Alma record., March 18, 1887, Image 1

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Vol- 8, No. 50.
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Business Directory.
HOCIKT1KH.
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TVTftHMNr, SorVU 10 :'' : Sunday School
CON'O - CIIUlKJir,
S Kit VICES atbPTi am ami I:'!' mj b
baUiKlu.ol 1:!;i .,
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EPISCOPALCHUR H.
EHVKT. vre lvM at the Opera HoiiK in
. ' ... f ti.. ......... ii.l Sun. av. un.lln
the aVrnoonTot the tlnnl ami last Sun.l.iysuf
rach month
Itr.v. Wm. Cuaulks. Missionary.
ALMA LODGE, F. & A. M.
RF.OUI.AK M ceUnxs on Sat npl .vnn or before
each full, noon. 1;
G. A. It.
Wm. Mover Post. No. 1V,M p'l of MI.-h..O
A. It . Wet on -'ml. ami 4th. 'I lmrs-lay of
rath month.
.Iriutv Smith, Conul.
E F. Movf.H AdJ t.
1IAXK KIIS
WWI. S. TURCK & CO.,
AOcnrral llankln Ibi-in--" 'I ransacte.l
Dealers in Foreign ami Hom-Mle Exchange
Special Attention i'i H on to Collections.
WM. S.Tl'IICIi, A. W. WHIC.ltr. O. S. WAHP,
J. II. SEA-a.
C.K. WLUSTKK,
POLLASKY, WALDBY & CO.,
(Successors to Gratiot Comity Savings Hftnki
Transact a jrem ral banklnir huns.
Draw lrarts mailable any win iv In Europe or
America, nepostt ot $ w h li.'Mi reoeiTc.l.
anu Interest aflowo-l .n emo moler the rules
Of the bank. .Mum y to limn on reo.l ril es
tate security. Collections Riven prompt atlcii
tbn.
l'i-oloiliiM.
J. F. SUYDAM, M. D.
PHYSICIAN ami Stir- -n. nilioe in roar of
Millt-r o. Druir More.
C. L. DOWNIE. M. D.
QENEUAE I'ractice. OHUs .; from loom m
Webb's Hriitf itore,
S. D. YERINCTON,
PH. i PINO l'livsb i in. nil;. . 'houj;fto U
a, in, -to 4 p in. tithe In Wtl'ln 1"tiu
sto v, frout rooms up .-fairs.
E. A. BAGLEY, M. D.,
HoMi:i'orii!c i'ii
Kel t m e M.itc -tl
I, Wright's p-ra 1! .u-i
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St. Louis, With.
Every practical i t : . ; . t J n or impro'
In the I'liotcsaion in.iflo u-c f a- (h'-in-
A'l'IOH.N 1 .VS.
PltNCH I'.M.MI.n. .J'UIN 1. SriNM V.
PALMER &. SPINNEY.
TTMKNEY.-. at Alt. ? i -1 to all l"ifal
A. bu-jiu--, tin- tii.il o! t.ui-' S .I' li ii'l in
crimln.il ca.-. lraw all kin-l- "! pan rs. Al-o
real etati-, loan aii'l iiiur.iiio' auciifs.
Alma, Gratiot County, Mich .
J. L.CLARK
ATT'UtNEV ati'lCouii-i l"i at Law All!, -al
busln. - by li it- r or ..tli -i-i--. will bo
promptly iitb ii'l- il to, H'!.u in njM-ra ILai-o
block, up s;an.
" MARCUS POLLASKY,
TTOUNEV nti'l C.-uii-i loi tit law nnl Sol
J. ioltor in Chaiii i iy, I'hu Uk s in all tho
Stato an 1 I nitc 1 Ma;." courts, rartl. ular at
tention paii to colKvtioiis nii'l n tiiittanco
pp'mt'tlv in lelo. Money to loan, ( ilic c opjn
site WiiVht Hotel,
W A DAHLKE,
AITOKNEV at Law. io. a mineral law
bu-ine . Trial of au-es a specialty.
Insurance iin-l Coilec iion,
JOHN W. BROWN,
NOTAKV 1'ublie, Collector, ci-ountant. In
surance an i ijeni ml Aifi-nt. Enifro-.iru
aii'l Ortiaiiiftital reimian-liip neatly e.xeeutcil.
