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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-11-16
INTENDED for last week. ]
\. [. BETHANY.

Lew Whellock has about three acres of po-
tetoes % dig yet Mrs Bird Medler has
returned from Lees corners, where she has
been visiting this fall She was accompa-
MED by her niece. Hattie Burdor of Swan
creek, who will visit her for a week or two.
School IN Dist No. 8, started last Mon
day, with Frank Hayiland at the helm.-
Jesse Medler has returned home from the
lakes, where be had The position OF mate on
a sailing vcssel.-1he comfy line has
been repaired Al leet, for which We are very
thankful indeed. Hastings spent
Sunday with his brother Russell. There
will be e sale of stray cattle on the place of
g. A. Schneider, the 18th OF November
They will be sold by Frank Sexton, high
way commissioner. ==Harvy Ludwck
and wife, have gone 10 Iona 10 visit this
week. -Mchael Erwin and Frank Terrell
have gone 10 the lumber woods .-MIs.
Sylvester Vibber went 20 Hil-dale county,
called there by the serious illness of her
daughter. Mrs. Ada Arnold.-Mr. WHEEL
lock has improved his house by a coat of
paint The VI. L. church at Godley's
corners have a large new heater in their new
building -Harvey Fritz has got tired of
oxen and traded them for horses. Last
week young man by the name Of Lester
Pickens, living near the river, broke his arm
while playing ball. Both teams Of bali play
ers made up about $50 for him. Two
spOrtsmen of Breckenridge. went to do some
shooting near the river Sunday, going with "A
livery team. They found vacant house,
pat their dinners IN II, after breaking in,
and went to find some game. Then comes
the owner of the house and nails ii up and
posts a notice on the door that if they do so
again Jackson would be their doom. The
boys had to hunt up the owner whom they
found about O'Clock, and after settling, got
their dinner. JIM.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-11-16
ELW ELL

The election went off very quietly, there
being l20 straight republican votes cast and
prohibition votes, leaving the populists
only II majority, after all their Growing.
THE populists have now changed their
minds about the republicans all being dead.
-Hunting and politics is all the talk now
in Eiwell. sled in Elwell, the first
of the season, last Saturday. Sat
urday there were six women initiated in the
Maccabee lodge, and not very good day for
bees either.-Mr. Porter and band of
men from here, went up into Oscoda county,
hunting.and expect to come home laden with
deer.-Mr. Chase of North Baltimore,
Ohio, Is here in this vicinity. also contem-
plating big hunt no north
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-11-16
FOREST HILL.

Otto Mey returned Saturday night from
Chicago, where he had accompanied a car of
potatoes. He reported the snow as being 10
inches deep at South Bend, Ind.-Anna
Palmer went to Pontiac last week TO visit her
-ister.-H W. Sandal went to Ithaca on
business last Monday. gentleman
who wanted to get up a singing school here
failed to put in an appearance last Monday
evening. sudden severe winter
caught a good many unprepared for it, A
few have some potatoes yet to dig and there
is considerable corn TO be husked. Err
nest Vlet and Arch Wood are each building
a stable. Ira Moody went to Park Lake
last Tuesday James Egbert of
Shepherd will exchange pulpis with X. X
Cook here, next Sunday, God d Mey
shipped two more cars of potatoes from here
this week.-Mrs.. Ella Pitt is enjoying a
visit from her brother, Mr. Hinkley.-
George McCumber of Glare, has been visit
ing his friends at this place. during the past
week. "A gentleman from Lansing was
here last week and bought quite a number of
good mich cows. He started for Lansing
with them Oh Friday, and was accompanied
a far as Pompeii by Roe Huffman, who re-
turned Saturday evening. Mrs. Shong' :
sister from Glare mas been visiting her.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-11-16
SUMNER.

No wonder Tom Gee walks up Broadway.
1t is a young lady boarder come to stay.
Mother and child are doing well. THE
two Ferris families from Nebraska are nicely
located in this place one in the Sam Griffin
house and the other in Young Clifford
house. Mr. Clifford and family have
moved to St Louis. We are sorry to lose so
good neighbor. But our loss Is St Louis
gain.-Once more we heard the merry
sound of sleigh bells.-There will be a
chicken pie social, Thanksgiving eve. Every
body come and have a good time. There
will be speaking and singing. ID. Fry
and family have moved TO Alma. There
are some that have potatoes to dig and corn
20 husk. Well you must hurry around for
We don't have the handling of the weather.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-11-16
S. {. BETHANY.

