Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-07-26
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

w ~. Pierce Oh It llllt W 30 WV y
his brother, s. CT. Pierce, Monday. a
Harry Putterille, proprietor of the '
Hotel Fern, was in Grand Ledge, Mon
day
Miss Nellie Coffin and Miss Minnie
McGnire of Ithaca visited friends here {
Sunday.
Three carloads of machinery for
Tinker & Hannah's new mill arrived
Tuesday.
Nj Mccullough, A. j. Hall and 4.
l. Irish attended the races at Saginaw
Wednesday.
Mathew Finn of Detroit purchased
Ithaca's SO 900 sewers bonds at prem
ium of $267
L D. Hallock and wife left Monday
70 visit friends in Detroit. They expect
10 be absent about two weeks.
The drought which had been with us
since the first of the month, was broken
Tuesday night by heavy rain.
The Misses Jennie Waters and Ole
Bennett of Carson City, visited the fam
ilyof b. d Clement he first Of the week
The fourteenth semi-annual meeting
of the Gratiot County S 5. Association
will be held at the Ely school house In
this township next Sunday.
Mrs. Alonzo Eagon of Odessa, Mimi,
who has been visiting friends here, left
for her home Monday accompanied by
her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Eagon.
The st. Louis Independent, aud Re
publican Leader spoke very compliment
ary of the concert given by the Alma
Band in that city on Wednesday night
of last week.
DR.. y. +. McClinton lett for Ann
Arbor, Tuesday in company with Mrs.
William Sullivan, who has been Ill for
some time past and went to have an op'
GRAFTON performed
Mrs II. NJ. Reyes visited friends III
Emerson, few days last week, ana
while there met her cousin, II. Z. Ten
ney, of Ness City, Kansas, whom she
had not seen in fifteen years.
John K. Ray, who is assisting refining
sugar in the factory of r. chester, Mich.
was home a few days last week. The
factory Is now running on large con
signment of raw sugar shipped from
Peru.
w. II. Sanderson of this office left th'
first of the week for a two weeks vaca
ton. He will visit his parents (au'
other friends) in Gieenville, besides
few popular Michigan summer resort
before his return.
Mrs. May Hosford had her examina
ton before Justice Chadwick, Monday
OH the charge of using obscene Language
The prosecuting attorney gave her
good talk in regard TO her future Dc
havior and dismissed the case.
The Union Telephone Company line
men reached Alma, on Monday, wit
the long distance copper wire compile
ing the line to Lansing, and left Il
same day TO commence work in exten,
ing the line in Shiawassee county
Floyd Laner of Ithaca was in tow
Monday looking for site in which
open a tailor shop. He was well pleas
with the outlook and thinks he vi
locate in the vacant rooms in the Hot
Arcadia block.
j. B. Sabins, president of the Graft
county S. S. Association, has been call
to Ohio, on account Of sickness.
will also visit friends and expects to
absent several weeks During his 4
sence Vice President G.. NJ Hutchins
will look after the business of the asso
alton.
fhe opera house in Mt Pleasant v
destroyed by fire Wednesday night 7
fire started soon after the evenin
performance by the Lyceum Come
Company, and is supposed 10 have
iginated from an electric light wi
The company succeeded in saving
their baggage.
James o. Nestle of Elm Hall ,
given a check at Robinson's mill
days ago which vas for s. too large
amount and he refused to return it,
got it cashed and disappeared but
arrested near Mt. Pleasant and takel
Ithaca. he pleaded guilty of false
tence before Justice Beasley who
him 60 the Detroit work house
sixty days.
Mrs. Jacob hoffman Of Ithaca a
67years, and a pioneer Of Gratiot cou
was fatally burned Tuesday In 3
manner her clothing caught fire in
street. When discovered she wa
pillar of flame. She seemed incap
of helping herself, but when 10
Smith went to her assistance she f0r
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