Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-09-25

For lamps 60 to the Star Store.
Lamps, Lamps, Lamps at the Star
Store.
Buy the Richardson warranted boot
at Delavan's
l.. w. Miller, of Petoskey, was in
town Thursday.
Bart Miller is i'm Mt. Pleasant this
week attending the fair.
Don't forget the balloon ascension
October Ia. Come and see Prof. Ka.
birch make his 5000 foot drop.
The board of directors of the Driving
Park have changed the $50 pace which
is on for October IA to 2 :35 trot.
Mrs. Lew Irish who has been visiting
friends in town for the part two weeks
returned to her home in Pontiac Mon
day.
Marcus Pollasky arrived home
Wednesday from the west. He will re-
main in town for few days and then
return to California.
There is no school to-day owing partly
to the county fair and partly to the
fact that the teachers examination is
IN progress at the school house.
/ am bound to reduce my stock Of
cloths and propose to reduce to prices
below anything ever offered in Gratiot
county. All work guaranteed.
l.. KEHN.
j. b. Hall has accepted a position as
salesman, at good salary, for the
White Sewing Machine Co. of Toledo,
and will begin work for them next
week
John L. Booth, of Sumner, has put
in a fine fish pond on his farm one mile
east Of that village and stocked it with
German carp. Those who have raised
these fish are highly pleased with them.
Charles Thompson, of Breckenridge.
was arrested last Friday by the sheriff
of Genessee county on the charge OF
larceny. The offense is said to have
been committed some three years ago.
Mr.. Thompson claims he will have no
trouble in proving his innocence.
The wOrkmen at the roller mills have
the repairs nearly completed. The mill
will be ready to run by the time power
is furnished. In connection with the
mill is the cooper shop which is being
enlarged and is now run to its fullest
capacity. The addition will soon be
completed.
The agitation in regard to cleaning
out the pond and fixing it up brought
forth good fruit this week. The matter
was brought before the council and
committee of councilmen consisting Of
Martin Montigel, G. F. Brown and
Ed. Hannah were appointed to
look up and report to the council the
proper plan of proceeding. There is
no question but that such an improve
ment would be of great value to the
town. A full report will be given next
week.
The thunder storm Friday afternoon
was one of the finest displays of natures
pyrotechnics witnessed this summer.
The vivid lightning and rafting peals
of thunder caused no little nervousness
among timid people. And indeed there
seemed to be some little excuse for
anxiety for after the storm was over it
was found that two residences in town
had suffered damage from the light
ming. The house of John Glass was the
first one to suffer, the electric bolt
enteIing the house through the west
roof and coming out Of the east. 1t then
followed the water pipe on the inside
nearly to the ground when it left the
tin pipe and entered the lead water
pipe into the cistern. On entering and
leaving the roof and the two pipes it
made holes as large as those made by a
small rifle. No other damage was done
except to tear off few single and to
badly fIighten Mrs. Glass who was
alone at the time, The next place
visited belonged to Frank Ellicott in the
east part of town. The lightning
struck the chimney, demolishing that
and then skipped around the house
severely shocking Mrs. Ellicott. A
twelve year old son who was in the
room had his shoes taken off his feet.
An important matter which deserves
the consideration of every business
man of Alma and one in which every
taxpayer in the vicinity is equally
interested is the condition of the roads
leading into Alma. The RECORD has
not been silent on the subject in the
past nor does it propose to remain so in
in the future. That our present road
law is one not calculated to produce,
even when carefully followed, the best
quality of roads all will admit, but
where the essential features of the law