Ollice (with J. L. Clark. Uoom .No. 2 Opera
loue Mlock 1'. (. Ito.v Alma, Mich
.mis;klIiA.vk(us,
SIMON FINK.
DEAI.EIUnthe best brnmls of ( iyar-, Tj1-aci-olMpes
Wines ami I.iiuors. 1'urcAlco
bol a specialty.
WILL CAltNAII AN,
AUCTIONEER. Anyono wl-hinir the sr.
vice if an cvpetii-nce'l au ti'ineT can
tlnd hitn at hi ollice in th n"w livery barn. op
posite thi Met!io'lit c hur li. Satifactlon
Kuarantec'l. lu'J.a'i
Wot Go. Marble Works,
KKANK V.. MLKDOCK, I'rop.
Mavblc and Granite
Cemetery Work.
Prices as low as will ii'linit of flr-t-clas work
or. ZuO'J-z , - 3icix.
ALMA INSUKANCK AGKN'CY.
HOM II-New Vork N. V
UNUEItWUITEUS-Ncw Vork
MAKTFOUIi-
FIHE ASSOCIATION - I'll i In.
AMF.KICXN- ,.
AOfllcri.'I Tlt.Mi-Watertown. .
MICH. FIHE A MARINE -Hetrolt
(i H ANU HAIMH" Graii-I HapLls
NEW VOHK LIFE .
ACCIDENT INS. CO of N
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Mich.
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rth America.
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Justice of the Pence
AND ( ONYLYAM T.K
Al egai pip- rs uin mu m at.u ,
i,i uprucn.
Ileal IMate Atreney.
Yi handle Ileal Kit on rvnntiahle
terms.
Ofliceotie doore.it of i. V. A llisi.ii
tore.
A. VEHIXOTOX.
THE ALMA RECORD.
ri ni.isiiK.n kvhiy fhiiav,
C. F. BUOWN, Prop.
TERMS-fl " per year In a.1vanM'; 7V
fornix mouth; floe for thre month Hates
of advertising tnale knuwn fn appllcntj m.
GREETINGS.
II. Wairncr, v( Knierson. moved to
Alma, last rcek.
The weather caught a severe cold
again Thursday morning.
('. F. Brown has been in Detroit the
most of the week on business.
Walter Cronkrite, of Itiverdalo, has
pureliased S. G. Ilojikin's restaurant.
I'errin and Middleton arc two now
towns in the southern part of the county
K. W, Lyon will extend the time of
making a dozen photographs for 2.0i
to April 1st.
The Aid Soeiety of the M. K. Chun h
met with the Misses Hamborough Wed
nesday afternoon.
The sixty-eighth anniversary of tht
Independent Orderof Oddfellows draw
eth near. The date is April -'.th.
Mr. and Mis. A. W. Wright started
for the Last, Thursday morning, ex
pecting to be absent for a week or more.
J. Willits, of St. Louis, was nom
inated for circuit judge of the -1st dis
trict, Tuesday, by the democrats, at Mt.
IMeasaut.
The roads are much better than one
would expect at this season. They are
drjingout rapidly and on the whole are
quite passable.
The sugar social given by the ladies
of the Cong '1 ehurch, Monday evening,
was a pleasant affair and was also a
suve-s financially.
The Dramatic Club will play Fanc hon
in Mt. Pleasant, March 21, und we think
the people of that city will be surprised
and pleaded by the performance.
Michigan will perhaps suffer more
than any other state in the I'nion should
the President neglect to attach hit sig
nature to the Rirr and Harbor bill.
('nine to the grand opening of Mrs.
Messi .user's new millinery store March
) and :M and examine the finest line of
nii'linery goods ever brought to Gratiot
Cunty.
The Soldiers' Home asks for sriMOo
for soap. This ought to be enough to
keep the inmates in fair condition ami
hove some left with which to cleanse
the management.
On March .".o, at lo a. m. Henry Hud
son will sell at auction, on hU farm
near Shepherd, all of his stock, farm
inplements etc. Jerry Smith, of Alma,
will act as auctioneer.
Finley A: Co., of Greenville, will open
a harness shop in the shop reeentb
vacated by Burns. Both members of
the linn are practical workmen and
will earrv a first-class line of goods.
The Ludington ltrnnl presided over
by the genial and able Thos. 1'. McMas
ter comes out squarely lor muncipial
suffrage for women, declaring that
much better results could be secured.
