Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-19
informing Telegram.
GRAND RAPIDS. FEB. 10. 1885.


o'eo4t<rA win q cabittl OF %-s'ioso-
One firm ia soath. Bay City has paid out
500 80 Tar this winter for hsh twine-
The Republican county cOnyentiOn, Of
iagaan eounty, @lIl be held az Mason, FEB.
y.
A nse board Of water-works was appoint
81 % tue Council, az Lansing, last Monday
night.
A sixty-pound chest Of tea was stolen from
IA front Of a store Ia Detroit on SATURDAY
night.
lie Lansing Republican gives the SALIVA
ton Army credit for doing good deal OF
good IN that city.
The spring term Of the Agricultural Col
lege, az Lansing viii open next ednesday
evening, Feb. -.
There j. a strong probability that lodge
Of knights of Fythias viii be established at
WePt bay City soon.
1Sftle girl At yermontvills was overcome
b5Ffhe cold aud was found lying on the street
hst Wednesday morning.
The schools IN kenoekee Township, ST.
CLAIR county, are being closed because OF the
prevalence Of scarlet fever.
young man In fOnia has been fined $40
aud cOats for disturbing Salvation Army
meeting last Sunday evening.
Psi the oldest fraternity ia the University,
hold their annual reunion and banquet at
the Detroit club house Friday, Feb. IL.
T. L. Osborne, principal of the Ithaca
schools since september last, has resigned
owing 10 his inability To govern the school.
The Detroit Light Infantry will attend the
dedication of the Washington Monument on
Saturday. They will muster about hfty
Iaen.
John b. Grouse, president of the Highland
Vinegar and Pickle Company, has resigned
that position, and Sidney >. Wilhelm has
been appointed TO fll the place.
Coldwater held very successful charity
entertainment on Monday night. Almost
everything was donated, 50 the affair resulted
ia netting a handsome sum for the poor.
The pastors Of the Ionia churches have
issued manifesto promising to cooperate
with DR.. Reynolds IA the temperance work
which be Will soon commence IN that city.
A handsome new block will greet the de-
lighted eyes OF JacksOnlans soon. lt ~ TO
DO commenced this week and will be the
property of the Electric Light Company.
A large section Of ice and snow which was
t<sDwn of the postOfiice building at Detroit
Monday morning by the shovelers, struck
and crushed the roof of the NelUS building
Detroit il to have a Prohibition Club, and
the constitution and bylaws which were to
govern the same were confirmed 10y the Pro-
hibitiOn Convention held IN Detroit on Tues
day.
Tbs joint committee of the two branches
Of the Detroit Common Council, To which
wa referred the annexation bills finished
its work Tuesday and decided on the boun-
daries.
Joshua Davis who had resided in Muske-
gOn for tWenty-elght years, died there Sat
urday night of heart disease. lie was sixty
seven years old The funeral took place on
Tuesday.
Tuesday morning as the cook at the Will
liRms House at Battle Greek attempted to
build a ire in the range, the whole outfit
blew mp, owing TO the frozen pipes about the
steam heater.
The professional musicians of Detroit were
to meet at W hItney's Opera House at De
trOit on Tuesday afternoon To pass resolu-
tiOns of respect for the memory of DIR.
Damr0sch. dec ased.
At the Shiawassee Circuit Court, Satur-
DAY. in COruuna, Decatur Whitney was SEN
[nced TO the IOnia House of Correction for
two years for theft of goods from +. Boards
lees store in Laingsburg.
Jacob Freisner, a saloon-keeper at Char
lotte, was tried on Tuesday, convicted for
keeping bis saloon open Sunday, Feb. l.
Hs was sentenced 10 fifteen days in the
county jail and TO pay $50 fine.
An indianapolis and Shelbyville member
of the Indiana Lumbermens Association
each purchased n handsome painting from
Mr.. Stever. of Muskegon, the aggregate
value of the two paintings being 500.
According TO the Muskegon Chronicle the
gardeners of Laketown will give some atten-
ton to the raising of celery next season.
The marsh left by the receding of Bear Lake
is considered well adapted 10 celery culture.
Owing 20 the action of New York credi-
tors, Z. Garner. dry good and clothing. at
Lansing WAS forced to- assign Saturday
morning to Geo B. Martin. Liabilities, S20,-
COO: assets. $4,000. He will pay in full and
resume.
P.T. Bates fred man from his ware
house premises, at IOnia, about III O'Clock
Monday evening. who was lighting matches
with the apparent purpose Of looking about
on his own account. This il the thlrd case
of the kind this season.
The sixth annual meeting of the Michigan
Engineering society was opened OH Tuesday
IN the Pioneer rooms at Lansing. Some
twenty tive members we're IN attendance at
the afternoon session. which was increased
20 fifty IN the evening.
The Eaton aud Barry Farmers Mutual
fre insurance yearly meeting for the election
OF officers convened at Charlotte on Tues
dav with full delegation. owing 10 dlssat-
isfacticn amoag the members. Over 30
Ser present 40 the Opera House. where the
Tneeting was held
Among recent gifts 20 the University is one
by the Hon. tF. 4. walker, OF DetfOlts toFui-
erlv a member Of the law faculty. comprising
a anusuber OF documents relating to the early
Ruislati0n about the University. Most of
the documents are IN the handwriting of
Judge W W3odward. the eccentric jurist of ter
Eitorial days.
Just before midnight Monday night fire,
the FIRST IN year -and-a- half. burned Meek
HATS frame chair factory at Coldwater
near the railroad. with machinery and all
contents The thermometer wac IL below
xarts af tho time aud it was impossible for
tie fireman 60 do anything with the engine.
Loss probably 500. with insurance of
$1,000 in the Westminster.
The VpSilanffta newspaper establishment
of Ypsilanti has been sold to Nessrs. Smith
& Powers. Of Illinois. who have had long ex-
perience in the newspaper business. The
political cast Of the paper viii be- altered
from = uomnally independent. but practi-
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