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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-07-08
TABLE OF VALUES JULY /, 1898.
STATE OF MICHIGAN.

STATE OF MICHIGAN.
COUNTY OF GRATlOT
On this fif,h day OF July. 1855 before me a
notary public i'm an@ for Uraliot county, Mich.
personally appeared + A Bagley and p. VI
smith who severs ny declared under oath that
the foregoing statement OF the Alma Building
aud Loan association is true 10 the best OF
their knowledge and belief
W. A. BAHLKE.
Notary Public. Grstiot CO unity, Mich.
This i to certify that the undersigned have
rXa mined the accounts of the Alma Building
and Loan association for the year July l. 1897,
70 July T. 1898 and have found them true and
correct 20 the best of our knowledge and belief.
Dated Alma. Mich. July T. 1898.
A. w BECKNER
CHAs. o WARD, Auditing com.
" : HOLLENBECK.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-07-08


of the village of Alma, and to regulate
the removal, repair and construction OF
buildings therein.
The Village Of Alma ordains-
SECTION -
The fire limits OF the Village of Alma shal
and is hereby declared to- include the follOwint
described lots and blocks and parts thereof
and the following described lands by NETS anc
bonds in said village, VIZ:
O3l. fourteen 0D. fifteen n5,. sixteen G6,
seventeen ~ eighteen Cs), nineteen l9'
twenty t20) and twenty-one t2D, in bloch
twenty t20).
Lots FIVE 80. six C6, seven ,7,, eight ~ and
nine (9l. in block twenty-one t2D.
Lots one ~, two e. nine (9l. ten O0). eleyer
Ill and twelve G2) I'm block twenty-five t22'.
Lots one 90, two (2l three CD. four a.. five
(5) six o. twenty-five (2b) twentv-siX (26)
twenty seven (21). tweuty-eight (2s), twenty
nine (?g), and thirty (30), in block twenty-thret
(23)
All in the Village OF Alma according to the
recorded plat thereof, Gratiot County, Mich
san
Lots one (). two (e) three (9). eleven IN
and twelve N2) in block three 90 Elytons ad
dition to the Village Of Alma according 10 th'
recorded plat thereof, county ana state afore
said.
Commencing twenty seven en- rods west oi
the southeast corner of the south west quarter
OF the southwest quarter OF section thirty
four l3i). ~ township twelve (l2) north OF
range three ~ west Gratiot County. Michigan
thence north ten and oue-half l0isl rods
thence east twenty-seven l27l rods. thence
south ten and one-half il0l&l rods; thence west
10 place OF beginning, the same being In the
Village Of Alma. Gratiot County, Michigan.
SECTION q
All buildings or other structures OF every
together with their foundations,
hereafter erected enlarged repaired or altered
within tho fire limits OF said village az above
defined, shall IA TO the outer walls be OF stone
brick, iron or other metal. with iron, brick on
stone columns and the roofs covered With
slate, tile, metal. gravel or fireproof compo
sition. and IL with a cornce. the same shall be
we'll secured 20 the walls. and OF stone, brick
or metal and all cutters and eve.troughs shall
be of metal.
SECTION s.
The inclosing walls of all buildings within
the fire1imits, shall be not less thickness In
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-07-08
Try Aliens Eoot-Easa.

A powder TO be shaken into the
shoes. AT this season your feet feel
swollen and hot, and get tired easily
If You have smarting feet or tight shoes,
try Aliens Foot Ease 1t cools the feet
and makes walking easy. Cures and
prevents swollen and sweating feet,
blisters and callous spots. Relieves
corns and bunions of all pain and gives
rest and comfort. Try it to-day Sold
by all druggists and shoe stores for 25c.
Trial package FREE. Address, Allen
S. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
955-4
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-07-08
Old Slang Revived.

