Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-07-03
Pure Paris Green at Mahan's.

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Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Decatur Cole
man, IA daughter.
The Alma band furnished the. music
in St. Louis yesterday
Mrs. j. A. Bittner and children are
visiting in Grand Haven.
l.. II. Hayt was in Marion and TEN
pie on business Monday.
Earl Clark's is the place to 90 for a
clean shave or nobby hair cut.
Miss Nettie Blackmar of St. Johns is
visiting Mrs. Henry Brewbaker
Roscoe Bahllle of Mt. Pleasant is the
guest of w. \. and Mrs Bahlke.
Mrs Butts homemade bread, both
yeast and salt rising, for sale at Fink's. 4
Orrin J. Dutton, principal of schools
in Ashley, is student at the summer col
lege,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hood of Mar
let have been visiting Mrs. Stouten-
burgh.
Mrs Mary A. Davidson left Monday
for Harbor Springs to be absent until
September.
Tom and Mrs Raycraft dedicated
their new farm house with dance last
Friday night.
d. L. Shawar lost valuable driving
horse Monday morning. The animal
died of stomach trouble.
Hooper & Griffith shipped carload of
stock to Buffalo last Saturday, and will
send another load tomorrow
\ frst-class secondhand hay loader
for sale cheap. VIII sell or exchange for
horse Inquire of VIM Club. If
Mrs w A. Thomas is entertaining
her sister, Mrs O. Russell, and two
daughters, of Rochester, n Y.
The last quarterly meeting for this
conference year occurs next Sunday.
Presiding Elder Hickey will be present
About twenty Oddfellows and Daugh-
ters of Rebelah from this place attend
ed "A meeting in Emerson Tuesday even
ing.
Lumon Gee is prepared to write tor
nado and cyclone insurance for from
one to five years, on either farm or vii
lage property.
The missionary society of the United
Brethren church held an interesting
meeting at the home of Mrs +. Brant,
"Wednesday afternoon.
There will be IA United Brethren
grove meeting six miles north east OF
Breckenridge beginning this evening
and continuing until Monday.
H. A. Delavan returned Saturday even
ing, from a ten days visit in IIillsdale
county. Mr. Delavan was one of the
early pioneers of Hillsdale county.
The second trial of the case of Baker
vs. Smalley, for malicious destruction of
property, to have been heard before Jus
tice Durham Wednesday, has been ad-
journed TO July ID.
Alfred Saleno, an employe of :. II.
Satterlee CT Ithaca, was arrested last
Friday charged with forging "A check
for $50, and drawing the money out at
the First National bank.
There will be a meeting of the execu-
! tive committee of the Gratiot County
/ Sunday school association at the county
clerks Office Thursday July 9, at one
clock p. III. to make arrangements for
Rally day. All township presidents are
requested to be present.
i. w. and Mrs. Wright, and DR.. and
Mrs Lancashire returned from their trip
to Minnesota last Saturday. The trip
from Duluth was over the Duluth. Mis-
sissippi River and Northern railroad to
the Missabe mineral range in which Mr..
/ Wright has large interests.
Dr. Brusbe says there are enough
Canada thistles growing in the vicinity
of Faughner's mill TO seed the whole
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authorities should see to it that the
thistles are destroyed before they go to
seed All over the village, too, may be
seen growing that other detestable nui-
sance, the Russian thistle. Something
should be done to remove these snui-
sances, and that at once.
The new Presbyterian church in st.
/ Louis was dedicated last Sunday DR.. j
NJ Barclay of Detroit preaching the ded-
ication sermon. The seating capacity
of the church was not able to accommo-
date the large audience. The church was
very prettily arranged with floral offer
! ing, the music especially fine, and the
sermon by DR.. Barclay a mastery and
scholarly effort. At the conclusion of
! the sermon pledges for $500 were taken,
of this amount the Ladies Aid Society
= pledge 5000, and the Sunday school 500,