Well, winter seems to be here, but we hope
not to stay, a. We could make good use of a
few fine days, husking corn.--Mrs. Fred
Arnold of Hillsdale county, died last week of
typhoid fever. She was known as Ada Biber,
in Bethany Mrs. Mary Nevins, who has
been very i'll for sometime is worse. and at
this writing is very near the other land.
Bethany Baptist church, next ednesday
evening, conducted by the pastor of the
church. By the way, We are to have a new
supply of singing books soon.-There
will be preaching at the Bethany Baptist
church next Sabbath at = o'clock subject
The Upright Man"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-11-16
SssaaE s51s
kSNSI So e
NEW ARR.

John Lemley who has been very sick at
Beech, Is we'll again and j. visiting his par
ents Jacob Lemley and wife.-Thompson
brothers from Ohio, are visiting their BROTH
er John Thompson. Dir. Beerman
movec from Newark into North Star town
ship.-H Cox was very SICK last week
with neuralgia but l. better At this writing
Joseph Richard moved into the over
mire house. =-Mr. Shank from st. Louis,
spent Sunday at J. :. Beechler's last Sunday
-Charley Johnson is building horse
aud hay barn 32xl2. Ira and Louis Munson
are doing the carpenter work. -==Charley
Maurer has pet. /, Is a carbunce on his
wrist.-Samuel Martin passed away after
short illness. His remains we're laid TO
rest IN the Newark cemetery .-=CMcken
thieves visited Frank Pre-ley's hen coop but
were disappointed as one wac coming out
with a hen under each arm. Presley eau ght
him by the coat collar and shook him up ia
great shape de then promi ed Mr.. Z. that
ne would do 20 no more, il he vOuld let him
20 home and make no arrests.-
Joseph Cowdry has moved into John
keley's house for the winter 10 help take
care of the motheriess children. alter
Hoxie i teaching ia Dist. No. ,. and has
moved in Mr.. Mckee's house on Sec. a.
Three cheers for the republican victory.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-11-16
n. ". NEW HAVEN.

There is considerable sickness here. Old
Mr. Townsend Is very sick at this writing
aud hut little hopes of his recovery are en-
tertained. DR.. Graham is attending him.
MIR. Church's little boy has been very
sick but Is better now.-Mrs. John Ham
montree is very sick also.-David Null
ford came near losing one of his horses, but
At is better now, which his neighbors are glad
70 hear.-Peter Houck sold his oxen last
week. William and Arnold Houck have
been up north, locating work for the coming
winter.-There are some young men who
90 hunting around here, shooting game
where II has been protected by the farmers,
for their own sport, regardless of the notices
which are posted on their premises. =-
Sumner Is improving little There are not
80 many vacant houses a. there were
We understand DR.. Graham i TO change his
place of residence 10 Mill street, on the
Stephens property Election is all you
can hear The democrats are lost, the peo-
pies party wall, while the republicans have
gained the victory. -There il lots of po-
tatoes in the ground yet to be dug 1t looks
a. if they will get frosted Phinnie
and Cena HammOutree were at Lansing last
week. SCRIDBLER.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-11-16
UNION HONE-EUREEA.

Elmer Binn returned from California last
Wednesday eve. MIR. Cooper has moved
on the Al Russell farm.-Geo. Griffith
and Milan Morton have returned for their
hunting trip; no deer. The Honby boys
and Joe and Sam Strausser and John Kuhns
went north hunting. tea agents
that were here selling tea and giving teapot
with each pound, jumped their board bill at
McMar ter's Geo. Dean from Massa-
chusetts. formerly of Elba, was the guest Of
Geo. Doud, last week -Robt. Clark con
templates moving to st. Johns. He traded
his Eureka home for farm. -Rev. Bull
lock is holding meetings at the Christian
church. Mr., and Mrs. Stormfelt have
returned from their trip TO THE
doctors vaccinated a good many during the
smallpox scare. Elmer Onderkirk has
corn fodder to sell, on the Albert Pierson
Mrs. Sol Wyman is very low.
Charlie Grubaugh is still on the sick list.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-11-16
Intend. Il for last week I
WHEELER.

