Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-01-31
ITHACA.

A. T.. Chase was in ST. Louis Wednesd' y.
Mrs. l.. II. Ha,t of Alma visited Mr.. and
Mrs. F. l.. Convis Tuesday.
Rev. j. W. McAlllster, pastor OF 4 NJ.
+. chu rch at Alma, spent fuesdty in town.
i he revival meeting at the N +. chm ch
have r,,eltei in he conversion Of e. pe so :.
5. T. Parish va- IN town Mopda, night
making arrangements to rem we iis hodse-
hold goods 90 Detroit.
Hon c H. Morse of Lansing visited
friend in town Monday while on his Wa! to
he farmers institute at Alma.
The Rathbone sisters will hold snecial
N ssung this evening for the election of
representative 10 the grand temrle.
The ladies aid society ol Ine Baptist
church are arranging to give shadow"
social some time IN the near future.
The revival meetings at the NJ. f.. church
continue with success, some forty-tlye hav-
ing expressed a desire 10 lead IA new life.
knights of Pythas want 10 bear in
mind the regular meeting of the lodge this
Thursday night with drill ia the first rank.
Miss Nette Comstock of this village Is
attending the farmers institute NJ Alma to-
day, before which she will read a paper on
historical "reminiscences.
Parties are here figuring on putting IN
another foundry for the manufacture OF
hight castings. This l. another step III the
right direction, AZ every new ministry IN
some way benefits the village.
About ten of Ithaca high school young
mt,
to their young gentlemen friends at the
Presbyterian social rooms, Monday evening
of TIN, week Yes they did thing, up
up brown
The eighty birthday of Bernard
Fox, an old pioneer of Gratiot; was cee-
brated at the home of David Rounds in
Lrfa,et sc last Noraay N STING style some
tver'v rreats: children, rand children and
fri nd- oeing present.
Tho TRIBrNF was in error Monday when
II stated that partie- irom O.nO haa pur-
tha7eu ito acres vi iduu AZ lac o.g u.drsh
rom y. Church for the purpose of starting
a celery farm. Such deal l. being talked
of aud possibly more than that amount will
be taken but at present the deal Is hanging
fire. The value of these Ian - for other
purposes than pasture and grass lands Is be
coming more and more apparent every year.
b IT. Sawyer has begun foreclosure
suit in chancery which III many respec : will
prove interesting. The parties are Allen
Sheldon of Detroit and Morris W. Tucker OF
Sumner. The mortgage was gwen IN 1872
to secure money then due and also what
might be advanced later and covered prop
erty in Gratiot, Montcalm and Leelenaw
counties The amount claimed 10 be due at
this time is something over $1,000 The
case will probably be heard at the next term
of court.
The prolonged contest over the pay
ment of the Ayle-worth Scriven- Gratiot
ditch suit has been set back another notch
by the action of the bond-men through
their attorney, X :. Scarf. He has made
his assignment of errors and taken an APP
pea to the United States court Of appeals at
Cincinnati before Judge ". II. Taft. 1t Is
expected that the suit will be heard in Feb
ruary. In this connection the IriBUNE
might say that the adjourned sale of the
property of the bondsmen will be held Feb
ruary I.
The experience social given by the ladies
of the o. 4. 5. at the Masonic hail. Tuesday
evening. was successful both a. n mirth pro-
voking and money-making idea. The re-
ceipts of the evening amounted to over $50.
The program was fully carried ont aud
proved interesting but the attention of the
audience was held chiefly by the stories of
how the Star members earned their half
dollars. Their experiences" were interest
ing and amusing but a lack of space forbds
giving them IN detail. The TRIBUNE cannot
help remarking, however, that If what the
ladies said was true. Bro. Mccall must have
paid we'll for getting his office cleaned.
Nine thousand years seems to be the
aggregate age of the Baptist aid society, or
at least that WAS the amount received by it
at Its birthday social held last Friday night,
at one cent year. However, when the
offerings were looked over carefully IT was
found that several outsiders had contributed
so literally as to bring the average age Of
the members down TO a reasonable figure
From the amounts given it would seem that
Theodore Scattergood was the Oldest, 800
year; W d. Scott, 30 years; and Mas er
II bland Crawford year. G. w. AlthOu-e
and wfe's contribution showed their aggre-
gate age to be 800 years aud C. +. Webster
and Mrs J ii. Seaver seemed to be we'll
along in years IL. Il. Pattengill and family
of Lansing admitted to more years than was
thought possible The ladies of the church
are very thankful for the generous spirit IN
which the social was recognized aud wish
the givers many happy returns of the day. a.
communicated