Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-01-22

John Glass is keeping In the house
this week with the familiar complaint,
the grip.
Load Of wood number three has ar
rived. Who will be the next to keep
his word?
Arcadia taxpayers will find Treasurer
Mccullough at his store ready to re-
ceiye taxes any day.
Claud Chadwick has been appointed
freight agent at the d., l.. 81 N. depot
among the other changes.
Perkins s. Co. have leased the
Mcleod store and will move their
bazaar store there in few days.
If you want to learn whether we
should have war with Chili-gO to the
college chapel next Tuesday evening.
Every boy and girl will want 70 see
the little Esquimaux lady. Special
rates To school children, only Is cents.
The party who will bring to this Of
flee copy Of the RECORD of July 10,
'9l can get good credit on subscrip-
ton.
~. w. Wright's farm near the col
lege, better known as the Hooper farm
will be managed next year by Mr..
Whaley, of Fremont.
Delavan has an over stock of winter
goods OF all kinds and has cut the prices
TO make them go" Give him a call
if in search of bargains.
1t is reported that A. II. Phinney, of
PerrintOn, who has been the back bone
Of the town has made an assignment
for the benefit of his creditors.
The parents of Prof. McClosky com.
missioner of schools of Montcalm
county, who reside near Sumner are
sick and being supported by the town.
The seniors of Alma college invite
the public To their literary exercises on
Tuesday evening, Jan. 26, at half past
seven O'Clock at the college chapel.
No admission fee.
The snow has created such a demand
for sleighs that j. F. Schwartz is clean.
ing out everything he has that looks
like sleighs, and is busy with a large
force filing orders for more.
The program for the next meeting Of
the Ladies Club, Gn charge of Mrs.
Turck, Will be as follows: Florida
and the L, erglades. Reading from
East Angels and from Sydney Lanier.
Southern Poets.
Prof Geo. Boardman wishes us to
state that on account Of the illness of
his wife it is utterly impossible for him
to visit Alma before January q. Mrs.
Boardman has been very sick for two
weeks but is recovering
Ii. O. Wills, OF Detroit, spoke in
Alma Saturday, Sunday afternoon and
Sunday evening on local option. Mr.
Wills is certainly very forcible speak
er, too forcible some would say, yet the
truths he had to tell demanded fercible
utterance.
Slas Moody has again been elected
superintendent of the Sunday school
AT Forest Hill, this we are told is the
twentieth time this has happened. If
lie runs Sabbath school as he runs
other things you may rest assured that
Forest Hill has good one.
The Morris. Illinois, Daily Post Of
January II, deyotes considerable space
TO an account Of the wedding Of John
j. Durham, Of Davenport, Iowa, a
former Alma boy, and Miss Kittie
Hynds of that place. Johns many
friends here wish him abundant pros
perity.
List of unclaimed letters remaining
in this Office for the week ending jan
uary IA, 1892: Mrs. +. w. White, Mrs.
Ora b. Lang, Miss Mary Cook, Miss
Jessie Hart, Miss Fannie Down, DR..
II. Z. Martin, Mr.. Tom McBrith, j. II.
Wan, Prof. Ct. "A. Knapp.
7. \. ELY, p. NJ.
The Cedar Springs Clipper says
thirteen is an unlucky number. OF
course, for lawyer o. G.. Ransom of
Grand Rapids, has owed it thirteen
dollars for thirteen years and the &C
count don't seem to be worth thirteen
cents. We have had similar exper-
fence with thirteen bad customers to
whom we have written thirteen dun
ming letters about thirteen times and
haven't received thirteenth enough
to pay the postage,
The last weeks RECORD stated that
Thomas Grover had settled an assault
and battery suit with G. Ii. Webster
by paying $50 and costs. On Monday
last, Mr.. Grover came into the office
and casually stated, that he had not
heap imnlicated in anv assault and hat