Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-12-20
HOME AND VICINITY.
FRIDAY. DEC. 10.

CnOlce line OF perfumes AT Mdndn ).
Holiday goods in endless variety at
Webb's.
l.. H. Hayt is showing beautiful
line of albums. IL IL
Geo. a. Fink went to Lansing on
business, this morning.
Feed Raven horse, cattle and poul-
try food. For sale at MOrden's.
DR.. and Mrs. j. ii. Lancashire re
turned from Detroit last evening.
Ladies. see those new skirts at Della
vans. You will surely want one.
Mrs. +. Pierce and two children of
Bay City are visiting Mrs. Theodore
Nelson.
+ L. Caldwell is making a sleigh for
+. A. Leonard that Will hold nearly all
of the young people in Alma
Most elegant line OF handmade
creams, chocolates, etc, for the holi-
day trade at Fink's Palace Restaurant.
Don't fail TO call az +. l.. Pollasky's
before Christmas and get one of those
handsome Christmas sOuvenirs-free to
customers.
p. Nj. Smith says that during the
night the thermometer registered 13o
below zero and at seven o'clock this
morning, ! > below.
Mrs. Lowell, who is visiting her neice,
Mrs. j. III. Lancashire, slipped, as she
was leaving the house to 90 to the opera
| house last evening, and broke her arm
just above the elbow
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. A. Sharp enter
tanned MIR Sharp's Bible class the other
evening. Music, games, and merry
conversation made the evening one
| long to be remembered by the recip-
tents of the hospitality of their genial
host and hostess.
Mr. and Mrs. II. A. Ely returned
Yesterday from Flint, where they went
to attend the meeting Of the state
board of corrections and charities and
county agents Mr., Ely will 60 to
Lansing next Tuesday to attend con-
ference Of state factory inspectors.
There is trouble in store for the per
son. or persons, who are in the habit OF
visiting the horse sheds in the rear of
the opera house block and taking from
the cutters and sleighs whips, blankets,
or what ever else can be easily re-
moved. a watch has been set, and the
next time an attempt is made to steal
from that locality, some one will real
ize that he has been found out.
VIM. Mover Relief Corps, No. 1913,
met Wednesday afternoon and elected
the following officers for the ensuing
year: President, Mrs Huldah Bogard.
us; senior vice president, Mrs. Martha
, Sharp; junior vice president, Mrs,
Harriet Wimple; treasurer, Mrs. Hattie
Davis; chaplain, Mrs. Mary Weaver;
conductor, Mrs. Angelina Morton; as
sistant conductor, Mrs. Mary Rolliu;
; guard, Mrs. Mary Allen.
, A number of the friends of Uncle
John Day surprised him the other day
by taking possession of his house in his
9 absence. lie was summoned home at
c the proper time, however, and pre-
G sented with several presents, after
= which a sumptuOus dinner was served
Mr.. Day is still hale and hearty
c although his hair is whitened with the
C frosts Of siXty-live winters. The com
C pany left, with the heartily expressed
wish that there may be many more
years in store for their genial host.
SATURDAY, DEC. II.
Treasurer Rush took in $3.50 in town
ship taxes yesterday.
If you want to buy lamp see l.. II
Hayt before buying. 42-it
David McCarty of Middleton i!
visiting his brother Geo. w. McCarty
today.
Several barrels of the Alma parl
mineral water will be sent to Ionii
Monday.
Mrs. Fritz of st. Louis, deputy granC
, commander Of the l.. q. Il. M, visited
| the lodge here yesterday, and gave thu
= members thorough drill in lodge work
The ID. of II. Of Emerson and Shep
herd will visit the lodge here next Fri
day evening. at which time the Elmer
son lodge will confer the Rebekah de
gree on two candidates.
So great is the demand for the Aim;
park mineral water by former patient
at the Sanitarium, that arrangement
have been made to send this water b,
the barrel to any part of the country
= Several barrels have been sent thi
week to Chicago.
! The fire in the private car Alma
yesteI day is more serious than at frs
supposed. The loss is fully $1,000, OF
I which there is but small insurance
4 The interior wood work is burned an
charred the elegant upholstered furni
ture, bedding and silyerware completed
ruined. The plate glass and mirror
are in thousand pieces. The ma
who had charge of the car was there a
noon and the temperature of the ca
did not exceed 500. and everythin
was all right Whether the fire origi
mated from the charred wood benin
the screen or from bursted pipe is nc
known. Until the insurance adjuster
have been here IT, can not be state
, whether or not the car will be rebuff