Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1884-12-30
Morning Telegram.
aRAND RAPIDs. Dc. 30. lssI.
mISon MIcHIGAN MArrEKs.

Adrian has a benevolent club consisting Of
forty-f0uf members.
Bronson Is cursed with hquof saloons
where minors eOngfegate.
C0ldwater has not had IRE the past sea-
son. She needed the rest.
Robert Bingham has been commissioned
postmaster for CampbelPs Corners.
The Michigan Central Is taking oB a few
men each day u0w Ia It's Jackson shops
Swede was frozen 10 Seath while ntoxi-
Gated. tie was driving home from Manistee
William j. Cowan was convicted of man
slaughter on Saturday afternoon at saginaw
City.
The number of stores ia Port Huron lighted
b. the Excelsior Electric Light Company =
increasing.
The library OF the State University has
been enriched by 500 worth of tine books
from Germany.
A boy in Port Huron lost two toes of his
lett foot on sunday morning. They were
cut on by wood saw.
The freshmen of the University announce
that they will issue a class publication 10 be
known as the Detphi0a.
The furniture of the Commercial Hotel, of
Union City, was seized on "A chattel mort
gage, Saturday, and viii be sold Jan. 3.
The natural gas well near Port Huron is
now controlled and used to furnish lights
and fuel for the owner, MIR. Elijah White
Albion College has secured the services of
Miss Josephine Mason, who has been a
student in Boston and Chicago art schools.
Elon G. Huntington, of Kalamazoo, died
on sunday of paralysis OF the heart. He was
very liberal 10 public institutions of that city.
IL is said that Cheboygan is not church
going place, less than one-tenth of the Pro-
testants of the place attending divine ser
vice.
The death is announced at Paterson, N.
j., of Peter Stegg, who commanded the First
Michigan Cavalry during the latter part of
the war.
Another victim of heart disease was found
dead in his bed on Friday morning. His
name was Brooks and he lived two miles
south of Vassar.
A railroad from Alpena to Big Rapids, to
connect with the Chicago x West Michigan
and give Alpena western outlet, is being
quietly agitated.
A fifteen thousand fire at Caro-
occurred on Saturday morning. The flour
ing mill of CleayeS Wilder was burned. In
surance only partial.
The body of l.. W. Stoddard was found ON
the streets of Jackson ON Sunday. Mr.. Stod-
dard was temperate man, and If Is sup
posed he died OF heart disease.
Extreme cold weather seems TO induce
somnolence. There were forty persons
asleep during during a sermon preached in
Mt. Clemens church recently
grocery store in Port Huron was burned
ON Friday night. Cause unknown. Demon
strates once more the necessity of having a
chemical hre-engIue IN that city.
On the last day of the fall term the students
of Hope College, located at Holland, pre-
sented Rev. DIR. Scott, acting President of
the College, with very fine gold watch.
It seems now that the broken bank at Jack
son contained more money on deposit than
was at first supposed. 1t Is thought by many
that the deposits will reach $4,000 at the
least.
Are the peaches killed? is the question on
many tongues. No one can tell until the |
weather moderates, but it Is likely that there
are few sound buds in this vicinity. Hegan
Gazette.
Mr.. G. Baron, better known as Elder
Baron, pioneer of Groveland, aged about
70 years, fell from a scaffold at his barn ON
the 25th inst. and was killed. He was very
much respected.
Leading manufacturers of machinery at
Ann Arbor are getting into the habit of send
ing models of their best machines To the |
mechanical laboratory of the University for
purposes of instruction.
telegram received at Ypsilanti ON Sun |
day announced the sudden death at Albu- |
querque, New Mexico, of Miss Emma A. |
Hall, late superintendent of the girls in |
dustrial school at Adrian.
The day watchman in the Oakland County |
Jail discovered an attempt to break Jail just |
IN time to prevent it. There are some
dangerous characters confined IN the Jail and |
they are watched day and night.
Manistee has had sweetness long drawn |
out il is To be hoped. II is said that Chas. |
+. Ruggles, of that city, made 800 pounds |
of candy and gave to the children between
the ages of four and fourteen years for /
Christmas.
The ST. James congregation of Bay City /
has decided to build a large new brick edifice /
TO take the place of the frame structure |
burned last Sunday night. Ii is to cost $50 |
0O0.- At a meeting Friday night s., 40 was /
subscribed.
A man old enough to know better was put /
of the midnight train at Port Huron on /
Saturday. But before this was accomplished |
he showed his strength by breaking the Ian |
terms of the conductor and brakeman and |
otherwise demoraiizing things.
Interested parties are working to provide /
farmers = institute for this county. TO be held |
IN Alegan some time IN February. DIR. |
kedzie of the Agricultural College promises /
to attend, and doubtless others of the college |
aculty can be secured.-4uegdn Gazette.
Samuel Post. in charge of the pension 4
H,0O0 pensioners ON the rods of his Office. /
Nearly all of these reside in the state. He 4
has now enrolled at his agency ninety eight i
veterans OF the war of 1872 and the widows i
of 4EO of the veterans.
Frank J. Olds, letter carrier IN the Ian
sing postoffie. was lodged in the county jail 4
at late hour on Saturday night ON a 4
charge of robbiug the mails The arrest was
made at Lansing by Special Detective Hen
shaw, of the department, and the prisoner
admitted his guilt.
A young lady at Kalamazoo while cleaning
her gloves with gasoline on Friday was badly 1
burned. She held her hands over the stove
% dry the gloves and the gasoline ignited.
1he.Rloves had TO be cut from her hands, and
II help had not arrived IN time the young
lady would have burned 60 death.
Grand President Wm. Look and Grand
Secretary John B. Todenbier. of the Grand
Council Of Michigan g. N. b. A. expected 20
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