner, was in town Thursday
on business.
Miss Nellie Stoughten, of st. Louis,
was the guest of Miss Bernice Burns
over Sunday.
Mrs. }. w. Mcleod is visiting friends
in Leslie this week
Don't forget the last entertainment
of the Union Lecture Course at the
Opera House tonight.
j. Boyd Pantlind, wife and family, of
the Morton House, Grand Rapids were
the guests of the Sanitarium this week.
b. w. Ellison left Saturday afternoon
for Jackson in response to a telegram
announcing the critical condition of his
| father.
The Il. Il A. will put on two new pas
senger trains about the 10th of April,
the increasing passenger traffic necessi-
Eating such an increase.
a. w. Beckner and c. ID. Ransom
have resigned their position in the
Savings Bank and will give their time
10 their college studies.
Come gentlemen, let us have Wright's
Opera House band in running order for
the summer 1t is too good an organi-
zation to lie allowed to distaad.
The Thompson Houston electric light
men are in town this week figuring on
the contract for lighting the village. 1t
is to be hoped that the matter will be
closed up soon.
The new calandar Of the Michigan
| University givesthe number of students
attending the school as 2420 making it
the largest institution of the kind in
the western hemisphere.
Howard Willard returned from the
Pacific coast last week where he has
been holding down a portion of the
public domain. While not pleased with
some features Of the far west Mr.. Will
lard says there are others which he
thinks are an improvement over Michi-
gan.
The Free Methodist camp-meeting
for Northern Michigan will be held at
Alma this summer beginning about
June 10th. The grounds are not To-
location will be furnished them and
other preparations made to take care of
the many hundreds who will come.
The prices paid for farmers produce
to-day as taken from quotations fur
nished by the leading Alma dealers are
increasing Red wheat brings .00;white
80; oats. %: shelled corn. 40; potatoes,
so: clover seed 400, 81 %; roll butter.
20: eggs IA; dressed pork .04t to .G5.
beef 90. 20 O6; maple syrup 81 90; live
chickens OF TO .G75 per H., beans Sl.25,
John, where did you get thai tea
the other day when YOU were at Alma
Il got it at the Star Store, where | am
going to Go my trading after this for
they have Just what you want and that
that is good tGG and you get 1907. for a
pound every time "Wa,l. must say
that tea is the best we have had III ,na
house for long time, be sure and get
the same next time
Court Alma. of the Independent
Order of ForesteTs, held its first cleo
tion last Wednesday evening and
elected the following officers: Meet
ings for the future will be held in the
G.. a. r. Hall. n. }. Mccullough
Chief Ranger; E. \. Bagley, Physician
and Past Chief Ranger; Peter Fechting
Chaplain, Thomas Patterson, Rec. Sec
and Court Dep; oeorGa Hutchinson
Finance Sec'y; William Fuller, areas.
Robert Friedrich, Senior Beadle.
Ely Wolfe young man of sixteen
who lives with his grandfather John
Currence, west of town, met with d
somewhat painful and serious accident
lsst Sunday morning. lie was prepar.
ing to go out hunting bHt before leav.
ing the house he tried to explode the
cartridge in the gun. Failing to dc
so he took the cartridge out, and going
into the cellar-way took a brace and bit
ana tried 70 find out if the charge was
all right, His eGor,S were successful
and DR.. Bagley who was called IN 10
dress his left hand thinks he may be
able 10 save his thumb though it will
probably be stiE. Il il safe to say that
the young man will test cartridges IN
some other way in the future.
G.ati0t Lodge, No. 100 Order of Fra
ternal Guardians LOCATED at Alma, will
complete its organization at ,tS peY:
meeting Tuesday evening the 18th inst