Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-08-24
MOrpjng Telegram.


The annual Mason county fair sil be
held a. Lullngfl1 sept Ez-a
The BIZ kapids CoIlaon CouaeIi hos
re1.loge.i tie water gates FROM Mercy hos-
pltaL
The Fess Msihodist conferences eon-
gsnes at Cs,iaf Springs oa tie u " Sep
tsElbsf.
Five n the Aldermen n ManIstee no~
have TIE hOlor " sitting u o0uneil WIN
Michigan champion pfize fighter
The State isaaLers Institute for Os-
cs- IA eounty, all be- held at bersey,
Moaday, Aag 81. closing Friday, sept l.
Wien II o. Peters gets Als nes salt
veil az Easfiake Ia running order, tie
capacity II 1hs works vii be lstsO barrels
pes lay.
The Misnistee Lumber Co, s still run
niug is mills night and day, aud Indlca-
mons point ID q continuance u this 5ys-
tenn for tls balance n the season.
The jackson Board u Health has made
arrangements for pest house, and also
for providing attendants la case any con
taaa0us disease should appear ia that
city
The Michigan & Ohio haa given pub-
De notice that 10 vii discharge All Iaen on
rs hne who ars zaruisheed They say
that their employees must pay their hon-
o-t debts.
The annual Grange picnic u Van Bu-
rem county all 10 held az Iawrence next
"Wednesday. Aug. ~. Hon. G. g. Luce,
Master % the State Grange, vail address
the people.
Inc total property valuation of Char
lotte. as hyured out BY supervisor
ksseham. IL a. follows Real estate, 81,
2lO.S25. personal. sl95 100, total assessed
valuation, 81, 10, 215.
Manroe. Boyce < Co. 81 Grand Haven,
recently sold a tract Of pine IN MOntcalm
county, estimated 10 cat from twelve TO
tiftsen million feet, For $4,000. 10 Will
DO sawed AZ Greenuile.
There are thirty insane eouvicts at
present confined ia the asylum at the
State prison, All % shom vii Do trans
fersed "a lOnia next month, whore thsy
vii be kept for the future.
A few nights ago tJOtpads made an TT
tempt % rob Will CrOzier, Of Charlotte,
while returning from Bellevue on coll
lecting tour. Fortunately bis horse took
fright and carried him ont 0t the dangec.
X. =. Adisy leaves next Monday for
Central America where he vii! take "A
prominent rosItiOn on the Panama Canal
Tor tho American Dredgs Co. tie VIII
taks three skilled dredge engineers with
him from Chicago Nuskegoa Chronicle.
John NJ. Todd. tor not supporting hia
wife aud child. WAS found guilty AZ Pom
tiae Friday and fined 500 and costs or
four months az IOuia. Todd, who claiJn-
ed that be was forced % marry his wife
under false pretenses, appeals to the CIR
cunt court.
The farmers OF Eaton county viii hold
a grand harvest festival on the fair
grounds az Charlotte, Tuesday, August
-. under the auspices of the Eaton Co.
Pomona Grange. Hon. J. j. WOOdman,
~ Paw Paw. master OF the National
Grange will deliver the address.
The test drilling on the sight OF the
proposed ST Clair river tunnel at Port
Huron n progressing satisfactorily. Six
holes have been made IN the bed OF the
river. and rock Was struck AZ an average
depth u % feet. The construction OF the
tunnel is not yet settled fact, but rs
very probable.
Hon. f. :. Lacey. of Charlotte, viii
deliver the address at the Barry county
soldiers reunion. % be held az Middle
Vile Sept. II lie will also deliver an
address before the American Bankers
Association convention. 20 be held at Chi
eaSo on the Z3d of September, upon the
silver question.
A Clinton county man who raised few
thousand dollars on forged mortgages ~
I'm ail. bat the Detroit man who handled
a job lot OF that kind % merchandise
hasn't even been arrested. tie belongs
"a fhe "bost society and Detroit dOesn {
ike 10 talk through iron bars - Its best
society st. Johns Republican.
II is rumored that the Grand Trunk
railroad company has settled " ith old
Mrs. Upham for the injuries she suffered
by the railroad accident which occurred
BY the collision In Charlotte a few weeks
ago. by paying her $3.50 and expenses
~ her illness. In the case q her hus-
band who WAS killed 20 settlement has
yet been effected.
The First National Bank 81 1t. Johns
has beeu reorganized with a capital of
s1000Oo. unler the name Os The ~.
Johns National Bank" The officers are:
president. John Hicks vIce-presldeut.
tfaD. \. steel. cashier, tfAllSnA teh0eaii I.
Directors. John Picks, Josiah Upton. G..
PeunelL A. TT. Walker. q. r. Ball. r. NJ.
Steel, Geo. 4. Steel
The army ~ men in The employ of Il.
g. Peters. AZ Easflake. present "a fOrmid-
able appearance when they march 70 their
meals. re has m his employ 5e5 men IN
tho mills. salt block and on his new rail
road. running from Eastlake 20 FreesoIl
township. Mason counfy. where be has a
large tract ~ pine timber it Is expected
that from zen ~ fifteen miles ~ this road
viii be completed the coming fall Mfp-
isfee Tunes
The Cadillac 6 y lr.hwestern railroad
viii have their cgrs running into the city
BY two weeks from this time, a depot m
the n'esn time being erected ON Lake
street THIS VII give a regular freight
and passenger route % Lake City. Mr.
GUNNER also SAYS there is a prospect II
extending The uad twenty-five miles
further ont into a section as vet untouch-
al. which viii open ND still better trade
for this city C7fiillgr Ne7rs