Lx-soldiers are cautioned against a
swindling concern called "The United
States Maimed Soldiers' Leage," which
purj-orts to be located in Philadelphia
and asks for contributions "to push leg
islation. The school children who were so fas
cinated by the bear performance Wed
nesday noon that they forgot to go to
school until half an hour or more past
time, are now doing penance by staying
in recesses and making up both lessons
and time.
The pupils of tho Fnion school gave
a warm sugar social at the rink, Tues
day evening, tho proceeds of which will
be used in purchasing an organ. A
dance closed the evening's exercises.
A good attendance and a pleasant time
are reported.
File driving has been carried on at
the Ik torn recently andTuosday iii'ht as
the workmen were leaving their work
hoists, driver and men went through
the ice into the pond. Fortunately
quite a number witnessed the accident
and were on hand in time to rescue the
team ami men. The pile driver still
remains in the river, but can be raised
when needed, without much trouble.
Last week, Tuesday was tho time set
for the new trial of the noted Jim Carr.
The Prosecuting attorney and Sheriff
of Clare county were promptly on hand
and entered a nolle prosequi. It was
tli -ui the duty of the court to discharge
Carr, but he was immediately re-arrested
by the Sheriff of Clare county upon
a charge of haing burned ahouM-when
all its inmates were in bod and nsln t..
u ;1S , .ik,.n t I,.,,.,.,,,,, whm, )ljs
bail was fixed at it I equiring I of legishdoi s and t!iev are in a position ' t';,1M ,,.,r. AI""- V"' iuUlvv ' Ir'
. , ' , l. , 4 t . Acliaid is one of the prosperous voting
only part or a forenoon to find bond-i-. to di maud a fair show. If the law was ,uines m- n of t hat place and Is oil
men. Tim examination of thecase was ' amended compelling b.ard of super- gaged in tlie l.ardvaie business. His
stt for April 11 and the geiu-ral opiiiion '
in that section seems to Ik that his
chances are goo I for another trip to
Jtvckson.
Alma, Mioli., Friday, March, 18 1887
B. W. Spcrry, nfih" Wright House
was in Detroit, Monday.
Go to Miller & Co't Central Drug
Store for Faint, Wall Paj er and Ala
bastine. There was a liveh snow stonnn Sun
day and the weather since has not been
any too balmy.
F. F. Hibbard and Dr. Strul-le. of
Shepherd, were siing up our little city
one day last week.
Hon. T. A. Fancher was nominated
for circuit Judge of this district at Mt.
Pleasant, Saturday.
Wright's Opera House Band gave a
street parade Wednesday noon and dis
coursed some very line niuic.
Mrs. T. C. Titus was call. -d to Char
lotte by telegram the first of the week
to see a sister who is not expected to
live.
Come to the grand opening, Mrs.
Messenger, Millinery, and Pequegnat A:
Son jewelry, March )!' and '.. Bemem
ber the dates.
Judge O. W. Powers was a pleasant
caller at this ollice lat Saturday morn
ing. We cherish as a souvenoir his
peculiar autograph.
Mrs. Julia Scott, accompanied by her
grandson, Archie Alexander, started
Monday morning for Manton where
they will make a short visit.
Simon Messenger has returned from
his trip Fast after milliin ry goods, and
and informs usthat an immense line of
the finest, and latest goods have been
purchased an t are now on the way to
Alma.
A terrible accident occurred on the
Boston A; Providence . . near Boston,
Monday morning, by which loo passen
gers were injured and h killed. Five
coaches full through a bridge and ;;i
feet to the road below.
One Saginaw mil! owner eanies ac
cident insurance policies for his jj re
men and engineer, that in ea.se of
accident they will have a little coming
in. We'll wager that his double will
be hard to find in this irieat state.
llev. J. W. Nichols, of 111., will lect
ure at the M. F. lunch, i n this. Sat.
evening, on the Amendment Question.
Mr. Nichoi js thoroughly versed upon
this subject, and we can as .ure all that
they will mi-s a rare treat by not at
tending. You can now uo ga-olii.e stoe.s in
your homes without any extra c harge.
The insurance will net be affected, as
the iiisuiance board has tome to the
bensible cunclu.-ion that a gasoline sto e
is as safe as any other stove, and the
hardware ir.eji already weir broaK
smiles.