Slang Is sledom new. Not so worse"
fourished briskly for few months and
has already fallen into well-deserved
oblivion. Doubtless IL seemed new for
a time. Yet letter written by bril-
liant English magazinist, Samuel Phil
lips, in 1s45, published for the first time
In Mrs. ELEPHANTS history of the house
of Blackwood, contains this sentence:
"One hundred pounds for weeks
work. Not 40 yvorsei"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-07-08
Shake In Yourto Shoes

feet 1t cures painful, swollen. smart
ing feet and instantly takes the sting
Foot-Ease makes tight-fitting or new
shoes feel easy. It's a certain cure for
sweating, callous and hot, tired, aching
feet. Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores. By mail for 25c in
stamps. Trial package FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
955-4m
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-07-08
AMERICAN SCHOOL AT ATHENS
Crisis of Political Affairs Had n Bad
Effect on IL.

In year of war and rumors of war
an archaeological explorer finds his oc-
cupation well-nigh gone says Litera-
ture. Throughout the long drawn crisis
of the past spring and summer both the
Greek government and the Greek peo-
pie behaved toward the foreign repre-
sentatves of science in their midst with
extraordinary courtesy. detaching them
almost entirely from the feelings of ir.
ritation or resentment which were man.
Tested toward the European powers.
But with one-half of the available
peasantry drawn off for the fighting
line and reserves. and the other half
able 10 think and talk Of little but war
il was naturally difficult TO effect eX-
cavations during the spring.
Thus the American school in Athens
which had planned for last spring the
opening of the campaign which is TO
uncover Corinth. only did about n
weeks work. The government was too
busy 10 proceed with the promised eX-
preparation OF the site. and finally the
director, Mr.. Richardson. bought for
himself small tract east of the tenn
pie, and there came quickly on the re-
mains of stoa, which seemed 10 indi-
cate the proximity of the agora of the
city. But the work was not proceeded
with. II is 10 be resumed in March,
If the appropriation has by that time
been duly carried through. but the great
depth of the soil will entail great ex-
penSe.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-07-08
NOTICE.
The Annual Meeting

of School District No. l of the town
ships Of Arcadia and Pine River for the
election of school district officers and
for the transaction of such other business
as may lawfully come before it, will be
held at Alma, in the Union School
House, on Monday, the 18th day of
July, 1898, at S o'clock p. m, local time.
FURTHER, That those qualified to vote
upon the question of raising money in
said district shall vote at such annual
meeting to authorize the district board
TO purchase and provide free text books
for the use of the pupils in said district.
FURTHER To vote whether or not said
district shall come under the Uniform
Textbook Law.
VIM. @. CLARK, Director.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-07-08
Give the Children a Drink

called Grain-O. 1t is delicious, appe-
tizing, nourishing food drink to take the
place of coffee. Sold by all grocers and
liked by all who use it because when
properly prepared it tastes like the finest
coffee but is free from al its injurious
properties. Grain.O aids digestion and
strengthens the nerves. 1t is not a slim
ulant but a health builder, and children,
As well as adults, can drink it with great
benefit, Costs about "a as much as cof-
fee. ID and 25c.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-07-08

You cannot be cheerful or happy
while your liver is disordered: life is but
burden TO persons so afflicted. DR. J.
II McLean's Liver and Kidney Balm is
the right thing to put this organ into
healthy condition 1t increases the
secretion of bile, stimulates the kid.
neys, and restores the organs OF the
body to the proper performance of their
functions. Price SIoo bottle. For
sale by b S. WEBB.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-07-08
Card of Thanks.

To the friends who so kindly assisted
US in our sad bereavement and also for
the beautiful flowers, we extend our
sincere thanks.
Belle Chestnut, Clanima Chestnut, Her.
bert Chestnut, G.. w. Chestnut, s.
Z. Myers and Mrs S. b. Carson.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-07-08
AN OLD CROWS TREASURES.
Like "a Miser lie Hoardcd and Gloated
Over Them.

