Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-03-11


Monday night.
If you want to rent house, call on
Geo. w. Pulfrey.
j. w. Holmes is under the doctors
care at this writing.
Slab wood for sale at Faughner s.
Call and leave orders.
The Grand Lodge of X. of p. meets
at Bay City March IL and II.
Rev. III. L. Butler, preached at Cadil-
lac last Sunday morning and evening.
A. ID. Hitchcock and wife spent Sun
day at Milan, returning Monday even
ing.
George L. Stone and Kelley Scarf, of
Ithaca, were in town Tuesday on legal
business.
Ed. Ryerson left last week with his
family for Bedding, where he has steady
employment.
The regular examination of teachers
attracted quite gathering from Alma
last Thursday.
Township committees will please re-
member that we publish caucus notices
for all parties free of charge.
A. Balch, of the firm of Balch Bros.
has moved to town and located in the
house lately vacated by A. j. Hall.
Ladies don't fail to see the large as
sortment of spring jackets, newmarkets
and wraps just received at f. F. Pol
lasky's.
1t is not generally understood that
the L. A. A. 81 n. NJ. station at this
place is night office and is supplied by
night agent.
Communion service will be held at
st. Johns church OH Sunday morning
next at $50 o'clock. Evening service
as usual at O'Clock.
Mrs. a. G.. Gardner, who has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Durham of late, returned to her
home in Manistee Monday.
To all new subscribers and those
paying up and one year in advance we
will give the RECORD and Detroit
Weekly Tribune one year for 81 %.
1t will be of interest to the ladies of
Gratiot county to examine the largest
assortment of Carpets, Curtains, Rugs
and window shades just received at f.
l. Dnlla cLyfc ..l
E. r. Riley, commercial agentef the
Il. & A, was in town last Saturday on
special business and while here took a
little time to look into the proposed
new grist mill.
Bart Miller has leased the Kelso
building and expects to open up re-
tail implement store in connection with
his wholesale business. Mr.. Miller's
experiences and acquaintance needs no
recommendation.
Mrs. Bart Miller left Thursday night
to attend grand annual wholesale
millinery opening at Grand Rapids Fri
day. She will buy portion of her
spring stock while there.
Enos Kimmel returned home Thurs.
day night from Pensacola, Florida
His coming was very unexpected but
he has his hands full OF business at
home that needs his personal attention.
Look out for small bills.
An attempt was made to wreck a D
l.. & n. passenger train near Portland
Michigan, last: Saturday night. The
wretches, who, by the way, are not
known placed "A tie on the track,
Luckily no damage was done.
The Rev. r. c. Horton will begin a
series of meetings in the Adventist
church next Thursday evening and con-
tinue them five days. The services
will begin at I 100 p. m. and 1920 a. m,
two services each day.
An old.fashioned donation was held
this week at the residence of Mrs. f.
J. Corey for the benefit of the U. j.
minister, Rev. j. CLARK. Chicken pie
was served to over seventy guests who,
after supper, listened to number of
recitations. S22.47 was left for the
minister.
The American girl is not slow to
grasp chance. Some time ago The
Ladies' Home Journal organized free
education system for girls and the mag
azine is now educating some forty odd
girls at Vassar and Wellesley Colleges
and at the Boston Conservatory of
Music, all the expenses of the girls be-
ing paid by the Journal.
J. Il. Voorhees,, well known in the
vicinity of Alma, had the misfortune to
break his leg just above the ankle last
Wednesday. He was in Elm Hall and
had just started for his farm two and
one-half mile south when his team got
the better of him and ran away throw
ing him out. His right leg was caught