Chas. Berry and wife made a trip to Sagi-
nav Thursday, Mrs. b. returning the same
day, but Charles went on north hunting.
Clara Lockwood visited her parents
Sunday. Matte Bonesteel visited
at Myron HypolIte's Sunday Mr.. Doc
little being somewhat sick of Wheeler, takes
his little sachel, Friday night, and fees
for Canada. MIR. Frick and family from
Merrill, moved Tuesday onto the farm owned
by Joseph Cross.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-11-16
TOLEDO. SAGINAW & MUsKEGoN R'Y

Lv Ashley for Detroit
at l2:lO p. IN.
elise connections are
made at OwossO Junct u
with all trains OF ID G..
II. * VI R'y.
BEN. FLETCHER. I I. A.
Detroit. Mich.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-11-16

Mrs. G. F. Taylor is visiting relatives in
Freeland at present.-The party who
went up north hunting, returned last Satur-
day. They had the good luck to get one
deer while they were gone.-Sylva
Breckenridge of Alma, spent Saturday and
Sunday with her parents here.-Miss
Payne, who has been on the sick list for few
days, returned from her home at Maple
Rapids last Thursday, and opened her school
Monday Ida Halbert returned to Eth
AGA last Saturday, in response to a telegram,
that If there were no new cases of scarle.
fever developed before Monday, they would
open the schools at that place. -A recep-
ton was held for Rev. and Mrs. King at the
Congregational church last Wednesday even
ing, and 2 large number of friends were pres
ent. Geo. Selleck, In behalf of their friends.
presented them with a beautiful chair
Dr. Watson and Mir. Crawford are in Detroit.
MIR Holden of Michigan Center oc-
cupied the pulpit at the Congregational
church. last Sunday. Some of our young
people went out to Mr.. Minnck's last Sat
urday evening. bent on surprising Miss Una.
Whether they succeeded or not they all had a
good time.-G. A. kelar of Elwel was
IN town last week, shaking hands with his
many friends. =Ralph Eutrekin has
moved into his new house, and Mr.. Miller
now occupies the house which Mr.. Eutrekin
formerly occupied. QUIZ.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-11-16

WANT Money? or Home: Want
.i Work? or II Farm? Want to open
m store in growing town? Want
Uu to raise live stock? Want to know
how to buy improved farms in a
Won, well settled region without paying
IUUi cash? Particulars and publications
sent free by +. |. Whitney, St
Paul, Minnesota. S20-ly-l&r
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-11-16

Leave Ashley
$3.50 a m for Muskegon
$3.50 p IN for Muskegon
JNO. W. LORD.
Traffic Manager.
Detroit
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-11-16
TOLEDO, SAGINAW & MUsKEGoN R'Y.

Elegant Pullman Sleepers from Durand 10 Chi.
cago. and east 10 Toronto Montreal NiagaN,
Falls. New York and Boston
W. r.. DAVIS. c. c. CRATGIF
Gen. Pass Il Ticket Agt Trav pass Act
Chicago, III. Detroit. Mich
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-11-16
Intended for last week.
BRECKENRIDGE.

The stave mill has shut down, and part
of the leisure time will be put into a new
arch and other repairing. They have large
stock on hand still unsold. owing to the pc
Guitar times, and history tells Us that when
ever the democratic party has had the con =
trol of the affairs of our best land under the
sun" there has always been similar season
of popularity, that even the few democrats
now TO be found, do not wish to have repeat
ed while they live.-Geo. Tice of SYRIA
cuse, is visiting at Mr. Dubois
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-11-16
& WEST MICHIGAN Ry

:25 y. m. has Wagner palace buffet parlor
car and coaches from Grand Rapids to Chicago.
ii 80 y. III has Wagner palace sleeping car
and coaches from Grand Rapids 10 Chicago.
II. +. Meyers, GEORGE DEHAvEN
Agent Alma. Gen'l Pass'r Agent,
Grand Rapids
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-11-16
TIME /AbLE
IT, effect March 2jth. 1898
TRAINS LEAVE Am .

TRAINS LEAVE ALMA
NORTH SOUTH
No. IL :85 a, II. No. - ;Oi a. NJ.
No. 5-90I p. No i-4:l3 p. m.
" II BENNETT. V. 5. HOLLENBECK.
Gen Pass Agent, Agent, Alma.
Toledo Ohio
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-02-05

The supreme court furnishes some inter
esting instances CT active longevity. JUS
tice Blatchford was IS years old when he
died, but he was in active possession of his
mental faculties up to the time of his
death. Roger b. fancy, chief justice of
the supreme court, remained on the bench
until he was So years old. He was appoint
ed chief justice at the age of So. He began
an autobiography at the age of ~, but did
not finish it. Chief Justice Marshall, who
served from 1900 to 1885 ON the supreme
bench, was so years old when i'll health
compelled him to leave Washington. He
died in that year-1S35. He was delegate
to the convention for revising the state
constitution of Virginia when he was "A
years old, and it is said that, though he d i'd
not speak often in the convention, when
he did speak he showed that his mind was
clear and his reasoning as solid as in his
younger days.
Chief Justice Waite remained on the su-
preme bench to the last, though he was 20
years old when he died. Justice Strong
retired from the supreme bench in 1880 at
the age of 70. Noah H. Swayne, who died
In 1884, retired from the supreme bench in
1881 at the age Of Washington Star.
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In n New LIGHT.