One day while watching saw crow
crossing the Don valley with something
white in his beak, writes Ernest Seton
Thompson in Scribner's. He flew TO the
mouth of the Rosedale brook. then took
a short flight to the Beaver elm. There
he dropped the white object, and, look
ing about, gave me chance to recog-
nize my old friend Silverspot. After
minute he picked up the white thing, a
shetland walked over past the spring,
and here, among the docks and the
skunk cabbages, he unearthed a pile
of shells and other white, shiny things.
He spread them out in the sun, turned
them over, lifted them one by one, nes-
tied on them as though they were eggs,
toyed with them and gloated over them
like a miser. This was his hobby, his
weakness. He could not have explained
why he enjoyed them, any more than
boy can explain why he collects post
age stamps, or girl why she prefers
pearls to rubies; but his pleasure in
them was very real, and after half an
hour he covered them all, including the
new one, with earth and leaves, and
few off. | went at once to the spot and
examined the hoard; there was about
a hatful in all, chiefly white pebbles,
clam shells and some bits of tin, but
there was also the handle of china
cup. which must have been the gem of
the collection. That was the last time
| saw them. Silverspot knew that l
had found his treasures, and he re-
moved them at once; where, never
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-07-08
one Dovcott Declared Legal.

Lawyers In England have no legal
right 10 get their names I'm the paper"
according TO recent decision of JUS
tice Hawkins. The suit Of Birming-
ham lawyer who had sued two newspa-
pers Of that city for conspiracy in pur-
posely leaving out his name whenever
he tried cases was dismissed before II
went to the Jury,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-07-08

Many persons suffer from disorders in
the kidneys and bladder without know
ing what is the matter with them
They should know that disorders in
those organs if allowed to remain will
result fatally. DIR ] II. McLean's Liv-
CT and Kidney Balm will restore healthy
functional activity and thus eradicates
the disease Price SIoo bottle. For
sale by b. :. WEBB.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-07-08

Clover sickness, a common disease
which often ruins clover crops, has
caused German scientists to make ex-
periments. They have succeeded in
getting cultures of the bacteria that
produce the disease. They expect that
soon farmers will. be able to. inoculate
thdr land Just - s,hunan being may
u fsn1uS .,,.ssl-.Al-Ak.-A.Al-------
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-07-08
Many People Cannot Drink

coffee at night 1t spoils their sleep.
You can drink Grain O when you please
and sleep like top For Grain.O does
not stimulate it nourishes, cheers and
feeds. Yet it looks and tastes like the
best coffee. For nervous persons, young
people and children Grain o is the per-
feet drink. Made from pure grains
Get package from your grocer to-day
Try it in place of coffee. 10 and Csc
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-07-08
ADesIratIe House TO Rent.

One to three years, from Sept. LIST.
Modern new house, thirteen rooms,
furnace, laundry, bath and closets, good
barn, desirable location. Reasonable
terms TO the right party. Inquire of II.
ID Lemen.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-07-08
When You Take Your Vacation

the most necessary article to have with
you (after your pocket book is a bottle
of Foley's Collie Cure. 1t is an absolute
prevention or cure of all arrangements
of the bowels caused by a change of
water. You are likely to need it.
BIvINs q RHODES.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-07-08
Quick Relief for Asthma.

Foley's Honey and Tar is guaranteed
to give prompt relief in all cases OF
Asthma. DO not class this with other
medicines that have failed to give relief.
Give Il a trial. BIvINs & RHODES.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-07-08

He has bad attack Of collie and is max
ing for Bivins & Rhodes's drug store
after a bottle of Foley's Collie Cure.
25C and zoe.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-07-08

inches than Is set forth I'm the following tables:
Figures in the first column designating the
thickness OF the first story walls. the figures In
he second column designating the thickness
OF the second story walls, etc. and the words
on the left OF the first column indicating the
number OF stories 10 be in the building.
Thickness in inf hes OF the inclOsing walls OF
LIST story. % story. Sd story. 9Th story.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-07-08
liberals no? aboutit.

No question indeed with those who
have used it, but that Foleys Kidney
Cure is absolutely reliable for all Kid
ney and Bladder diseases. BIVINS &
RHODES.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-07-08
Wondarfull MarvelousI

are expressions frequently heard about
Foley's Kidney Cure. Do not fail to
try this great remedy for all kidney
trouble. BIvINs & RHODES.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-07-08
The Successful Remedy for
NASAL CATARRH

must be non-irritating' easy OF appli!ca-
reach the inhamed and diseased sur
faces.
ELY'S CREAM BALM combines the
important requisites of quick action and
specific curative powers with perfect
safety to the patient This agreeable
remedy has mastered catarrh as nothing
else has, and both physicians and pat
tents freely concede this fact. All drug
gists cheerfully acknowledge that in it
the acme of Pharmaceutical skill has
been reached. The most distressing
symptoms quickly yield to it. In acute
cases the Balm imparts almost instant
relief.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-07-08
By Absorption.

