Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-14
Honana OlcISITY.

j. T. Peters was in Shepherd Tuesday.
Geo. Fink went to Ithaca Monday on
business.
Miss Ernestina Hirschkowitz spent
Sunday with ST. Louis friends.
Mrs. II. Packer of Ithaca visited at
the home of j. b Tucker this week.
The office at the Roller Mills will be
moved into the new building next week.
Justice Durham rendered decision in
favor OF plaintiff in the replevin suit of
Minick VS.. Hall
Judge Maxwell and wife of Bay City
returned home last week from a short
stay at 1.-The Alma.
Miss Nellie Pethel returned to Shep-
herd Wednesday from a visit with her
sister, Mrs. d. II. Clark.
John d. Spinrey left Monday evening
for Kalamazoo, Toledo and other Ohio
towns on legal business.
Miss Carrie Stanton and Mrs. Will
Vanbuskirk of Ithaca were guests of
Miss G.. f. Smith this week.
Geo. Taylor has left the employ of l..
II. Hayt and accepted position in the
freight office of the d. c. r. q w rail
way.
We are in receipt of very handsome
calendar for 1898 from the Equitable
Life Insurance Society of New York
City. 1t is beauty"
Rev. b. d. Barnes of Detroit, who is
now writing insurance for the New
York Life, was in Alma a while Tues
day on his way to Mt. Pleasant
Earl Clark has secured the services of
Clint Boyles, who is a first-cla barber,
and guarantees to give satisfaction TO all
customers who call at his shop opposite
the post office.
History music and science will be
combined at the opera house this even
ing and also tomorrow evening. Price
of admission has been reduced to 10 and
% cents that all may come.
The Farmers Institute will hold one
day meeting in Elwell next Tuesday
Jan. 18th. 1t will be conducted by j. II.
Brown Of Climax. An interesting pro-
gram has been prepared which will be
found in another column Of this issue.
j. L. Miller is getting stone on the
ground for the purpose of putting up q
stone and brick building on his property
which he recently purchased of Geo.
Fink. 1t is understood that j. H. Ian.
cashire will erect a similar store adjoin-
ing this and in place of the wooden
structure now occupied by Miller's ba.
Zaar.
The amount of taxes collected by
township treasurer j. F. Schwartz up tC
last Saturday evening was 81 800. This
is nearly the whole amount, very few
people being obliged to delay payment
till the cost of collection was four pei
cent. Hard times croakers should make
note of this fact as it is good com
ment on the general prosperity of the
people.
Jas. A. Stuttz Of Detroit came TO Alma
last Friday to remain few days. II
f. p. Schneider of Cincinnati, who il
travelling salesman for big shoe firm OF
that city, also stopped off here the same
day, intending to visit old friends ovel
Saturday and Sunday. Saturday morn
ing A. w. Wright met them in the
Wright House, and the three gentlemen
enjoyed very pleasant visit, talking
over old times when they were in bust
ness together here, and the changes tha
have since taken place. They also dis
cussed the present condition of bushes,
over the whole nation. On being ques
toned, Mr.. Schneider said that his lin,
of business is fifty per cent. better thar
il was year ago. He is of the opinion
that prosperity has come to stay anC
that the outlook for the farmers is es
pecially bright. He has made a careful
study of the situation and can see II,
conditions that will again bring the pric
Of farm produce 80 low as II has been.