Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1884-12-24
Morning Telegram.
GRAND RAPIDS. DEC "A, 1884.
MINon MlcmaAs slAITERs.

Jackson dispatches business through z66
telephones.
In November Jackson expended over $225
for the poor.
Al weist, OF Indian Lake, had two tons
Of grapes this year.
One saloon in Port Huron has been closed
by the Salvation Army
Mrs. Vansickle, Of Adrian, dropped dead
On Sunday. Apoplexy Is aScriDed az the
cause.
T. ID. Jermain, of Adrian, an ex-editor,
died Of the mamps on Saturday evening III
his 6lst year.
The funeral Of ". 4. b. schermerhorn was
held ia the Congregational church at Hudson
On Monday.
Thomas Bartlett one of Plymouth's old
eef pioneers, died on Monday, al Holden,
Mich, where he was visiting.
Maple Grove Is the name OF a thriving
new hlrle village on the Toledo a South Ha-
ven railroad ia Van Buren county.
The assignee Of A. S. Haines, Of Manistee.
shows ilaD4utles amounting 10 $1,000, assets
Si.OJ, and a 5000 mortgage on the assets
Amos Davis, an aged and highly respected
cltlzen Of Birmingham. died there Sas urday,
after an illness extending over about nye
years.
VIM. b. Thompson, of Michigan, superin-
tents n. OF the railway mail service, Is 10 be
n0mlnlted for second assistant postmaster
general
Two Toys were out hunting near Farweil
on Sunday. One shot the other IA the knee
accidentally. The verdict of the surgeons Is
that the leg cannot be saved.
The sixth annual exhibition of the Central
Michigan pJullry and pet stock association
viii be held az Battle Greek Jan. %. VII
liam }. Miller, of Battle Greek, Is the seere-
tary.
George Harris is the newly commissioned
postmaster az JOhnsyllie, Ottawa county. n
new posloiiee has been established at Car
llnd, Sh.awasse county, eight aud one half
miles from OWOssO-
AT Kalamazoo on Saturday evening two
ladies were followed by three men, end one
OF the men caught the shopping-bag of one
lady and ran. The bag contained Sl5 III
money and gold pen.
Monday night burglars entered the store
of II. I'll. Brix, furrier, IN East Saginaw, and
carried OF nearly Sl,5UO worth OF goods.
BrIx offers Sl6D for the capture of the burg
lars or the return of the goods.
Peter Howard, one of Barry county's pio-
neers. died suddenly IN Pralrievllle ON Satur-
day. while looking over some papers. he
was between 20 and 80 years of age, and had
been IA feeble health for a long time.
The house of Jacob Kiltz, situated three
miles southeast of Kalamazoo, was destroy
ed by ire yesterday morning. Loss $1,000,
including all the contents. The family mar
rowly escaped death. The property was in
sured.
The steel plate nodded in Detroit for the
propeller Michigan, now under repairs at
fefrysburg, does not ft and will have to be
worked over. The circumstance will cause
another unexpected delay Ia completing the
repairs.
On Monday Thomas Cooley. of Marquette,
aged fifty years, wealthy English mill
= 4
village of Harvey, tour miles distant, when
he was caught III a snow storm and frozen
TO DEATH
The meteor noted in Sunday nights dis
patches was visible III that part OF Michigan
extending from Jonesviile To jackson al
northwest TO a point not far from Albion.
The shock from the explosion was felt over
two counties.
Sunday morning Prof. H. z. Potter, prin
cipal of the Cass school of Detroit, died at
has residence of pneumonia Some suppose
that the fatal depression OF spirits was caused
by an unjust accusation of brutality ON the
part of Rev. DIR. Rexford.
On Saturday night Fred A. Goodale, of
Vassar, decided his property TO his wife and
then went to drug store, bought some
iaud0num, took n. and went To bed. by
80 Sunday morning he was dead man.
No one appears To- know why he did the
deed.
Saturday night Thomas McPartIin, a De-
/. trOit cOachmau, started out on a spree with
some acquaintances. After imbibIng beer
and whisky for two hours he was taken to
his home IN buggy. lie was tumbled out
aud soon after found dead. Foul play Is
suspected.
disastrous fire occurred at Nashville
Yesterday morning at ? o'clock, burning
Bosses drug store, kanaga's boot and shoe
store. and the Wheeler block, occupied by
a - stul
loss - SI2,0tJ; insurance $500. The fire
engine was frozen up
There Is a great rush of produce of every
kind at Adrian, and farmers are striving
every way 20 secure tax money. Butter sold
for Ii cents Saturday--the lowest for years
IN December, and the lowest it has been
since August this year. Pork brings from
St50 TO St75, and beef is very cheap on the
streets.
The following Michigan pOstmasters have
been commissioned. benjamin r. Hughes,
BloomingCs.le: ALVIN W. Myers, GoblesvIlle;
Theodore ". Rogers, Grand junction; David
al. Hartxeli. Naome: Eliza Jane HOrnlng,
Rggsviie; Joseph MatevIa. ScOtdeld; Lewis
Ansted, 1emperance.
A ssven-year-old Bay City boy determined
- 70 e. Dstrois 70 spend the holidays with
his graadm3tner. he rigged himself out
duriaa the temporary absence of ms mother
and starfed. RE was heart-brOken, too, on
p ft1 tntercepted az East c,t8lh'tN dnu Gshen
bacN nome.
Muskezon proposes to have grand lum-
ber yaru for all the mills, and to help the
sc leme along General Manager Nulliken. of
tle C.ucago q West Michigan, offers to carry
tn lumber frou the mills 20 this ping
< o0nd and thence 70 the hnal destination
s1r the price ol one straight haul
An explosion occurred at 2 O'Clock Monday
morning ia Chas r. Rosweifs general store
he.
and sids "a the building. The shock aroused
the citizens. Who subdued the fre. The ex-
plosion Is supposed to have been caused by
are occurring among the goods and COM
municatlng with some fireworks.
Henry T.. Brooks, Of Marshall. has Just re-
celved letters patent on a contrivance TO
sound Az alarm by means Of RB automatic