Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1884-12-09
Morning Telegram.
GRAND RAPIDS. DEC 9, 1884


-ts1i Ha7 hAtiuo bAIlic oA E'dt1lNo5 H-S-N
An enemy 10 CANNES scattered poison upon
he streets OF Nassar; result twenty -ilve dead
dogs
Alex. Mckay, OF MnskegOn, was sentenced
ca Saturday - three years at hard labor Tor
e1nbezzlement
Mrs. Anne Gridley, Of this State, has been
Promoted from al $500 to so eierkshIp IN
the Patent Office.
new Roman Catholic church will be
erected al kOscOmmon early IA the spring at
cost Of $1,000.
Ex-Represeniatiye Peyton Ranney, of
halafcszOO, Is an applicant for the position
OF Hallway Commissioner.
Hsn Arnold Walker one Of the pioneers
Of ingham County, died at his home IN the
village of Leslie on Friday.
-Four prisoners confined ia the county Jail
at Hiilsdale made their escape on Friday
afternoon. This Is the first escape from the
new Jail
Smith, who sued the town of Sherwood.
Branch County, for $4,000 damages, arising
from an accident on a defective bridge, gets
verdict OF 500.
Two weeks union meetings held at Union
City under the direction Of Rev. j. ID. Potter,
the Massachusetts, evangelist, were prodnc-
tive OF very good results.
IilC number OF trdCItfs III hltcuUuAlNC ~
the Wayne County Teachers Association at
Plymouth j. increasing. The next meeting
Is 20 be held at Wayne on March and Z.
About thirty y-fve students of the Univer-
slty are going ID avail themselves OF the OPP
p0rtunity to 20 TO the cotton exposition
on the private excursion arranged by ,. A.
Moran.
The WhithaI whip and glove failure at
Coldwater continues To look worse and
I
$1,000, while the available assets are less
than $1,000.
The furniture factory of w. +. Kimball Il
Son, of Adrian, was destroyed by fire last
night. The loss Is probably $500, with
81, LOO insurance. The fire Is believed to
have been of incendiary origin.
The conductors of the faith cure at Man
istee- did not obey the order to leave town
and were placed in Jail on a warrant issued
by tPrOst c lting Attorney DOyel, who was
afraid that violence might be done.
Part of the remains of a man of the name
OF John Mcdonald, who disappeared nine
teen years ago. have been discovered IN Tup-
per Lake. 1t was supposed that he fell
through hole IN theice and this supposition
will probably be proved correct.
The Invisible Steam Escape Cylinder Cock
Company filed articles of association with
the County Clerk Saturday at Jackson. The
at thirty years. The capital stock is $780,
600.
A fire occurred at Monroe in the French
town" district Saturday, by which MIR. G.
Schwitzsr is out 81 600. During the excite
ment a lad named Ponteny was stabbed by
another boy named Doyle. The cash Is an
ugly one-
Butterfield & Cyahle's saw mill, at Alpena,
was completely Burned Saturday evening.
"a A lIn Inn,
ber. The insurance on the mill Is $2o,UOO.
The lumber il fully insured. About 2UO,OUO
feet of lumber burned.
Frank NJ. Lamson, of Big Rapids, who
was convicted last week on charge of at
tempting 10 commit rape, Is to have new
trfl, on the ground that one of the jurors,
who had been drinking, fell asleep during
the trial. new jury will be empanelled.
young man working in the Touring mills
at Port Huron. had narrow escape Satur-
day While at work his coat accidentally
caught IN some gearing, drawing him into
the machinery severely brulsing his hand,
arm, shoulder and face, before he could be
extricated. No bones were broken.
Mrs. John Ballantine, one of the early
settlers of the vicinity of Homer, whose
family lives two-and-a-half miles west of
that village, was found drowned IN the water
tank of the windmill at the homestead early
Saturday morning. She has been suffering
from mental alteration for some time.
The grain elevator mt Dryden, operated by
f. Bartlett, burned Saturday night. The
fire was first discovered about 1l4O, but Its
origin il unknown. quantity of grain and
about 60.OO0 pounds of evaporated apples
were destroyed, the entire loss beng about
. $1,000, on which there Is partial insurance.
The following new star schedule has been
arranged for the route from BOyne to UnIne,
Mich: Leaves Boyne Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays at 3 q. M, and arrive at Udine
by IL M: leave Udine Tuesdays. Thursdays
and Saturdays IN time to connect at Boyne
with mail going east, and arrive In Boyne IN
three hours.
La the Circuit Court of Genesee County yes
terday, Edgar O'ROurk, of Flint, pleaded
guilty 10 a charge of forgery. and got two
years ut Jackson. Jas. K. Ross pleaded guilty
to a like offense. and received a similar sen.
tence: Thos. Ray. of Otisville, pleaded
guilty to charge of larceny, and got one
year at Jackson. Court has adjourned.
man by the name of Patrick Fitzgerald
Asho has been on a drunk for some time anc
was confined IN jail in Edmore for drunken
ness. committed suicide Friday evening bJ
breaking his plate and cutting his throat
with a piece of it. causing immediate death
He had the delirium tremens while confined
He was from the lumber camps and unknown
at Edm0re.
Harrison sutton, a pioneer of Clinton
county. committed suicide at his farm neal
ST. Johns Saturday, He was at work. ane
NOT returning 0t night search was made fol
him. He was found Sunday morning IN 9
swamp a mile from his house with his necl
horribly msngled by pair of sheep shears
He was a leading local politician and leaves
a large family. Financial embarrass men
probably led to the deed
On Friday morning of last week. as tn
Fmmet section gang on the line of the Chi
csco a Grand Trunk railway we're going &
their work. they found a man lying inSensi
Die beside the track. at point about on'
nile east of Emmett station. He was takei
% the nearest house and OF Saturday he re
vived sufficiently to tell the terrible tale o
his experience He said he was a passenge
Thursday night on the west bound express
which l. due here about 90 =. M, and tha
Ne made the acquaintance OF two strang
= men on the train. who drugved him. robbe'
aim Of ali the money ne bad (about go
and then took him to the platform of the ca