Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-26

Slab wood for sale at Faughner :.
Call and leave orders.
Everything in the line Of baked goods
kept fresh every day at BENEFITS.
Get your corn shelled at the Alma
Roller Mills Their new machine works
To perfection.
Mrs w. o Town, of Webbrrv Re.
Michigan. spent sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. j ". Holmes.
\ grand sale of CIoaks AZ Mccall
Tough & Buttons Thursday and Fri
day, March 3rd and 4th.
The Wright House Blacksmith shop
is now open for business. Horse shoe
ing speciality. c. III. McLachlin,
Manager.
Special sale, our entire line of cloaks,
jackets and overcoats, we offer until
March 10 at one half actual value. f..
e. Pollasky.
The state association of Patrons of
Industry were in session at Grand
Rapids this week with several from
the vicinity in attendance.
Miss Cad Wilson, formerly OF Elm
HALL but now of Detroit, who has been
visiting friends in town for Il few days
left for her home last Monday.
The o. T.. s. Of Alma to the number
of twenty-five went over TO Ithaca last
Tuesday evening and had very pleas
ant time with tie Stars of that village.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the NJ. T..
church will give a chicken pie social
in their dining hall, on Wednesday
evening March End. All are invited
to attend.
All ladies Interested in forming a
class in physical culture are requested
to meet Miss Haviland at the residence
of Mrs f. c. Carey on Saturday, Febru-
AIRY %. at $50 D. m.
Some of the secret societies that send
ont of town for their Job work because
they can save 30 cents on Il years sun.
ply will remember that their card that
is being run in each issue of the RECORD
costs them nothing.
J. w. Bowman has announced an
auction sale of personal property at his
residence in Alma, Saturday, March 9th
at 10 o'clock a. m consisting of pair
of horses, / moving machine, Guilt
vators, wagons, harness, household
goods, etc. Alonzo Hood. auctioneer.
President Nelson, of Kalamazoo Col
lege, is now at the Sanitarium accom-
panied by his wife and youngest child.
His physical condition is still a source
of much anxiety to his friends and ii
will be long time yet under the most
favorable conditions before he is able to
resume his duties.
1t will be remembered that mention
was made about year ago of one \.
G.. REYNOLDS. a Mt. Pleasant Free
Methodist minister. who took unto him
self the wife of member of his h0ck
and fled the country. Isabella county
authorities have been on the watch ont
and lately located the pairin Wisconsin
An officer was sent after them and now
the pair languish in Jail.
Is it not time that some move was
made to make arrangements for the
encampment expected to b held ut
this place the coming summer. This
matter should net be put off and then
try to do something in short space of
time and make failure of il. If
proper arrangements cannot be made
so we can entertain them in a way that
will be credit to our town, do not try
it.
The latest swin6ling dodge exposed
in the newspapers is quite unique. y
man puts in an appearance, seeks out
the proprietor Of the store and informs
him that he is searching for rare coins,
passing him "A list Of specimens and
JutlI diltptu VALUE ne diSp UShN lilr
interested proprietor TO keen an eye out
and should he get hold Of any to keen
them for him. Soon another party
strolls around, buys cigar or some
other article and exhibits a couple of
coins with the remark that they are
pocket pieces. On consulting his list,
the proprietor finds their value marked
at SIS. Here he will see an opportunity
for a speculation, and after some dick
ering the second party sells the piece.
OF course, number one never shows up.
and the coins are worth no more than
their face value.
During the past five weeks los yag
rants aud plain DRINKS have been SEN
tanced to the county Jail for terms vary
ing from 10 to 80 days by Sheridan aud
Stanton justices, 10 of them having
been sent from Sheridan and 80 from
this city. The officers have complied