Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-02-21
Additional Local.

property on Orchard street.
Miss Jeanette Leggett of Detroit
visited the college Thursday
The Alma Gun Club will hold meet
ing in the council room this evening.
Murza Chaplin wants the person who
took his drum to return it at once. She
is known.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Caple enter
tanned the pedro club Wednesday even
ing.
All taxes for the township of Arcadia
not paid by March lst will positively be
returned. G. RUSH,
Township Treasurer
Alma physicians report less sickness
this winter than III any winter before III
several years.
The Faughner saw mill has changed
hands The mill will cut all the logs
that can be hauled.
w. c. Clark went TO Detroit Tuesday
morning. w c. has hosts of friends in
lIdl tllN NIlO W III III Eltl'l w N'' ilIlls
Ithaca has another well, making the
third of its kind The new well is an
eight inch hole sunk to the depth OF 6l5
feet.
The business places III Alma will be
closed tomorrow evening at eight o clock
standard time onaccount of the minstrel
show
With this issue we begin Vol. IS of the
RECORD We shall continue to give our
readers the best paper published in
Gratiot county.
Prof. Ely will deliver lecture in the
high school room next Monday evening
Subject, Around the World. The lee
ture will be illustrated by stereopticon
views.
James Darland brought load of stone
to the scales in front of Adams store
yesterday morning which weighed 10
40 pounds. The horses which drew the
load weighed only 2200 pounds.
An error was made in the item in last
weeks RECORD which stated that Rev.
j. w. Sutton had exchanged farm
for residence property belonging to Z.
G. Skinner. 1t should have read +. G. |
Ferris.
Mrs. Kendall Brooks gave Valentine
party TO twenty-thrcc young ladies. |
Sentiments about the day Were given
by the young ladies, a pleasing musical
program rendered, and refreshments
served by the hostess.
Rev. j. w. McAllister will begin re-
vival meetings in the NJ. L. church at
Parkinson next Sunday afternoon. He
will be assisted by two evangelistS from
Grand Rapids. members of the Revival |
Band Of the NJ. f. conference.
Miss Lena Schwartz entertained the |
Gilt Edge Social Club Monday evening, |
and the members of the club agree that
she is a most entertaining hostess. |
Frank Taylor and Miss Maud McCul- |
Tough won first prizes, and Mrs. Ely |
Brewbaker and Murza Chaplin carried |
away BOBBY honors.
"A iN NPANS'hNehtANN VI lllN - lllltN ClelNtS
Telephone Co has been in Alma this |
week, perfecting arrangements for OBJ
tanning franchise from the village |
council. The line will run from Grand |
Rapids TO Saginaw, and connect at this |
point with the central office. in l.. II. |
Hayt's, of the Gratiot County telephone |
line.
Because of the absence of Drs. Ian
cashire and Pettyjohn, the banquet to
have been given at the Sanitarium on
Washington ) birthday has been indefi- !
nitely postponed, to the great regret of
President Bruske, whose mouth has been
watering for several weeks in antici-
patton of the good dinner he expected TO
have at that time
About forty young people appeared at
the NJ. f. parsonage Wednesday evening
and said they had come to surprise Miss
Howard, who is visiting her sister, Mrs. |
McAllister. A very pleasant evening
was spent, playing games, merry conver-
ton, and good music Refreshments
were served. and it twas not until a
late hour that the company dispersed.
The domestic affairs of j. B. Fullerton
were given an airing in Justice Gee's :
cout last Saturday. Fullerton daughter.
Mrs Hattie Cole, sued her father to re-
cover pay for taking care of him during
his last sickness. The testimony brought
out was not very much to the credit of
either party. John ID. Spinney appeared
for Mrs Cole. and Fullerton conducted
his own case. Justice Gee held the case
under advisement until Wednesday of
this week. when he gave Judgment to
Mrs. Cole in the sum of S2i and costs.
Notice TO tax pavars