Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-01

Morden's.
Mrs. SCOTS homemade bread at
Vermeulen's.
Aaron Vessels, of Shepherd, was in
town Monday.
G. w. Giddings. of st. Louis, was
in town Tuesday.
Glen Salisbury was in Bay City
Thursday on business.
Have you seen those hobby straw hats
at Mccullough 81 Buttons.
Mrs. Tolman, of Stanton, was the
guest of Mrs. Bailey, Wednesday.
To Eug. Bogart and wife on Saturday
last an eight pound boy was born.
j. Il. Peters added to his handsome
home new piano the first of the week.
Rev. A. o. Cannon, of Breckenridge,
was in town Tuesday the guest of j. S.
Capel.
A large new line of hats just arrived
this week at Mrs. Herrick's millinery
rooms.
Ferris Il Son will start their single
mill next Monday morning for five
month run.
John Gladding formerly of this place
has good position in general store
at Stanton.
Mccullough & Button have the finest
line of flannel and demet shirts to be
found any place.
Pollasky & Co. have purchased a
black bear which causes plenty of
excitement now days.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Fishbeck,
on Thursday evening, 10 pound boy.
Mother and boy doing well.
Joe LaBuff, night clerk at the Wright
House, had the misfortune to run a
nail through his foot last Tuesday.
NJ. c. Dallas put in last Thursday
and Friday at Free Soil, Mason county,
where he had some business interests.
The first ball game of the season took
place last Saturday between the College
and Village clubs. The village won
14-11.
NJ. b. Faughner wishes that farmers
intending to SOW flax this season would
call and get their seed as it is waiting
) for them.
Word was received the first of week
that Maude Fancher who is teaching
school in Iowa, is very low with pneu
monia.
The Rev. III. +. Butler, who has beer
supplying Bay City church for the pas
winter, is now through. The chuIcl
having succeeded in securing pastor.
w. b. Lathrop, of Elm Hall, whC
has been spending the winter at points
: in the south regaining his health, re
turned last Tuesday much improved.
Monday was bad day for fires il
' the town, there being no less than three
However they were put out without
any damage or without the department
. being called out.
: A bill passed the house Of represent
. atiyes last Friday incorporating tn,
!. City of Harrison and giving her fou
new supervisors. Evidently Harrison
E has county seat scare.
5 The gentlemen of the Zeta Sigm
society of Alma college, will give
p public entertainment on Friday even
ing, May LIST, at the chapel. The ex
!. ercises are free and special Invitation
t is extended to all our citizens.
= The Zeta Sigma Will give oratorica
t contest at the College Chapel next Fri
It day evening. The entertainments o
: this society have been uniformly of a
excellent character and special effort
have been made to make this one of tn
best.
i The Legislature has dropped the kel
osene oil test ten degrees. This vii
t make a saving of 100000 annually t
the people of the state. There will b
o no opposition to the passage of TIN
bill. 1t is believed that by this lower
T.. ing of the test the hired girl VIII
kindles the fire will not be placed i
IS greater danger than heretofore.
Complaint has been made by severe
Y citizens that some so-called sportsme
from the town have been shootin
= quailS and they are very much worke
up about it. The birds are protecte
10y law and every land owner shoul
I see that they are zealously guarded
u Apart from their value as game biz
V, the farmer has no friend which MOI
d amply pays for its liberty than ii
quail AS destroyers of injur ious il
e. sects they are equalled by few birds an
{? excelled 10y none. See to it that thos
who violate the law are made TO pa