Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-03

The county officers fled their oaths Of
oltee yesterday with the proper authorities.
TIE City Council met last evening at Tao
O'clock, bit as a quorum was not present IL
adjourned
some citizens have been and others have
iCs gone % Lansing, on purely social busl-
Ness yoa know.
Sheriff Knney's second term began on the
1st instant de viii make no changes Ia his
force at present.
Justice Brouwer married Albert Van Om-
men yesterday TO Fannie Buttman, both OF
Fremont Center.
Boyd Pantlind, of The Morton. distributed
a anunber OF blue-ribbon favors among his
friends on Thursday.
The hearing Of the case against Assistant
Postmaster Aelis comes up before Judge
Parrish this morning.
Matthew Millard, of Ionia Is IN the city
and attended the performance Of Caprice
at Powers's last night.
The sFortnightly Club" will meet at the
residence OF o. T. Brown, lO5 North Pros
pect street this evening.
Mr. " A. Stone will erect a building on
West Fulton street IN the Spring and will
open up a dry goods store therein.
Rev Alexander Merriam will deliver
Nea Years sermon az the Park Congrega-
tiOnai Church tomorrow morning.
A handsome gold sleeve-button was found
on Wealthy avenue New Years evening by
j. b. Johnson, which the owner can recover
az police headquarters.
IF this weather does not strike the aver
a.rs citiZ n as cold, let him drive street Car
for a couple OF hours" said Canal street
driver ID a report yesterday.
s.Did you ever see such luck?" remarked a
ntielnan yesterday. Il have had SIX Invi-
tatiOns to drink and four to smoke, but had
to refuse eve ry one of them. Swore OF"
The Westminster Presb yterian Church is
still without a pastor. Rev. Mr.. Hickman, of
Cincinnati not yet having slgnified his ac-
ceptance of the call recently extended to
him.
The annual meeting of the Park Congre-
gational Church Society will be held next
Monday at . a. IN. Three trustees will be
elected and the pews sold for the ensuing
year.
Many of the saloons kept open house New
Years day. The proprietOrs made no forma'
announcements that they were prepared 10
receive, but the fact was generally under
stood.
G. p. BigeIow, the Canal street druggist,
will retire from active business and has given
j. ID. Lacey, Esq, bill of sale of his stock
of drugs, etc.
The adjourned annual meeting of the Y.
NJ. &. A. for the election of officers will be
held at the society's rooms Monday evening
a. 7:30 O'Clock. A meeting of the board OF
directors will be held half hour earlier.
The Louise Sylvester Company played to
fair business New Years afternoon and
evening. The company left for Chicago
yesterday. where they claim they will lay off
for week in order 10 rehearse some new
plays.
farmer residing in Alaska township,
name unknown, came near losing his life by
falling from the Alaska House steps early
yesterday morning. he was attending the
New Years ball and il Is thought he was In
t0xicated.
Frank Kelley stole a coat from in front of
VIM. HOuSeman's clothing store on Pearl
street yesterday evening, and was arrested
by Pafrolman Healy. He said at headquar-
tiers he was hard up and would steal before
he would beg.
Next Sunday the annual election of officers
OF the Universalist Sunday school will take
placs. Besides, an unusually interesting
New Years program has been prepared, and
..fhe Paad of Mercy" meeting will be held
du / X the session.
The gentleman who cleaned the snow off
OF a portion OF the ice above the dam with
the expectation of running a skating rink,
had Gully his labor for his pains, as the thaw
came along and the skating rink contrib
uted TO the rise in the river.
United Ot1toS Attorney JOOu W. CtOue
made no New Years calls. He was holding
n cslse down in Big Rapids before United
States Commissioner Nottingham, entitled
Taited States against VIM. 5 Denney, steal
ing money from registered letters.
It is not the intention of THE TELEGRAM to
discriminate in it, notices of Sunday SER
vices and IL would be pleased 20 have a COM
plste list Of all the places where services are
To be held on the Sabbath. Pastors should
send IN their notices of special services or
subjects on Friday.
The White Bros. who left this city two
months ago for East Saginaw. where they
began the publication of the Business Re
porter. hive returned to our midst They
ceased the publication OF the Reporter JAN
I. il failing TO receive patronage enough TO
warrant its continuance.
A. Southwick Of Canal street braced up T.
II. Walkers good resolutions on New lear :
day BY presenting him with a shaggy white
elephant. Though the white elephant is a
fe4ti en- emblem of sacredness this one
should be c0lored violet, for resolutions like
secrets. sh0ula be inviolate.
Now that the sporting fraternity Of this
city are wrought up on the subject OF having
n game Warden appointed by the next Levis-
iature. could tie Kent County sporting Club
do better than 10 recommend for such an
appointment one Of iis members who IL out
bsauina quail at this unreasonable time2
Martha Downs. woman whose mind is
apparently or balance. applied at police
headquarters for assistance. She was sent
b tie county Jail for safe keeping. She said
she was from Detroit an was on her way 80
Niiwaskee. Il Is question In the mind Of
some. { she Is not an escaped patient from
some asylum.
A little colored boot black aged eleven
vrssrs naned Ben So0thall. was found in a
sapia intoxicated condition af Iampman's
tdtfn1 house yesterday afternoon. He was
ttken % Police Headquarters, where he cried
and raved until sobti ty dawned. He said
that a man IN the lodging house gave hlm
tire. drinks of whisky ont Of bottle. II
that man i dsc1vered he should set the ex-
tent of the law.
At list a cofnic English Opera Comreny =
uatiefscored at TIRE fheateT. The Grau f e
ESh 1ners Company viii appear at Red
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