Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-02-25
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the county Jail by paying the debt and
costs.
II. Nj. Cowley has ask the village
council TO grant him franchise TO put
| in an electric light plant and the things
necessary to go with it. If granted, he
| will begin work on il soon,
Paul Engelmann's little boy Herman,
one and one half years old, got his dress
on fire some way Thursday morning.
The dress was burned ana the boys hair
badly singed but no serious harm done.
Fred Delevan attended the state con-
vention of the Brotherhood of ST. An
drews in Bay City Saturday and Sunday
as delegate from the local Brotherhood
He reports meeting full of life and III.
spiration.
At a meeting of committees from the
young peoples societies Of the town and
college Wednesday evening it was de-
cided TO hold union temperance meet
ing March 18th, and each society to be
represented by one speaker.
Some excellent addresses were given
at the Union Temperance meeting in the
Presbyterian church last Sunday even.
ing along the line of practical temper.
ance work, and it is to be regretted that
the severe storm was raging at that time,
thus preventing the house being filed.
When Mrs w s. Turck was III Port
Huron last week she secured quarters for
the w. h. c. Department Convention TO
be held in that city June l4-l6 at the
Hotel Harrington, of which d. II. Web
ster, at one time manager OF the sanl-
tarium here, is the proprietor. BY max
ing application at this early date, Mrs.
Turck was able to secure very pleasant
and commodious quarters
Brown & Brown have arranged with
Geo. A. Mansfield, manager of Faust,
to bring his great Scenic and Electrical
Production here, on March 3. with Porter
White, in the role Of "Mephisto. This
is said to be the most instructive and en-
tertaining play, on the American stage,
and should be attended by all who en-.
joy dramatic treat. The press, through.
out the country, has pronounced this TO
be production Of very high order
The company which is an excellent one,
should be greeted with an overwhelming
house
The exhibition of grains and grasses
from four Of the great grain growing
provinces Of Canada at the Hotel Arcadia
Wednesday and yesterday by J. n
Grieve, Canadian Govt agent, certainly
shows that farming can be made TO pay
and pay we'll in those regions Free
homesteads of 100 acres for all males
over eighteen years Of age, or railroad
lands at SO per acre II some of those
who have the Klondike fever would set.
tie down Oh some Of these homestead
lands they would in our judgement
stand more of show for lettering their
condition. But it isn't necessary to go
even so far as these provinces. Plenty
of good homestead land yet within our
OWu DOTueTb.
The Alma L. O. 7. NJ s to the number
of fourteen drove to Elwell last Satur.
day afternoon and took the Lady Macca-
bees of that place by surprise. They
were treated right royalty by the Elwell
ladies and had a fine time. Just before
their arrival the other lodge had voted
to invite the Alma lodge to dinner three
weeks from that day, which OF course
was accepted. The Elwell ladies had
opened lodge and were under the head
of good of the order" so they requested
some of the Alma ladies 10 respond Mrs.
Opdyke in a few well chosen words sus.
tanned the credit Of the Alma ladies On
their way home they were delayed in
the storm half an hour by four loads Of
wood which were having diffic elites
xrith no traoL