Catarrhal sufferers should remember
that Ely's Cream Balm is the only ca
arrh remedy which is qpjcliy and horo-
ughly absorbed by the diseased membrane.
Ii does MT dlu mp the sccrctioaS. but changes
them TO limpid and orless condition,
and finally to a natural and healthy
character
The Balm can be found at any drug
store, or by sending so cents to Ely
Brothers. 50 Warren ST., New York, it
will be mailed.
Full directions with each package.
Cream Balm opens and cleanses the
nasal passages, allays Inflammation,
thereby stopping pain in the head, and
protects the membrane and restores the
senees OF taste and smell. The Balm is
applied directly into the nostrils.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-07-08
Building and Loan Statement.

The following is the statement of the
Alma Building and Loan Association
from July LIST, 1897 to, July LIST, 1898:
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-07-08
Ordinance No. 80.

An ordinance to define the fire limit.
of the village of Alma, and to regulate
the removal, repair and construction OF
buildings therein.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-16
PERSONAL.

Joseph Mackey, who was distinguish
ed as being the Oldest Grand Army man
in Pennsylvania, and, it is thought, In the
country as well has just died at his home
in Tamaqua, Pa.
-"PrivateS Dalzen declares his willing
ness to enter the army once more, but
not in the ranks Il had three years of
that" said he, land do not sigh for any
more of it. If go to the front again it
will be as a colonel or nothing
When Gen. Wheeler C"Fighting Joe')
is troubled with insomnia he always gets
relief by drinking mug of beer into
which has been stirred little salt. AT
ter that" says he, "the next thing I hear
is the breakfast bell"
Mr. Dusen, a German traveller, who re-
Gently explored the west coast of Pata-
gonia, says that MOSES of all species are
developed there to an extraordinary de-
gree. They grow in immense heaps, the
explorer standing to his armpits in some
of them.
William F. Wagner, an electrician, liv-
ing at Superior, Wis, has invented a
naval torpedo which he claims has ad-
vantages over either the Whitehead or
the more recent Sims Edison. 1t is oper-
ated by electricity and is cheaper and
more powerful than any now in use.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-16
Leifer,s Whent nenI.

AS far as can be judged from the news
paper reports no great amount of sympa-
thy is felt for Joseph Letter, the Chicago
wheat speculator, who, It is said, has
lost $9,50O,0OO within the last twenty-five
days Up TO the last of May he was re-
garded as the most remarkable and sue
cessful Spectator that had ever appeared
in the Chicago wheat pit. He was backed
by his father, who is reported to be worth
$50, 100000, when he inaugurated his wheat
deal last fail, and it is stated with great
degree of positiveness that when he had
practically closed his deal about
May l his profits amounted to
S4,5O00OO. 1t is probable that he
could have closed out all of his transac-
tons at that time and quit the wheat
pit with clear winnings of $4,OO0OOO. He
promised his father that he would give up
speculation in grain, and his father was
under the impression he had done so.
1t seems, however, that he thought he
knew more about specializing in wheat
than anybody else. But it turned out that
he didn't. Instead Of being the rich man
he was a month ago he owes several mil
lion dollars more than he can pay. His
father win pay his debts, however, in or
order to prevent his son from being de-
clared a bankrupt. But he will take care
that his son does not speculate in wheat
again. He will probably allow him
comfortable income and send him to Eng
land to visit his brother-ln-law.
Joseph Letter is no longer Napoleon
of finance" He has met his Waterloo and
will be banished from the scene of his
triumphs. lie has the satisfaction, how
ever Of knowing that he is the only man
who ever cleared 81 a bushel in a wheat
speculation He Will hardly repeat the per-
Torrance In fact it is probable that the
wheat pit will know him no more.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-16
Cuba ana the Negroes.