Marcus Polla.sky inform-, tic Ith'c.i
Jnui'n'il he designs bringing u;t for
damages against the B:a ;stn d eomtiit r.
cial agency for giving e.irrency t. tlie
statement that his brother Max had
pla-vd a ';.tioo chattel ni"rt-'ag.' on re
cord ill Coe,;llcc.' ol' the proposed
breach of i.romi.-.e suit against him.
The fo!loving is the general tenor of
a bill that is now before the legislature
arid which w ill undoubtedly br whisk
M'V ed through in good style. The re:idi-r
can probably grasp Its import w ithout
any trouble. It is Senate bill No. HI-
entitled: "A bill to ant lnu ie the board
of state auditors t adjust and allow
claims for losses that any person, linn
of corporation may suff'r by reason 1
tne making ot anv law or anv change
in the Constitution, whereby any trade,
business, or occupation theretofore law
fully carried on within the state was, or
shall be, made unlawful and prohibited,
and making provision for the paunent
of said claims."
The township of Sumner has been di
vided into two voting precincts, with
polling places at Sumner and this place,
the samebeing done at a meetiugof tie-
township board recently. The line
runs through tho township
from east to west. Precinct No. 1
includes sections l'i to :;o with polling
place at Sumner: precinct No. '2 includes
sections 1 to Is win, polling place at
this place. Sumner being precinct No.
1, the vote after being east will be
taken there, where the result will be
determined. Board meetings will also
be held there. Llm Hall h'l
The supervisors of Washtenaw Co.
are demanding of the legislature a re
duction of the rates for legal adv rt is
ing. They are away behind the times.
Tho reduction has been made long ago
by greedy and never to be satisfied cus
tomers, bached by newspapers that
scarcely miintain a local habitation.
The legal rates b r printing are alread
low enouge. and a mend or of the le-is-latUie
who Would Vote to still fiiltliil
re luce it , woal 1 do a m st ungrat io-i ,
act to his friends inneed. The jmblivh-j
i is of le-Wsp iji.-i s ask only fair heat-
ment and but few fiivors at the hands
isois atidlegal geiitlcnieti to give pub-
Ushers all the law allows it would b
decided improvement on the
state of things.
present ;
'
:uu t toe -
MwyiMBiwinMiumi
St. Johns is delighted over the pros
pect of having a flue ..nod creamery
running by April Is.
Tho Kilos at.T.L.Millers on Tuesday
amouated to st.:.(in, and it was not
i: very large day either.
G. Paul Smith at the opera house 1'Jd
and :N;d. We have heard him several
times and know he is line.
The l'.iit fiii is s'ivs there aro imlv
about h or in Mt. Pleasant who
aspirin to the presidency of that young
ciu.
J. B. McFeo sport:-, a new sign in
front of his tin shop. Mr. Me seems to
be filling a long felt want as he is al
ways busy.
The Brookivn ICj'jihh nt, owned and
edited by Mrs. Lthylin Clough, is
threatened with a libel suit. Take
courage sister, there is no surer road to
popularity and prosperity.
John A. Watts writes asking that the
add.sess of his paper may be changed
from Biverton. Nebraska, to Lamar,
Burton county. Missouri. He also in
ch'hcs for another years" subscrip
tion J. i:. Hougliwoiit lias traded lih
houe and lot here for a farm in Kent
county, and left Monday morning totake
charge if his new' possessions. Mr. L
I). -cker, tho other party in the transac
tion locates here.
The grand opening of Mrs. S. Mess
enger's millinery store will occur Fri
day and Saturday March L'" and L'f,
about a week sooner than was at first
anticipated. Fvery lady in Alma is in
vited to be present.
The Detroit, Lansing 4v Northern
and the Saginaw Valley A; Sr. Loiih
railroad coinpana s have announced
that on Aprii 1st. thev will cancel all
contracts and tariff and special rates on
freight, on account, of tin- operation of
the jiner-stat" commerce law which
goes into ( ffect Ai.ril i New tariffs
are b. ing prepaied and will be issued
as eai lv as p, ..il de.
