Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-05-12

Wednesday.
w. ID. Strong of Riverdale was in
Alma Monday.
Geo. J. Butcher of Elm Hall was in
town Tuesday
j. w. Robinson of vestaburg was in
Alma Tuesday.
For new spring jewelry see J. p.
Losey's windows.
Sheriff N. j. Mccullough was in
Alma Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. n Church of Ithaca
were in Alma Monday.
Farmers should call on A. w. Brock
before selling their wool.
N. B. Bradley of Bay City was in
Alma the first of the week.
Marcus Pollasky left on Wednesday
for Chicago on short business trip.
In reading the locals just glance
through PETTY johns add this week.
Miss Alice Thum of Ithaca spent Sun
day in Alma visiting relatives and
friends.
p. I. Banghart has quantity of good
dirt and gravel that he wishes TO sell at
hfty-cents a yard.
w. ID. Kimball of Toledo has been
stopping at the Wright House the great.
er part of the week
Mrs. w. s. Turck was in Elm Hall
Saturday on business connected with
state W. h. q. work.
A. b. Angel left the first of the week
for Edmore where he expects TO remain
about two weeks looking after his farm
The program for the Sunday school
convention TO be held in the Disciple
church of Forest Hill, Sunday, May 81,
Will be found on another page.
The graphophoEe entertainment in
front of the Wright House last Friday
night drew forth quite a crowd. 1t was
the finest of the kind we ever heard.
Several arrests have been made dur
ing the past two or three weeks for vio-
lation of the bicycle ordinance relative
to riding on the sidewalks inside the
corporation limits.
Lloyd Gilman has been acting as
nightclerk at the Wright House during
the greater part of the past week, Geo
Lavell being compelled to remain in his
room for few days with inflammation of
the eyes.
j. h. Frank, formerly the freight
agent of the Ann Arbor at this place,
now in the assistant passenger agents
office in Toledo, was in Alma Saturday
night and had charge OF the excursion
train south to Toledo Sunday morning.
A. w. Francis of Mt. Clemens, the
gentleman who will have charge of the !
construction of the Union Telephone
Co.'S lines, arrived in Alma the first of |
week He has rented the Mrs Cohoon |
house on Woodworth-ave and will
reside here for the summer.
A young fellow by the name of Ben
Carter, feeling quite enthusiastic last
Sunday, procured livery rig from the
barn OF II, j. Hyde q Son and after filling
up on booze endeavored to show OIL some
OF his dexterity with the whip by using
it on the animal. Result, driver thrown
out, horse ran away and Garter paid the
freight.
The usual large sized audience greeted
the Uncle Toms Cabin show at the
opera house last Wednesday night
The production did not require much
talent on the part of the actors, but was
up to the usual standard of other Tom
shows, and then it was the band that
drew the crowd.
A. +. Dunn of Chicago advertis-
ing manager of the Western Methodist
Book Concern, was in Alma Tuesday to
arrange contract for advertising the
sanitarium. Mr.. Dunn expressed him.
self as highly pleased with what he saw
of our village, and especially with its
sanitarium, While here he was the
guest of Rev. Nj. ID. Carrel.
1t is frequently the case that conf
dence men, swindlers and other dis. {
honest persons take advantage of
farmer here and there and rob him underI |
various pretexts, but it may be stated
that where one farmer is thus treated
ten residents OF towns or cities are vic.
tins. The green" individuals do not
all live in the country, and if statistics I
could be made to show comparison it |
would be found that the farmer is as I
careful as any other class. t
There has been some question in the !,
minds of clergymen and justices of the :
peace as to whether or no revenue :
stamp should be placed on marriage