Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-19

Palace Restaurant.
l.. IL. Hayt watched the races in
Saginaw Wednesday.
Geo. Emsley of Saginaw was in Alma
over Sunday on business.
Prescriptions carefully compounded at
reasonable prices at Mahan's
Rev. j. w. McAllister has gone to
Bay View TO spend his vacation.
VIM. Reynolds of Breckenridge has
been granted an increase of pension
Mrs. George Blanchard and Miss Eda
Blanchard left last Friday for Petoskey.
If you are smoker and never used
any of Hammell's goods you are behind
the times.
Alma and Shepherd base ball clubs
will play on the college campus next
Wednesday.
J, w. Robinson of Vestaburg was in
Alma Monday, and made the RECORD
pleasant call.
Miss Nellie Forton went over to
Ithaca Monday on her wheel, returning
Tuesday evening.
Ithaca people have been having a
siege with poisoned meat, several fami-
lies being very sick.
Half-o sale of summer millinery at
Mrs. l.. Grosvenor's for the next 30
days. Don't miss it.
A. Pettit's saw mill near Perrinton,
burned the other morning. The loss
is estimated at $1,000.
Prof. j. w. Ewing has made some
very decided improvements on his
residence near the college.
Mrs. d. NJ. Church and her grand
daughter, Miss Eva Balentine, are
with friends in Port Huron.
Mrs. Theodore Nelson and family
left Tuesday noon for Traverse City,
to be absent until September.
Alma is decidedly literary place, if
one may judge from the number of
book agents working here this summer.
Last Tuesday was busy day for Mr..
Holmes, village treasurer, his tax
receipts on that day amounting to more
than 81 300.
Spicer Il Son lost horse last Tues
day night with the collie. 1t had been
on the meat wagon all day and probably
had been over driven.
For SALE:-A second hand gasoline
stove, three burners, and second hand
cook stove. Both in good condition,
and will be sold cheap.
BROCK & RODMAN.
Considerable new wheat has been
marketed in Alma this week. Farmers
report the yield much better than they
expected. The price paid is 20 cents.
Miss Fanchion IIubbell gave a
delightful party to coterie of friends
at the Sanitarium Tuesday evening.
Miss Hubbell left for her home in Tole-
do Yesterday.
MIR. and Mrs. L. 5. Barnes and Mrs.
a. f. Barstow of Ithaca, and Mrs. f..
G. Cummings of Carson City were in
Alma Tuesday, enroute to Bay View,
where they will remain about month.
Mrs. +. L. Pollasky and daughter
Bernice went to Frankfort last Friday.
Mr.. Pollasky went few days before,
but was homesick, and telegraphed for
Mrs. i. and Bernice. They returned
Wednesday of this week.
We have received the prospectus of
Elective Studies of the Michigan Min
ing School in Houghton, giving the
courses of study and all necessary
information concerning that important
branch of the states educational sys-
tenn.
We visited the hardware, furni-
ture and undertaking establishment of
Il. +. Moblo in Riverdale last Saturday
and were surprised at the extent of the
business done by him. Every depart
ment of his establishment is complete
with the latest and most artistic goods
to he purchased. Mr.. Moblo has just
purchased in Cincinnati a funeral car,
the like of which cannot be found out
side of the large cities, all of which
speaks volumes for his enterprise.
Il. w. Whitney of st. Louis has
never posed as temperance lecturer,
but he made an eloquent plea in favor
of total abstinence last Friday when he
was addressing jury in Justice Dun
hams office. Whitney said that in his
long experience with criminal cases, he
had noticed that nine-tenths of the
trouble of his clients had been caused
by wine and cards, and actually stopped
pounding the prosecution long enough to
pathetically warn the young men in the
room to beware of wine and cards"
The case of Thomas Carl of Wheeler,
charged with larency, was tried before
Justice Durham last Friday, L. w.