A coup1!: of. inuamoii bears and thret
very foieign foreigners created a furor
among Hi.- voting Americas, and also
attract! d quite a number of the adult
population. Wednesday noon. Th
I 'ears -Aire w.dl trained not to hurt
them.-ches or tlcir masters but as
ni'vh cannot be raid of the voice- of
i .; "f the mrn who sang while the bear
ei ut d a highland i'.ing. or something
of th. hi;. !.
i lid " t'le leading. "A Novel Geo
graphical test.' tin- last issue of tin
School .Vo-'. "'o- contains the following
concerning one of the popular Alma
tea.-hers: !! li:e Alma school. Mi
nap:u vara s ino geograpiiy vvoik in
hi r ".rade by the following device. A
pupil stands f.e-iug the class, just in
front of a larg 1 1 lit i ' map of the V. s.
Being fur;: is!..- I witli a longj.ointer he
re ches back o or his shoulder and tries
to point out the state asked bv the teach
er. II" is ict allowed to turn his head
and if at first the pointer touches tin
wrong state, the n anils in the class call
out th" nam of the state where the
pointer rests, and from this cue he seeks
to right hiueell', moving the pointer
from state t i Mate until the right out
is reached. It gives work for all, and
furnishes 1 ; 1; amusement and iristruc
ti'.n at the same time."
Last week wo inad . ei entlv omitted
mention of the .sottlem.-nt ,,f the ease
of the People VS Alon.o JeWCtt. of
Brecki nridge, w Inch came up for trial
in the circuit court, last week. Th.
following item from tin Ithaca Ah-nw
fully explains it: "The case of the Peo
p!o vs Alotio Jewett. of Breekenridge
resulted in an acquittal, Wednesday,
Jewett was charged with selling liquor
w ithout hav ing paid his tax. This is
our new prosecutor's Hist ease in Circuit
Couit. The Couit directed n verdict id
"not guilts' and ordered respondant
di-eharged. the complaint being void,
as having charged no offense, it
not havingsi t tip that Jewett was not a
druggist. The e.ise was appealed from
the .! ust ice Court and has been an ex
pensive trial from the first. W. A.
B .ihlke w as the attorney for defeiident.
Mr. Bah! he has show n his usual earnest
ness and detei minat ion in this case,
and it is a well earned victory, of which
he can justly feel proud."
The Saginaw .;), il of Wednesday
contained the following concerning a
prominent voung citien of Alma:
At ") oYI.a k this afternoon the resi
h in of Mi . and Mrs. B. N. Montross,
rm-r of Harrison and Cas, streets was
the scene of one of those happy events
w hich com"., occasional! v to most homes.
It was the in i rn ago of Addie, only
daughter of Mr. and Mis. Montross, to
Mr. I'i;mc C. Aehunl. second sou of
Mr. and Mis. A. W. Achaid. of this
cifv. Tlie eereinoiiv was performed bv
i.n.v v r ibii... . a' 1 1 1.. I"; i t i,..i.v
t, ., "riniivh. in 'the ).resei',ce of the
families of the contracting parties. Mr.
and Mis. Ach ud leave mi tin- evening
l . Biu-
hiide lias lived in this city from early
iielhood and lias a lrtige circle of
flit lids h le whoso eotiL't at nhit ions and
.B wishes will go with her to her new
borne
Geo. A. lloyce "Sundayed" in town
with his family and friends.
J. W. Fenn, at one time a salesman
with W. S. S., has purchased a loot
shoe store in St. Louis.
Don't forget that Miller A: Co. car
l ies a full line of Paints, Wall Paper
an.l Wall Finish at their Central Drug
Store.
Thero are now 81 counties in the state
the legislature having created two new
ones. Luce and Gogcbec in the upper
penninsular.
The Normal lias had several visitors
this week, among whom were Prof.
Covel, of the Lansing school and Mr.
Babitt, of Yp.sllanti.
J. h. Miller started Thursday for a
husiness trip to Detroit and will
visit friends at Charlotte, being ab
sent a neck or moro.
Always consult the Becohd's pages
when you want to buy. It will guide
you to dealers of public spirit, men of
liberal business views, whose presence
helps a town.
The Ashley Aiyi., a very respectable
seven-column folio with Win. Briggs as
publisher, reaches this oMice. Ashley
is only three years old and is already
putting on Metropolitan airs. Slice's
to the Atjn..
Dr. Dale's family, a wife and two
sons, is now nicely settled in rooms at
the sanitarium, and our citizens will
find them a valuable accession to the
society nere as tins is a cultured and re
fined family.
Wo regret to hear that Professor J.
