Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-01-30

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:, James L. Hall stopped at the Wright
House Monday evening.
n George w. Ayers, of Adrian. was in
town Tuesday on business
S Wellington X. Burt was in town
Tuesday. No political business.
: James Lester, who for the last year
9 has been In the employ of l.. Kehn, has
resigned his position and returned to
!, Detroit.
f. After this week the Ashley Cleaner ID
no more. Chas. M. Hopper leaves for
Carson City where he will start paper
: and work for fame and fortune.
The body of DR.. Flowers was taken
to the Detroit CrematOry Monday
evening where the last rites were per-
formed in accordance with the Doctors
request.
Mrs. Charles A. Davis, left Monday
evening for Brunswick, Maine, in re-
spouse to telegram announcing the
death of her father. She was accom-.
panied as far as Detroit by her bus.
band.
Monday afternoon Hiram Canouts,
OF Perrinton, tired of this earthly life,
purchased some morphine OF the local
druggist and succeeded, IN spite OF
every effort to save him, in ending his
life. He was painter By profession
and domestic trouble is assigned as the
cause.
That is a novel system of saving in.
PRODUCED by the Gratiot County Savings
Bank into this place. You buy a
stamp and receive a book which has
blank leaves ruled for 20 stamps. when
the leaf Is full you fill out signature
slip and take the book TO the bank
where the leaf is torn out and deposit .
book showing a credit of Si.u0 is given
you. Then you begin to save your
nickles and ill another page. The
stamps will be for sale by various
agents in the town. 4
According to the Michigan Crop re.
port for December the quantity of
wheat marketed during the last FIVE
months OF 1890 was 1870 ,372 bushels or
33 per cent of the crop. During the
corresponding months Of 1889. 80 per
cent was sent to market. The average
price OF wheat for the state January |.
1891 was s9cts. per bushel, of corn %
cents and Of oats Acts. The gain in
the price OF wheat over one year ago is
l6 cents, Of corn II cents and of oats 20
cents.
The following are the newly installed
officers of the d. of X. lodge of this
village n. e., Ida Coleman; V. G.,
Mrs. Solomon Huntley; II. s., Mrs
Nick e.. Davids on =. S., Mrs. NJ. j.
Bogardus; Treas, Mrs. a. Woodward;
X S. n. e., Mrs. +. Ellicott; l.. S. n.
e., Mrs. A. Kuehn; r. s. V G., Mrs.
w Harper: l.. S. V. g.. Mrs. NJ. 4.
Davidson; Con Mrs. Clarke Decker;
War, Mrs. Alex Neil; Chap, Mrs.
+. n. Chadwick, l. G., Mrs Earle;
o. G., Mr.. Bogardus.
AS will be seen by notice elsewhere
the new firm of Holmes 81 Miller has
been dissolved. The two branches of
The business in which they were en-
gagged being SO entirely distinct that the
gentlemen of the late firm conclude d it
would be eventually more profitable
tor one OF them TO own and control the
retail branch Of the business and the
'ther to give his individual attention to
he wholesale trade. Therefore Mr..
Holmes will take the retail branch and
iold himself in readiness to serve the
armers in the vicinity of Alma when
n need of any kind of farm Machinery.
While Mr.. Miller who is an expert.
nced travelling salesman will take the
Dad.
The Supreme court, In deciding the
ase Of Edwin NJ. Havsus VS.. the
school Board OF Bloomingdale. Van
'uren county passed upon an important
natter Of school discipline. 1t appears
hat Hayen's daughter was refused per.
assion by her teacher to absent her
elf from the school room during
ession lasting nearly three hours and
ecause of such refusal the child left
ne loom on her own notion. For
his breach Of discipline she was ex-
elled from school. Her father there
pom applied to the supreme court for
mandamus compelling the school
oard to reinstate the girl. In grant
lg the order the court said that rule
pupils from leaying the
'hool room for such great length of
me was unreasonable and cruel The
ecision does not however tend to
ssen the teachers power. But only
here the power is arbitrarily and un.
asonably exercised is it abridged.
Auditor General Stone came off vic
rious in the supreme court on the