The young woman was trying to per
suade her father to give his consent to hel
accepting a very worthy young man he did
not want her to marry, and he was stub
born. }Y i-fstHFs -Hi
'But, papa" she insisted, she is the
man of my choice.' e
swell, he isn't the man of my choice,
and you shall not marry him, he persist
ed.
The girl grew firm at once.
snow, look here, papa, she said. "Some
day my daughter will probably come to
her father as am coming to you, and she
will ask him what 1 am asking you, and
he will refuse. as you are doing. Then my
daughter will say coaxingly to he- father.
But, papa, you were mammals choice,
and then in reply to that would you like
to have that man say to your granddaugh-
ter: no, wasn't. was your GRANDPA
theirs choice!' Answer me that. Do you
think it would be pleasant thing for that
man to say to your granddaughter" The
father blinked two or three times and
rubbed his dome of thought
''Um-er-um," he hesitated at hadr t
quite struck me that way before. l guess
you can have your own way about it. y
And up to date nobody has heard any
cause to regret the girls successful argu-
ment.-Detroit Free Press.
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A new and pleasing addition at the South

A new and pleasing addition at the South
Gardiner church, to the morning worship,
has been made by the pastor, Rev. Alfred
L. Struthers. A small sheet, very neat
specimen of the printers art, with the head
ing "Church Greetings" with two columns
below, with the programme of Sunday ser
vices in the first and notices for the week
in the second, were handed out to the audi
euce. These will be printed weekly. The
pastor gave the first of series OF sermons
to the children, from the subject, "Snow, :"
Psalms cxlvii :l6. 1t vas brief but very
instructive and interesting talk, and was
followed by the regular sermon on "Trans-
fguration, Matt. xvii Is 5. Notices for the
week are as follows: Tuesday, p. M,
meeting of Kings daughters. Wednesday,
P. M, Christian Endeavor service, SUBJ
ject, .Blest to Bless" Gen. xii q; business
meeting of church at close of the service.
Friday, 2.30 P. M, ladies' prayer meeting.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-02-05

Mr.. Soule Of the firm Of Davis Y Soule
has lust returned from Boston, where ne
has been for the purpose OF completing A.
ranaements and making the mai contracts
for the manufacture Of the Bradford self
closing telegraph key. This pushing Water
vile concern has lately taken ths handling
Of the stock Of this company. Mr.. Soule
informs the JOURNAL that the contracts
have been made by which the keys will be
manufactured by party who has has had
wears of experience in making telegraph
and other electrical appliances, and who
has during the past four years sold 100000
ordinary telegraph keys. This concern IL
to manufacture and sell the Bradford snd
pay the company royalty on every key
sold. and furthermore predicts for the pat
ent key a large sale, as it, advantages are
fully apparent upon examination. This
plan of having the keys made and sold by
one who already has large trade. seems to
be far more preferable than for the Brad
ford Company to undertake its manufacture
and introduction alone. The keys are now
used all over this country and there are sew
eral orders from England.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-02-05

The first Of what is hoped to series of
social gatherings at the paflors of the Can
abas club, was held on Friday evening.
The doors were thrown open to the ladie s
of the members, and most pleasant even
ing was enjoyed by all. About so were
in attendance, and in the hall above the
rooms was dancing, with music by Dins-
more, while several enjoyed themselves
with whist in the parlors. Refreshments
were served. The success of the evening
was due in great measure to the interest
ing efforts of the committee, Messrs. Geo.
Morse, DR.. j. F. Hill and Charles Reding-
ton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-02-05
What Shall We Call Him.

Professor Muybridge, the Artist who
first succeeded in photographing an ami
NAL on the run or on the jump, writes his
first name Eadweard. This is odd, but
there is man in West Virginia who writes
his thus: Llewellyn Phtholognyrrh. His
given name is not hard to read, but the
other is puzzler until you take it to pieces
and determine the sounds of the letters
and combinations by the following words:
Phth, in phthisic; olo, in colonel: gn, in
cologne; yrrh, in myrrh. --Harper's Young
PeOnle
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-vAsTNEss or NUMBERS.
me Imnensity Of Billion Shows ~ seas
interesting Companions.

