Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1884-12-11
Morning Telegram.
GRAND RAPIDS, DEC. II, 1884.


Dyphthefia stin RACES Ia Detroit.
Adrian ms q star lecture course.
Battle Greek has a dancing school.
The Saranae L.ocai has been enlarged.
Clare has a rk-packing establishment
Detroit viii have permanent Democratic
club.
Mackinaw had seven inches Of snow Sun
day night.
chesaning has new opera house which
will seat 20.
A party Of twenty-five left Battle Greek
December 8, for California.
The Michigan Central has taken one
brakeman of from each mail train.
Thompson smith. owner Of all the property
al Duncan City, died Tuesday of a stomach
disease.
Capt. Nicholson will be superintendent of
the Detroit House OF Correction another
three years.
jas. L. Christy, Of Morton township, Ne
costa county, has been convicted Of defaclng
grayestones.
The annual meeting of the Michigan Bee
Keepers Association began buzzlng at Lam
sing yesterday.
Rev. VIM. MelIen, former missionary
among the Zulus, Is lecturing before the
NOmen's Missionary Societies of this State.
1t ~ announced tutt tie Lansing OoHtuy
SiJffaqs has suspended publication, while its
editor is prospecting around for a new office.
The Ingham county Sanday-School Asso-
citation began its first semi-annual meeting
ia the NJ. +. Church at Nilliamston yester-
day.
The Hugh Peoples libel suit against the
Detroit Post has been discontinued The
differences have been satisfactorily adjust
ed
That settles il. About the time the Legis-
iature meets IN Lansing a large bottllng
establishment Is TO begin operations IN the
capitol city.
Kalamazoo is great for new inventions.
Their last get up il white elephant on
roller skates.' Bet IT'S an ordinary beast
white-washed.
The Odd Fellows of Benton Harbor dedi-
Gated their new hall Tuesday evening. There
was a large crowd present, and the exercises
We're very interesting.
Several victims of the late diphtheria
scourge az Howell have been taken to Brigh-
ton and placed IN vaults. Brighton author-
ties say no more Of them can come.
DR.. Reynolds, the temperance orator, skips
the good, moral towns and goes where his
services are most needed. Lansing and Mus
kegOn are on his list of appointments.
The State Convention of the State Board
of Charities aid Corrections, together with
the Conference of County Superintendents,
met at Kalamazoo Wednesday afternoon.
About $1,000 pounds of evaporated apples
and a quantity of grain were burned, to-
gether with L. BartleIt's elevator. at Dryden,
Saturday night. Loss, $4,000; partly IN
sured.
The Baptist society of Milan dedicated its
new $500 church last evening. Rev. Z. L.
Henderson, of Detroit, Rev. DIR. Beals, State
Missionary, AMI other clergymen were
present.
On Tuesday a disagreement occurred be-
tween the members of the grocery firm of
L0yejOy x Herrick. of Big Rapids, and at
the request of the latter John X. Snyder was
appointed receiver.
Flint boasts of a child who, when born,
weighed but two pounds and nine ounces.
since that time the child has gone through
smallpox. Inflammation OF the BRAIN and
lungs, muInps and chickenpox.
The First National Bank of Kalamazoo is
10 be supplied with weather bulletin and
time ball; the latter will drop every after
noon exactly at 4s02 standard time, obtained
by telegraph from Fort Wayne, Ind.
Seventy Coldwater merchants have signed
a paper that unless the telephone rent is re-
duced from SIS To $50 per year their
machines must be taken out January l. The
manager OF the company says they will not
yield.
There was a large attendance on the open
ing OF the State Grange, at Lansing, Tues
day. The day sessions were spent in routine
work. Grand Master Luce delivered his
annual address to a large audience In the
evening.
Fred Newmann's meat market and grocery
store was destroyed by fire at Bay City,
Wednesday. A lamp was left burning IN
the store and it is supposed an explosion
caused the destruction. Loss, S1,5OO; fully
insured.
There was large attendance at the opening
meeting of the State Grange at Lansing
Tuesday. Nothing aside from routine work
was done this morning. but Grand Master
Luce xili deliver his annual address this
evening.
A young man named Daniel III. Slocum, in
.OtsegO. attempted the lives of all he met on
Tuesday night while under the influence of
liquor. Otsego is a prohibition town and
Sl0cum claims he had been drinking hard
cider only.
Alexander s. Hin. of Caro-. who was arrest
ed in 1888 charged with the embezzlement of
$4,000 from his wife at Salt Lake City, from
whom be had previously separated, has been
released from Jail, where he has been confin-
ed the past year.
Charles and Lewis Giliett, of Allegap,
were sentenced tuesday to- five years at
Jackson prison for stealing clover seed from
Milo Hart of Allegan county last winter.
Their brother Curtis Is now in prison for the
same oifense. Both have served terms for
stealing wheat.
The barn OF ". Waterman. of Breedsville,
burned Monday night. The building was
consumed. and with It two horses, two cows,
~ bushels Of oats 100 bushels of wheat and
general farming implements The loss Is
5000. insurance, $500. The FIRE was the
work of an inceadiary.
The Ann Afbor City Council held a special
meeting Tuesday night to consider the ques-
tion eif lighting the city. The matter was
REFERRED to a special committee who are ex-
pected 90 report in favor of an extension of
the present Nandepoele system, with gaso-
line Ter the outskirts of the city.
Deputy e. : Marshal Jennings on Mon
day night arrested Ralph McCrumb OF Eagle
and f.Jnan Wright of Collins on a charge of
possiug counterfeit money at Grand Ledge.
The money IN question Is bogus silver dollars,
newly made. ot date ieSsl, and though short
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