Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-06-26
HOME AND VICINITY.

day.
Hear Boardman play for the last
time.
5. III. Stevens, of Ashley, was in town
over Sunday.
The w. Il. c. will serve warm meals
on the Fourth.
The best binder Irvine for the least
money at Clubb's.
The finest and cheapest line of white
goods at Cash Dry Goods Co.
Bert Woodward had business in Car
son City Monday and Tuesday.
Ladies' gauze wraps 10 cents or three
for 25cts. at Cash Dry Goods Co.
Get your abstracts from Church's
Abstract and Loan office, Ithaca.
Mrs. Frank Mattern and children are
spending the week with friends in Sag
inaw.
Don't forget the High School enter
tainment at Wright's Opera House,
June 20.
The L. IL a. have given special
rate of one fare good from July 3 to
inclusive.
The ladies of the w. r. c. will serve
warm meals the fourth of July. Come
one and all.
Prof. j. L. Ewing is in Ann .Arbor
this week attending commencement at
the state university.
Work was temporarily stopped on
the ID. l.. IL n. station Monday owing
a change in the plans.
Morden's is the headquarters for
whips, fly nets, busters, oak-tanned
single and double harness etc.
Stevie Bennett was in Saginaw
Wednesday looking up some new
fixtures for his establishment.
The most complete line of Ladies'
Misses and childrens' shoes for lowest
prices at Cash Dry Goods Co.
At a meeting of the board of super
visors this week Hiram IIaring was re-
elected chairman for the next year.
Lena Holmes, eldest daughter of j.
W. Holmes. is seriously sick with lung
trouble. But little hope is entertained
of her recovery.
Mrs. j. w. S. Opdyke left Monday
for Farwell where she will spend some
four weeks She will be joined in two
weeks by her husband.
Every thing indicates big time here
the 4th. The fame of Washington
Gardner as an orator and G.. A. r. will
draw many here to hear him.
Mrs. j. w. Dean, accompanied by
her son Ray and her sister Josie Peters
returned Saturday from three weeks
visit among friends in Owosso.
Miss Maria Grover, for some time {
successful teacher in the Alma public
school, has decided to spend the mex
year in study. The board has not de
cided who will take her place.
A street fakir selling microscopes o.
200 to 600 diameters (?) for Sl.0O, EN-
tertained the curious with free ex
hibtions of the live inhabitants o.
prunes, raisins and other fruits las
Tuesday.
Some thirty Alma people attended
the kirmess at St Louis last Friday
evening and report very fine time
About so ladies and gentlemen partici
pated in the dance.
Rev. w. II. Bettys, Jr. of Vassar
Mich, formerly pastor of the Baptist
church in Alma, will occupy the pulpit
of that church morning and evening
next Sunday, June 2sth
The Gun Club will hold its meeting
every week on Thursday afternoons al
their ground, south of the river. Some
fair shooting has been done, severa
scoring eight out of possible ten.
Ashley citizens eased their minds or
the Shellenbarger matter last week b.
hanging Henry Shellenbarger in efligy
First-class citizens of the town only re
GREETED that the real Henry WASH
dangling at the ropes end.
Mrs. l.. NJ. Vermeulen, of Detroit
mother of III. j. Vermeulen of thi!
place has purchased the John Hick!
property on Superior street and will
erect fine brick block thereon some
1 time this season. The block will be {
fine addition to the street.
The suit of Hawley against the town
ship of Sumner for damages sustained
by the breaking down of a bridge neal
Elm Hall last winter, was called on al
: Ithaca, Thursday. The plaintiffs at
torney took with him to Ithaca box OF
timber from the bridge showing the
rotten and unsafe condition.
The proceedings of the Michigan