Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-02-13

Tue North Star News it Is said will
move to Ashley This next week.
Now is the time to get your Photos,
while they are cheap at Lewis Gal
lery
You can buy dozen cloths pins at
the Star store for cents or boz. fer
one cent.
The cases of diphtAeria which were
reported in town last week are now out
of danger.
Do You want to buy sap pans or pals
and other sugar bush supplies Ii 80
90 To Smith & Glass.
For "A perfect tit in boots and
shoes" said prominent business man
the other day, Ego to McLe'len's. )"
There will be service with sermon
every Wednesday evening during the
Lehten season at st. Johns church.
w. w. Pike has sold his residence on
Superior street, west, to ii j. Yer
meulen who will improve it and make
| IL Ills future nome.
w. +. Price, well known to our
towns people as one of the college Male
Quartette, is now attending college at
the University at Wooster, Ohio.
Henry Vermeulen has sold his resi-
dence to Mrs. Wilson of Seville who
proposes TO make Alma her future
home in order to allow her son to take
advantage of our excellent educational
facilities.
1t is said that bill will soon be in
PRODUCED into the legislature increasing
the penalty for murder in the first
degree, from Imprisonment for life 10
confinement in the Alma Jail for linn
tied period.
The man who observed that the large
rivers generally happened TO run close
to the large cities has now discovered
re firms that do the largest amount OF
that business generally happen To have
the largest advertisements in tie
papers.
SO far this has been a very successful
season for winter wheat in this state,
while there has been but little snow,
the weather has not been cold enough
TO do any damage to the uncovered
plant. The little snow which has fallen
has always come in time TO act as a
protector Michigan Farmer.
Says the Carson City Gazette. ut
seems strange to us that when a busi-
ness gets nicely started in a place and
in shape to make an honest living some
one else always has to come in and
start another business of the same kind
leaving barely an existence for either"
Evidently everything isn't serene with
our neighbor.
A republican caucus for the town.
ship of Arcadia, for the purpose Of
electing delegates 10 the county con-
ventiCn, February "a. at Ithaca, will be
held tomorrow February IA, at Fire
mems Hall at 800 p. m. 1t is i'm
portant that everyone be present. The
time is purpOsely made late in order
tn 1t those from the country may have
"A chance TO come in.
The Fifth Annual Convention of the
Gratiot county Sunday school Associa-
ton m cts at Ithaca Friday and Satur-
day, February 2l-22. The following
gentlemen from Alma will present
papers: The Pulpit and sabbath
school, Rev. J. w. Vickers; Hints on
Sabbath School Work. Prof }. W.
Ewing of Alma College; and Sunday
School Drill Work, Supt. j. 7. Travis.
Again we urge on the village author
tiles the necessity of taking some action
in securing village aid towards the i'm.
provment Of the roads lea ling into
town. There is no reason WIN Alma
should not have more trade from the
farmers. Our shipping facilities are
unexcelled but the roads coming into
the village need some improveme t
Let the village take the matter in hand
and vote certain sum each year 10 be
expended in improving the highways.
Charles Ashley, young man at ore
tins in the employ of Jack Macdonald
I'm this village was arrested in Detroit
Monday on the charge of manslaugh,er
IL seems that Ashley assaulted man
by the name Of Seiger in a saloon, Jan
81 and inflicted injuries from which he
aftprward died. lie was arrested ut
managed to give the officers the slip
until Monday when he gave himself up
lie is plumber by trade and worked
at that business while In Alma.
The following is list of jurors for
March term of court. commencing
March 0, 1891: G.. III. Sly, Sumner; e.
J. sibley, Seville; Arthur Nelson
Ithaca, Alonzo Preston, Elba; Orrin
Eckelberger. Hamilton, j. ID. Sadie +,
Lafayette; Samuel Hines. Wheeler;