Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1884-11-26
Morning Telegram.
GRAND RAPIDS, NOV. 2e. 1884



called tie Cheq0emagOn.
A farmer near Marquette recently saw two
wolves chasing i've deer.
Chesanuing Is spanning the Shiawassee
with frsL-class iron bridge.
lts getting cold up at OntOnagon- They
have changed ends with the Thermometer al
ready.
Gen. Shakespeare has purchased 5000
yards OF cloth for the new uniforms for the
Michigan State Militia.
A Mrs. Penoyer Of Flushing was thrown
from a wagon, caught III a wheel and Whlrled
% instant death, Saturday.
Surveyors were at work last week in Fruit
port on the preliminary survey of'a railroad
from GRAND Rapids 70 Mnskegon.
Robert Rosca. young farmer living about
I've mIles north or Lapeer, accidentally shot
himself while Cunning last Thursday.
lhe Michigan Short Horn Cattle Breeders
Will hold their fourth annual meeting ia the
Capitol at Lansing December and 3.
Andrew Hanson, OF Manistee, a Swede
employed by the gas company, dropped dead
with heart disease while al work Monday.
The headquarters of the official organ o.
the Salvation Army in America will DO re-
moved FROM Brooklyn To Cleveland, Ohio.
Ii is ruInored that Gil Osmun, the State
News Editor of the Detroit EreHtag NelcS,
viii be Goyernor-elect Alger's private secre-
tary-
Cadillac Republicans are In no manner
discouraged. lhey have formed a perma-
nent club, and wall open club and reading
room.
Mr.. Silas Farmers history of Detroit will
be out IA about three weeks. Mr.. Farmer
has been busy upon this work the last ten
years.
Two or three deer are having lots of fun
~ l. 4
little less than million hounds In the north
woods.
On ). G. Halls farm in Egleston, near
MuskegOn, peppermint oil yielded twenty
poun1s per acre. Ine oil Is worth 500 per
pound.
Galesburg has hree young men thirsting
for fame, VINO will 20 by raIl TO White River,
thence down the Mississippi 10 New Orleans
IN small boat.
The pharmacy student, A. Il. Boyle, whose
fraudulent transactions were noted at Ann
ArbOr, has been detected at Saginaw and
was arrt sted Monday.
The Cutler q Savage Lumber Company, of
Grand Haven, have cut down the wages of
their men one-thIrd. They also reduced the
days work TO ten hours.
Deubel Bros. are putting in an Edison in
candescent light plant at IpsIlantI. They
Will light their Touring mills and several of
the business houses.
most disastrous fire occurred on the
farm Of Richard Behrens, near Brighton,
Saturday night, by which barn was con-
sumed with seasons crops.
Peter Burke, miner at Perkins mine,
Eear Norway, was Killed by an explosion OF
giant powder Monday. de tried 10 jam the
powder down a drill hole with steel bar.
Hon. X. p. Eldridge of Nit. Clemens, who
was Secretary OF state under Gov Barry
four years, also member OF the Senate OF
loll, uIed Monday nght, aged seyenty-sIx.
man named James POLAND, haihng from
Antrim township, Shlawassee county, was
run over ~ the cars and killed Saturday
night, hair mile east OF Emmett station.
memorial of the late Henry q. Lewis, of
COidwater, who gave his excellent art col
lection 10 The University OF Michigan, Is be-
Ing prepared by Prof. trieze, OF that insti-
tulion.
Monday morning fire destroyed the Jenkins
block, two WOOD stores and the residence of
AivIn DIsbrOw, at Holly. Ihe Jenkins block
contained the Register Office, from which
nothing was saved
Gideon bingham, of Stanton, died on
Friday last from very singular cause He
received a slight scratch from a chicken
short time ago and blOod-polsoning ensued,
resulting IA his death.
The greatest tea drinker in England is Mr..
Gladstone, the greatest In France Nj. Glenn
enceau, aud IN America Mr. BOuclcault The
latter carries while travelling flask of tea,
as others do of cOgnac-
The Adrian Baptist Church will be seated
with opera chairs. This, 1t is hoped, will
draw the old, bald-heade deacons to the
front seats-where they belong-and where
they always are found at the opera.
Alex. Mckay, the defaulting book-keeper
~ tlu.k a.rfrt has arrived from NQy York
He was arraigned before Justice McLaugh-
lin ON the charge of embezzlIug $1,000 from
A. NierengO, and committed to jail to await
trial
Chas. II. G. Rynd, son of the late DIR
Charles kynd, of Adrian, was arrested Mon
day while ON has route IN the postal mail
service. tie cOnfesses himself thief, and
has made written statement of his crime
in detail.
Mr. Preston, of Ionia county, thinks Mich
iqan farmers are doing very well with their
wheat. tie harvested 1900 bushels on his
Dakota farm tins year and 10 IL only worth
"a cents per bushel, and II Is worth 20 cents
at Ionia.
The rear of the Muskegon drive is at what
is called the upper landing, a mile or SO
above the Boom Company boarding houses.
The river above Is clear of logs, something
that has not been true for number of years
previous.
Since the fire of 1881 the village of Bad
Axe has built 10 residences, two hotels,
twenty-seve business buildings. five
churches. a Jail. school house and four
buildings tor rent. A splendid showing for
Bad Axe or any other place.
man named ). W. Golding disappeared
from the Arlington Saturday and has not
been heard of. It appears he came here Fri
day on a spree, and his baggage followed
him from sweets hotel, GraQd rapids, with
so charges g. .. ID. he had no money.
and nis disappearance Is mystery.-h,ts-
kspoa Netrs.
On Sunday last Frederick Kohl, young
wau0pmaker of Monroe. went out duck
hunflng, shot and secured several ducks;
rowssd hls beat up to the shore, was cold, and
sas down to rest on the beach. he was found
there Monday morning frozen to death. the
water having risen until his head only was
visible.
Greenville ladies gave "game dinner
Monday night for the benefit of the city's