Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-16

DCiI W OOuWdlu maui DuslucoS tiip
TO North Branch this week.
Our ice cream is all right. Give it a
trial. Fink's Palace Restaurant.
Hammel's Little Drummer is a
leader handled 10y all ilrst-class deal
ers.
Two swarms of bees for sale at 81 GO
piece. Inquire of j. II. VanAuken-
berg.
l.. Gee and family have been spend
ing the week with friends in Isabella
county.
Woodland & Tubbs shipped a car
load of hogs and calves to Buffalo,
Tuesday.
Jay Alverson has started meat
wagon through the country with Dan
Marlborough in charge.
II. ID. Irish of Grand Rapids, for
merly manager of the Wright House,
was in Alma last Saturday.
If you contemplate putting cave
troughs on your building, you should
see the o. G.. trough at Brock II Rod
mans.
Rev. +. j. Harris is in Detroit this
week. Next Sunday he will preach in
the Baptist church in Eyart, which
church has extended him a call.
Miss Helen Church left Tuesday
morning for a visit with friends in De-
troit, Jackson, and other places in
eastern and southern Michigan.
Rev. c. a. Cary has rendered his res
ignation as rector of st. Johns parish
and will leave the last of this month foI
Detroit. His successor has not been
chosen.
The sight of the season was j. w.
Hawkins first ride on the new tandem
The second scene was j. ~, tandem
and son Harry, piled up in the ditch;
third scene, an argument as to who
was on top.
To enable f. f. Pollasky to open the
fall dress goods season with "A rush, he
will place on sale bis entire line OF
choice dress goods az a discount of q
per cent. for one week only, commenc
ing on Saturday, Aug, 18th.
Alma College library has recently
received the census reports for 1890
The reports are very complete, es
pecially in regard to the foreign popu
lation. The citizens of Alma who wisl
TO look them over can do so 10y calling
at the library.
}. W. Holmes, village treasurer
wishes to announce that the limit o
time granted 10y the Village Council TO
the collection of the village taxes vii
expire Sept. 9Th and that he will be a
his Office every Monday, Wednesda.
and Saturday until eleven o'clock a
III. to receive said taxes. S57-3w-p.
Isaac Russell has a very lame hand
as the result of the force with whicl
he drew saw over It. He was abou
to saw wooden plug in two, and ha,
! concentrated his energies for yer
telling stroke. In some unexplane,
manner his left hand was where thu
plug should have been, aud receive,
the full force of the stroke intende
for the plug.
The Detroit Tribune is going to II
little trouble and expense to circulat
its Sunday edition. 1t has made al
rangements by special car TO have ther
arrive at Mt. Pleasant at o'cloc
every Sunday morning, and with Ere
Leonard of this place to get them Their
and take them to Shepherd, Alma, 81
Louis and Ithaca, making the deliver
by II o'clock, giving us the Sunda
edition as early as we receive on
dailies during the week.
}. J. Bush has a peach orchard a
Cedar Lake containing 800 trees tw
years old, and some of them have a
ready begun to bear. The trees are a
about the same size and are thrifty an
handsome. In couple of years tim
Mr.. Bush will control a small forum
from his peach orchard alone, asid
from what he Will realize from hi
plum, pear, cherry and vegetables CT
reals that he raises. lie is a practic;
man at the business, and it will do one
soul good to go out and take loo
over his premises.
The Ladies' Guild of st. Johns churc
gave decidedly unique entertainer
Tuesday evening before SanitariuT
Cottage No. >. A gypsy encampmer
was stationed there, and the accurac
with which the ladies had designe
their costumes lent decided reality
the scene. Mrs. Sterling, costumed
true Bohemian style, acted as forum
teller, and the numerous inquirers VII
sought to know what the future had i
. | store for them were assured of happ