Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1884-12-19
Morning Telegram.
aRANp RAPfps. DEC b. 80


church next spring.
Aanistee VIII ia - days haYe nine salt
wells producing every day z'iuo barrels oi
Ia the Glover murder trial az Caro- the
jury returned verdict yesterday OF not
guilty.
Fruitport viii close the present school term
WITH literary entertainment on Saturday
evening.
The test sall-gell At Bay City has reached
A depth Of $50 feet, and indications are
favorable.
Adrian has an evening commercial school
taught - the principal 0f the high school,
L. >. Brow.
The Democracy Of Wayne county are SCI
riouslg disturbed regarding the settlement Of
outstanding bills.
clergyman ia Jackson had his house sn-
tered On Sunday last aud a small sum of
fbney abstracted.
family by the name Of ST. John, IN Han
over has been severely afflicted with diph-
iberia for the pact two weeks.
The firm of Wattles & Wood, of Battle
Greek, hardware dealers have settled their
Affairs ana resumed business.
Kalamazoo was 60 have a lecture on The
Seven Cities Of Cold by President H. o.
ladds GA "Wednesday evening.
A thorough inspection by the proper Off
GERS II % be made Of all the large manufac-
turing establishments IN Detroit.
Kalamazoo met with a loss 10 its literary
and social circles last Wednesday IN the
death Of Airs. Hudson B. Coleman.
Major Whittle, accompanied by Mr. and
Mrs. McGmnahan, Will commence meetings
ln Jackson on the 9th OF January.
A new stage hne has been established from
h1sc0mmOn 10 Meredith VIA HOughtOn
Lake. The trip j. made tri-weekly.
The people of So. Johns give the Salvation
Army credit for doing considerable good
there. The Army has returned TO Ionia.
The names Of John II. Kelly Midland,
and Henry J. Northrop, Saginaw, have been
sent to the Senate as applicants for post
Offices.
Wolves are getting very neighborly in the
vicinity OF kOscOmmOn. They ere not at
all bashful about coming into the settle
ments.
The Den Bleyker Manufacturing Com
pany' : works at Kalamazoo have started up
again and all that clty's manufactures are
Bow in full blast.
Mr.. and Mrs David Speer, of Somerset,
are taking a carriage ride from their home
to Leslie and return. They must find the
wheeling rather rough.
The Detroit Methodist Episcopal Centen-
mai closed Wednesday evening. fitting
tribute was paid 10 the memory of the late
Rev. j. Nj. Arnold, ID. ID.
Mrs. Phetk Cross, a widow lady of Battle
Greek, took dose of morphine Wednesday
night supposing it TO be quInine and it Is
thought she cannot survive.
Parents in lspheming are much alarmed.
The public schools have been closed on ac-
count of diphther.a, and there Is great NOR
tahty among the children.
The State Association of Merino sheep
breeders held their annual session at Lansing
Wednesday, discussing subjects OF interest
to owners of fine-wooled sheep.
Benjamin Richie, Shiawassee County,
three years for larceny, and John Obier,
from Cass County, nine months for larceny,
were received at the State Prison Tuesday.
The annual sheep-shearing festival, will be
held April -. 1888. at the Hon. ID. ). Frenchs
farm, four miles north of st. Johns. First,
tbs gwen. l'' ''-'' premiums On '''s'''HS WIZ
Berney Williams, of Detroit, got on lark
Wednesday evening and celebrated by
knocking his wife down and nearly kicking
her 10 death. The woman lives, and, sorry
TO say William does also.
$15OOO fire occurred at Greenville
Wednesday night No individual losses of
over 5000 are reported. but the damage
was chiefly among small dealers whose stores
were situated ON Main street.
John L. Smythe, the treasurer of Roscom-
mon township, has returned from Canada
after a prolonged absence. His affairs are
all straight and he has been reappOinted
treasurer, q. ). Converse resigning.
man who gave his name as William
Little was caught taking away pair of boots
from a shoe store IN Pontiac. Upon being
arraigned he pleaded guilty and was fined
$50 or three months at lonia- He was
Obliged 10 40 to IOnia.
Several witnesses were examined Wednes-
day ia Detroit regarding the death of the
three girls burned at the Gray, Toynton &
Fox Ere. The evidence tended to show that
the girls could have escaped had they re-
tanned their presence of mind
At meeting of the subscribers to the
Detroit Museum of Art, held Wednesday
evening" q bill 20 be presented TO the Legis-
lature for the formation of corporations for
the cultivation of art. was agreed upon, and
It's early passage will be urged,
What Is doubtless the largest steer in the
State will be shipped from the Flint Il Pere
Marquette depot at Plymouth to-day for
the East. where SC will be used as Christmas
beef Il is owned by G. NJ. Sly, is three
years and two months old and weighs 300
pounds.
The prizes offered at the roller skating
rink az Plymouth were won by Miss Nellie
Steele and Master Hytie Weeks, the former
taking the pair Of roller skates for the finest
costume and the latter the twenty-five ad-
mission tickets for the most comic costume.
There were about l00 maskers and the rink
was crowded.
Ia hia second suit against DR.. FrOthing-
ham Of the University. j. ". Hamilton, of
Ann Arbor. gets the fUi amount claimed.
$1,000. for his servicea Ia selling the Ann
Arhsr Register foe the Doctor. In the first
suit Hamilton got a verdict for only $50,
and the Doctor preferred to fight further
before paying.
Ia 1873 William Merxle was driving over a
bridge iR the own-hip of Bennington, Shia-
wassee County. when the plsnks tipped mp.
causing the horses to run away, throwing
Mr.. Merkle o0t of his wagon on a pile of
stones. causing injuries from which be died.
His wisiow sned the town and secured a YER
dics on Wednesday Of <,k20l.I5.
Bufher Jackson, an engineer on the NJ. G.
faiFoad. has just received the preliminary