Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-10
Morning Telegram.


Port Huron D nov discussing TIE iet7tDti-
IT'S Of having electric lights.
Hoytyllie, Eaton county, has l0O inhabi-
tants and tso skailssg rinks-
The business college 1T Kalamazoo has III
students and receives applications daiiy
A large mete0s fell upon the farm OF Mr,
Bernard, MayyiLe, luse0la County, lev
days ago.
Aud now Iillsdale wants TO be re-incor-
Eorated Oa account Of tie water works
which they wish to build.
Citizens Of Grand Traverse county have
taken several OF the best premiums Tor tfuit
at The Sew Orleans expOsltion.
Benton HarbOr Is toIerabiy certain OF Sc
curing the next reunion OF the Soldiers anu
Sailor. "a Southwestern Michigan.
The Ladies' Charitable Union at West Bay
CITY are making efforts ID have the waste
fusl around mills uiilized for the poor.
Now Is the time 10 sell your horses. One
hrm lu hlilsd8le wants one hundred mead oi
good sound working and driving horses
Conductor Loop, OF the Lake Shore road,
was knocked from the tram near biissiieiu
Saturday morning and quite seriously IN
iured.
The Kalamazoo water works pumped f3,-
874.eG etlloas during the month OF January.
There need be 10 call for Dr. Reynolds III
that cit.
Mis- &. A. Reaner, the lady principal OF
the Hilis,ale college, Was elected pfesIdeht
OF the State \. ". q. A. 10y tho convention
rscently held IN Iona.
The steam barge G. ". Moore ~ being
made into "A last propeller at oaugatucA,
aud tho steamer A. Is. Taylor y receiving al
extension 10 her passenger capacity.
A child living near Nashville, Barry coun-
ty, was last week quite badly bitten BY Dog
which was supposed TO be mad. The wounds
have been cauterlzed and no danger - ap-
pretended.
Traverse City has Business Mems Asso-
c.Qtlun. the objects OF which are 10 CULTIVATE
better social relations and promote the gen
sral interests OF ITS members and the Ofdhu
Traverse region.
The religious meetings at the Baptist
church at Kalamazoo have resulted IN the
addition OF fifty members 10 that church
aud "a good many Others are much interested
ia the subject OF personal religion
A supposed internal machine" at Sarnia
proved To be a common glass ball for trap
shooting filled with grease, sealed and two
wires attached. Ii created considerable ex-
eitement and a search was made for the
joker.
James 4. Taylor. miller. at Marshall
and Peter Lockwood, mill superintendent
at the same place. haze invented dust
the impure PARTICLES which cling to even the
best grades.
Tho Grand Haven Herald for fear il will
be thought { at progressive euchre and roll
ler-skaiing are the only social attractions of
that city this winter goes into rather an ex-
tended description of its various reading and
debating clubs.
Tae ci y of AlieCan has a society kncwn as
the Woman's History Glass, OF about ten years
- 10,
stitution in their social and intellectual
affairs. They gave their annual banquet
few evenings ago.
Capt f. i. Meryman. of Port Huron. ex-
pected to leave last Friday night for Grand
Haven to release the steamers of the Detroit,
Grand Haven e. Milwaukee Railway, which
ars fast in the ice. Thomas Fowler was 10
accompany Capt Meryman.
A farmer named Huiskens was killed Sat
urday a few miles north of Holland, by a
falling tree. He was chopping a tree in
which another was lodged. Both fell and
crushed him, causing his death IN few
minutes. tie leaves a wife and five children
in destitute circumstances.
The neighbors of farmer living near
Tek0nsha taught him lesson lately. lie
let his cattle roam over the farm instead of
giving them proper shelter and food and the
nsighbors tied the animals in the stable one
night eausiug the owner to look all over the
farm for them IN the rain.
Last Tuesday over forty ladies met ut a
house In PittsfOrd and made quilts and gar
neuts for family which was recently burn
Ell out OF house and home. They finished
thirty three garments and nearly made
thirty more. Ihi' timely aid was very vel
come. "a 10 was entirely unsolicited.
At their last meeting the business men of
C}rand Haven organized the Improvement
ASSOCIATION OF Grand Haven. Michigan
Istters were read from parties wishing to es-
tablish q manufactory of refrigeratOrs there,
and another OF toy goods. There are also
improved prospects for a tannery.
". d. Greene. manager of the telephone
exchange IN Bay City. is the inventor of an
automatic fire alarm box, which is pro-
nouuccd % be the very best yet produced
Three of Mr.. Greenes boxes. though not OF
the latest improv "a design. have been L. Op-
Grafton ia Bay City some months. have each
been tested and found 10 work satisfac-
torily.
The superintendent Of the Jackson street
railway IL investigating the different car
heating apparatus with vsew to the futurs
Comfort Of patrons. This Il an im
provemcnt vhich might well be copied
in our CITY. It Il certain that peo
pie would ri5e ma1y more times IL the car;
we're heated. ii ouly for the purpose of get
ling warm.
John Nam and son, of Edna- had terri
bile 6xht with a lynx near that place few
DAYS ago. Nam n a trapper and was max
in. tour Of bis traps when he found n large
fvnx IN one of them. His dog made a dasl
at the aninlal but was quicS.y dispatched
ard the men wishing to secure the anima
nnse male the efT srt. bnt az n te,ribl'
h ght. ia which their clothes were nearly tori
from their bodies. they shot him. tie was
very large animal. Weighing about TIVE
HUNDRED pounds. and had teeth and claw
varqio- from enc To- four inches IN length.
Odds Picked Up.