NE Imncpsity Of . Billion Shows ~ Soms
Interesting Comparisons.
Although the words milliard and billion
are known by name to almost every ones
yet the significance Of the numbers 70 ex-
pressed is BY Tar not 70 Distinct and ia
miliar to many as the meanings OF the
smaller numbers. For example, II the
breadth of . street isdeepresented by
1 1000, 900 units, 1000, 000,O OF such
units would give a distance equal to that
from Hamburg to San Francisco. II this
is not remembered, we are apt to get very
erroneous impressions, especially OF astro-
nomical phenomena. As our earth meas
ures in it's greatest circumference only
about 81, 900 miles, while the planets are
distant from the earth and from each other
spaces varying from 1900. 900 to 4,60O,-
900 900 miles, accordingly most Of the dis
tances which confront us on the earth are
to be regarded as vanishingly small when
compared with the distances which con-
front us in the planetary system. On the
other hand, the nearest fixed stars have
distances from the earth, and consequent
" from any point in our planetary system,
as great as from ~ ,O0O, O00, 900 to 4, 600,-
600, 900, 900 miles. For example, Sirius is
SO 900, 900, 900 miles distant. Consequent.
w.. as in the consideration of the distances
Of fixed stars, we have to deal with bill
lions, while in the case of planetary dis
tances we only deal with millions OF miles.
Also. all the distances of the planets from
one another must be regarded as vanish
ingly small when compared with the dis
tances which confront us in the realm OF
the fixed stars. In other words, viewed
I,v< l,ao ~ o11n hy1f
our whole planetary system itself, would
appear as an indefinitely faint point OF
light, exactly as Sirius appears to us as
luminous point.
The reader will readily appreciate that
the number billion is generally conceived
too small when we tell him that billion
seconds have not elapsed since the origin
of the human species, reckoning the age
of humanity at 10000 years. 1t Will also
seem hardly credible that billion new
American % cent pieces, placed one on
top of another, would reach an altitude OF
over .OOO, 900 miles-that is to say, would
form a cylindrical pile over four times az
high as the moon is from the earth.
The fact that the results of modern exact
science first required OF language the for
nation Of names for large numbers might
lead us to believe that the people of early
time never made use of very large numer-
zeal statements. But this is not the case.
More than 1000 years ago there lived
people who, from pure motives OF amuse-
ment, exercised their faculties in this do
main. In India, where our present nu-
neral system was invented, names exist
ed, even in Buddha's time, for numbers
up TO 100, 0OO, 000, 900, and Buddba him
= x.l tsov,
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Tested and proved by over thirty years
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ALLcocKs PoRous PLAsTERs are purely
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ly harmless.
Beware Of limitations, and do not be
deceived by Misrepresentation. Ask for
ALLcocK's, and let no solicitation or expls-
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Daily Ytnnthsf 5ousnaI
CALENDAR COMING EVENTS.
Religious.

Religious.
Feb. l4-l5 -Kennebec Valley Association Of Uni
April is.sG Hsine n E. Conferences. skowhegan.
May 9-l3-East Maine II. =. difference, Houiton'
TeDpeFaness
Feb. s-Cumberland District Lodge GOOD
Templars, Portland.
Feb 10 Washington District Lodge Good Tenn
plars, at Calais. :.
F.p 2i-York District LodgslGood Templars. at
Feb = Knox District Good Templars at Camden.
Feb. I4NOxford District Good Templars at Bethel.
Feb. 2s-Andr0lcog Gin District Good Iempiars
Feb. 22-Hancock District Good Templars at
Surry.
March1-Penobscot District Good Templars at
Mar. p North Aroostook Good Templars, South
Presque Isle.
Apr. lLi2-Grand Lodge Maine Good TemEiars'
July II. 14LAnnual Session, National Division
Sons of Temperance of North America, Atef-
vile.
Feb 24-waldo Di trict Good Templars, Belfast.
March 20-Prohibltion day.
farmers Institutes.
Feb. 5-Danville Junction.
Feb. 6-West Mint.
Feb. 7-Wiit0u
Feb. 9--Ro kland.
Feb. 10-Riverslde.
Miscellaneous.
Feb. l4-Annual Meeting Maine State Bar Asso-
Feb. 6-7-State Grand Army Encampment, Ban
cor.
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The students at the college are making
good progress daily 10 the practice for The
athletic exhibition. Prof. Currier is very
much pleased at the progress which il being
made and the prospect Of successful ex.
hibition. The work 10 being continued in
in classes, and several Of the boys are
already doing excellent work. Mr.. Hub
bard il doing excellent tumbling and MI.
Jordan il doing fine work on the parallel
bars. Mr.. Hopkins Of the junior class
leads hard working class on
bar work. which include several contortion
acts which are very good. The professor