Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-06-23
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

O. j. Sioen was in Detroit over Sun
day.
The book auction has closed and gone
to ST. Louis.
j. Lee Potts of Ithaca was in Alma
Tuesday.
Ellis Clark has our thanks for box OF
delicious strawberries
C.E. Barstow of Ithaca transacted
business in Alma Monday.
Mrs. Ora Abbott left on Tuesday for
Adrian on a short visit with relatives.
Samuel Shores of McBain was IN
Alma the first of this week on business.
Miss Lizzie Davidson of Fort Wayne
Ind, is visiting friends in Alma this
week.
A gentleman by the name of Frank
Ray has purchased half interest III the
feed store owned by Thos. Pethtel'
Work has been commenced on the
large sewer at the sugar factory. ID. D.
Kennedy has the contract for the con
struction.
Rev. w. X. Spencer was in Chicago
the first of the week. His sister, Mrs
Louis Bosat, Jr., accompanied MN
home and will be guest for short
time.
Warren Halves of Crystal was in
Alma Saturday on business. MI
Halves reports that the business outlook
is very promising for that popular resort
this summer.
Jas. G.. Kress of Ithaca, formerly OF
this place, has formed law partnership
with X. S. Scarf of the same place. IL
is the new firms intention to open
branch office in Owosso.
A fire alarm was turned in THURSDAY
morning caused by a blaze i'll the smoke
house in the rear of Huff q Beach meat
market. The fire was put out now
ever. with water buckets and the hre
apparatus was not called into use.
Prof. Albert 2. Cook Of Ithaca de-
livers the address before the graduating
class of the Commercial School, Monday
evening, June 26, at S o'clock. His SUD
iect is 1.-The Educated Man III Busl-
ness" Miss Bertha Stevens will sing
solo on that program.
The Designer for July is another one
of those beautiful and interesting eul-
tions of that popular ladies' magazine
The fashion plates are always to be re-
lied upon as being correct form and the
many other articles contribute to make
up this interesting number.
Last Saturday morning shortly after
the d. G.. r. 81 w train going east had
left Elwell someone shot at the train the
bullet passing through a window OF one
of the coaches very near TO where lady
was sitting. II has not been learned so
far who the miscreant was that fired the
shot but it is supposed to be some boy
living near Elwell.
Arrangements have been completed
whereby the Baptist church society has
purchased the Presbyterian church and
the United Brethren society has pur-
chased the Baptist church property
Each society will take possession July
lst. The Presbyterians will undoubted-
; ly rent the opera house for their Sunday
services until their new church Is com
pleted.
In this day when the hope of ultimate
church unity is entertained so widely
throughout Christendom it is interesting
60 note in Stephen j. Herbens account
> of "The First Camp-meeting in Amer
lea" in the July Woman's Home Com
/; panion, how much the Open-air evangel-
T istic meetings of the early part of the
century had to do with breaking down
denominations narrowness and creed
intolerance.N
A man by the name of Henry 0 Brien
g working on one of the derricks at the
! sugar factory, had the misfortune to get
e his collar bone broken and was otherwise
: quite seriously injured on Tuesday OF
a this week. In some manner one of the
guy ropes to the derrick broke, LETTING
:. the hosting bar swing around so as tC
y strike him. He was taken to the hospit
Y al and at present is improving rapidly
Mr.. O Brien is single man who's
y parents lives near Shepherd. This is tn,
i first serious accident that has happened
at the factory.