Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-03-20

of the NJ. f. church. Work on the new
church will be pushed as soon as the
weather permits.
The United States Electric Tele phone
Co., finished setting poles along the
route as far as Alma, Wednesday even
ing The work of putting up the wires
is now being done
G.. Hyde of Burr Oak, was here again
last Friday, to complete arrangement.
for locating IA peppermint still here.
He may buy the 80 acre farm near Sum
ner, owned 10y Bert Woodward.
| DR. Niles, who came here from Ann
Arbor few weeks ago, and fitted up an
Office in the Church block, has come to
the conclusion that Alma is too healthy
for him, and moved back to Ann Arbor.
| Those subscribers who agreed, some
months ago, TO bring us some wood ON
arrears, must have forgotten us We
need it now. and hope you will refresh
your memory with the promise and full
fill it.
The fine brick school house in the vii
lage of Sumner was damaged several
hundred dollars by fire Monday night.
The flames were discovered just in time
to prevent the total destruction of the
building
Mrs Benjamin Fowler, aged 73 died
at her home in Sumner township, Mon
day She came with her husband from
England orty-eight years ago, and set
tied in that township. living there until
her death.
As we 90 to press the suit of John
Siddall Of st. Louis vs. Fred Cooley Of
Perrinton, to collect payment for labor,
is being tried before Justice Gee. +. ID.
Yale Of Middlcville is attorney for
Cooley, and J. d. Spinney for Siddall.
II. +. Campbell of Glare, an employe
of the Clarence Lumber company, died
of pneumonia last Friday. He leaves a
wife and three children. He carried
- 600 insurance in the Maccabees, but
there is some difficulty about getting it.
as it is claimed he was behind in his
dues.
\ meeting was held in Elm Hall Wed
neSday evening. for the purpose of talk
| ing free silver. Addresses where made
by John HileS, NJ NJ. Copp and others.
Another meeting will be held next Tues
day evening, when club will be or
ganized.
Gratiot county hens were doing busi-
ness right along last week, if one may
! Judge from the number of eggs brought
to AlWa Saturday. Our grocerS bought
1000 dozen eggs that day, to say moth
ing of the hundreds of dozens marketed
during the week,
viii Reed has been in Concord, Man
chester and Portsmouth, n. H.. Port
land. Bangor and Rockland, Maine.
Boston and Springfield, Mass, this
week; next week he will be in Hartford
New Haven. and Bridgeport, Conn,
and New York City.
The managers of the Handy Wagon
Co. of Saginaw are considering the
feasibility of establishing branch
establishment in Alma. There are sev.
eral desirable locations here and every
facility will be afforded the company
should it decide to establish branch
here.
w. :. Bangs and Mrs Della Andrews
have appealed to the township boards
from the assessment of the drain COM
missioner, in the matter Of the Arcadia
and Newark drain. a special meeting
of the township boards will be held at
the residence of Mr.. Bangs, three miles
south Of here, this afternoon.
Louis ROdman was arrested last Sat
urday on Il warrant sworn out by f. n.
Leonard, charging him with taking Il
horse without permission. ROdman
was arraigned before Justice Gee Satur-
day morning, when the complaint was
withdrawn, Rodman paying for the use
of the horse and all costs III the case.
: 4 meeting was held in Ithaca last Sat
urday and the necessary steps taken to
organize the Farmers Mutual Fire In
surance Company of Gratiot county.
Nearly enough names were secured to
insure the success of the project. An
other meeting will bc held in Ithaca to-
e morrow. when charter will be adopted.
The register at the Sanitarium shows
the following arrivals this week: G.
w Bird. Portland; George Dunlap and
wife. Chicago; j. G. Fisher, Warsaw,
: n. Y: f. II. Gctman and wife, Elkhart,
Ind. j. \. Stoddard and wife, Chicago;
G. G.. Almendinger, Detroit G. r. De-
Puy and wife, Stockbridge; Allen y.
Rider, Chicago.
\ peculiar accident is reported from
Emerson township, nine miles southeast
of Alma Clarence Emery Augustine
- Nyas plaVing the school trauup known rs