Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-20

Mrs. B. @. Button goes to Jackson to-
morrow to visit friends.
Seth Tubbs took car load Of stock
TO Buffalo last Saturday.
Call N Delaydus make "A purchase,
and get "Missit Puzzle"
Miss Hattie Brewer went to Reed
City Monday to visit friends.
b. VanDenDergh left with his family
for Detroit Tuesday morning.
James Clark of Ithaca, prosecuting
attorney, was in Alma Saturday.
Special inducements 10 students at
Fink's fashionable dining parlors.
IL. Kemp of Columbus, Ohio, visited
Mr.. and Mrs. b. f. Welty last week.
Miss Eda Blanchard left Wednesday
for Lake Forest, H., to attend school.
Miss Altha Valleau of Lockport, n.
Y, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. a.
r. Dingman.
Kinch's beautiful oleander tree is
putting fourth its second crop of BIOS
SONS this year.
Next Friday is school day at tue fair
in Ithaca. AN attractive program has
been arranged for the children.
The ladies of Alma and vicinity are
most cordially INVITED TO call at any
time and inspect my bakeshop
). l.. BENNETT.
a number Of men went TO the Sagi-
nav marshes Tuesday to put up hay
for the Clarence Lumber company.
Hon. n. Il. Bradley of Bay City was
here Tuesday TO attend a meeting Of
the executive committee of the college.
Mrs. NJ. Cady and daughter, Mrs. f.
| Fox of Ithaca, were in Alma last week
for the purpose of securing rooms for a
millinery store.
The newly. elected officers of Alma
chapter, No. 40, Q. f s., were installed
last Friday evening by Grand Worthy
Matron, Mrs. w. S. Turck.
Geolge Fink says that the lightning
last Sunday lighted the gasoline burner
on his peanut rooster, screwed up the
Monckey wrench, and tore the wings
off a million flies.
President Bruske, Rev. w. +. Jones
and Charles L. Blanchard attended
the meeting of the Presbytery in
Saginaw this week. At this meeting
Mr.. Blanchard was granted license
to preach,
John Jameson, former student in
Alma college, who has been spending
the summer in London and Goderich,
Ont, was in Alma the first OF the week
ell route to Chicago, where he will
enter the university.
II. w. Moore, proprietor Of the
wooden mills, had tumor removed
from one of his eyes last week. He is
getting along finely, although that
optic looks as though he had come out
second best in a listic encounter.
Mrs. Bart Miller and Miss Allie Allen
entertained about % young people last
Saturday evening Cards and dancing
filled the hours with pleasure until
almost midnight, when refreshments
were served in time for the guests to
depart before Sunday morning dawned.
The first of a series of recitals under
the auspices of the Music department
of Alma College will be given next
Tuesday evening, when Francis Camp
bell, the eminent baritone makes his
first appearance before an Alma
audience. 1t is, the purpose of the
managers of this department to present
to the public some Of the ablest talent
in vocal and Instrumental music, III
order TO maintain the standard of
musical excellence, and in this laudable
endeavor they ask, and ought to
receive the support of our music loving
people.
Justice Durham was awakened the
other night by some one at the door
who desired TO see him. Going TO the
door he was confronted 10y a girl about
Is years of age, who implored him to
send her 70 the Industrial school for
girls in Adrian, or any place he saw fit,
only so that she would not be compelled
to live with her parents, who, she said.
continually lll-treated her, and more
particularly her mother, who has foI
years been in the habit of beating heI
on the slightest provocation. On the
night in question, however, it was the
father who, after some story told him
10y the mother, chastised the girl so Sc
verely that she fought him back, and
then ran, barefoot, to Justice Durham
and asked his protection. The Justice
made the girl come in and stay all
night. She remained at his home until
the next day about noon, when her