Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1884-12-15
Morning Telegram.
MfsoR M1cHIsAN MATTERS.

The bazaar at Kalama roo closed with a
dolls party.
Clothes line thieves took 500 worth at
Grand Ledge.
The Franklin Congregational Church /
wants pastor.
kalamazOo's new Narter works building II
nearly completed.
Charles j. Wetmore, prominent citizen
OF Adrian, died Friday.
There are thirty persons now IN the kaia-
mazoo County poor house.
The Scandinavians of North Muskegon
began last week the erection OF church.
Rev. j. H. Dudley will leave the Niles
Baptist Church 70 90 co Brooklyn, \. 1.
The people Of Niles talk of boring for the
salt supposed 20 nnderiie their little city.
They are having some quick examinations
in the Circuit Court al Jackson these days.
The sNorthern Michigan polo league was
Organized at East Saginaw Friday evening.
Muskegon had brilliant children's mas
querade at the Clay avenue rink Friday
evening.
The English-speaking cieFgymen of Mon
tague and Whitehall have formed a Ministers
Monday Club.
Work on the Adrian well has stopped, the
proprietors becoming discouraged after
drilling l,67l feet.
The Thayer Lumber Company of Muske-
gOn has over ZOO, 900 feet of lumber cross
piled IN their yards.
Great destitutiOn IS reported among the
farmers on cleared lands in the upper part
of the Lower Peninsula.
Mrs. Rebecca Ourant died at Dowagiac
Friday, aged 70 years. She had resided IN
that vicinity fifty years and was well-known.
IL is denied that w. G.. Fralich of Flint
has commenced suit against the Eddy Print
ing and Publishing Company for malicious
prosecution.
William Farrell, of Ludington, was one
of the victims in the robbing of passengers
IN train not far from Little Rock, Ark, a
few days ago.
Several Bay City gentlemen are interested
in new gold mine which Is expected to
eclipse anything yet discovered IN the Lake
Superior county.
A 12-year- Charlevoix girl forged two
orders on village merchants for 50 and <l4
and traded them out She evidently has
future before her.
fDelegates from the United States army
are In Port Huron arranging To erect
soldiers monument and place 1876 headstones
ON soldiers graves.
Mr.. VIM. Ritchie has finished the foundry
at Battle Creek for Messrs. Bird a. Baker.
tie dug the trenches for the foundation on
the 18th of November.
Judge Williams, of Allegan, is a candi-
date for place in the Alabama court of
claims made vacant by the resignation of
Judge Wells, OF Kalamazoo.
The Z. L. Barnum wire and iron works of
Detroit will probably remain closed for some
time, a. all efforts to make a compromise
between creditors have failed thus far.
Ed j. Moriarty, years ago employed on
the Muskegon Enterprise, died this week at
Philadelphia in st. Joseph's Hospital. He
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kegon-
supply for the Lakeside water works are all
down, and the works will soon be in opera
tion. IL is believed that the plan adopted
will work well.
A family in Muskegon seated in their
kitchen on Thursday night were shot at from
the outside. The policeman could find no
s.race of them, but the man of the house
thinks he knows them.
The Citizens Law and Order League, of
Kalamazoo, held n small but enthusiastic
meeting Friday night at the Court house,
and it was voted that league become MEM
Der of the state league.
Twenty four persons or firms paid liquor
taxes in Allegan county for the current year,
and the total of their payments was S6,975.
Sixteen of our twenty -four townships are
exempt from the saloon curse.
The I4udington Record came out ON the
half-shell this week. Its package of patent
bowels failed 10 arrive. The paper was an
improvement over the regular form and the
p. b. should fail to come every week.
The Van Buren, County Board of Examin-
ers have examined 145 applicants since the
beginning of the present school year. and
have granted ninety-two certificates, three
first, three second, and eIghty-ive third
grade.
Two sons of leading citizens, aged fifteen
and sixteen years respectively, named Tay-
ior and Van Amburg, quarreled at school
Friday, The former was stabbed in the left
Iungwith a Jack knife, though it is now
thought not fatally.
Marcellus has a family named Naylor num-
berinQ twenty-one, nineteen of whom are
the dear children, the progeny of the same
parents. Fourteen of the children live at
home, and wheat il high enough for them at
seventy cents a bushel
8. I. Seger, of Hillsdale. has decided to
try the experiment. of silk worm culture and
has made arrangements for 10000 worms
He has already received consignment of
fifty mulberry trees from the government
Agricultural Department.
: The Standard Manufacturing Co. of Jack
son are not affected by dull times. The
company has trebled its facilities in the past
year, and are Obliged 70 work overtime To
fli orders. They manufacture muslin
derwear and children's goods.
Principal Willits, of the State Normal,
gives consideration TO the profered presi-
dsncy of the Agricultural college at lansing
mainly because the winter vacation would
give him chance to escape the rigor of the
cold months which tries his health.
The convention of county agents with the
State Board OF Charities has proved a very
interesting meeting. II was shown that the
iails Of the state are IN n terrible state of
neglect In this state there are ll.oo0 peo-
pie in Jail and 66 escapes the past year.
The December term of the Circuit Court
at Lansing viii begin next Monday, with
Judge limerick. of Alpena. on the bench
Judge Gridlsy having made arrangements
With him 20 that effect owing TO the great
length OF the Crouch case in the Jackson
circuit.
kalamaxns, 4 having 4 course Of Lectures