Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1884-12-29

night.
They are having stoye-wood thieves at
Benton HaEbor.
Jackson parties are prospecting for coal
north Of Albion.
Benton Harbor Is stil troubled with
clothes-llne thieves.
Two men IN Allegan were recipients Of
gold headed canes on Christmas.
AIlegan bad 81 go fire early Saturday
morning. Cause, an over heated stove
Df. Reynolds. OF red-ribbon fame, i ex-
pected at Portland soon after New Years.
The West Michigan Medical Society will
hold its annual meeting Jan. l6 IA Mnske-
gon.
The Thermometer went down lower Christ
mas night az Muskegon than ever before IN
ten years
Many factories and mills IN jackson run
ON full time on Christmas 20 keep up with
their orders.
The ladies Of the Albion ". c. 4. u. are
preparing box of reading matter 10 send
Northern lnmbermen.
The Clare Nsles-Arg,ss is the name of
new weekly paper Just established at Clare,
Mich, by Nj. ID. Eaton.
The iurymen called for the December Cir
cult at Allegan have united ia a card con
demning the courthouse.
A carriage warehouse, 40xl00 feet and
three stories high. II to be built at Allegan
the coming year by T.. b. Bosn.
An effort Is being made to provide farm
er's institute for Allegan Colnty, 10 be held
IN Allegan some time ia February.
John Herald, of Casnovia, a juryman,
died of pneumonia at the Washington Hotel
in Muskegon on Christmas morning.
DR.. Haskin, of Bovine Center, has com
menced suit for malicious prosecution
against the parties who caused his arrest.
Miss Stella Leha, of Manistee, was burned
so seriously Christmas night that she died on
Friday after twelve hours of terrible suffer
ing.
l.. A. Sherman, proprietor OF the Port
Huron Times, was presented with gold
headed cane by his employees on Christmas
day.
David NJ. Hartzel has been commissioned
postmaster at Naomi, a new Office seven
miles south of Benton Haroor, in Pipestone
= township.
An old colored lady considerably over
ninety years of age died the other day at
Marshall. Many thought her TO be one
hundred years old.
Russell Clement, charged with numbering
Joshua Isoomis at Casnovia last July 4th, by
stabbing him with a knife. will be tried in
the Circuit Court at Muskegon.
A Canadian named Ed Tierney was burned
to death in a building at Bay City Friday
morning. IL IL supposed be was intoxicated
and was suffocated while III that condition.
firm in Albion has bought the telegraph
poles of the Atlantic IL Pacific line expecting
to cut them into fence posts. Some students
appropriated few and had TO pay s. for
them.
There have been several accidents at Al
bIon 10 children from Jupnplng on slelghs
and catching rides. The village papers are
asking the Council to prghibit boys from
catching on bobs-
The Michigan Commercial Travellers As
s0ciation held its annual meeting at Cleland
Hall in Detroit on Friday. Officers were
elected and the regular business of the asso-
citation transacted.
new postoffice has bten established at
Wells, Delta County, foug miles from Esca-
naba, with George Il. Burns as postmaster.
j. q. JOINER WIS commissioned postmaster
at Marcellus Dec. 22.
1t is understood that an Albion minister
discovered the pleasure TO be gotten out of
roller skating and was spending considerable
time at the rink, when Ehe deacons of his
church shut down on it.
1t Is said that when Judge Smith pro-
nounced sentence of solitary confinement in
the State prison for life ON Mrs. yanderhoof,
the latter cody remarked, Judge, you could
not well sentence me any longer
J. r. Tyler of Ionia, says in the nine years
he has been connected with the express busi-
ness IN that city he has n,ver seen SO large a
holiday business as this year. Every one
seems to have remembered his friends.
A capitalist from one of the large cities of
the State has negotiated for $sD, 200 worth of
stock in the Advance threshing machine
works of Battle Greek. At the next meeting
the capital Is TO be increased TO S2OO,0U.
Henry Bereo, the second engineer of the
propeller Lawrence, wrs fatally shot at
Grand Haven ON Friday by the accidental
discharge of his gun while practicing at
target shooting. lie survived but few
hours
The Pittsburg and Lake Superior Iron
Company are greatly encouraged by the
assays made of specimens of gold picked up
on their land. The first assay gave $IS6.03
in gold, The compans will probably push
matters and at once.
The matter of forming a stock company
Ior the purchase of the Morrison pail factory
building il being talked up in st. Joseph.
In the event of lts purchase the factory will
be reftted and again used for the manufac-
ture of pals, tubs and straw board.
On Wednesday night the weight of snow
on A large stOrehouse as Marshall caused the
sides 90 spread, thus setting the building
collapse. The storehoese was deemed very
strung OF the two hundred stoves IN the
building all were more or less injured.
The West Michigan Medical Association
holds its annual meeting IN MuskeQou on the
afternoon of Jan. rs. The annual election
of officers will take plssee and members with
their wives viii banquet at the residence of
Dr. and Mrs. J. N. Cook. after the evening
meeting
Ii il rumored that the Democratic Corr
rressional delegation from Michigan viii
hold a meeting during the holidays ID select
a man 20 be recommended TO the President
elect for a cabinet pos ton. and go talk over
the questions pertaining "a Federal appoint
ments generally.
John Mack. an old man living IN West Bay /
City. made complaint Saturday morning be
fore Justice Flynn against four young men /
belonging to respectable families for 'shold- I
inx him up on the free bridge and robbing
him of So The old man is backed By the
testimony OF hack driver