W. Lwing will probably accept a posi
tion in the new Presbyterian college at
Alma, Midi. Professor L'winghasbeon
so long identified with the Ionia schools,
that his departure will be a very severe
loss. Ionia .Vf,tu, 7,
Just as we go to press the news comes
that the little village of North Star, -"i
miles south of Ithaca, was visited by a
heavy lire Thursday night and the store
of K. L. Kimes, Gilleo's drug store, and
a blacksmith shop were totally destroy
ed with all their contents. Tim black
smith shop was the only one insured.
Clinton county last year raised as
much wheat as all tho New Kngla.nd
rdares, and one-tenth as much as tin
great Fmpire state. And yet many
rural New Yorkers still look upon Mich
igan as a howling wilderness and ask
their Michigan friends occasionally if
tlie Indians trouble us very much.
Clinton ItopnhUoin.
Miss Fleming takes the rains to st.p.'.u-
of the quarreling among the citien., of
mi. i leasant. but judgingfroin theeon-
lenis or the Alma and St. Louis tm.ers
one Would not suppose the residents of
niese towns to be dwelling in brotherly
love and unity. Arise, sister, and ex
plain. Do jou all agree?-ML Pleasant
TrPunr,
Certainly tlie citizens of Aim t agree.
We must say for Alma that is one of
the bostd.eliaved 1 i 1 1 1 - cities we have
ever known and the tilings that almost
weekly happen in Mt. Pleasant are
almost unknown. Her citieus are
quiet, industrious and law-abidiu -
When you speak of Alma and St. Louis
that is another matter.
Tin-law paying bounties for killing
Lnglish sparrows, has parsed. The
terms of the bill allow a bounty of on--
cent a head for each sparrow killed
The heads of these birds are to be pre
sented in lots of not less than twoiit
live to the city, village or towiishipt h rk
who is to issue to the enterprising hunt
er a certificate for the amount of m .U"y
!ue him. The ceitilicates are to be
paid by the county treasurer.
Those familiar with the feeling exist
ing, for some time past, between Forest
Hill and Parkinson will sympathize
with the former in her hour of defeat.
On Thursday last news wa received
irom u ashington that the name of the
ostotliee at Forest Hill had been chang
ed to Parkinson and J. i;. Parkin on
ippointed postmaster. We can ca.silv
imagine the. i lmgi in of tlie Forest Illll
eopleaulthe ill-siirpres-od laughter
that shakes Mr. Parkinson's rotund
figure.
The timo to buy spring goods is near
ly here and buyers are naturally begin
ning to look around to see where thev
an get the most and the best goods for
their money. L L. Stark has the most
ornplete stock of Boots. Shoes, Cloth
ing and Gent's Furnishing Goods in
Mma and at prices that defy competi
tion. A large and complete stock of
clothing has just been added, and
it will pay you to call and look it over
if you contemplate buying this spring.
In Spring Overcoats the assortment is
very complete in good goods and nobbv
siyies. Mints, Collars, Culls. Neckties,
IlMndkcrchh fs, Stockings and everv-
thing in the Gent's Fumishimr Good
line in abundance and the latest styles.
Bats and Caps by the dozen and soim -!
thing to suit jou all. Call and examine !
and be convinced that we are te lling j
the truth.
K. L. Sr.VHK.
"Whole No. 415,
Dr. Morris Hale arrived here late last
Fiiday night, by special car, bringing
.". patients from the YpsilantI Sanita
rium where he has been general mana
ger and chief physician during the past
two years, and together with his able
assistant, Dr. B. C. Budy, he has effect
ed many important changes and has
many others in contemplation. Dr.
Hale is an experienced sanitarium man
having ow m d and operated one ten (r
tw le M ars, and he starts in here with
the di teimiuation to make the Alma
Sanitarium second to none in the Unit
ed States. He s;lys that it h complete
in every respect and thero is no reason
why it should ru t gain almost a nation
al reputation, and we sincerely believe
that he is the man that can bring it to
pas.;.
OUR BUSINESSMEN.
Items un.ier this head. !1 o er nts per llae ami
rraeth. mil line Pt , i:n,j , .,tlo..
ami will rim until f'lUereU out.
Photographs -(jinr dozen for .fj.od at
K. W. Lvoifs.
Go to P. A. oii for line
watch, dock
aiei joweiery repairing.
Buv Drug, books :nd
at T.'A. Miller's.
stationery
Another bargain at
c us.-'.s. for i'.t cents.
