Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-07-31

James and Louise Gargett are visiting
friends in Harrison
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. 7. J. Clark
Tuesday, July 20, a son,
Mrs. NJ Q. Bright of Lansing is visit.
ing her son j. g. Bright
Mahan keeps the choicest perfume to
be found in Gratiot county.
L. a. Ely has been inspecting factories
IN Mecosta county this week.
LoSr:-An account book belonging to
W. y. Thomas. Leave at this office.
The county superintendent of the
poor are IN session at the county farm
to-day.
Mrs. j. II. LeMcssurier and Miss
Mercy Sweet visited friends in Saginaw
this week.
Go to Earl Clark's the only white
barber shop III town, for first-class
shave or hair cut.
Tom Grover, one and one fourth mile
southeast of town, is building IA large
barn, granary and tool house.
Nothing like nice refreshing bath
these warm days. Go to Will Davis
bath rooms iii the Wright House.
James b. Gargett, class of '96 Alma
high school, has been engaged TO teach
the Forest Hill school for the coming
year.
The windows in the high school build
ing have been fixed so that teachers and
pupils Will not shiver with the cold this
winter
Mrs. r. Carpenter left Tuesday morn
ing for months visit to her old home
III Hagarsville, Ont, after an absence of
more than twenty years.
Fred Kernen is the agent in this place
for Dean q Co., wholesale dealers in oil
and gasoline, Ann Arbor, Mich. Orders
taken for oil and gasoline, by the barrel
only.
G. a. Gate of Saginaw, manager of
the Bell Telephone lines. was here
Saturday, and let the contract for paint
ing the telephone poles to Dewitt
Nought.
y horse belonging to Will Peters south |
IF town, jumped over fence Monday |
'vening, and broke its right fore leg.
Peter Hill shot the animal the next
morning, and ended its suffering.
Rev. w. L. Hafer, pastor of the Bap-
list church in Bellevue who has been
listing his parents in Ithaca, called on
friends here Monday. Mr. Hafer was a
tudent III Alma College in lS9l-92.
Mrs. h. G. Ely and Miss Mertha Peters
woke early Friday morning to wheel to
)wosso, but when they saw how hard it
vas raining went back TO bed, and con-
luded to wait for the afternoon train
James 7. Hall and wife of Chicago
listed in Alma last week. Mr.. Hall
vas formerly in business here, and was
cry active III the construction and
Of the railroad built from
his place to Mt. Pleasant by A. w.
Wright.
There Were not as many people in
own Friday as were here TO the circus
tuesday,, but our merchants report
luch larger trade. The men had no
eed of money at the caucus which sent
Hiss delegates TO the county convention,
} gave 1t to the women, who came TO
)wn with them and purchased supplies
n the family.
Mrs. j. w. Day who lives four miles
'uthwest, was mighty angry woman
st Friday morning. She had churned
ne day before, and ten pounds of golden
utter, in a butter bowl, had been set in
lie cellar to cool. She had also baked a
atch of delicious cookies, and these
ere also in the cellar. When she went
get them, butter and cookies were
)ne. Mrs. Day requests the return of
he butter bowl, the jar III which the
'okies were kept, and the towel spread
'er them.
Considerable alarm was caused last
riday by the fact that a little son of @.
PettyjOhn was lost. a searching
Irty was organized, the river bank
refully searched, and the entire neigh
'rhood gone over, without finding the
d. Suddenly an idea occurred to Mr..
'ttyjohn, and he rushed into Faugh-
RS mill, and to the top of it, and there !
ouching in the corner, in great fear.
Us the little fellow He had heard all 4
e excitement, and was badly fright
ed, and crawled away up there.
A young man living not an hundred
les from Alma drove far into the
untry to see a lady friend not long
ice. As the hour of ten arrived he
nned his hat to return home. His
rise had been put away in the barn,
the animal growing discontented (
tn the stable slipped his bride and
liked out to enjoy the pleasant even