Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1884-12-20
Morning Telegram.


The Owosso factories run SIX hours day
now.
Forty-foar doctors in Jackson. Under
takers are buy.
Ths latest victim Of the Ionia Polo Club
= the Lansing team.
Ogden Center school children nearly all
down with the mamps.
The sweet damsels of Milan can nov have.
their photographs took"
business will be resamed at the Ann Ar
Dor Agricultural Works Jan. /.
Clark's Opera House at Bronson was
opened 10 the public on the 18th.
Ionia and Kalamazoo people don't like the
Communication Of Van Nagner's sentence.
Mike Dester, OF Muskegon, died from IN
Juries received at the car-works ON Wednes-
day.
jackson girls will dress in BeIva Lockwood
costume whatever that means) for roller
rink entertainment.
The new addition 10 the Sanitarium AT
Battle Creek cost $4,000, and is the highest
bnlidlng ia the place.
The Detroit Refrigerator Car Company is
a new corporation IN the state metropolis.
Capital stock $4,000.
II viii take 10000 numbers and 600 street
signs 20 do the work of numbering Muske-
gon, and they will be made at once
III. g. Garrett is the Democratic aspirant
who wants 10 sort over the letters in the lily
constructed 2x6 postoffice az Wayland.
The brush factory at Charlevoix will run
with full force of hands all winter a they
have received large orders from the East.
The bustling little burg of Wayland Is fast
putting on metropolitan airs. They had a
lively and bloody stabbing sensation there
on Monday last.
The Central House, Turner'S Opera House
block and Browns saloon at Stanton, We're
destroyed by fire Thursday night. Loss,
$4,000. partially insured.
The question of bonding the city OF Lud-
d1ngton for water works system was buried
out of sight at the special meeting called
Wednesday TO consider the proposition.
The scientific old doctor, who edits the
local department of the Big Rapids Pioneer.
II tracing the genealogical lineage of fish
recently pumped from a cistern IN that city.
John Wickels's barn, lear Cereseo, burned
Thursday night, and with 10 ninety sheep
twenty hogs, five hundred bushels of wheat
and one thousand bushels of corn, partially
insured.
They have town near Ludington called
Eden and one near Big Rapids called Para
disc. Strange these nice places should be
separated only short distances from such
sinful cities.
The Michigan Merino Sheep Breeders As
soeiation, held at Lansing Wednesday, elected
John L. Rich, of Elba, President; ". j. c.
Dean, of Hanover, Secretary, and j. Evarts,
OF Ypsilanti, Treasurer.
AL Ludington is joyous over the prospects
OF their harbor being made a harbor of
refuge and of governments appropriating a
good sum to make IL so. 1t will come, If at
all, In the sweet bye and bye.
A Port Huron clergyman wants to know
why We find more young women in our
churches than young men. Give 1t up. Why
do We ind more young men ia our saloons
and pool rooms than young women.
The sheriff of AIlegan county was under
the necessity of buying two rolls OF cotton
batting to fill mp the holes and cracks in aud
around the windows of Allegans hfgh-toneu
court house, in order to keep the jury from
freezing.
The noted case in which Emily King, of
. Marshall, Is plaintiff and in whichis involved
a large and valuable tract of land IN Verona
having been decided adversely TO the plain
tin. thirty days has been granted to move
for new trial.
The Detroit Board of Trade have made in
quiries To ascertain the cost of bushel of
wheat In Michigan delivered in Detroit, and
have found It to be nearly eighty cents. it
II plain Michigan farmers are not getting
rich raising wheat
In the Calhoun County Circuit Court Judge
Hooker has pronounced sentence as follows:
h. Jones, adultery, two years at Jackson; II.
Barker, larceny, two years atJackson; Albert
Gates, assault and battery, $50 fine; james
Ramsey, larceny, two years at Ionia-
The new Ionia creamery will have a capac-
ity of l,5OO pounds of butter. requiring
about 1,sOO gallons of milk day. This Will
be gathered from the surrounding country
and at the start will employ SIX teams. The
capital invested will be from 5000 to $l0.-
uOO.
surprise was given to Hon. A. Buttars at
Charlevoix on Tuesday evening. The His
torical Society and Masonic fraternity turned
out IN body, besides many prominent cIti-
xens. Five-minute speeches and music were
indulged In. and an hour was spent very
pleasantly.
Wiilt.rd l.. Allen, while at work in the
Marine City salt company's salt works Thurs
day, fell into vat of boiling brine and was
so badly scalded from his shoulders TO his
feet that pieces of flesh have fallen from his
body. He IL suffering great pain and it is
thought be cannot hive.
little daughter of Mr.. X. C. Reed. of
Gceola. held bottle of turpentine too near
a hot stove, when It exploded with great
: force and she was Immediately envelopsd IN
flames. They were extlnguished IN time.
however % save her life, but not until she
was fearfully roasted
The slaughter house of II. w. HuntIey, of
Ovid. was broken into Wednesday night and
f.coe pounds of dressed beef, sixty fivs sheep
petit. several hides and considerable fur
were stolen. No arrests have yet been made.
reward of SO Is offered for the arrest and
conviction Of the thieves.
Abel :. Hsines. for the past ten years a
dealer in general merchandise At Manissee.
made an assignment Wednesday evening TO
H. A. Buckley. His liabilities are $f9.a0
assets, 5000. A shipwrecked cargo of
shingles and lcsses in lnmber operations
caused his embarrassment
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Henry
j. Northrop's appointments as postmaster az
saginaw. and John IL. Kelly at Midland.
Gilbert II. Osnaun was confirmed As counsel
st Auckland James Monroe has been re-
dominated for United States Marshal for the
Western District or Michigan.