Go b G. B. Porter's
tern s in bur pins.
Miner's. Good
oi i s. e new pat-
Buy Paints, Wall Paper and Wall
finish at Mill"r. Dnng store.
A few print remnants at Miller's are
going for:;; cents-naw blues for
cents.
The
Profit.-
Call
butto!
The
Be Hive m dto. is
and Double our Salt
Di.
our
w s : :
in .t:e
none s eonar
n at Porter's.
: qualifV Of
! astojiis'.; the
iudges.
'. 1 1 : i
good
at
Hi
etc
most i
Mm
estate
to
Tine
eur.t '
'Ml :!l sum s of "giMl to
oto ', voars on good lead
M via Cs poi.!..si-y.
iauu, r
choice lcsi I.
terms.
kI-I;'
a i,
Ulil o- o)
on ( asy
he- done
ts b
All
w ith :
;uds
.it n.
W ' ! i
Hi III V ,1c
s and di,pat.di.
W. I.o.. Photf-g.-aj-hcr.
thing; in fm.':v shins.
lie !.' . - O .1
Tl
n.
W o.
the Boo II;;,..
Pol' line .. j-fiUlies
to Mnh r's ( 'entra! 1 .u
lot JUsf 1 e. . i e..
PeV feli hats, 'li -o;
able for spring '.Tear, ."a
Miller's.
I s in i i .J , o t
pUi e ui
; .- re.
New
suit
J. L.
at
t ruuiic- i.
' ! .oo at
"i.
anjo
G. B.
Port'
1 lio;
ti.e prie. s are
u liu" photogra
Ain.a. Mich.
so
hs
w. and g"t a
for .rJ.oo. ;it
I'.i: Sai..'::-
bloek '. oi ( " o; '
of Alma. V;
this o:!i.-e.
A g'el-hlic!
v..-:ir t. n . ,ii s
.lei lot lot::)
: to the village
.rs en miie at
addit:..
ai tieul
v. at eh. warranted to
witii liigiu stem-wind
anu l'eiiua
(i. P. !V:t
s. t m-.vi
for r, at
u all s'yles and colors
s. neat ! tiimna d for -")
l..r:r:;in.' ( 1 1 1 v f'W left
will do well to call rarlv.
at .1. L
cents.
eat
isei
and i
iv
Tiie m i.um :'i B Hive stores have
"11 exhibition, the lilie-t ail I Ulo-d pojl-
ular ma.k's of la dies' ami hildn-ns'
shop.-,, at piic.-s that will meet the
w ant s of i i i i :ie.
B r, wall paper, paint- and ii'.urolii.e
ai Miller v; Co's Central Drug Store.
o old stock; all new goods: no trouble
to show up or gie piirt s.
The Bee Hive i-. swarming with tho
fun st line of.vp.ing me! summer novel
ties m dress goods, fancy goods, etc.
Kvery thing the in-west an I latest in
the inai ket.
If voii want a good ."sowing Machine
buy the New Improved Singer with
oscillating shuttle.
Id bv
J. P. TolU'lNti.
Toe mammoth B e Hive Stores will
hold their annual spring opening, Thurs
day, Pi ida and alurduv. March -J.
J-:) and a handsome s'-uvenoir will
be given to every lady purchaser.
1 have under m control some choice
farms and farming lauds that I shall
offer for sale during the in-M 0 months
at pi ice that defy competition.
Bi:i:i W-1-. ibw.viM),
Alma. Mich
The grand opening at the Bee Hive
will Present a finer appearance and
grander display of now 'goods than has
ever befoie been exhibiti d in the coun
ty, and equal to an city display. It
will be worth your time and trouble to
see these line stores dm ing the opening
and get a fine souvenoir.
Pol: Sai.i:: A first-class Singer
sewing- machine that lias never been
used but little. Cot :;o and will sell
same for rash. It is as good as
new ami is warranted to do fust -class
work. Inquire at this ofice. tf
Wantkh run C.n:-One or two
voting first-class farm mares, weighing
l.o" ,,i Jim ... L'OO. SOCOllI
hand farm wagon and hamcM. A good
platform wagon and harness. Call on
A- ()- 'ri;nu.i.,
Alma.
uwvi
One million feet of While. lb d ami
- "wainp Oak and .".oo.ooo ba t of B.is-
m""' V'"s- iiignest market pine lu
Hsu mi oo pant
Wup.iit