There is a good deal of speculation as to
whether the freeing of Cuba from the yoke
of Spain and making it an Independent
state win have a tendency TO solve the ne
gro problem There are those who think
it will. Their argument is that when the
Spaniards are driven out of Cuba there
will be an Immediate demand for a great
deal more labor there than there is now.
The abandoned plantations viii be at once
occupied and new lands will be put into
cultivation, because about all the arabic
lands of the island are very productive.
The coffee plantations will be re-establish-
ed and the production of sugar and to-
bacco and fruits will be greatly increased
The labor at present in Cuba will not be
equal to the demands upon it and the ne
groes of the Southern states viii not be
long in becoming acquainted with that
fact They will go to Cuba by the tens of
thousands. hoping to better their material
condition without a great deal of effort on
their part. They can stand the climate. In
fact they will find the conditions there for
earning a living and getting ahead in the
world more satisfactory than they are in
any Of the Southern states.
The foregoing may be true, but as far as
we can see the freeing of Cuba will not
assist in solving the negro problem. If the
negroes should 80 to Cuba in such num-
bers as to give them the control of its po-
Ltical affairs the chances are that the ne
gro population there would degenerate, and
Cuba would become much like Hayti. But.
if a half a million Of them should emigrate
from the South to Cuba, and it is hardly
probable that the number would be greater,
the status Of those left behind would not
be changed in any particular The emil
grating of a half million of negroes from
the South would not make much difference
TO the 100000 or 100000 of negroes in the
South. There might be a little better
chance for those left behind to obtain re-
munerative employment, but that is about
all the benefit the emigration Of half mil
lion of negroes 10 Cuba would be to the
negro race in the South.
If it Is land the negroes want in order to
become farmers there is plenty of it in the
South. Comparatively few Of them, how
ever, show any disposition 10 become far
mers. About all of them are satisfied with a
hand to mouth existence. If they have
something TO eat and fairly good clothes
| they are satisfied Until they develop a de-
sire to become properly owners and make
an effort to be the possessors of homes of
their own they will not get much beyond
their present condition, even if hundreds
| of thousands of them should emigrate to
Cuba. The making of Cuba an independ-
eut state Will not do any more to solve
what is called the negro problem than
Hayti has done.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-16
sicards Lost Opportunity.


Around official Washington a story is
told concerning an interview between
Capt Evans and Secretary Long of the
navy the day after the Maine was blown
up, asserts the Chicago Inter Ocean, Ma
val officers-those who take the initiative
were inclined 10 believe that Admiral
Sicard should have knocked at Morro's
door as soon as he could steam to Ha-
vana. Sicard was at Dry Tortugas with
his squadron. He had two courses before
him. one was TO Key West, where he
would find Geographic communication
with Washington. The other was to Ha-
vana, where there was also Geographic
communication, but perhaps more diff
cult to obtain. Sicard, flying the signal
of inquiry, laid his course to Key West
and asked for instructions. What they
were As well enough known. There was
a protest on the part of many officials
naval and military, as well civilian.
Long and other cabinet chiefs heard the
criticisms, and in a quiet way felt the
pulses of the departments.
Capt Evans who was a member of the
lighthouse board, was a caller at Sec
rotary Longs office.
What do you think of Sicard's action?''
asked the secretary, so the story goes. Il
hear many criticse it."
well, he acted in the line of his duty"
think 1 know men who would have done
otherwise"
In what respect2'
"They would have headed their squad
ron for Havana, and reported TO you that
they had assumed control of affairs, pend
ing an examination, and would hold the
city TO indemnify this country in case the
inquiry fixed the responsibility for the
damnable affair upon the Spanish govern
ment or authorities"
Such a proceeding would have been
high-handed and in violation of interna-
tional law. The administration would
have been very angry with Admiral ST.
card and would have disciplined him Sc
verely If he had taken such action" OBJ
jected Long.
mo doubt the administration would
have been very angry, and doubtless also
Sicard would have been severely disci-
pinned, Capt Evans is reported as say
ing but he would have been the next
President"