Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-12-30

Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Fancher, or MT. |
Pleasant, were i'm town last week.
Cheviot business suits, just the thing
for this fall, for $500 at Kehn's.
See what you can get for that silver
dollar at the Alma Mercantile Com
pany's.
Will Wright, of Chicago, spent
Christmas with his parents in the west
Pine RIVER.
Miss Case left last week for Exeter, |
Ontario where she will spend the Col |
lege vacation.
See those mems Overcoats at Alma
Mercantile Co. Nothing like them in
the county for the price.
Monday, Jan. End being legal holi-
day, Building and Loan payments will
be received on Tuesday Jan. 3.
Z. NJ. SMITH, Sec'y.
Regular communication of Alma
Ledge, pa. r. Il A. M. next Saturday
evening. Work on the third degree.
/ am making room for spring goods
and for the next thirty days will sell
winter millinery at a great reduction.
MRS. BART MILLER.
! +. w. Olmstead, wife and daughter,
} Of Alba, Antrim Co., are spending the
holiday week with Mr.. and Mrs. Padel-
S ford of this place.
I Il. VanDen Bergh and wife spent
Christmas with Mrs. VanDenBergh's
parents in Fenton. "Van." returned
: home Monday night.
o Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Snyder, of
Arcadia, left Monday morning for a
weeks visit among friends in Water
0 vlet, Benton Harbor and st. Joseph.
e Miss Kate Mcnamara is filling the
s place of Miss Belle DePew in the Office
Of the Mercantile Co. while the latter
S is visiting her sister, Mrs. I. A. Miller
f at Swartz Creek.
k Mrs. Fishbeck and son, Harry
Parsons and Miss Merle Sweet, Of
It this place and Mrs. j. Herman, Of
s Ithaca, spent Christmas with Joseph
k Sartor and wife, at ROLAND.
The community at large should take
}. advantage of Pollasky's great January
If clearing sale, at which time their en-.
ls tire stock of dress goods, cloaks, jack
II cts, etc, will go at one-quarter off
former prices.
e, Rev. j. .. Corliss, of Battle Creek,
| = nf OF
t. Adventist church. The meetings be-
h gan last Wednesday and will last
until after New Years. Services begin
r. at 1890 a. m. and ZOO p. m. All are
# cordially invited to attend.
1. The school in the Townsend district
It. west of Alma, aided by the efforts OF
the teacher, Miss Lizzie Young of this
ts place, had fine Christmas tree last
Of Friday night. Our correspondent says
pc that many fine presents was received
r and among them mentions handsome
ID Standard sewing machine presented tC
re Mrs. Leon Rice.
Theatre goers will have a chance tt
10 take in treat January &, when Agnes
a Herndon appears at st. Louis in " La
OF Belle Marie" Those Of our citizens
q. who have seen Miss Herndon play will
is not fail to improve this opportunity
el while those who have not will miss 9
M rare treat if they do not go. The play
is one of which is calculated to brinl
., out the actress strong points and IL
=, superbly set. 1t is said that the superb
=. costumes Miss Herndon wears in ths
- third and fourth acts were imported
-, direct from Worth, of Paris.
he We call attention to the advertise
be ment of the Detroit Weekly Tribun
appearing in another column. 1t ha
at been known for over fifty years as tn,
en- great general Weekly of Michigan, tn,
m present subscription list of 200 name
IF, being proof of its merit. Until Jan
nd 18th this paper will be sent to ever,
nd new subscriber RENTING them on
,e. dollar and ten cents the Weekly Tri
as bune for one year and Bill Nye's New
nd Book of 800 pages and 100 illustrations
postage paid. 1t is remarkabl
r. offer. 1l9-Sw.
he Commissioner of the State Land Of
to flee Shaffer, in his annual report say
tal the whole number of acres OF land he'll
ice by the state at the beginning OF tn
of year was 4s3 ,1O5, l29; number of acre
ats forfeited during the year for non pay
on ment of taxes, !, 34s.ll; acres restore
Ia to market heretofore licensed to home
ly, steaders, 1892 OF, acres patented to tn
lg state by the United States, $50; tots
&c, 493, 2l5 800. The number of acres sol
during the year was 20, l69 90; acres n
tie served 100; acres licensed to home
of steaders l,sSs.S4; acres held by th
ac. state at the close of the year, 4TO.4s0
aw no. These lands so held are classitie
zap as follows Primary school 22a,527 90
tpn 40. vrion1fnra1 anllQO