Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-21
Morning Telegram.



rink next sOfing.
lis rumored that ladies band Is to he
organized az Ovid.
Tie W0odea hotel at Lapeer was burnfd
on 1Aarsdas. Loss 500.
The famous intelligent crow Of Muskegon,
departed tins life on "Wednesday.
A council 81 Chosen Friends II about to be
organized Ia fO9ler, Clinton county.
II takes about f0ar Wssks nowadays % get
letter froHl Manistlque ID St. Isnaee
A literary aud scientific club composed OF
gentlemen Is beinz organized az Aliegau.
Maple Rapids village authorities have de
eidsd 10 purchase for that village new IRE
apparatus.
Next tuesday evening the Whitehall fire
department gives a charity social at The
engine house.
Aen. Edwin Willis was Wednesday night
4IMaiig elected President OF the State Agri-
cultural College.
Miss Frances ". Eddy,of Niles, has paint
ed 5O white satin menus, ali OF different
floral designs, for a law banquet IN Chicago.
Nearly al OF the representative Democrats
OF Big Rapids have united Ia petition for
Wm. l.. Nlsbett, OF the Herald, 10 be post
master OF that city.
One family ia Detroit has had five chill
dren down with scarlet fever. Two OF them
died on the 1tth. one on the 10th, ana
fourth has since died.
The Democratic County Convention OF
Ailegan county was held az Allegan Thurs
day. The intense cold and snow storm Kept
great number OF delegates from attending.
man in Bloomfield township, Huron
coznty, "a he was chopping wood was Killed
BY a branch OF a falling tree tie was we'll
tO-do farmer and left a wife and nIns cnii-
dren.
Mr.. Montgomery Schuyler, former resi-
dent Of Marshall has accepted the position
OF managing editor OF Harpers Weekly
Mr.. IS father was an early settler IN Calhoun
County.
On Tuesday. at East Tawas, occurred the
funeral services OF tho two Finlanders who
were frozen 10 death recently. The body OF
one was frozen IN such a shape It could not
be put into a colin.
Henry Porter, who has been employed in
the Michigan Central shops at Jackson for
nineteen years, died Wednesday OF paraly ysis.
BE renainS were to be taken 10 Marshall
- interment yesterday.
Hugh Boyd. of St. Johns. member of the
St. Johns cOmmandery, has been knight
Templar oyer "a years, and be seldom MISE 5
attending "A meeting of the commandery.
tie Is now in his eighty seventh year
ID. q. Hurd has traded all his st. Johns
property 20 W. j. Face, OF Orleans, Iona
county. for fine improved farm OF 2iO
acres Mr. Hurd Will take possession about
the frst OF April and Mr.. Face intends TO
become resident of st. Johns.-Clintoa
Republican.
AIRS. SeHuda Cressinger and her son, John
IT. Gardner OF Maple Rapids, have purchaS-
ed the bankrupt stock of John Chick, IN
eluding the building. The business VIII
hereafter be conducted under the name OF
John IL. Gardner.
-. Ill .raotfor -ofI cv4ntlp-
man at Port uGrOn the other day "a he stood
gazing At the ice IN tine st. Clair river, Il re-
member VI - well that IN the winter OF 1904
people crossed that river on the ice for nifty
seven consecutive days"
The school house in District No. 5, Green
township. Oceans c.. was burned Nednesdi y
.4tsnt No one. not even man VINO ilNua
within eighty rods of the ruins, knew any
thing OF the fire until the next morning, 80
10 origin - a mystery.
very satisfactory test of the Harden I'M
proved nest grenade fire extinguisher was
gwen IN front OF the capitol building at Lam
sing, Wednesday evening. The test was con-
Quoted by John J. Harden, the original IN
ventor of the hand grenade.
Sheriff Campbell returned 10 Coldwater
from Philadelphia Thursday morning, hav-
ing IA his custody Joe Howard, alias Joe kll-
ram, who Is charged with rOsbing the Cold
water National Bank OF the Lewis diamonds
in August. 1888. Ills examination VIII take
place on tuesday night.
Erastus IhorsOn. who runs a shipyard IL
Manistee while returning from a lumber
camp on the Peters railroad attempted tC
gel on a moving train Of cars and fell alonl
hack and sustained eigbt scalp wounds. he
was taken TO ManIstee for medical assist
ance aud, upon his arrival, was nearly frozeT
stin.
The daughter Of Hon. Henry Howard, o.
u L. los
married To ar. y ID. Bennett, of the Por
Huron savings bank. At Detroit they me-
Mr. and Mrs. B8lcntiue, nee Miss Wilson
who we're married IN the morning ct kala
mazOO. The two couples were to 90 sOuti
on wedding-trip.
A freight car loaded with ready-mad'
clothina and dry goods on a west-bOunC
freight train on the Wabash railroad, wa
discovered 60 be on FIRE 40 about ocloci
1hursday morning. when the tram was abou
eignty rods west of Belleville. The car ans
coutents were almost entirely destroyed
The cause Of the ire A. unknown.
On the r;th Of Feb. Messrs. Histed an,
Wigglesworth. ot Casco, Alegan county
sold their cumce OF fortune IN their S,Vo
,oearfnr peHch trees 20 Messrs. MourOe
&loore for $50. Frank LInderman. att.
having confidence in the coming peach croi
PAID Moore $40 extra. making SljJ Tor hi
ohauce In haif OF the coming crop.
viii !. Lowry. the young defaulter OF IN
4rurs office of Brirhton, was arrested a
Wh,tmora Lake and taken TO Brighton. .wber
be- was srraizned Thursday morning betor
Insiiep Bowers for trial He made ful
confeSsiou, and as tins was his fret offen''
sentence was suspended. provided he be sen
nc once % Eirin. H.. and placed under tn
guardianship ga his grandmother
sreciaI meeting OF the horneopathi
ph,slcians. of Detroit, was held at the oihc
of i}r ID. i NcCiaire. corner Fort aud Shel
By streets. NJ wednesday night. for the pur
pase 80 ars,inifn.s IA committee 10 confe
with a committee from the other medics
rraeticisnerA in Detroit and adopt som
measures g. r. ralate che practice OF medl
ctne IA TIE State. 4 committee Of five wa
appointed and fhe two committees were Z
meet ami decide on some plan yesterds
Afternoon.