Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-23
Additional Local.

writing.
D. d. Whitesell was in the county
seat on business Monday.
DIR. Suydam is repairing his house
across the river this week.
Geo. p. Brooks of Saginaw was III
town Saturday evening on business
Rev. Mr.. Carl of Forest Hill attended
the Sunday School meeting i'll Alma
Monday.
Mrs. Ladue of Detroit is the guest OF
her uncle, II. A. Delavan of this place,
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Ordean of Duluth
were guests at the Wright House the
first of the week
Mrs. John Clark and Miss Edra
Castor of st. Louis were guests of Earl
Clark and family Wednesday.
Rev. J. S. McGreaham and j. b.
Sabin of Breckenridge were guests OF
Lumon Gee Monday of this week.
Giddings Sturgis of Linden was in
Alma over Saturday. Sunday he
preached in the Baptist church of Brock
enridge.
Clarence Pangborn of this place has
signed with the Ionia team for the com
ing year as pitcher. Clarence is a
twirler of considerable ability.
A meeting of the township and county
Sunday School officers was held III Alma
Monday to arrange for house-to-house
visitation throughout the county during
the month of May.
Special meeting F. & A NJ Saturday
night, for the purpose of making ar
rangements for the building of a
Masonic hall Every member urgently
requested to be present.
BY ORDER or w. NJ.
The case of Hackett VS.. Nelson, which
was decided in favor of the plaintiff III
Justice Gees court last week, has been
appealed to the Circuit Court by defend
ant and bonds for same have been filed
DR.. Stevens has very large display
Of his latest paintings i'll the window OF
Caple 81 Halls hardware store. They
are admirably well finished and display
the same high genius for which the
doctor has always been noted.
A committee consisting OF Mrs.
Bruske, Mrs. Bahlke and &. +. Scott
has just been appointed to purchase
new books for the Presbyterian Sunday
School Library The make up of the
committee is first.clasS and the results
will surely be satisfactory.
A very enthusiastic county conven-
ton of the Epworth League was held
in the NJ. +. church Tuesday afternoon
evening. A very interesting program
of papers, recitations and music was
rendered. The following county officers
were elected for the coming year. Pres
ident, Geo. Hutchinson, Alma; Vice
Pres, Miss Presly, Ithaca; Rec Sec ~,
Carlyle Walker, Alma Treas, j. r.
Butler, Middleton. The attendance at all
the meetings was good and all expressed
themselves highly pleased with the
days work.
America has its castles as well as
European countries, and those on the
Hudson River have as interesting a
story in way as the famous buildings
on the Rhine. John p Ritter tells this
story in a literally illustrated article
entitled Some American Castles" in
the May number of Frank Leslie's Pop
ular Monthly. The attractive series of
papers on American Universities and
Colleges" is continued with an article
on the University of Minnesota, by
John Cochrane Sweet. A ell-known
1heosophist, Marian F. Git, tells in an
interesting way What Theosophy
Means" A new serial story, entitled
1.-The Catpaw, by Frederick r. Burton,
begins i'll this number, and it's opening
chapters give indications of a stirring
and powerful novel.-Frank Leslie's
Popular Monthly for May.